Going back to my biography, I want to say that Germany was too small for me – there were only 62 million people living there. I thought that I could try to work in Switzerland, because there are German-speaking people there. I started to publish small advertisements in the newspapers and Amnon was one of the first people I met in Switzerland. Back then our products weren’t yet officially distributed in the Switzerland and considering my FLP income at that time I had a very small car – Ford Fiesta and few times a month I was loading my car with our products and just as contraband brought it to Switzerland. This trip took me 4 hours; I was leaving products with Amnon and going back to Germany to continue to work. We had meetings and I remember one time I came back form Switzerland very late. Meeting in Zurich ended at 9:30 at night and I got behind the wheel, I had to go back because I had no money to stay in the hotel in Switzerland. I was dead tired, I realized that I couldn’t drive anymore and I should park my car and go to sleep for a little while. I found a rest stop, closed the doors, windows and went to sleep. I woke up because a policeman was banging on the window and my car was squashed. Apparently, some truck squashed my car, but I didn’t even wake up. I’m telling you this because other people say that they excelled in our company only by good luck. In my case success came with hard, intense work and enthusiasm. In the beginning, many people that I spoke to said “No”. One time a friend of mine wanted to give our products as a present to his friend in Hungary. One day I was sitting in my office and all of a sudden a big, fat man showed up, who most likely just woke up. We tried talking to him, we couldn’t understand what he wanted, and he only spoke Hungarian. We couldn’t speak to him neither in English nor in German, we communicated by sign language. Apparently, he came from Hungary; spent 16 hours behind the wheel of his Volkswagen on his way to Frankfurt from Hungary. He came at night and slept all night in the car by my office. He thought that FLP products he received as a gift were so wonderful and special and probably very hard to get, so he thought that if he didn’t come first in the middle of the night – he wouldn’t be able to get them. Here’s what happened. When this man received the gift, he was very skeptical, he put the products aside, but it just so happened that his little daughter by accident fell off the bike and scratched her knee. He remembered about Aloe spray from his gift package and decided to spray the wound. The knee started to heel in front of his eyes, blood stopped coming out and heeling process went very fast. That’s why this person who appreciated the effect of these products, immediately went to Frankfurt so he can buy more magical stuff. I offered him coffee and sandwich for his enthusiasm, gave him a few products as a gift; he also bought our products and went back to Hungary. Again he was behind the wheel for 16 hours – but he was happy! I got to say that at that time we didn’t have out office in Hungary. And this guy, Joseph Sabo, came from Hungary to Frankfurt every month and every time he brought with him someone new. Pretty soon he had to rent a bus. It was a whole delegation that came every month from Hungary. These people could not afford to spend a lot, they spent from $20-$100 on FLP products. After they completed their purchases, the got on the bus and went back home. A year and a half later was an opening of Hungarian market. I went there, they gave me translator and told me that my presence was essential on the opening ceremony. I asked how many people were expected and I was told that in Hungary there were a total of 100-150 people who work or tried to work in FLP. They brought me to the luxury hotel in Budapest. Everything was organized in American style: huge hall, you had to walk 10 steps on the gorgeous staircase covered in luxurious rug. I put on my best suit. And at the end of the staircase, this Joseph Sabo was waiting for me. He was wearing his usual suit; he had only one at that time, and tie. He was dressed the same way as when he first came to me in Frankfurt. Luckily, he had a few shirts, and he periodically changed them, many of you had seen him on the photographs. Most likely you had seen him in the United States, big guy with mustache. He jumped on me with hugs and kisses and started to thank me that I came. And two of us, just like bride and groom, descended from the staircase, onto the carpet that brought us to a large ballroom. The ballroom was packed. There were anywhere from 1500 to 2000 people in there instead of 150-200, and in the open space in front of the ballroom, there were another 1000 of people who didn’t fit inside. And the hugs and kisses started again and I told Joseph through the interpreter: “Joseph, you told me that there is going to be 150-200 guests. Where did you get all of these people from?” He told me that is was a special surprise they prepared for me, it was my downline, which had a total of 5000 people in it. You can only imagine my total surprise when 4-5 months later I received a check from Hungary in the amount of more than $30,000. And all of it started from one person who was ready to invest his time and work into his success, a person who was truly enthusiastic about our business and products. You remember that he used to spend 16 hours on the trip form Hungary to Frankfurt and, of course in the end, he was greatly compensated. He became the first millionaire in Hungary. Most likely he has the largest organization and now it’s spread throughout 40 other countries in the world. Today he already built a mansion, not a house, in one of the most prestigious suburbs of Budapest. He is totally free and financially independent individual, and he of course changes his shirt every day now, and he’s suits are OK too. He quit smoking, lost weight. Well, actually, today he’s a different person. And only because he believed in his dream, he believed in our products and our company. I lived through very moving moments in Hungary. Hungarians always invited me everywhere. So in his car Joseph and I went around to visit all of his distributors, we had meetings there. I felt as if I were a mannequin. What happened was Joseph couldn’t translate everything to me that was said; you know that I don’t speak Hungarian. So, just like that, I was traveling everywhere with him for 2 weeks. To this day, I have no idea what he was talking about all of that time with other people. It was both of us who wanted to be successful and believed in it. For New Years Eve I was again invited to Hungary. I flew there hoping that I will rest for a day or two, but Joseph and his wife picked me up at the airport and for three hours we were going somewhere and ended up somewhere in the deep suburbs, in some kind of hotel. I asked where was my room; I wanted to rest a little bit. Joseph explained to me that there were only two rooms in this hotel. First room occupied his wife with another lady-distributor; second room was for Joseph and myself. I just wanted to lie down, I was dead tired, but the answer was “No!” I was supposed to get familiar with the town and Hungarian cooking. I got to tell you that Hungarian food is not easily digested; particularly this feels at nighttime. Joseph was lying next to me and besides the snoring, there were a lot of other sounds coming from him and of course I had no sleep and the next morning I was more tired than after arrival. I told him then: “Joseph, go take a shower”. When he left I fell asleep immediately, but it only lasted 10-15 minutes. Joseph tried to get me out of the room: “Listen, people are waiting for us, we got to go”. I said, “Listen, if I don’t go to sleep right now – I’m going to die”. Finally, he showed signs of humanity and left me alone. I was so tired that I thought that it has been only 10 minutes since I fell asleep when I was already woke up again. This time the distributors came to celebrate New Years Eve in the warm company of FLP people. Of course I had to participate as VIP. Later on I tried to go upstairs to my room to get some rest, but it just so happens that everyone that came left their clothes in my room. This was the only place where they could do it. Later on they took back all their clothes. And when I finally made it to my room I found the bus driver and his wife in my bed. I thought what did I do to deserve this? This is how I celebrated the New Year’s Eve.
