Coaching and mentoring has always come very easily to me. I’ve always loved working with wrestlers on my school teams and summer camps to help them improve their skills. I first experienced coaching and mentoring for wrestling in 1994.

I never realized how awesome those skills were until I graduated and started out in the business world in 2001. Coaching and helping people to develop their own business through National Agents Alliance and NAA Power Players Players was a natural transition for me.

I had always thought of coaching and mentoring as something you do with sports teams, but apparently you can do it with many other organizations and individuals as well.

At first I assumed that business coaching was pretty much the same thing as therapy, but it has some pretty important differences. Coaching and mentoring doesn’t seek to solve personality problems, but to help you make decisions and to psych you up so that you can stick with those decisions.

A good coach and mentor will inspire you and help you find out what you really want out of life. It can have a lot to do with long-term goals, but first it starts out with immediate actions. It is a great way to get you to pick yourself up and start moving again.

That’s what I do with NAA Power Players. National Agents Alliance is just the tool like a hammer or screw driver. You can use any tool to achieve your results. This is just the one that I use.

I went to see a few life coaches over the last few years. My wife and I even paid $15,000 for a week long leadership retreat to the Grand Cayman Islands in 2007.

It was all pretty straightforward, simple stuff, but it had some pretty powerful implications. Sometimes, the simplest techniques are the best. All you need is someone dedicated and inspiring to help you put them into practice.

Of course, the most important things in coaching and mentoring are not the techniques themselves but your attitude. Having a healthy attitude is what it’s all about. No matter how much theory you have, if you’re pessimistic, grouchy, and uninspiring, you will get mediocre results at best. If you can really bring a lot of energy to the program, on the other hand, you will be able to easily make a difference.

Sometimes, people just need someone cheering for them for a couple hours to get their lives back on track. National Agents Alliance is AWESOME for this!

The #1 thing I learned at that retreat was that YOU truly can accomplish ANYTHING that you want if you will just BELIEVE it. When doubt creeps in is when you feel fear and end up quitting too early… How sad is it that EVERYONE can achieve their dreams if they refuse not to quit.

The thing I love about my partnership with National Agents Alliance is not only helping families protect their mortgage but having the chance to significantly impact people’s lives with a simple business system that they can use to achieve freedom in their life…

At NAA Power Players I apply the same coaching and mentoring methods that I learned in my retreat to help my agents achieve the kind of personal growth in their lives that they desire.

At first I thought $15,000 was a lot of money, but when I realized how easily I could use these principles with my National Agents Alliance team, the value of the retreat shot up to well over 6 figures…even more.

Think about it. When I help just 5 people become millionaires as a result of my mentoring and training, and I earn many millions in override income, then how much was the value of that retreat? And this isn’t even including the emotional fulfillment of being “the one” person who came into a person’s life and completely altered his direction. Amazing!

And you know what else… Ten years from now I could lose all my millions and do you know what I would still have? All my relationships and of course knowledge I learned along the way. Don’t be afraid of failure.

If you’re not getting the coaching and mentoring with NAA Power Players you need to take your business income to the next level, consider a

partnership with National Agents Alliance and NAA Power Players..

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The five essential qualities you need to cultivate and practice!

Perhaps you’re aspiring to a manager’s position with National Agents Alliance. Maybe you’ve just been promoted and now have cold feet – me, manager! – how do I learn how to be a good manager? Still other scenarios include people going in to business for themselves, who require a staff and some good managerial skills. Management positions may require skills specific to the organization.

Then again, there are five basic management qualities which fit any organization that you can learn with practice. If you cultivate these qualities, you’ll be well on the road to being a good manager with National Agents Alliance or any other company really.

Let’s take a look at each and see how these basics can help you succeed in management.

1. Know how to perform each employee’s job. Previously self employed people usually have this one down. As your business grows, you hire new people to do tasks you no longer have the time to do yourself.

But if you’ve never actually done it yourself how can you know how to help others get better at it? You can’t. That’s why it’s so important that you start selling right away with National Agents Alliance so that you set a good example for your team. You’ll gain respect from staff and your own managers.

