May 2010 Issue
The Promise of Universal Education
by John David Mann
Anya Kamenetz writes about innovation, technology, sustainability and social entrepreneurship as a staff writer for Fast Company. Her first book, Generation Debt, drew national attention by pointing out that today's college students are the first American generation not to do better financially than their parents. Anya's newest book DIY U (Do-It-Yourself University) talks about learner-centered education, encouraging students to forge their own curricula without counting on established institutions to tell them who they are.
March 2010 Issue
Learning Leadership from Cookies
by John David Mann
Selling Girl Scout cookies is how many women get started on their entrepreneurial path, as they learn prospecting, people skills, business ethics and giving back, as well as leadership and community building. Kathy Cloninger, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, shared a set of statistics that blew our minds: at any given point in US history over the past half-century, about 10 percent of girls in the population are in the Girl Scouts; yet among the population of women business owners, some 70 percent have been Girl Scouts. When Kathy started at her current post in 2003, she launched a sweeping transformation of the Girl Scout movement, intent on reshaping the venerable institution into a powerful leadership force for the twenty-first century.
February 2010 Issue
Aspire!
by John David Mann
Kevin Hall has had a lifelong fascination with the deeper meaning of words and how they can help us discover our purpose. Kevin is cofounder of the “Statue of Responsibility” project envisioned by Dr. Viktor Frankl and has been credited with wordsmithing and trademarking the original slogan for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, “Ignite the Fire Within.” In his new book Aspire, Kevin helps people tap into the inherent power of words and how to use them as tools for reaching their highest aspirations.
January 2010 Issue
A Company in Love
by John David Mann
Colleen Barrett likes to say that her qualification for becoming the president of Southwest Airlines was that she was a legal secretary with an Associate's degree. In 1967 she began working for a lawyer named Herb Kelleher in his San Antonio law firm—one of whose clients had started a little airline. After a series of brutal legal battles with a handful of other airlines, the little-engine-that-could airline emerged a bit bruised around the edges—and crystal clear on its purpose: they were going to be the airline that treated people right.
June 2009 Issue
Giving: The Secret of the
Genuinely Rich
by John David Mann
Mark Victor Hansen is cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul publishing phenomenon, and author of dozens of other popular books, including the #1 New York Times bestseller The One Minute Millionaire. Over the past three years, Mark tracked down the wealthiest child entrepreneurs in North America and presented their stories in his latest book, The Richest Kids in America. The biggest surprise he had was that all these super successful kids love to give.
May 2009 Issue
Escaping the Three Big Money Traps
by John David Mann
What is a banker, award-winning salesperson and corporate trainer with an MBA from Columbia (and a client list that includes Microsoft, Visa and Bank of America) doing as an ordained minister who creates things like an inspirational program for women called “Your Beautiful Spirit”? If you’re Karen Russo, you’re just being yourself—and proving that “wealthy and Godly” is not a contradiction in terms.
April 2009 Issue
An Impossible Dream
by Josephine Gross, Ph.D.
Johan Bruyneel is the winningest team leader in cycling history. In 1998, this former professional cyclist from Belgium looked a struggling rider and cancer survivor straight in the eye and said, “Look, if we’re going to ride the Tour, we might as well win.” Johan became the mastermind behind the success of the world’s most celebrated cycling champion, Lance Armstrong, and together they seized a record seven straight Tour de France victories.
March 2009 Issue
“Network Marketing Is ... ”
by John David Mann
Last fall, while the economy took a hit, network marketing corporations posted some of the highest sales figures in their history. As millions of people saw their savings evaporate and stock portfolios disintegrate, network marketers worldwide were quietly taking stock of their businesses, asking, “Are we okay?” For this issue, we assembled a panel of American thought leaders to give us their thoughts on the state of the profession. The consensus: our current economic woes may well bring about a historic upsurge in the popularity of network marketing.
February 2009 Issue
Leadership at 26,400 Feet
by John David Mann
Chris Warner is a world-class climber and also a successful entrepreneur. His Earth Treks chain of climbing centers serves over 100,000 customers annually. Don Schmincke is a scientist and renegade management specialist whose provocative teachings bring together such diverse disciplines as anthropology, organizational dynamics and genetic evolution. Chris and Don met on an expedition and hit it off immediately, around the question, “What does mountain-climbing reveal about genuine leadership?”
January 2009 Issue
Patience, Passion and Personal Branding
by John David Mann
Gary Vaynerchuk transformed himself from manager of his dad’s New Jersey liquor store into a TV personality, cultural phenomenon and the world’s best known “social media sommelier.” His daily wine-tasting shows on WineLibraryTV.com draw audiences of 80,000 and up. An evangelist for what he calls “social business,” Gary believes we’ve slipped into an age where authenticity pays, personal passion equals power, and where, when you build brand equity, anything can happen.
