Best-selling author and internationally acclaimed speaker Richard Brooke http://richardbrooke.com Fri, 6 JUN 2010 09:35:01 PST There are numerous things a new distributor must do to venture successfully into a new business. All of these actions carry a burden. They are hard ... harder for some than others. They take physical effort, but more directly they take emotional effort. Fri, 6 Jun 2010 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_100604.asp World history is full of powerful leaders; men and women who changed the direction of societies, business and culture. Nothing is more valuable to our society’s health. Yet today, leadership often feels like a missing link in business, politics, religion, education and even the family. Wed, 24 Jan 2010 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_interview.asp One of the unfortunate things we have seen during the last couple of international tragedies is that some NGO’s show up and make a splash for the TV cameras, insuring donations, and then disappear when things die down. Charity Navigator has done an evaluation of the best places for you to put your money if you want to make a contribution to Hatian relief. Tue, 19 Jan 2010 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_100119.asp The Health Care Reform debate has reached a new high of rhetoric. And, we are barking up the wrong trees. We need to look at our health care system realistically and then look to ourselves responsibly to solve the problem as individuals. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_100104.asp The future of Network Marketing is in our hands … the hands of company owners, executives and independent sales leaders. We can band together with shared vision and values and execute a quantum leap in our success, or we can continue to operate with opposing visions and values and battle each other along the way. The future is our choice; it is in our hands, every one of us. Mon, 13 Nov 2009 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_111009.asp Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s an American tradition; the day we give thanks for all we have. Thanks for the things, the conditions and the people we may take completely for granted the other 364 days of the year. What I love most about Thanksgiving is the purity of it. Mon, 03 Nov 2009 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_091102.asp It’s a grim economic picture these days. Businesses are downsizing, going virtual or going offshore and taking our jobs with them. That’s bad news. Making matters worse, the recession that is gripping our economy — while showing some signs of recovery — has hit many of us hard. The unemployment rate is hovering around 10 percent, a 26-year high. And there is a widening gap between the richest and poorest Americans as these rippling job layoffs ravage household budgets. Mon, 21 Oct 2009 http://www.richardbrooke.com/blogs/blog_091021.asp