2. Leadership qualities, along with good planning and organizational skills are required of the successful manager. After all, you’re the manager. Your staff looks to you to plan and organize team objectives and lead them to a successful conclusion.

This is why you’re the manager! Fortunately, with National Agents Alliance nobody’s reinventing the wheel so good planning is as easy as following the structure that’s laid out.

3. Learning how to be a good manager requires that you cultivate objectivity. As a manager, you cannot play favorites. Everyone naturally gravitates towards personalities with whom they have common interests. As a manager, you’ve got to toss that out the window when making decisions that affect your team. Base your business decisions on business issues.

You must learn to set your personal preferences aside and focus strictly on what’s good for the team objective. This often means spending more time with those who show they are serious about building their National Agents Alliance business and follow instructions well.

4. While it’s necessary to retain a certain distance from your staff, this doesn’t mean that you must adopt a superior attitude. Your team does the majority of the work, but you possess the wherewithal to make it all coalesce into a successful venture. While you direct the actions of your staff, demonstrating respect, fairness, understanding, guidance and encouragement is a win-win proposition.

Again, you gain respect on both sides. Rewarding good performance inspires your team to exceed the previous standard. National Agents Alliance strongly believes in recognition in reward. It’s apparent through their weekly leader boards and diamond rings that are given away at the end of the year.

5. One of the major signatures of a manager who has mastered the lessons of how to be a good manager with National Agents Alliance is he is genuinely interested in the personal lives of his agents as well as their business. He helps his team meet both their personal and professional goals by acting as their witness and their cheerleader.

Encourage your people to attain a higher level of skill and provide the means with which they may prosper in their careers and YOU will be rewarded handsomely.

These are the essential qualities of a good manager with

National Agents Alliance and NAA Power Players.

Check out our advanced insurance sales training.

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Things haven’t been going very well at work recently. The company is faltering, and overtime has been eliminated completely, reducing my paychecks by a significant amount. I know you’re not supposed to depend on overtime pay to support a nice lifestyle, but I thought I was safe after 10 years in the same job. Now I’m faced with a mountain of debt, and not enough money coming in to keep my head above water.

I need to find a couple of legitimate ways to get rich quick so I can pay my bills and stop worrying about finances all the time. Maybe I can find a get rich quick scheme one of those late night infomercials…

Is National Agents Alliane a get rich quick? It depends upon your definition of “quick.” Most people would be happy to be a millionaire by the time they retire at 65 years old, let alone after 5 years like several of our agents have done… It also depends on what your definition of rich is.

When I graduated college in 2001 I thought $100,000 was a lot of money. Most people consider that “rich” since less than 1% of the population ever earns that much annual income. In 2009 nearly 200 people made $100,000 selling a very simple product with the marketing help of National Agents Alliance.

So what’s your definition of quick and rich?

I always hear how people are making a killing from various online ventures, so I figured that would be the best place to start in my quest to get rich quick. I wanted to find out the details of how others have made their fortunes, and try to follow in their footsteps.

The good news is there are plenty of web sites out there devoted to the subject of making money right now. The bad news is a majority of them are nothing more than get rich quick scams run by unscrupulous people waiting to take your money. Obviously, the key to success is to learn to differentiate between the two.

National Agents Alliance has been around since 2001 and the products they offer come from companies who have been around 100 years plus. Companies like Mutual of Omaha, Foresters, ING, Allianz and many more that you know.

From what I’ve been able to determine thus far, it seems that the best way to discover if a get rich quick program is legitimate or not is to find out what others have said about it.

I’m not talking about the testimonials that appear on a particular program’s web site; I’m talking about real feedback from real people who have purchased or tried a business.

Let’s face it, all of these get rich quick systems come at a price. These reviews are easy to find if you’re persistent, and I certainly wouldn’t recommend shelling out any cash until you perform this type of due diligence. Just make sure you call and speak to the person directly whose review you read.

Many of these are made up with fake phone numbers and when you find negative complaints it’s by people who you wouldn’t get within 10 feet of. You have to call and hear their voice, the way they talk and their attitude to understand the value of what they wrote.

