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Today’s post is a little different. This is a tribute to the innovators of our industry and the creators of the original MLM systems that almost every successful MLM organization in the world has been based off of. They have the largest, most stable organizations in the history of our industry, and are more than three times the size of the next closest MLM giant.
That’s right my friends, business history was changed and inspired by none other than Amway.
(No, I’m not in Amway)…
…but I think that they’re pretty cool.
If you’re in the MLM industry and you don’t appreciate what Amway has done for our industry and Free Enterprise, it’s time to get educated and inspired by the most powerful ‘Dream Builders‘ in history.
When I was in my early 20′s, I got a hold of a tape series from the early 80′s called ‘Pigs Don’t Know Pigs Stink‘ that was done by an Amway distributor named Dave Severn. Ever since then, this has been my favorite audio I’ve ever listened to, and I’ve probably listened to it 200 times. When I built my first successful organization offline, I used to listen to this tape driving to every meeting I did for almost 2 years, just to get pumped.
I just popped it in the other day again, and decided it was time for the world to hear. This is going to probably be the only place you’ll ever find this, because I had to transfer it from a ratted out 1980′s audio tape to MP3… It’s about 3-4 hours, but you’ll be inspired to an entirely new level if you take the time to listen, because what Amway has done better than any company in the world has been to ‘Build the Dream’…
Listen In By Hitting The ‘Play’ Button Now. Enjoy:
I wanted to just take a minute to thank Dave Severn for producing one of the most inspirational audios that I’ve ever heard in my life. There were many times when the only thing that kept me inspired was listening to an old ratted out Amway tape on the way to someones home, and that’s what our industry is all about.
Inspiration.
Speaking the dream.
Having a vision.
Moving people.
Is your dream BIG enough?
-David Wood
P.S. Be sure to leave your thoughts on this one and share it. I think it will open your mind a bit to what’s possible in our industry. Dave Severn has been living the dream in our industry since the early 80′s, and now has more than a half million people in his organization. What can you do?
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Thank you, thank you, thank you David. If you want to know what your doing is making you successful, just look at your bank balance. This really helped me this week.
Well David done it again great info to make one think. About how they are going or not going in their business development. How you have to just get in there and do something to get moving forward.
this is the best i really enjoyed the audio and really made me think that it is time to take charge and change what i am doing but i need help and this was really inspiring thanks a million dan
Thank you so much, David. This is SO awesome. Gave me chills. :]
Not trying to advertise my age, but I heard that tape in 1985.
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hey David, wow this is great !!!
how can i download the recording ?
Leon
Israel
Thanks for your tape it was Fantastic.
Hey David, thanks for the audio and it has been years but I did listen to this on cassette around the mid-90′s along with Peep Over The Pail and so many more.
I was not surprised to hear him bring up Bill Brit. I was in Amway in the 70′s (yes, the 70′s) and still remember listening to Bill Brit – Dave uses some of his material – “look good, smell good, and broke” and a few others. I was surprised I remembered – sure wish I had stuck with it then…
Hi Deb
Great thing I heard on a recent CD… the best time to have planted a tree is 20 years ago. If you didn’t do it then, do it now. XX Linda
Hi David.
Thanks for this awesome audio. It was really inspiring.
There are a lot of people out there who could really learn from this. People are so afraid to leave their comfort zone.
Mette Bendixen
Sweden
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This is like a “thump in the belly” real reality stuff. To say it is inspirational is an understatement.
Only wish I can have it to play in my car while driving, I need to hear this constantly for the next month. This is life changing stuff.
Hey I was able to duplicate this by taking a voice memo with my iphone and then syncing that to itunes. Easy peasy – thanks Dave… the two Daves!
A phony tape trying to scam people into believing multi level marketing can make them rich.
99 percent of people in Amway lose money.
And Brent – in what, say – in life, is there where 99 percent of the people don’t lose money?
If you’re going to use that to criticize Amway, then you, by nature – have to criticize everything.
I’m not in Amway, but I still certainly can’t use a 99% failure rate to criticize it and still look intelligent.
Amway has a 99 percent failure rate. Please tell me another so called successful business where that is true.
They take advantage of poor and ignorant people.
My Dear Brent,
Every success in life happens subsequent to great effort and determination. People who remain “poor and ignorant” are more than likely reluctant to take the necessary steps to learn of the things that can transform their lives from a state of lack and limitedness to abundance.
It begins with a change in the way we think.
I am not an Amway distributor myself but I do not think that whatever I do I have a 99% chance of failing. That is the problem with most of us, we see ourselves failing before we even begin and when we actually fail we say “I told you so, I told you it was a bad deal, I should never have………” (fill in the blank)
“Insecurity exists in the absence of knowledge” L. Ron Hubbard.
Hey Brent Studer,
You are exactly the kind of pig he’s talking about.you should listen to his other tape where he talks about Mickey mouse with the tails in between the legs and squeaking around and that could be you too now.
Hi David, can you send me a copy of this tape?
Thanks in advance for your kindness.
Sincerely,
Dean.
Thanks David,
The other tape is called You Can’t Teach a Pig to Sing
dead nutz! rite on and im a chicken farmer and THEM pigs stink .. lol
I met payroll for 29 years until I realized I was stuck in the wheel -
now we do things a little different
David this was the most inspirational tape I have ever listened to. I never heard of Dave Severn before today but it was worth listening to.
I LOVE this tape dude – my favorite speech of all time – to me, this is better than ‘I have a dream’ by Martin Luther King Jr.
(although that’s badass, too – I listen to it all the time)
David,
Thank you for posting this classic. I wish I had some of my old DBR tapes. Amway was my first attempt at network marketing, and while I was not successful with it, I loved my time there.
Awesome post & audio, Dave. I love Amway tapes… they’re so inspirational. A few days ago, I had to search around my house for my old Amway CDs and started listening to them again.
I love Dave Severn. He doesn’t sugar coat anything. He tells it like it is. Thanks for sharing.
Make it a fantastic day!
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7 minutes in Dave, awesome stuff! Forget the rubber tree plant. Hubby’s not CPA, wife works it
. Great call last night!
My all time favorite tape. Changed my life. Because I had my mind open to hearing the message in it… and didn’t let some idiotic ego get in the way of taking advice from someone having success. As for “Brent” up there… why in the hell would you ever focus on any kind of failure rate?
A champion focuses ONLY on (1) Who’s WON here before. and (2) How did they do it.
Only a LOSER focuses on failure. That goes ANYWHERE in life… so drop the bottle, change your diapers… and grow the hell up… the world. is. real. Deal with it.
Plus… that cliche you’re throwing around is completely false and makes you look like a wussie bro. ;0) Man up.
Franco “The F-Bomb” Gonzalez
Keep it real. Help others. Win.
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