Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, Executive Consultants Jarrad Abshire and Doug Parker discuss dreaming up the project, interviews that were done with top leaders and the "Golden Nuggets" that each guest had. Other sponsors: Grasshopper - The Entrepreneur's Phone System http://grasshopper.com/ambitiousradio  99designs - Logo Designs - http://goo.gl/3iOab4  Subscribe for text updates by texting the word AMBIT to 69922 *text rates apply see website for more details.  Subscribe | Rate | Review

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Executive Consultant and original investor in Ambit Energy, Joey Carter. Golden Nuggets:  Mary Crowley / Mary Kay  Permission to say no  Kings and Queens did not go to malls  What kind of customers do you want  Ambit – Circle of Influence  Biggest mistake – Not asking for a favor  Turn every no into a referral  People that aim for nothing hit it with great accuracy  Don’t be a spectator, be an active participant Joey Carter isn’t your typical Ambit Executive Consultant. For one thing, he has more than 40 years of experience in the direct selling industry. And Joey’s grandmother Mary, was the founder of one of the most successful companies in the direct selling industry, Home Interiors & Gifts. In fact, Joey was the third generation of his family to serve as CEO of Home Interiors. Not only that, Mr. Carter is among the original investors in Ambit when the company was st

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed National Consultants, Jim and Kim Mason. Golden Nuggets:  The whole family was against the business  Stories are the best way to illustrate  Out of control and frustrating  Inner circle / outer circle  Invite prospects to meet a guest speaker  Checks came with Kim’s name on them  If you don’t have passion  Personal development is pivotal  Kim & Jim Mason promoted to National Consultant on Sunday August 24th. We congratulate them on this remarkable achievement! It takes vision and courage to sell your business of 25 years and start a new one. But that’s what Jim and Kim Mason did, and they’ve begun a new life thanks to Ambit Energy. Raised in a town of about 600, Jim started his own landscaping business at a young age. Kim, his wife of 20 years and bookkeeper for the family business, grew up an “Army Brat” and was used to moving every few years. As their landscaping

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Executive Consultants, Kevin and Rose Duncan. Golden Nuggets:  If we don’t do this, we will be in the same spot next year.  It’s not where you go, it’s who you go with.  Matching Tupperware  Rejection Training  Little voice, you should talk to them.  The only thing easier than starting the business, is quitting.  If you cannot afford to do this business, YOU CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO DO THIS BUSINESS!   Who would you call?  I want a baby! ​Rose Duncan worked for a major wireless phone carrier and her husband Kevin owned a software development company. They were working so hard to provide a good life for their six children they never had time to actually see their kids. In fact, the two of them were so busy with their careers and family they didn’t think they could take on another challenge. “I said ‘no’ to the Ambit opportunity three times because I was happy with my job and

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Top Number 5 Income Earners, Chris and Debbie Atkinson. Golden Nuggets:  Drop a Saturday Shift  Who's group are you in?  Crazy Goal  1000 Ft Hill  I didn't do enough work to earn 3K  Smoke break  Pioneers have good luck / bad luck  300 Million - Houston Texans  Not being 40 and living at home  What if Chris Chambless. . .  I'm a customer and consultant MAGNET! Debbie Roy Atkinson was working two jobs, 60 hours a week as a Registered Nurse in a hospital emergency room. Her life changed forever when Chris Atkinson called to show her the Ambit Opportunity. Debbie recalls, "I told Christ I had no time to do this, but he wouldn't take no for an answer."  Chris and Debbie Atkinson married shortly after they met in 2006. Since then they have launched and maintained one of the nation's most thriving and success-driven training centers in the Houston area.   Other sponsors: Grassh

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Top 30 Income Earner, Fast Track EC, and now National Consultant, Pastor Kenny Smith. Golden Nuggets:  She never gave up on me  I’m the leader of thousands  Be okay with objections  SWSWSWSW: Some will, some won’t, so what? Someone (else) is waiting   Know when to be aggressive and when to be passive  A mansion is a anything over 7,000 square feet  Left side of the menu  Stop saying the prices are too high  There are no top performers that do not work on themselves   Don’t overdo it, but do all you can Pastor Kenny Smith first learned about the Ambit Opportunity from Debbie Roy Atkinson. After an initial conversation, Debbie spent 5 months following up with Kenny before he finally joined Ambit. Five months he says he wishes he didn't waste. Kenny began building his organization and was quickly promoted to Executive Consultant. According to Kenny, one of the keys to succes

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Fast Track RC, Fast Track SC, and Fast Track Executive Consultant & Five Start Trip Award Winner, Milton Burt. Golden Nuggets:  Four Reasons  They need this opportunity  They don’t have faith in themselves  No tolerance for people wasting my time  Create a success story  The food is here, it’s time to eat!  Let those people go  Everybody does not make the cut  Milton believes it's important to set high standards at a young age, and Ambit pushes him to do that every day. "Too often we settle for so little because we simply have not been taught or do not believe that something greater is possible," he says. "Well, I am living proof that it is, and I want to share this opportunity with the world." As an Executive Consultant living in Illinois, Milton is determined to reclaim his personal time, enable his mother to retire and change as many lives as possible. "I love hel

