"I HAVE AN USBORNE DREAM"
Closing speech at the MEGA-Regional, January 2004.
by Becky Dean
Executive Supervisor with Usborne Books at Home
and daughter of a small-business owner so have seen
first-hand the problems of owning a small business.
Network Marketing wins hands-down!!
 

Joel A. Barker, an American businessman, consultant and author said...

Vision without action is merely a dream.
Action without vision just passes the time.
Vision WITH Action can change the world!!
 

Vision without action is merely a dream...

Maybe you can see where an Usborne business can take you.  You can see the big picture.
You set big goals of becoming debt-free - or building a new home - or of moving out to the country - or of going to the Mayan Riviera w/the latest Usborne travel contest.

But... if you are not working your Usborne business PERSISTENTLY and CONSISTENTLY, those dreams will never become a reality.  They are, in fact, merely a fleeting dream.

OR, maybe you are working your business - you DO have the action.  You are booking parties, doing booths, S&L sales...

Several people start out this way - excited and full of action - maxing out in the One Step at a Time awards program.  But then all of a sudden you hit a slump (and we ALL do!!).  Now if you have not caught the vision you are likely to quit saying... "well, it just doesn't work for me".  You give up because you do not have the VISION.

Or, you never recruit.  You don't even share the Usborne opportunity at your parties!  Why? 
Because you have not caught the vision!!  And action without vision just passes the time!

BUT...  IF you have Vision WITH Action, you can change the world!!

I first caught the vision over 8 years ago when I attended a regional meeting as a brand- new consultant.  I saw all these moms just like me that were very successful.  At one of their presentations, I caught the vision of where Usborne Books at Home could take me and it has made all the difference in the world on why...

   * I continued with my Usborne business through the tough times
   * Why I took the actions I did with my Usborne business
   * And why I am seeing my dreams becoming a reality today!!
 

So what is the VISION??

The VISION is the FINANCIAL POTENTIAL and FREEDOM to choose your own life schedule, that is possible with Usborne Books at Home because UBAH is a Network Marketing business model.
 

So what is Network Marketing??

Network Marketing is a business model that is a win-win-win-win business model for everyone involved.
 

How is it a win-win-win-win business model??

Let’s first look at a traditional business model so we have something to compare it to. 
In a traditional business model in corporate America you have a:

CEO/owner
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management/supervisors
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employees

 Who’s the “boss”?  The CEO/owner!

So then you decide to start your own business so you can be the “boss”! 
So how does that business model compare?  Usually it starts out with:

Because there is such a huge start-up cost, you are just trying to make ends meet.  Your original reason for starting your own business was because you want FREEDOM and more time for YOU!  Like to be able to take a vacation when you wanted – but the reality is that now you are working 70-80 hours a week and if you take a vacation, that means that you have to save TWICE as much money!!  FIRST, to pay for the vacation and NEXT to pay for the income that you’ll lose when you are on vacation!!  There is no such thing as a “paid vacations”!!

So after killing yourself working, you decide to hire some employees to free up some of your time. 

You/the “Boss”
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Employees

But instead of relieving your stress you find that this just creates a different kind of stress.

So let’s talk about the Network Marketing business model.
Network Marketing is a win-win-win-win business model because…

Network Marketing is a win-win-win-win business model for everyone involved.  And all that it takes is to start recruiting.  Recruiting is really no different then telling your friends about a good movie or restaurant you've discovered.

An enormous percentage of people in network marketing quit the 1st year because they learned the ACTION but never realized the VISION!

Most importantly, however, is the statistics industry-wide - of those that remain in the same network marketing company for 10 years or longer, 95% of them become wealthy BEYOND their WILDEST expectations! - 1

Network Marketing IS a win-win-win-win business model but what about Usborne Books at Home in particular?  That is where I get even more excited!  I have been with Usborne Books at Home for almost 9 years and I can personally assure you that...

You are part of an ethical and stable company.

The Home Office tries to do things with the future in mind.  They are preparing for growth.

The Home Office tries to make the business easier for us by implementing new technology.

The Home Office is committed to helping the Home Business division as much as possible
– they don’t compete against us.

UBAH has a FANTASTIC Hostess Program!!

We have the BEST educational books in the marketplace!!
Our Internet-Linked books are PHENOMENAL!

There will ALWAYS be a market for our product!!  It is a renewable/fresh market because people keep having babies – and babies keep getting older requiring different age-level books.  Our product appeals to babies to grandparents and in-between.

UBAH has a WIDE market!!  We are not limited to just parties or direct sales.  We have the School & Library market, Reach for the Stars, grant monies, bookfairs, for schools/businesses, fundraisers, Book of the Month clubs that you set up, Internet sales, online parties, online bookfairs, resources for soccer teams, marketing to realtors, etc…

Product is NOT over-priced!!  This business will work in ALL demographical areas from poor to wealthy.  All can afford our books.