Advice with no face is worthless. It’s like wanting to run a marathon and asking the people who pooped out at the 5 mile mark for advice on how to finish…

After countless hours of preliminary research and phone calls I decided to partner with National Agents Alliance. It actually took me 4 months of research before finally pulling the trigger and am I glad I did.

I knew that other people might have go through the same research process as I before partnering with National Agents Alliance so that’s why I created this web site to make their research go much smoother than it went for me… (EVERYTHING is here, good, bad, and the ugly.)

I believe that there are a number of legitimate ways to get rich quick — but they all require hard work. And that’s how all the successful people at National Agents Alliance have made it.

That’s another way to distinguish between scams and real business opportunities: the amount of work you need to put into the venture. It always takes work and a bit of time to see profits.

Those who promise that you’ll be raking in hundreds of dollars a day by the end of the week are just trying to part you from your hard-earned money. As long as your prospective business venture offers a useful product or service to customers, then you’re probably on the right track.

I want to get rich quick just as much as the next person, but I’m not willing to throw money down the drain by chasing unsound business deals. You gotta work hard. It’s pretty simple to follow the system at National Agents Alliance.

It’s not easy but it’s simple which means anyone can do it. And now with NAA Power Player’s attraction marketing system you can work a little less hard and little more smart…

In either case, whether you partner with us or not, I hope this article about National Agents Alliance was useful…

Now take a look at our insurance sales training.

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It may sound strange to hear, but many people are programmed for failure. We come up with all sorts of rationalizations, but what it really comes down to is that we are used to not succeeding. We learn all kinds of habits that defeat us, from putting off work over and over again to repeating self-defeating predictions to ourselves until they become self-fulfilling prophecies.

Success coaching combined with the National Agents Alliance system is a simple idea, but a powerful one: by focusing on learning the techniques, habits, and skills of successful sales people, we can all become more productive, successful, and happy people.

Of course, the idea of success coaching isn’t exactly new. As matter of fact, it has its antecedents in many disciplines of psychology. Freud himself did a lot of work on the self-defeating and self-undermining attitudes that so many people have. He had his own theory about why they occur, as other psychologists had their own theories.

The success coach doesn’t focus so much on the theories as on the behaviors themselves. In success coaching, we don’t really try to look for the underlying causes, but find out the ways you can break through the behaviors.

I have friends who are success coaches and I think they really rubbed off on me. Ultimately, I have always been the kind of person who has to make his own mistakes.

I only started to taste success with National Agents Alliance after I decided to focus on independently on National Agents Alliance.

I knew that I had to take a stand and change my habits to focus 100% of my time on my one business and things would take off. I looked at my own life and business habits, and made a list of everything I do wrong and everything I do right.

Then I systematically decided how I was going to transform my worst habits into my best. Imagine that, turning your worst habit into your best attribute each year. It wouldn’t be long before you’ve completely transformed your character identity for the better of course.

For me, success coaching is about positively impacting the lives of other people and benefiting from those relationships for the rest of my life. There are a lot of success coaches out there, but none of them have an actual business system to help you achieve freedom.

And freedom is what everybody really wants and needs so that they can create more time to focus on those things they want to change in their life. (That’s why I partnered with National Agents Alliance.)

Many success coaches just scream at you from behind to “get going” but all that fuel does you no good without a map to follow.

It’s like stepping your foot down on the electric peddle in those go carnival go carts that seem to spin all over the place without having total control of your direction.

Sure there are those who already have a solid business and system to follow but in most cases, those people already have mentoring or coaching from the person who taught them the business. Most people need success coaching but they need a business system to go with it.

And even when you have the best mentor money can buy who tells you exactly what to do, you’re still going to fail and make mistakes. But you have to learn to love making mistakes and grow from them. Sometimes having to figure things out yourself makes the understanding much deeper.

Nonetheless, I still wish that I had a success coach in those early years to tell me exactly what I needed to do. It would have made my learning curve much shorter and saved me a lot of time and money.