Something similar happened in Romania. I don’t speak Romanian, and it was pretty bad there with English or German. I was introduced to one gentleman. I was wearing my good suit I put on for presentations. I told him that I would like to setup a meeting, tell people about FLP. This meeting took place in some village. We were getting there for about an hour and a half. They brought us to some barn where the meeting was taking place. I went in the in my tuxedo and the projector. People started to come in wearing very strange hats. I asked where can I plug in my projector and was told there was no electricity in this building. There was a board and I thought I could use it in my presentation. I asked for a rag to clean up the board. Then people told me that there was no chalk, somebody stole it. It’s all funny now, but back then I was shaking from the cold and asking myself “Dear God, what am I doing here?” But I decided to continue. I finished my presentation, I told people about our products. A person in the strange overalls was translating. All of my speech was fragmented. I spoke for 3-4 minutes, and then stopped, the translator didn’t react and I continued. Sometimes he would say 1-2 sentences. Finally I finished my presentation. There was no reaction from the people and then I reached into my pocket, pulled out a handkerchief, stretched my hands in front of me and said “YOO-HOO!” Only after that there was some reaction on the faces of people. The road to success in not just one crazy presentation, it’s the only way to get people involved in our business. Reasonable flexibility is needed. You have to build some kind of relationships with potential distributors and only then people will listen to you. Only then the potential to build your own organization may be born and it’s what I did for the last 10 years – familiarized people with FLP products. There is no risk, no investment, and company guaranties quality. I summarized it by offering people to buy our products at discounted prices, which they could only do by becoming distributors. I also knew that I could achieve anything by helping others to succeed. This is my secret plus the fact that I try to lead a healthy life. This business brings people longevity and stable income and this is what I do for the last 10 years and it is so easy that anybody can do it.
I want to thank everyone for their attention and now I will try to answer your questions that may help you in your work.
Q: Good evening, Ralph. I wanted to ask you to somehow describe your methods, how did you create your daily schedule, your daily agenda to accomplish what you did?
A: You know, at first my every day work didn’t actually seem appealing in any way. I got up at 5-6 in the morning, went for a run, to stay in shape, and then had breakfast with my family. I began to work at 7:30AM; sometimes I had to cancel breakfast because when I started to travel to other countries, sometimes I was already on the plane. But I always tried to organize my time in such way, that I always had time for 9 telephone conversations a day. In those days I didn’t have an office, and when I planned my meetings, I planned them so I had only an hour for one person, for one potentially serious individual and at night we had additional presentation for an hour, then we had a 15 minute break and everyone who decided to join our business, stayed behind and went through a short training. This is what my weekday looked like, however on the weekends we had training for new distributors. Then I was traveling through the whole Europe either by car or by train to these meetings. For 5 years I was working 7 days a week. After that I could actually retire, since my income was 500,000 euros a month and I could afford to relax. I started to work 5 days a week, then 4, and then 3; today I work 1-2 days a week, sometimes more. It’s enough time now, everything so to say is going good, business grows itself.
Again, thank you very much. Be healthy, rich and successful!!!
Business grows itself! That says it all. I believe the success story of Rolf Kipp is a testimony to the power of duplication in network marketing. It’s like a drop of water in a river that creates many rippling effects that reach far beyond the center of the circumference from where it all started. However, it has to start from somewhere or someone, and continue with others who are willing to keep the duplication process going.
When you work together with others, the energy and achievements you generate will multiply and grow until the compounding effects have created financial rewards that you never before dreamed possible. From Rolf Kipp’s story, I’d say there are two parts to success in Network Marketing; first, an opportunity that has all the key indicators that make for a great network marketing business. Second, an individual who is determined, disciplined and self motivated. If one or the other is missing, then there would be a limit to the level of success that is achieved. Click here to get a glimpse of Rolf Kipp’s lifestyle and here to see some of his many checks
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