FAQ: Can I afford Supplementation?



Affordability is one of the biggest issues I come across in the field. I am an active Mannatech Associate and I pretty much tell people about Mannatech and why I believe the company and their health products are really good. It’s important to take supplements nowadays due poor eating habits and definitely due our toxic environment. That is what the experts are saying anyway.

Despite having great products that money can buy, a big objection I get is the price. Typically it takes a little over $100 to start on a Mannatech Wellness Regiment. But sad to say, many people do not have enough money to afford an extra $100+ a month.

But budgeting your funds is a good start! For example, your daily Starbucks could cut down. On average, a Starbucks drink is around $3.50 or $105 for 30days. So cut the Starbucks drink. Besides, a milk and espresso beverage contains a lot of empty calories, so lessening your Starbucks will keep the fat away. Or perhaps go every other day; you’ll still be saving about $52.50 a month. If you don’t drink Starbucks, budget in other areas. Starbucks is just an easy example.  By the way, I actually used to be a Barista during college.

Mannatech has made it easy to afford the products through network marketing as well.   All you need to do is just get 6 of your friends to start on their wellness regiment with you and Mannatech will give you $100 every single month!

So you can budget and/or take a little effort to share some information to your friends and family and then you’ll be able to afford the products.

But in all honesty, Mannatech products have value. They are made to be the best that money can buy and the prices are very fair compared to how much research and effort it takes to make them. So in a value standpoint, Mannatech Products are quite cheap and affordable. Just don’t compare these products to the products you get at Walgreen’s, Vitamin World or GNC because Mannatech does produce products superior to what you can get in normal stores. They are made better and they are really natural: and All Natural is Good!

So the real question is, Can you afford Not to take Supplements?  Remember, it’s cheaper to take a proactive approach to your own health rather than the other way around.  Right?

Why Wellness? Why not?


LifeStyle Living Today means living as well as we can be.  It’s about having a good quality of life.  I mean that is pretty much we are all striving for, right?  In countries like the Philippines there are the poor and the rich.  There are way too many people in the Philippines suffering from poverty and compared to the population, only a small percentage of people are wealthy and can actually afford to live well.  Either your rich or poor, we are all striving for a good quality of life, about Living Well!

In the United States, about 10% of the population earn $100,000 or more.  On top of that most people still live beyond their means.  That is why the United States is suffering the credit crunch.  Whether you are in the Philippines, the United States or some other country, our goals are to have a good quality of life.  To have wellness!  If we don’t choose wellness, we choose the opposite.  The opposite of wellness is doing nothing.

Wellness doing is exercising regularly, because we all need exercise.  You can drink all that SlimFast all you want, but you still got to exercise.  If you’re on OsoLean, you got to exercise too!  You just can’t get out of exercising.  That is essential.

Wellness doing is about eating right!  Not eating less.  Eating less sucks!  Just eat fewer calories.  This is typically the low glycemic diet.

Wellness doing is taking supplements.  Today, we all need supplements because it is a well-known fact that the nutrients that should be found in the food we’re eating are not there.  Supplements need to come from food.  Not synthesized or anything like that.   Mannatech, Inc. makes Real Food Technology Solutions.  Their supplements are all natural and the body sees it as food.

Wellness doing is drinking water.  I see so many times that a bottle of Coke is in place of a pitcher of water  at the family dinner table.  It’s sad.  Coke has so much sugar in it.  Water is water!  You have to drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water a day.  Eight glasses of water a day basically.

Wellness doing is earning adequate income to support yourself and your family.  In the Philippines and in America, some people don’t earn enough income from their jobs.  So supplementing your income with another part-time job is okay.  Building a part-time home based business like a network marketing business is better.  More income for you and your family and better ways to support your wellness.

So why wellness?  To Feel Great!  To Look Great!  To ultimately Live Well!  Take charge of your wellness and financial wellness.  That is Living Well. Cheers!

Michael Jordan on Failure and a TV commercial about it


Michael Jordan is best known for his career in the NBA and as a Nike Spokesperson. I found this Nike Commerical on Failure with Michael Jordan. Jordan is right. He’s the best Basketball Player of all time and I’m sure many of you would agree. He’s also a business man. He’s so cool! He is LifeStyle Living! He is successful! He’s smart! He’s humble.  And this is what he had to say about Failure.

We can all learn from this. Multiple books and many successful people said it as well. When asked how did they get so successful? They often say, by failing multiple times. Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad said when Kiyosaki lost his first company, congratulations! most successful people lose three companies, you got two more to go. It seems you got to fail to succeed.