Fortunately, NAA has a network of a few thousand agents who network and share ideas with each other through daily conference calls, recorded audios and live events. You just can’t get a better support system than this. Click the link for a taste of National Agents Alliance Success Coaching.

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In our society, there is a lot of discussion about expressing yourself. Everyone wants to get their point across, but people don’t necessarily worry about listening nearly as much. In my opinion, asking questions is every bit as important a skill as expressing your own opinions.

Everyone has an opinion, but by asking the right questions you can refine yours. You can learn from the life experiences of those you come across, and improve your own body of knowledge. Most importantly for the sake of this article, you can help your clients most effectively when using the National Agents Alliance sales system.

Asking questions is an art form. It isn’t just a matter of asking any question that comes to mind. Everyone has had that friend who asks stupid questions all the time, as if begging other people to think for them.

Knowing what to ask and what not to ask can make the difference between a good impression and a bad impression. Whether you’re going in for an interview, meeting a neighbor, or getting together with a very close friend, or a client in your National Agents Alliance business.

You are going to be judged by what you ask as well as by what you say.

Asking open ended questions is a great way to make a good impression and show people that you really care about what they have to say. The great thing about an open ended question is that it can really keep the conversation going.

It can allow the person you’re talking to to not just fulfill your query for knowledge, but to expand on it and perhaps teach you something you didn’t know before. Most importantly, it eliminates the possibility of your partner only answering with “yes” or “no” which gives you the least amount of information.

One of the most important things to remember about asking questions is that it is a way of showing your conversational partner that you’re paying attention. Try to ask a question about his or her area of expertise or something that interests him or her.

Some people just love to talk about their favorite hobbies, work, or even past relationships. The important thing is to know who you’re dealing with and what some of his or her preferred topics are. Then, ask questions to get your friend going.

National Agents Alliance provides multiple audio cds and NAA Power Players provide extensive video training recorded by James instructing the art of asking questions to understand the client.

But just because you are asking questions doesn’t mean you will get answers that are meaningful. One of the things that people like me, who like to hear other peoples opinions forget, is that not every opinion is necessarily an informed one. If you need good information, consult an expert with your questions.

There is enough noise going around nowadays that you don’t need to add to it by spreading someone’s uninformed opinion as if it were God’s own truth. With that being said, National Agents Alliance is jam packed with $100,000 income earners, $250k, $500, $750 and $1 Mill folks that you can personally ask your questions to.

We teach the art of question sales strategies in our NAA Power Players video training series.

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I found this fascinating quote today:

National Agents Alliance is the greatest business opportunity that’s ever been created. We like the flexibility, we like the income because it’s not limited. We can make whatever we want to make. And the freedom, the freedom is the big thing.announced.us, Announced Articles & Press Releases

You should read the whole article.

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Did you hear about National Agents Alliance?

If you like to be your own boss, work hours you want to work and take vacation when you want sales insurance job with National Agents Alliance might be right for you.

Even if you don’t have any previous experience with selling insurance we will train you and provide you with valuable information which will help you succeed.

Let me explain you what it takes on a day to day basis. No, don’t worry there will not be just plain cold calling. National Agents Alliance provides their agents with 4 category leads. Their superior lead attaining proven system will not disappoint you.

So how can you get started? First check out National Agents Alliance Get Started and read about this insurance sales job position. The next step would be to get your insurance license; it will take you about a week or so and off you go. You are not alone, there is a strong team support following you on your career path along the way. Weekly phone conferences and national conference is part of the support tool.

So now that you have first hand full of leads you set up appointments and close the sale. Always ask for referrals even if you didn’t close.

Becoming one of the best NAA agents is an incredible ride.

Join National Agents Alliance Now!!

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When you join National Agents Alliance you’ll gain instant access to MP3 audio and video training.   You’ll also find additional courses in your back office from our business partners.

You can listen to these audios in your car or at the gym.  The best time to listen is while driving in between meetings.   If you spend just 5 hours per week in your car you would drive 250 hours every 12 months.  That’s like an entire semester at a University.