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Fast Track RC, Fast Track SC, and Fast Track Executive Consultant & Million Dollar Income Earner, Kevin Cochran. Golden Nuggets:  You are not my boss  3 P’s  2 R’s  You don’t know what you don’t know  I’m a kid again  Love them alone  One day close to taking the rest of your life off  How long have they been taking advantage of me?  GET THEM PAID! "If you cannot believe,” says EC Kevin Cochran about Ambit Energy’s service, “then you will not achieve success in this business.”  Kevin’s voice is steamrolling through the phone line, energized by his excitement and passion for the Ambit Opportunity. He’s talking about what it takes to achieve success.  “When you joined this business, you didn’t pay to save money on your electric bill. You joined the business to make money!” He’s just getting warmed up. “Ambit says, to get your first bonus check, enroll four customers in 2

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Pure Energy Award Winner that Fast Tracked to RC, SC and is now an Executive Consultant, Bear Gordon. Golden Nuggets:  I was going to get in because he was in  Stay plugged in, Ambition, Simulcast, Power Trip and weekly BPs  Sold passion and excitement  It's not my job to make you successful  Focus on the two things we get paid to do  You cannot treat someone as a priority when you are only an option for them  People that don't know anything, don't tend to do anything From the first consultant that Ambit Energy’s 1# income earner Brian McClure sponsored to Execuitve Consultant, Bear has seen the explosive growth of the company. Dwayne "Bear" Gordon has been a photographer since high school. After being in close proximity of the legendary Gladys Knight, he walked away with no evidence of the event. From there, he was committed to getting a camera, and shortly thereafter dec

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Multiple Five Start Trip Award Winner, Ambit A List, Member of the Comma Club, Pure Energy Award Winner, People's Choice Award Winner and Executive Consultant Norbert Hennessey. Golden Nuggets:  William Wallace  Make it as easy as possible, DUPLICATABLE   Get them checks within ten days  People join Ambit on your excitement  Ambit is an energy business, Im in the people business  Dont give up on anybody  Benefits of what they have invested in EC Norbert Hennessy’s excitement is palpable. “The product we have - it’s habitually used and unconsciously purchased. Everybody uses our product every day, every hour, every minute! Nobody has to store our product out in their garage. We don’t have to sell our product; we only have to show people what we have. It’s the first bill paid every month. It’s a recession-proof business. I mean, who’s kidding who?”  Norbert says he’s just a

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Multiple Five Start Trip Award Winner, Millionaire Club Member, Top 30 Income Earner and Executive Consultant Richard Amoedo. Golden Nuggets:  Your habits are going to shape your outcome  Do you want to me to make all of the money, or would you like to make some too?  Be willing to be interrupted  GOD, who can I go help today?  There was a little bit of pain  It’s okay to have people contribute to me  Permission to point things out  Pick the company you want to have problems with  You sponsor their whole life  Get them to the next exposure A Quest For Better Quality of Life  “Our goal, our focus,” Richard says, “is to improve people’s quality of life. Money does that, but great people do that quicker. We ask ourselves, ‘How are we going to make a difference in people’s lives?’”  Part of the answer comes by way of the example set by some Ambit Energy field leaders. “[NC]

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Five Start Trip Award Winner, Pure Energy Award Winner and Executive Consultant Pat Flander. Golden Nuggets:  Like Excel but on steroids  Don’t go out to do this business, do this business when you are out.  Seek advice from those you want to be like  You always have what you need, you just may not always have what you want  Free Energy is the start  TV will get you nowhere   Smiling in the morning Every Ambit Energy Consultant has their “WHY” – the main reason that they start their own business and strive for success. Patrick Flander used to work two jobs, with a full-time position “working long hours” as an administrator for a road construction company and a part-time career as a professional disc jockey on weekends. Life was, he admits, “extremely busy.” And then the resident of St. Johnsville, New York, found not just one “WHY” – but two. In January 2010, Patrick’s

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Five Start Trip Award Winner, Pure Energy Award Winner and Executive Consultant Sherell Slaise. Golden Nuggets:  Time is the great equalizer  They are scared or uncertain about the opportunity  Whatever it takes program  There are only five objections  $600.00 was a magic number  AS I BECOME A BETTER ME, I ATTRACT BETTER PEOPLE  Could be the biggest financial mistake you have ever made Having control of my time – to do what I want when I want – is living the life of my dreams. I was seeking time freedom. Upon graduating from Clark Atlanta University (and studying International Business at University College of Belize in Central America), I began a corporate career as a Health Care Management Consultant for one of, at the time named, the “Big 6” consulting firms. It was a stressful and very intense job billing the client 80+ hours per week while traveling 100% of the time.