Or, in other words, the great inventor Thomas Edison said “Failed? — why we haven’t failed, we only know the thousands of ways that won’t work.” Persistence is key to our success. Many people give up inches away from success. In LifeStyle Living, success brings us happiness. Everyone’s goal in life is happiness! Come on? Is your goal in life to be miserable? I don’t think so! What is happiness? What is Success? Success is being happy, healthy, wealthy and wise;  all together, not one without the other. So never give up!  Keep on keeping on!  If you fail once:  it’s okay.  If you fail twice: it’s okay too.  If you fail 10,000:  Edison’s lightbulb?.. Every failure is a step closer to success! I’m personally taking this advice, I’m a pro at failure.  Cheers!

How many times have you failed until you got your success?  Or are you still failing?   Don’t worry, my Upline said that my failures were expensive learning experiences.

Having your own Office at Starbucks


I am all for Starbucks!  Starbucks truly delivers a good cup of coffee.  I just had myself a Doppio.

Doppio in espresso is a double shot, extracted using a double filter basket in the portafilter. This results in 60ml of drink, double the amount of a single shot espresso. More commonly called a standard double, it is a standard in judging the espresso quality in barista competitions. Doppio is Italian, meaning “double”.

Starbucks also delivers a great environment.  Now, not all Starbucks unfortunately have a nice cafe, but for most Starbucks, they truly make a nice cafe and deliver that nice comfortable environment.  International Starbucks like the ones in the Philippines are so much nicer!  They are much cooler than the ones in the United States in my opinion.

Regardless if you’re in the USA or elsewhere, Starbucks will provide you a great environment to chill out, hang out with friends, have a date, or have a meeting.  Yeah!  A work session meeting.  Now there have been many meetings done at Starbucks.  I would assume many Deals happened as well.  So if your office is at home, Starbucks will give you another office away from your home office and you’ll get a great Cappuccino.  That is of course the Barista know’s how to make one.  In some cases, I get a foamy Latte for a Cappuccino.   But anyhow, Starbucks will give you that office with a cup of coffee.

If you have a Home Based Business such as a Network Marketing Business, Starbucks is a great way to have meetings, presentations of the products, presentations of the payplan and have get-together with your Downline/Upline Leaders to create a Master Plan to grow your Home Based Business even bigger.

A Home Based Business is not restricted just at home, but there are many other places to have your office and Starbucks is a great place to have one.  I see it all the time.  I’m a networker and a former Barista.  When I was a Barista, I’ve seen lawyers, architects, and construction experts having their meetings and brainstorming sessions at the cafe.  It was so cool.

Kudos to Starbucks for providing great coffee in a really nice place for people to get some work done.  In college, 90% of all my homework was done at Starbucks.  Now, I am showing my work with Mannatech, meeting and brainstorming about Health, Wellness, Financial Freedom and helping as much people to get there as well.  Everything in life revolves around what Zig Ziglar said,

You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want.

Starbucks is successful because they deliver what people want and you can be successful by helping people get what they want.  And what do people want?  Happiness! :D

Are French Fries and Ketchup Categorized As Vegetables?


Two common vegetables kids in the United States eat are French Fries and Ketchup.  Now, would you honestly believe and categorize French Fries as a serving of vegetables?  Is Ketchup a vegetable?  Some do actually.  Don’t get me wrong, they taste really good with an American Cheeseburger, but is it adequate for our health needs?  Is it adequate for our children’s needs?

I do understand a burger, fries and a coke is a tasty treat and typically done as a lunch or dinner but with the current obesity problem, it’s doing more harm than good, would you agree?  Yes it’s cheap!  Obesity rates is expected to go up in the USA during the current Economy because it is simply cheaper to go to McDonald’s than it is to go to the Grocery Store and buy some good wholesome fruits and vegetables.  I have heard, and correct me if I’m wrong that two pears are more expensive than a full meal in McDonald’s.  So, a struggling mother would be able to feed her children at McDonald’s more so than simply going to the grocery store.  Completely understandable but gosh, we got to weigh in the pros and cons here as many Americans are horizontally challenged.

Most Americans lay awake at night worrying health and finances as it was polled back in 1997 and today its the same thing.  So, in order to provide our children and ourselves the best health money can buy is simply to make more money.

Mannatech, Inc. is a Reasearch and Development Nutrition Company that develops Real Food Technology Solutions.  Their mission is to provide better solutions to global health through natural and effective wellness products.  Mannatech, Inc, choose Network Marketing as their Marketing  vehicle which is proving to be very effective.

Why is Network Marketing Effective when it comes to health and nutrition?

