Jim's Final Four Minutes

We've Moved to ACES Radio Live

2009-04-29T18:18:00.004-05:00

Hello and Thank You,

I appreciate you taking a few minutes to stop by my blog to learn more about what I'm doing.

Thanks to my good friend Tom Chenault for allowing me the opportunity to get my feet wet and cut my teeth so to speak in the radio business by doing the segment of his show called "Jim's Final Four Minutes"

Due to Tom's inspiration to do something great for this fantastic industry of network marketing, on the 4th of January 2008 I launched my own radio show called ACES Radio Live.

ACES Radio Live has become a labor of love and to date we have had visitors from over 47 countries from around the world visit our show.

You can learn more about ACES Radio Live by visiting our brand new blog site for the show at: http://ACESRadioLive.com

Please take a minute to check out our new ACES Radio Live site to learn more about what we're doing to "Stack The Deck In Your Favor."

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Warm Regards and God Bless,

Jim Gillhouse
Host of ACES Radio Live

The Law of Respect

2007-01-21T21:46:00.000-06:00

Good morning Tom and Hello to our listening audience

Please feel free to post your comments and provide us with some feedback.

On our last show we were discussing “The Law of Solid Ground” which is the sixth law in John C. Maxwell’s great book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”

This morning I want to talk about “The Law of Respect” the simple interpretation being.
People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than Themselves!

Not counting my athletic and Scouting background I’ve been working in some form of a leadership position for well over thirty years now and in all of that time I’ve have seen this law manifest it’s self over and over again.

“The Law of Respect” is a very simple law to understand—in every demographic structure there is a formal and an informal chain of command. Within the formal chain of command the authority figure is given their authority from their company. Within the informal chain of command the authority figure (The Leader) is empowered by their followers. These followers if you will are drawn to the “Leader” out of “Respect” for the competence, connection, and character they exemplify.

Think about this as a numeric qualifier. Let’s use a scale of 1 – 10 to address a person’s leadership ability. Let’s use the number 1 to represent a very weak leader and the number 10 to represent a very strong leader.

Now, let’s take that a step further because the more leadership ability a person has, the more quickly they recognize leadership—or it’s lack—in others. Consequently, while a person that is a 6 on our scale will naturally follow an 8, 9 or 10—they will not follow a 4, 3 or 2—at least not for long.

The beauty of “The Law of Respect” in the “Home Based Business World” is that Leadership is proven by stepping up and assuming it—we also have the ability to find mentors and build friendships with some really great people that are motivated solely by helping others to grow.

Think about this statement right out of John Maxwell’s book “When people respect someone as a person, they admire her. When they respect her as a friend they love her. When they respect her as a leader, they follow her.”

Today I’m going to leave you with this parting thought

The greatest test of respect comes when a leader creates major change within an organization. Ask yourself this question—“If I were to attempt to make a major change within my team, organization or even family—how would it be received?”

With that being said—Remember to tune in and catch the show next Saturday morning.

Have a great weekend, help someone without any strings attached, become a “Pay It Forward” practitioner, become a student of leadership and watch your life change for the better.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

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The Law of Solid Ground

2006-10-19T23:02:00.000-05:00

Please feel free to post your comments and provide us with some feedback.

On our last show we were discussing “The Law of E. F. Hutton” which is the fifth law in John C. Maxwell’s great book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”

This morning I want to talk about “The Law of Solid Ground” the simple interpretation being.
Trust Is the Foundation of Leadership!

Over the years of being a leader I have learned that Leadership cannot survive without Trust. When your people know that you’re a person of integrity they will tolerate mistakes but if your integrity ever comes into question your Leadership is at risk.

Here’s a statement right out of John Maxwell’s book “To build trust, a leader must exemplify competence, connection, and character.”

One of the worst things that I have ever seen a leader do to jeopardize their position in relation to “The Law of Solid Ground” is to over promise and then under deliver whit their people. The reason this one factor can be so devastating is because it is seen and felt by more than just the parties involved in the promise.

I try to live by the motto—Its better to under promise and over deliver than to risk the opposite!

We all have the ability to earn respect and increase our leadership by making sound decisions, admitting our mistakes, and putting what’s best for our followers, and our team ahead of our own personal agendas.

Before I forget, let me drive this point home—A leader that does not know haw to admit when they have made a mistake is NO Leader at all.

In my personal opinion the ability to admit making a mistake and learn from it is one of the strongest assets that any leader can posses to instill trust in their followers.

Today I’m going to leave you with this parting thought

This past week I had a conversation whit a good friend about a young man that we both know and he made the following comment—he said that smart people learn from their mistakes, and very smart people learn from the mistakes of others. This is so true because life is to short for anyone to make all of the mistakes themselves.

