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…