To achieve what you want in network marketing, you must be a leader. To be a leader, you must have followers. For you to lead, somebody has to follow you. For someone to follow you, they must see you as a leader. Others have to picture you as the person who can lead them out of the morass they are in. And why would anyone follow YOU, you ask? That’s easy. They follow you because you believe in something. You…
In my MLM career, I’ve worked with some folks who I thought were great networkers. I’ve been trained by some who I considered to be the best in the business. I’d go to their seminars with this thought in mind, “Please just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.” They’d tell me what to do. I’d do it. It didn’t work. They were great ideas. At least they sounded like great ideas. But they didn’t work. I’d listen…
Do you remember when you first saw the potential of network marketing, when you realized the possibilities of MLM? I can. I remember thinking to myself, “This really evens the playing field.” I could see that the old adage that “you have to have money to make money,” was no longer valid. You remember, too, don’t you? All of a sudden you thought about providing everything your family never had. You reclaimed those early dreams of spending more time with…
I just listened to a a great training call featuring one of my friends and mentors, Richard Dennis. He focused on the power of making decisions. Richard pointed out that the speed of your action determines your success. It’s not whether you’re right or wrong. It’s whether or not you act. The call reminded me of something Napoleon Hill said in his book, “Think and Grow Rich.” Hill analyzed several hundred millionaires. He found that everyone of them had the…
Over the years, I’ve been to dozens and dozens of MLM training seminars or workshops. Each time, I’d go hoping that it would be the time I would learn the secret that would propel me to success. Numerous times, I left the meeting thinking that I’d found the answer. Usually it was some sales method or closing technique. Often I’d say to myself, “This has got to work. All I have to do is what they told me to do.”…
I’ve been involved in multi-level marketing (MLM) for more than 15 years. I’ve been in five companies. A couple of the companies aren’t around anymore, but I’m still here. On several occasions I was what I like to call “quasi-successful.” That basically means I built downlines, but they pretty much only existed on paper. I couldn’t get anyone to do what I was doing. I was doing what I was trained to do, but it wasn’t working for me. I…
Desire is an important part of getting what you want in life and in business. In multi-level marketing, it’s even more important. In “Think and Grow Rich,” Napoleon Hill talks about the importance of knowing what you want. This desire needs to be definite. You must seek out the specifics of the great desire that is within you. Search deep within your soul for those deep core desires. No one can discover those desires for you. Only you know the…
To reach your MLM goals, your life must be a delicate balance of patience and urgency. You must have patience to achieve the best results, but you must always act with urgency. There is always a learning curve, whenever you start a new venture. So you must choose well and know you are in the right place with the right opportunity. That belief allows you to have patience as you learn the ropes. And remember – you can’t just sit…
It occurs to me that there are at least three reasons to work. The first, and most obvious, is to make money. Most of us work for a certain amount of time or do certain things in exchange for money. We do this so we can have the resources to care for our families, so our kids can eat and have clothes and so we can afford to buy things we need and things we want. Throughout my career, I’ve…