June 2008 Issue
Bringing Consciousness to Work
by Josephine Gross, Ph.D.
Stacey Lawson is a powerful businesswoman and an ardent spiritual seeker. She is cofounder of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at U.C. Berkeley, where she teaches entrepreneurship to young people with an emphasis on conscious business practices and social responsibility. Her vision is to create conscious and enlightened organizations where people are encouraged to fully engage, recognizing work as a part of their awakening process and a path to self-realization.
May 2008 Issue
Embracing the New Midlife
by John David Mann
Marianne Williamson is one of the world's most widely acclaimed chroniclers of the human spirit. In her latest book, The Age of Miracles, she explores different ways to rethink the new period of life we call midlife. "Sometimes what we appear to have lost is simply something it was time to leave behind," she says. She encourages us to take a stand against the ego's interpretation of age. "It's not that we don't accept the limits of age; it's that we embrace the limitlessness of God."
April 2008 Issue
Humanity at a Crossroads
by John David Mann
Gregg Braden is widely known as a pioneer in bridging the worlds of science and spirituality. He has always had the belief that when we study chemistry and physics, we’re learning about the nuts and bolts of how God works in the world. Gregg has spent the past twenty years exploring connections between the cutting edge of quantum science and the core of ancient spiritual traditions. He spoke with us about how today’s world is at a crossroads in perspective, and how network marketing reflects that shift.
March 2008 Issue
Translucent Networking
by John David Mann
Arjuna Ardagh is founder of the Living Essence Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the awakening of consciousness within the context of ordinary life. "A tangible shift is taking place in our world," says Arjuna. "Increasing numbers of people are waking up to a deeper dimension of themselves and reality. This realization holds the possibility for creating a magnificent life of service and inspiration." Arjuna explores what that magnificent life might look like in the context of a networking business.
February 2008 Issue
The New Financial Frontier
by John David Mann
Terry Savage is one of our nation's highest-visibility experts on personal finance. She serves as television commentator on investment and financial markets for CNN, CNBC, PBS and NBC, and nationally syndicated personal finance columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. Starting out as a stockbroker, Terry became a founding member (also the first woman trader) on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. We asked her about the biggest financial challenges home-based business owners are facing in the twenty-first century.
January 2008 Issue
The Wisdom of Teens
by John David Mann
Tami Walsh created TeenWisdom .com based on a promise she made that some day she would devote herself to making life better for other teen girls. Today, when she's not busy coaching teen girls one-on-one in southern California, Tami travels around the country talking with teens and parents about the toughest issues facing this generation, providing gentle, sage advice on how, as she puts it, to build bridges of communication instead of burning them down.
June 2007 Issue
Finding Value on the Fringes
by John David Mann
Marshall Thurber is a highly successful lawyer, real estate developer, businessman, educator, inventor and public speaker, who worked closely with the visionary/inventor Buckminster Fuller. Marshall has in turn influenced an entire generation of thinkers and institutions, from Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Spencer Johnson to Hewlett Packard, GTE and the U.S. Navy. Marshall has become the go-to expert on what he calls "network science" and how today's organizations work in our post-Internet world.
May 2007 Issue
The Importance of Being Extraordinary
by John David Mann
In 1999, a New York-based marketer and entrepreneur by the name of Seth Godin wrote a book entitled Permission Marketing. Soon he was being hailed as one of the most brilliant marketers alive. Permission Marketing was also very influential in network marketing circles, and Networking Times featured Seth in 2002. Five years later, we decided it was high time we had him back to talk with us about networking and the new media. Seth believes the new media play to the very best strengths of network marketing.
April 2007 Issue
The World's Most Democratic Workplaces
by John David Mann
Traci Fenton is the founder of WorldBlu, an organization that publishes the annual WorldBlu List of the Most Democratic Workplaces. She started with a simple idea-"What would democracy look like as applied to business?"-and has carved from it a global movement. Her purpose in life is to help people reach their full potential, and she believes that democracy is fundamentally about creating an environment in which people can be free to excel and express their full selves.
March 2007 Issue
The Power of Trust
by John David Mann
Trust, says Stephen M.R. Covey, underlies everything we do, have and achieve. In his best-selling book The Speed of Trust, he shows that trust is a measurable skill that can be effectively taught and learned. Trust is not a purely “soft” social virtue but a hard-edged economic driver that can make or break careers and companies. Like his father Stephen R. Covey (7 Habits), Covey the younger is a keen observer of the network marketing community, where, he believes, trust is on the rise.