Find yourself a good mentor, be willing to submit your ego to that person, and become a student of leadership and watch your life change for the better.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

To learn more about the company that we have chosen to partner with visit our website at:
Bazi World Wide

Next time you need to make some travel arrangements visit our travel partner—Wiregrass Travel Partners at the website below:
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Thank You Gery DiMarco

2006-10-19T22:10:00.000-05:00

I would like to extend my appreciation to Mr. Gery DiMarco for letting me know that multiple posts were missing form the Blog. After investigating the problem I discovered that the problem was due to technical difficulties caused by switching from the old Blogger to the New Blogger.

I have resolved the problem—Thanks to Gery’s notification.

Gery I appreciate your feedback and your continued support.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!

Warm Regards,

Jim

To learn more about the company that we have chosen to partner with visit our website at:
Bazi World Wide

Next time you need to make some travel arrangements visit our travel partner—Wiregrass Travel Partners at the website below:
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The Law of E. F. Hutton

2006-10-19T20:52:00.000-05:00

Please feel free to post your comments and provide us with some feedback.

On our last show we were discussing “The Law of Navigation” which is the sixth law in John C. Maxwell’s great book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”

This morning I want to talk about “The Law of E. F. Hutton” the simple interpretation being.
When the Real Leader Speaks, People Listen!

Some of you may remember the old TV commercials about E. F. Hutton financial consulting and how people would get real quiet and try to listen in on the conversations about anything that was being said on behalf of the legendary E. F. Hutton.

This exemplifies how much influence real leaders have within an organization. The following list will help you to differentiate between a positional leader and a real leader.

Positional Leader
· Speak first
· Need the influence of the real leader to get things done
· Influence only the other positional leaders
Real Leader
· Speak later
· Need only their own influence to get things done
· Influence everyone in the audience

The real test of leadership isn’t where you start out. It’s where you end up that counts.

With that in mind, let’s examine the process of becoming the kind of person that people will go out of their way to listen to. The making of an E. F. Hutton if you will and the personal qualities necessary to

1. Character—Who they are.
2. Relationships—Who they know.
3. Knowledge—What they know.
4. Intuition—What they feel.
5. Experience—Where they’ve been.
6. Past Success—What they’ve done.
7. Ability—What they can do.

As the prime minister of England—Margaret Thatcher once said “Being in power is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.”

Today I’m going to leave you with this parting thought

The proof of leadership is found in the followers.

With that being said—Remember to tune in and catch the show next Saturday morning.

Have a great weekend, help someone without any strings attached, become a “Pay It Forward” practitioner, become a student of leadership and watch your life change for the better.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

To learn more about the company that we have chosen to partner with visit our website at:
Bazi World Wide

Next time you need to make some travel arrangements visit our travel partner—Wiregrass Travel Partners at the website below:
Wiregrass Travel Partners

The Law of Process

2006-06-17T14:05:00.000-05:00

Good morning Tom and Hello to our listening audience

A quick reminder before we get started that you can also read a transcript of this segment of the show by visiting our Blog at: http://jims4minutes.blogspot.com/ (But then again you’re already here—Right)

Also feel free to post your comments and provide us with some feedback.

Last week we were discussing “The Law of Influence” which is the second law in John C. Maxwell’s great book “The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.”

This morning I want to talk about “The Law of Process” which I believe is a law that can help all of us to become better leaders. Because leadership develops daily—Not in a day!

I know that very few people here in the US follow the most popular sport in the world, which is Soccer. However, the “World Cup” tournament is being played right now in Germany and I think it is a great example to illustrate “The Law of Process.”

Let’s examine this statement: Champions don’t become champions in the ring—they are merely recognized there.

Whatever team wins the “World Cup” will have done it with a team of champions not just one person but through the collective efforts of many.

You may be asking yourself what does this have to do with leadership, so let me explain. Every player on each of the teams in the tournament has dedicated their life to becoming the best Soccer player they can possibly be. This is “The Law of Process” in action. Yes, I know that some of these great players are very gifted and blessed and some have not had to work as hard as others. One thing that I can assure you though is that even the most gifted of these superstars spend hours improving their skills.

The reason that “The Law of Process” is so important to these athletes, is because of the hours upon hours they spend honing their craft. This work ethic is something that we can all learn from, because the art of “Honing One’s Craft” is a very important key to success.

In an industry of attraction, we tend to attract the kind of people that we are, not the kind that we want.

Here’s a quote that I love: “As long as a man doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, he doesn’t grow.”

There are four phases of leadership growth that we all go through in our quest to become better leaders.

Phase 1—I don’t know what I don’t know. Therefore I don’t need to change.

Phase 2—I know what I don’t know. I take the appropriate steps to change.

Phase 3—I grow and know, it starts to show. I start to learn and other people take notice.

Phase 4—I simply go because of what I know. I start to do things more efficiently and effectively without even thinking about it.

As a person grows through these four phases they pass through four stages of development as well.

Stage 1—Unaware and Ineffective. There’s a word for this it’s called “Clueless.”

Stage 2—Aware and Ineffective. A person seeks to make changes to improve their life.

Stage 3—Aware and Effective. This is where we start to make a conscious effort to say and do the right things to be a more efficient and effective leader.