At National Agents Alliance we stress the habit of learning, while jogging, at the gym and in your car to triple the effectiveness of your time.  This way you will gain more time for calling, meetings, and building your team.

Did your jobs in the past allow you to develop yourself and pursue your education?  National Agents Alliance will provide what you need to grow.

When you partner with National Agents Alliance and become a NAA Power Player, your personal growth is most important so you can quickly become a leader and manage your own organization.

For more information on becoming a partnering with National Agents Alliance, visit us at

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When it comes to live training at National Agents Alliance there are 4 places where our agents can develop themselves.

1. Power Start™ Training
2. Leadership Conference
3. National Convention
4. Business Builder Hot Spots

During your 1st month in Power Start™ you’ll be scheduled to attend a 2 day boot camp at the National Agents Alliance home office.  At this conference you’ll learn from our business partners about their products and strategies.  You’ll hear from a few high producing agents about their approach and how you can apply it in your business.
You’ll meet a lot of new agents that you can keep in touch with and share thoughts.  You’ll have the opportunity to present yourself to the leaders that launched National Agents Alliance in 2001.  Depending on accessibility you could get together with Andy, Barry, Philip or all three.
The Leadership Conference held in September is the time that the highest producing agents all get together and give away their secrets to success to you.  This is a opportunity for you to get a close look at where everybody stands as we draw close to the closing of the year.
You’ll hear from some of our carriers as they unveil their most recent product alterations and strategies.  You’ll also get to listen and meet a well known guest speakers.  In the past we’ve relished visits from writer John Maxwell, writer Burke Hedges, and famous Football manager Lou Holtz.

The National Convention is where all your backbreaking work pays off.  You are honored for your productivity in front of more than a thousand agents.  Depending on the level of production you accomplish you may qualify for a luxurious trip and a recognized income ring.
There are three levels of income rings: $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 that are all made of solid gold with your name etched in the side.   Each show a different stone as the middle piece.  The $500,000 ring boasts a diamond in the center of the stone.  The $1,000,000 ring includes the diamond in the middle plus an additional diamond around for each additional $100,000 income earned.
All year long there are various “hotspots” through the U.S. where National Agents Alliance directors hold demonstration meetings.  This gives you the opportunity to invite your potential business partners to a meeting near their house so they can meet agents face to face and learn from our leaders.  You can see when events are being hosted at National Agents Alliance Hot Spots.
If you’d like to see when John Kight will be hosting the meetings click here.
What kind of recognition have you received from the companies you worked for in the past?  What feedback do you get that lets you know people are benefiting from your exertions?  How do you feel when you wake up with the sunrise and are preparing to go to work?

Let this be the year of self empowerment.  Take control of the reigns and join hands with National Agents Alliance Power Players so you can start constructing a business that pays you even when you don’t wake up and go to work.

If you want to learn more about partnering with National Agents Alliance you can visit this link:

National Agents Alliance Reviews

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Let’s say you are moving to small town where you will be conducting your business as insurance agent for National Agents Alliance and you don’t really know anybody. Here are the tips that can help you with these roadblocks:

1. Get to know other business owners

Find out how did they start? How long they were in business? What were the first steps they took? What challenges did they have to face? How did they end up in this town? Listen carefully and evaluate what worked and what didn’t. This information can help tremendously in making the right decision about whether to start or not and what strategy to use.

2. It is all about the first impression

Make sure that when you start your business you are remembered and recognized as someone who is trustworthy and accountable. Small town people are more intimate and like to talk about what is new. So let people know what you doing and who you are.

3. Do market research

Find out who else is in insurance industry and get to know them. Take time to discover their reputation.

4. Familiarize yourself with local regulations

Make sure that your business is legit and that you have proper insurance for conducting sales.

5. Know your community

Will your market come from second and third generation local residents? Or are you serving those who relocated recently from urban areas?

6. Build relationships

Attract key leaders in town and ask for referrals.

And in a small town, you’ll be expected to be a super-citizen. Choose alliances and sponsorships carefully. Prepare for all sorts of friendly requests to donate time, materials and money.

If you want to know more about National Agents Alliance click here.

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