Network Marketing Success — What’s Stopping You?
Posted on May 16, 2008
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You have seen all the sites advertising huge network marketing success stories. Dream homes and cars, yachts, cruise vacations — it’s all there. But are these stories real? And if so, what is stopping you from having that same success?
Well, part of the answer could be the methods that you are being told to use. Hitting the big time with network marketing is more than just a question of self-motivation and belief in your company and its products.
There are some vital pieces that are missing from your copy of the map for network marketing success. The first one is something that many companies and uplines mention, but without really making you understand how important it is. The truth is, it’s a more important part of your success than anything else - including the product. So what is it? It is … investing in YOU.
Most company training programs include the idea of goal-setting, but goals are not much help unless they are truly your own goals. If not, you will not take them seriously and you will quickly forget them. To be effective, goals should be about what you truly want from your business, not about how many leads you generate or how much product you are selling. Most network marketers don’t have goals they can truly relate to, because they don’t put enough time into investing in themselves.
What Do We Mean By Investing In Yourself?
Really, it couldn’t be any easier. All you have to do is boost your success mindset with a daily dose of passive self improvement. If you don’t, success will always seem out of your reach. It’s as if your mindset has a vitamin deficiency. It needs its daily intake!
That’s right, hang out with those who have that millionaire or even billionaire mindset. Most of us don’t have access to them in person, but it doesn’t matter. The best way to do this is by simply reading — or even better, listening to — motivational material from truly successful people.
It’s well known that we take on the characteristics of the people that we hang out with most. If all your friends are successful people, then there’s a good chance you will soon be successful too. Why? Because you begin to talk, think and act like them. Soon, your ideas of what you are capable of, have completely changed.
That is the power of listening to motivational material on a daily basis! It literally changes your perceptions about your real worth and helps remove self-limiting boundaries often put in place by yourself.
All you need is material from a good motivational speaker who is truly successful. This could be a household name like Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield or Dan Millman, or a top network marketer from your own company.
It is astonishing. Just 15 or 20 minutes a day can make the difference between failure and success in your business. Yet most network marketers are so busy running around ’showing the plan’ to people who have no interest in it, that would say they don’t have time. But you can safely schedule one less appointment or a couple of phone calls to make time for this. Hey, you can even listen in the car!
The quit rate in MLM and network marketing companies is staggering. Most distributors give up in the first couple of months. Around 90% quit within 6 months, almost always without making much money and often without even covering their costs. Often, these people will move on to another MLM opportunity. If you are in that position, it’s time to change. Motivational self-improvement can turn your apparent failures into stepping stones to success.
All you have to do is invite the millionaire mindset into your life every day. Seven days a week is best. Miss a day now and then if you have to, but six days a week is the minimum. Make success a part of your life and changes will soon follow — changes that will amaze you, open doors for you and pave the way to your network marketing success.
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