Stage 4—Unaware and Effective. At this point we do thing at the subconscious level without even thinking about it and they manifest themselves as success.

Benjamin Disraeli once said: “The secret of success in life, is for a man to be ready for his time when it comes.”

Remember, there is no such thing as an overnight success—To become a better leader—become a student of leadership and devote the time and resources in yourself to make it happen.

Start today by looking at yourself in the mirror and asking—What kind of leader do I what to be remembered as?

Take action and make it happen—Invest in yourself and remember that we are all the sum of the five people that most closely associate with.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

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http://xelr8xfactor.com/

The Law of Influence

2006-06-10T14:33:00.000-05:00

The manager is given a title which buys them some time to increase their level of influence with their people or erase that influence

A leader on the other hand uses his influence to grow and empower the people that willingly follow them

Colin Powell once stated “You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you everywhere if only out of curiosity.”

Imagine how different things would be if the managers and leaders of every company received efficiency evaluations form the members of their team instead of just top down.

Believe it or not, that’s exactly why the network marketing industry is the perfect business model.

The leaders are identified buy the process of self-selection and elimination and they are empowered by willing followers because of there influence.

Within this past week there was a thread started on MLM.com that posed the question—
Who are your 5 Frontline Business Partners?

Rather than naming names one person chose to answer the question by describing five characteristics to select their top five people

A communicator

A trainer

A systems developer

Someone with courage and persistence

Someone fun, and with a genuine desire to help others to succeed

With that in mind, I submit to you that a person needs to possess all of these virtues if they want to become a leader that people want to follow.

So how do we increase our influence over others to become a more efficient leader?

By becoming a student of virtues that build character and changing our circle of friends.

Remember that we are all the sum of the five people that most closely associate with.

Leadership is assumed, so step up and identify yourself; seek out an upline mentor and become a stronger leader.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

The Law of the Lid

2006-06-03T10:48:00.000-05:00

Good morning Tom—Thanks again for asking me to host this segment of the show

Each week, my plan is to give our listeners some valuable information that can be used to build their business.

We’ll be discussing the topics of Leadership, Training and The Psychology of Winning…along with some examples of how to put the subject matter into practical application.

You can also follow the show on my new Blog and you can find the Blog at

http://jims4minutes.blogspot.com/ (But then again you’re already here—Right)

Feel free to post your comments and provide us with some feedback.

Okay—let’s get started…

John Maxwell is one of my favorite authors. He’s also considered to be one of the foremost authorities in the world on the subject of Leadership. He often starts his live conferences by discussing “The Law of the Lid” so I thought it only fitting to follow his lead and do the same thing.

Here are a few passages from Chapter One of John Maxwell’s famous book
“The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership”

1. “Your leadership ability—for better or for worse—always determines your effectiveness and the potential impact on your organization.”

Now let’s stop and examine this principal for a minute…a person that is a stronger leader will be far more effective than someone that is a lesser leader.

The reason this is true—Is because Influence is the truest measure of leadership period.

Our fantastic industry is a classic example of just how true this is…for example, let’s look at the difference between a manager and a leader.

Ironically, a lot of people do not even understand that there is a difference…here is an example of what I’m talking about.

A manager is given their authority by the company or organization they work for

A leader on the other hand is empowered by the people that willingly follow them

2. “The higher you want to climb, the more you need leadership. The greater the impact you want to make, the greater your influence needs to be.”

This is so important to everyone involved the network marketing industry—because network marketing is nothing more—than getting a large number of people, to duplicate a few simple tasks, consistently over time.

How can we expect to do that without becoming stronger leaders?

The important thing about “The Law of the Lid” is that everyone can raise his or her lid

Through personal development and mentoring we can all become stronger leaders.

Remember, leadership is assumed so step up and identify yourself; seek out an upline mentor that you want to work with and is willing to help you become a stronger leader.

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!!!

Back to you Tom

First Show Update

2006-05-31T16:52:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to post a short note to say thanks for tuning in last Saturday and listening to my first spot on Tom’s show.

We’re all excited about this segment of the show and we’ve decided to conduct it in a similar manner to Andy Rooney’s segment on 60 Minutes.

Starting this coming Saturday I will pick out one topic a week to elaborate on and give you some points of reference where you cane get more information about that topic.

Have a great week and “Expect Success!”

Success Is A Choice—Here’s To Yours!

Warm Regards,

Jim

A New Partnership With An Old Friend

2006-05-21T18:25:00.000-05:00

I’m excited to announce that starting on Saturday the 27^th of May, I will be a regular featured speaker on my good friend Tom Chenault's Home Based Business Radio Show.

The show is broadcast live every Saturday morning:

10:00 AM Eastern
9:00 AM Central
8:00 AM Mountain
7:00 AM Pacific

You can listen to the show by clicking on the link that says “Tom Chenault” then on Tom’s page click the link that says “Listen Live.”

If you have a specific topic of interest call me or send me an e-mail.

All your feedback, both good and bad is welcome.

Have a Terrific Day and an even better week!

Warm Regards,

Jim