Not limited to just one gender – both men and women can buy and sell our product!

You are with the BEST network marketing company

     with the BEST product,

     with the BEST prices,

     with the BEST hostess plan,

     with the BEST business model

that can help you achieve your dreams IF you combine Action WITH Vision!

The VISION is that the UBAH network marketing business plan will allow you to make Usborne
THE income for your family!

Instead of a job that becomes your life - Usborne Books at Home can become a MEANS to life!

Think of UBAH not as a career, but as a vehicle to help you do the things in life that really matter to YOU!

It is a means to UNLIMITED FREEDOM!!

The FREEDOM to do what YOU want, WHEN you want to do it, while continuing to act as role models and support to your team.

I had a dream when I first started with UBAH, just to earn free books - and with ACTION I achieved that dream!

Then I caught the VISION and thought...

this is a way I can get out of this cramped house in the worst neighborhood in town and build a new home in the country.

I had a DREAM and with ACTION we've achieved that dream in 1999.  In the summer of 1999 we built a new 5-bdrm home on 80 acres of land on the end of a dead-end road and we LOVE it!!  To see a picture of our dream home, go to:  http://www.ubah.com/pdf/deansuccess.pdf 

I had a dream of having Usborne Books be our FAMILY business - to have the FLEXIBILITY and FREEDOM for BOTH my husband and I.  And with ACTION, my husband and I had UBAH as our ONLY source of income in October of 2002!

Then my husband was called out of the inactive reserves in July of 2003, and was going to Kosovo - but then it was switched to Germany.  That was GREAT because another of my dreams was to go back to Germany when our children were older.  (we were there in '97-'98 for 7 months but our four kids were only 3-8 years old so they didn't remember much)  But now they are 9 to 14 years old so this military reactivation was actually a blessing in disguise.

So I had a DREAM of going back to Germany with our kids and with ACTION...

I had a HUGE S&L sale in August - with the commission from that sale, the kids and I were able to purchase plane tickets for Germany.  We have been living here since September, enjoying the wonderful opportunities here.  UBAH is very flexible and w/o territories, so I can bring my business overseas and keep in touch using the internet.

It is extremely expensive to travel in Europe - especially when you have FOUR children!! 

But with our UBAH income we have been able to go to:

        The Black Forest

        Bavaria

        Paris to climb the Eifel tower and visit the Louve

        Venice where we took a gondola ride

        Prague in the Czech Republic
        w/its St. Charles Bridge and marionette opera

        Amsterdam to see the Anne Frank House

        Haarlem to visit the Corrie TenBoom museum and the Hiding Place,

        We saw WWII bunkers along the beach in the Netherlands
        and waded in the North Sea,

        We all flew to London and saw Big Ben,
        the Egyptian artifacts in the British museum and many
        other things, including a tour of Usborne Publishing offices,

        and while I was at the MEGA-Regional,
        my husband took the boys skiing in the Alps!! 

WOW!!

This is not something even in my wildest dreams, that I ever thought we would be able to afford to do for our children!!

I still continue w/UBAH because I have still MORE Dreams!!

I have an Usborne Dream of...  making a 6-digit income after being in Usborne for 10 years.

I have an Usborne Dream of...  becoming Debt-Free!

I have an Usborne Dream of...  building a gym for our church one day. 
You can do so much more if you are wealthy!  We were able to give thousands of dollars away this past year and when we become debt-free we can do even more and help more people!!

I have an Usborne Dream of...  building a barn and getting a couple of horses when we get back from Germany - in fact, my daughter, Sarah, has already bought her saddle and tack on Ebay!

I have an Usborne Dream of...  visiting even MORE places in Europe!  I still would like to take our children to see...

Poland
Rome
Switzerland
And many more places and castles in Germany!!

So catch the VISION - DREAM BIG!!

Combine that with ACTION and you will be able to LIVE your DREAMS and change YOUR world!

1 - Statistics taken from the book Your First Year in Network Marketing, by Mark Yarnell and Rene Reid Yarnell, on page 80.  In their book on pp 152-154, they also say,

“The grass is always greener, til it’s time to mow…  Those of us who have been in this industry for many years have learned a very real success principle:  perseverance.  Distributors who have stayed with one company for many years, and built new legs in each of those years, are now very wealthy.  Those who think the grass is greener soon learn that true, lasting wealth can only be achieved through long-term participation in one company.   …every time they start over, they are hurting their reputation just a little bit more and distancing themselves from wealth one more time.  Unless you pick a real dud of an MLM company, it’s possible to do well in any number of them.  The key to success is to stop jumping ship and stick with one.”

Summary, pp. 167: “…perseverance with one company is the key to success.”