#1. Network Marketing with Mannatech allows the Customer to be educated about health and their products more than what they can learn at the typical nutrition store (Mannatech products are not sold in stores).  There are plenty of research and background behind Mannatech Products and Seminars are given to ensure that each customer as well as their associates to fully understand the importance of health, dietary supplements and the benefits of Mannatech products.  The American Medical Association stated in their journal that it is imperative to supplement now because most nutrients are not found in the modern diet.  It makes sense!  Treats like Happy Meals don’t have that much nutrients hence the importance of supplementation for kids as well as for adults (some adults actually order Happy Meals too, because of the toys…)

#2. Network Marketing with Mannatech, Inc. allows associates to earn income to offset their monthly product needs.  They call it their free wellness for life program.  Perhaps if they want to earn a little more income to increase their grocery budgets, Mannatech and Independent Associates will provide help and training to achieve that.  And if they want to earn and match their current annual income, there is that option as well.  The individual Customer and Associate decides that.

So Mannatech knows the importance of health and finances.  To be healthy in our society today, you will have to be able to afford it.  Simple as that.  If you don’t believe that, then your kidding yourself.   That’s the truth!  Robert Kiyosaki said it’s wake up time!  Time to be financially literate.  We can be financially literate and healthy at the same time because our health is our wealth.  Cheers!

If you want to know more information about Mannatech, please go back to the person that introduced you to Mannatech. They will know how to get you started.  If me and my team are the ones that introduced you to Mannatech, you can contact us here and we will help you with Mannatech’s Health Solutions and Financial Solutions.

Real Food Technology Solutions from Mannatech


As an Independent Mannatech Associate, I am a product of the Products.  Yes, I actively take the products I recommend to all of my friends and family.  No use promoting a product that you don’t believe in, otherwise I’ll just be a salesman.   Professional sales people can sell virtually anything.  Me personally, I can’t sell $5 for a buck.  Honestly, I’m a bad salesman.  However, since I personally take the products, the people I share this information with takes my recommendations to heart.   Which is cool because I believe in what I am doing is a good thing.

I believe that there are a lot of people looking for what Mannatech has to offer.  Even the AMA which is the American Medical Association stated that the modern diet no longer supplies ample nutrients we need to live well and it is now imperative for us to supplement our diets with Dietary Supplements.  However, with all the stuff out there, how do we choose, and which ones do we choose to live that healthy lifestyle we are all looking for?  Now, Dietary Supplements are only designed to supplement you with nutrients.  That’s it!  They are not designed to cure what ever disease you may have.  Your body does that for you and nutrition are the tools your body needs to do what it is already designed to do;  to heal itself.  So nutrients are things found in plants which are food for us which supports normal bodily functions.  All that Mannatech does is extract those nutrients, stabilizes them and make a product so anyone can be nourished the way nature intended it.  Everything is plant sourced and natural.  That is Real Food Technology Solutions!

Now I know I will seem biased to you since I am indeed an Independent Mannatech Associate.  In fact I am very Biased.  I will openly say that Mannatech products deliver the best products out there.  In all honestly, without Mannatech, I wouldn’t be in Network Marketing but I believe in Mannatech.  Mannatech only Network Markets the products so you will never get it in retail stores like GNC or Vitamin World.  Only from Independent Mannatech Associates like me is where you will get these Mannatech Products.

Mannatech products range from Vitamins, to Antioxidants, to Omega 3′s, to Fat-loss products, to what Mannatech is really known for: Glyconutritionals, as well as skincare products.  Products designed to help you look great and feel great!  In all honestly, from taking these products for 5 years, I have never look and felt so good about myself.  I am 30 years old, with better quality of skin (I used to be a major pizza face), in good health and I still weigh the same as when I was 21, 155lbs standing at 5′ 8″ (fyi:  I weight train 4x a week).

Check out what Mannatech has to offer!  When you are ready to get started on looking great and feel fantabulous, get back to me or the person that recommended Mannatech to you.  We will help you get the products at the best value and help you in your LifeSytle Living.  Cheers!

Is Network Marketing Right For You?


The only person that can truly answer if Network Marketing is right for you is YOU!

Robert Kiyosaki, America’s expert in financial literacy strongly promotes Network Marketing for the average individual like me, to migrate from the E (Employee Quadrant) to a B (Big Business Quadrant).

Paul Zane Pilzer, an Economist and trend forecaster, forecast 10 Million Brand New Millionaires will be created in the USA alone from 2006-2016 in which many of them are Network Marketers (I’m working on being one of these people).

Donald Trump had stated if he had to do it again, he would have gone to network marketing.  Robert Kiyosaki agreed as well adding it makes sense.

The Single Mothers I have talked to who got their success from Network Marketing promotes MLM with their respected MLM Company.

The various successful people who I have talked to you who all got their success of course supports network marketing and strongly promotes everyone to start a network marketing business.  They genuinely promote it so that you too can have a lifestyle that they built for themselves.  It is true, it’s lonely at the top so why not bring your friends at the top with you.  That is the mentality of my upline who I work with.

