About Us

John Parker is a successful Network Marketer with an active distributorship with a world leading company. 

People warm to his unique style and down to earth approach to life. John cuts through the conventional hype about how Network Marketing is a route to an easy life – it can be, but not the way many distributors in the business tell it – and his no nonsense attitude is a refreshing change in an industry where hyperbole often overshadows fact.

John trains and coaches new and established distributors in network marketing and is dedicated to their success.  He works with people on a one-to-one basis as well as in groups to maximize time and efficiency. 

John is a perpetual student and, as well as reading widely, receives coaching himself from leaders in the development and training of network marketers.  His other interests include music and music education, photography, motor sport and driving his Jaguar XKR.

What follows is the transcript of an interview with John by Andrew Sharpe of Community Times, Bishops Stortford

Most network marketers seem to have a rags to riches story but your background, you say, is much more “ordinary” …

Indeed - mine is not a rags to riches story.  I have never been broke.  I have always been just sufficiently “comfortable” not to have to get off my bum and make a real effort.  Like millions of others I happily subscribed to the “40-Year Plan”.  After leaving school with enough O-levels and a couple of A-levels to be attractive to potential employers but with little imagination or idea of what I wanted to do, I joined a bank.  And there to behold was my career plan set out in the staff manual – work hard and keep your nose clean for 40 years and you can retire with a pension of half of the amount that you found never quite enough to live on in the first place.  And I fell for it.

OK, I changed jobs, changed countries and changed a few more jobs but essentially I was Mr Salary Man with no Plan B.  It never occurred to me that a Plan B might be necessary, until…

The last bank that employed me decided to merge with another and the “R” word entered my personal vocabulary.  Up until then, redundancy was something that happened to other people, not to a hard working Salary Man.

Is that when you took up network marketing?

No, I initially set up on my own as an Executive and Business Coach.  However, because I was on my own and had not learned the principle of leveraging my time it was essentially in a variation of the 40-Year Plan.  The business flourished for a year or so and then the market changed and my income took a nosedive.  This coincided with my last employer writing to say that they would no longer be funding the pension scheme so I could now look forward to retiring on about half of half of the amount that was never quite enough.

This was panic button time!  I needed to replace the pension shortfall and find something to make up for my diminishing income stream.

Then I saw the ad:

“Business Opportunity……”

And you never looked back?

Well, I went for an initial chat with a huge amount of scepticism – I have seen some “too good to be true” scams and even got caught by one of them – but I very quickly saw that the network marketing business model of the company I joined was quite sound.  That’s not to say I didn’t have doubts but they were not about network marketing, the company or the products.  My doubts were about me – could I do it?  There is much to learn and it takes time and effort but the rewards can far exceed anything that most other forms of self-employment can offer.

What skills from your Banking background help you now?

I initially qualified as a Banker so I understand basic business principles.  I have headed up Training and Development functions in major international banks in multicultural environments.  Inherent in all my roles and assignments has been development of people, counseling and coaching them to achieve goals.

What are your major goals now?

I am still building my own network marketing business, the income from which will become my pension and eventually, but not too soon I hope, a legacy for my children.

Beyond that I get a kick out of coaching and mentoring people, helping them to achieve their goals and realise that they can be, do and have anything that they set their mind to.  Nothing is impossible.

What are some of the reasons that clients come to you?

Mainly to do with change.  Life is all about change; whether we make the change ourselves or have it thrust upon us by changing circumstances.  It takes time to take stock and find a solution to our new circumstances.  Coaching starts from where they are now and helps them get to where they want to be.  No two people are the same so their needs can be anything from basic skills like managing time through to developing self-confidence and belief in themselves.

Coaching is a practical and holistic process and is totally results orientated.

Do you use any special techniques?

I guide the conversation by asking questions, listening to the answers and asking more questions.  I do not provide answers.  I believe that deep down people know the answers to what they are seeking and it is my role as a coach to uncover those answers.

And a final thought for our readers

If in doubt about the best course of action, ask yourself:

“Is what I am about to do going to take me closer to or further away from where I want to be?”

And, from someone who said things better than most:

“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won” – Winston Churchill