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Executive Consultant Jon Truskauskas. Golden Nuggets:  Could not fit 1 more thing in my schedule  Eliminate people that don’t get it  Find a need / build belief  Give them something to lose  You’re never going to make real money working for someone else  AS I BECOME A BETTER ME, I ATTRACT BETTER PEOPLE  Could be the biggest financial mistake you have ever made Other sponsors: Grasshopper - The Entrepreneur's Phone System http://grasshopper.com/ambitiousradio  99designs - Logo Designs - http://goo.gl/3iOab4  Subscribe for text updates by texting the word AMBIT to 69922 *text rates apply see website for more details.  Subscribe | Rate | Review

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed National Consultants Cesar & Sonia Baffoni  Golden Nuggets:  MLMs are for people that can’t find a job  Trips to Colombia every month  Sell to the mind, not the people  No. No. No. – Do it. Do it. Do it.  Try the service, not CHANGE  Company made me a different person Cesar Baffoni was a successful professional in his home country of Colombia. After studying mechanical engineering in the city of Cali, he went to work for Carvajal, S.A. – one of the largest companies in the country. But due to safety concerns in Colombia, Cesar emigrated to the United States in 1994. Upon his arrival, he went to work at a major membership warehouse club retail chain in Staten Island, New York – where he currently serves as a Merchandise Supervisor. With his wife and three daughters, Cesar wasn’t actively searching for another source of income – and it was a very random experience that

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  Golden Nuggets:  Practice makes permanent  Lost everything TWICE  You only have so many 10 year increments  Busy person's business  Nobody can beat free  Marc and Christina Alfano both came from families of entrepreneurs and knew that they would follow in their families footsteps, especially Marc’s mom who also worked in network marketing. Around the same time changes in the economy caused them to lose their restaurant, Marc and Christina found out they were unable to have children, they spend several years moving frequently. Things started to turn around when they received an opportunity to be a personal chef for country singer, Kenny Chesney. While working for him an impromptu visit from a friend led to an offer from Heinen’s Fine Foods. Heinen’s wanted 17 of their stores stocked with Marc and Christina’s prized tiramisu and they quickly launched Christina Maria’s Tiramisu. Marc and Christina were impressed by their first meeting.

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  Golden Nuggets:  Watching the business impact the lives  Committed to coming to the meeting  FREEDOM  Personal Development – It’s how I think  Finding out what people want  Pattern Interrupt   The company you keep is important In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Executive Consultant, Pure Energy Award winner and a gentleman that has obtained financial freedom, Jay Emma. Jay has always been an entrepreneur. He started his business pursuits at 17 years old when he started a cleaning company which cared for cars, boats, and planes. After that he worked 5 years as a financial planner and then started training / consulting for small business owners, which he still does part time (because of his success in Ambit). “When my good friend Bill asked me to become his customer with Ambit, I said ‘yes’ immediately, and he explained there was a way to make money. After being resistant at first, the two things that impres

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J  Golden Nuggets:    The Fortune is in the Follow Up  Treat Ambit like a $1,000,000.00 Business  Sell Your TV – Then you will have time and money  5 Year Goal  Pride is Why In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed National Consultant, Thompson Leadership Award winner, and The Ambitious Woman, Esther Spina. Author, speaker, and entrepreneur, Esther Spina is the founder of Ambitious Women and a co-founder of the AWSC with Amy Applebaum. Esther is the author of the Amazon best-seller The Ambitious Woman: What it Takes and Why You Want to Be One and the highly-anticipated upcoming book from Adams Publishing’s Everything Series, The Everything Guide to Network Marketing. Raised in California, Esther began her professional career by becoming the first female order desk clerk for General Electric/Hotpoint. After 4 years, she met and married Frank Spina and together they built a very successful construction business. When

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Executive Consultant, Pure Energy Award winner, and multiple Five Star Trip award winner, Rick Val. Golden Nuggets for this episode:  Personal Development  Ego is the Enemy   All about the team  Not everyone is looking for a business opportunity  In a pool with Jere Thompson, JR.  QTIP Rick and Jen Vahl’s Ambit experience began with a trip to Atlantis. Not the lost continent, but the resort in the Bahamas. Rick had earned a trip for his outstanding performance as a top beverage sales leader. Unfortunately, during the trip there was a lot of conversation about how bad business was and how his employer might have to lay people off.  Realizing that they may not be able to count on Rick’s job or Jen’s job in banking, the couple considered options for other career alternatives. Shortly after they returned from their trip, the Vahl’s learned about Ambit from their friends Steve a

Brought to you by Audible - Get a FREE Audio Book: http://goo.gl/wKPK4J In this episode of Ambit Energy's Ambitious 50, we interviewed Founding National Consultant and Million Dollar Income Earner, Lane Winsett. Golden Nuggets for this episode:  Warm Market Capital  Spill popcorn in the lobby  Birds of a feather  Enthusiasm – God Within  Quality Time – Belly to Belly  Space Repetition  Have you ever dreamed Lane is a nationally acclaimed public speaker and trainer with over 20 years experience in the Direct Sales industry. Lane’s career began in 1989 when he became one of the original founding independent representatives with Dallas based, “Excel Telecommunications Inc.”. Lane was Excel’s first Executive Director & National Trainer. Due to Lane’s major, and early on contribution to Excel’s success, a new position was created in the marketing plan by Excel’s President and CEO Mr. Kenny Troutt. Mr. Troutt promoted Lane as the first Presidential Director of Excel. Lane toured the United States for