Michael G. Stults

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Results From Man Of The Year Award

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The day had finally arrived and although I was excited I was some what nervous. All it took was someone willing to drop their check book off at the voting table to “pull the votes” during the event. Either way I was runner up for Man of the Year Award here in Kansas City. I won't tell you different…I was extremely disappointed and that says it LIGHTLY!
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Man Of The Year Contest | Please Vote For Me

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When you think of “Man of the Year” you tend to think of someone great and very popular amongst society. What if that “Man of the Year” was someone that wasn’t particularly popular in the sense of a national celebrity? I was nominated as “Man of the Year’ recently and I was very humbled yet I saw it as an opportunity to spread awareness about Niemann-Pick Type C.

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Stop Marketing Like It’s 1950

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Recently I've had a few discussions with a couple of my friends about marketing themselves as a brand. They each are in direct sales and the image of their product isn't the company they represent but their face. People do business with other people mostly for one reason…that is they like and trust you.

Could you imagine working for a company for 20 years and all you've done is pour your heart into it all? Everyday, every month, every year to become the best at your job. One day you wake up and there is a company merger only to find they have eliminated your positions. As time goes on the clients you happily involved at your last company would like to contact you but your old mobile phone, email, and etc doesn't work.

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Your Vote Counts…30 Under 30 Event

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I'm very honored that me and my wife have been selected as one of the 30 people under the age of 30 who have contributed to our community in some manor. Although we feel we have a ton of work to accomplish, the Niemann-Pick Children's Fund, Inc is dear to our heart. Our two oldest son's Brisan and Parker Stults were diagnosed with a rare FATAL neurological disease called Niemann-Pick Type C Disease. Sometimes referred to as the “Childhood Alzheimer's” because of the similar pathological features they share. They only have a childhood to live a lifetime.

Brisan and Parker in Limo 60709

Brisan and Parker heading to Disney World June 2009

Roughly 75 patients in the US currently and only 500 cases diagnosed worldwide EVER. This is a genetic disease on Chromosome 18. You get a Gene from your mommy and daddy. We each passed  a bad copy of our Gene which activates this horrible disease. The statistical odds of this situation coming to fruition is beyond comprehension.  In NPC it is the cells inability to metabolize cholesterol. Essentially the recycling factor breaks down and this good cholesterol your body needs to form cells ends up becoming the culprit. It stores all these fatty lipids in the Brian, Liver, Spleen, and Bone Marrow causing a domino affect of neurological problems that eventually leads to their premature death. [Read more…]

Is Your Ego In the Way?

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Is your ego in the way? That struck me as a sticking point of this video from Affiliate Summit NYC East 2010 where Jim Kukral spoke to one of the sessions. He wanted to know what the number is that will make you happy. Not the number that you can buy your yellow Ferrari but the number that could allow you to live comfortable. Only you know how much your bills are.

We hear a lot about leadership. You need to be a leader. You need to direct the troops. You need to do this or that. What I don't hear enough of is how you can set aside your ego/ pride and move forward with that idea or thought you've had to move business in a better direction. Jim talks about here how a company hired him as a consultant and they were six months from being out of business. He looked at how the other company was marketing themselves verse his company. What he found out was his client's ego was in the way. Worried about his perception in all the wrong ways. After he presented this to his client they essentially felt he was wrong. Six months later they were closed. [Read more…]