Network Marketing is a way for people in general to keep their day job and build a B Quadrant Business to set them financially free.  That is of course if they do stay and build the business.

Building a business, Network Marketing, Mom and Pop’s shop or a Big Business like Google takes money, effort, ingenuity, risk, bravado and audacity.  In network marketing, it’s little to no risk because the respectable Multi-level marketing company will have guarantees (the best is a 100% 180days Satisfaction Guarantee on all the products purchased).  The Startup Cost of a Network Marketing Business starts as low as $100-$500.  So the startup cost is quite low and it is guaranteed.  But what doesn’t really cost anything, is your eagerness to develop yourself and your ability to take risk (which is low in this type of business),  you’ll need bravado because you will be marketing a company with products and services in which you should believe in (no use promoting a company with crap products and services), and you’ll need some audacity.  You’ll need audacity to build virtually anything.

For myself, I’ve only joined 1 Network Marketing Company in which I am passionate about, I learned the ropes, I also had to learn public speaking (my #1 fear like most people, next to death), I also learned not to be so shy and have some audacity.  I also learned how to blog, tweet, facebook, and make videos to promote myself and my business to prospective customers and/or business partners so they too can benefit of what I have to offer.  And you know what?  I’m so enjoying myself!

Network Marketing will only be right for you if you feel that it is right for you.  The question to ask yourself is how do I feel?  How do I want to feel?  How do I live and how do I want to live?  What if I can turn my  current annual income to become my monthly income (this holds so true to many success stories in Networking, most of them single mothers)?  And most of all, ask yourself what is my purpose?

Purpose is so important.  Having a purposeful life will bring you more success! It is true.  You have to believe in what you’re doing. My purpose is to promote happiness, health, wealth and wisdom I learn to everyone.  The information is at our fingertips and we all need a little nudge to open the book, open the pages, read the article, listen to the music, just hear and have openness.  My purpose is to help people as best as I can because it helps me feel fulfilled with my life and I know the Network Marketing company I am with is the Right One to fulfill my purpose!  (This is secular purpose folks, not spiritual purpose for all you religious readers. I too have my spiritual purpose and you can find another blog to help you with that, it’s the Bible)

So, ask yourself, is being in business right for me?  Is Network Marketing right for me?  Am I ready to make some changes in my life?  Remember, change always causes upset, but that is surely temporary.  Cheers Friends!

Social Media Revolution Updated


Social Media Revolution 2 is a refresh of the original video with new and updated social media & mobile statistics that are hard to ignore. Based on the book Socialnomics by Erik Qualman.

I have been hearing form books and literature that it is essential to have Social Media being in business today from Blogs, Facebook, YouTube…  Getting out there means you are reaching your customers and  your potential customers.  Your customers are also  your business partners.  They will give you ideas about how you are doing and how to make things even better.  This idea came from the book “What Would Google Do?” LifeStyle Living Entrepreneurs!  You gotta watch this.

Why Network Marketing?


LifeStyle Living I often say is being happy, healthy, wealthy and wise.  A part of being wealthy is owning a business of some sort.  In my travels, the wealthiest people I met owned businesses.  Examples of some businesses they were in is Real Estate which is what I like to get into as well, but first, make money for that big down payment. Also, I’ve met some people who owned poultry farms, primarily selling eggs, Feeds, Gas Stations (though since regulations are high, not much money can be made with gas stations), Construction and everything that deals in construction.  Wholesale and distribution is another example, car dealerships…  Those are great traditional business models and all of the men I met who owned those business were all successful.

The business I am in is Network Marketing.  It’s another business model.  It still has products that is to be distributed.  It still has man power or leverage which means there are others in your team building their network of marketers and customers.  The goal of the president, which is you is to share information to your team and customers.  That’s it!  On top of that, many successful traditional businessmen are promoting Network Marketing is “The Perfect Business.”

The company I’m with has extraordinary health products (Check), great business model (Check), in it for the long haul (Double Check), and a company that impacts lives for the better (Check).  LifeStyliving:  Be happy, healthy, wealthy and wise!

As a disclaimer to you, Network Marketing is not the business for everybody.  Being in business for themselves is not for everybody.  It takes guts, audacity, bravado and a willingness to take risks.  All of the successful men I mentioned above told me of their trials and tribulations.  If you’re up for it, then being in business for yourself is right for you!

Please let me know your comments below.  I’d love to know what you think. :)

Social Media Is Taking Over


Social Media Revolution: Is social media a fad?

Or is it the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution? This video details out social media facts and figures that are hard to ignore. This video is produced by the author of Socialnomics.

I found this video from my Sheryl Mann, an expert in this subject and a Mannatech Associate and she says:  “Think you don’t need to be involved in the online world to build your business? You might want to think again. Watch this video!”