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FOCUS
In building your business, if you want it to be a success, you need a few key ingredients. First of all you need to know what you want, and then move forward with the end in mind. Begin to visualize what you want and act as if it has happened, and you will start on the journey to getting what you want.
You must be LASER Focused. Do not get distracted by even little deal and thing that comes along. If you are building an business and working online, almost every week, if not day, a new thing will drop up. Many sound so good you may be tempted to jump in or take a look. DO NOT DO THAT. You will find the grass is not always greener on the other side, and normally if it appears too good to be true, IT IS.
Again this week, I had someone call me, that I knew well. It was someone I think a lot of, and a "busy" person. The same person is someone in one of my businesses, that loves the business but does not have enough hours in the day to focus on it or work it. They have a LOT of talent, but no production. Do you know anyone like that?
This was a wonderul person who was excited to tell me they had just come across that was the next hot thing online. The same person had a hot deal last month and the one before.
You can not succeed by jumping into every hot deal that comes along. You succeed by working hard, and staying focused on the task at hand, building your business one customer, one distributor at a time, and teaching them to do exactly what that .....stay laser focused. Look for leaders, look for influential people that may want to be part of building a company that is destined for greatness, and being part of a team that is on the same page, duplicates and grows.
Never look at the latest deals no matter how great they appear. Being online, you'll have many offers. Many people will present things to you. Your head will be spinning in circles if you look at all of them. If you want to be a success, find one you like and then focus in on it and do NOT lose that focus.
Look at the person making all the offers to you. What do they do? What is their success rate? Don't go by names they drop. I have witnessed many deals over the years claimed to be sponsored on by Microsoft, AOL, IBM, Apple and many other big names. NONE were actually real, but those promoting them were excited because someone had told them it was real and they went off promoting without checking it out. My first introduction to this industry, was supposedly a HUGE deal by Home Shopping Network, that left a lot of us having spend 6 months and mega bucks holding the bag. Don't pay attention to BIG NAMES.
I have learned to look at production of the people I'm talking to. I learned to use reality. I look at what they have accomplished. Have they EVER made a 6 figure income in network marketing or do they just tell you about some sponsor that is making 6 of 7 figures? I know lots of 7 figure income earners, and they did NOT get there by jumping into every hot deal. I also know it makes no difference if they make millions or billions unless they plan to donate it to you. You have to build your own business.
This industry has provided me a solid income that I have lived on for years. I'm not a multi millionaire, because that has NEVER been my goal. My goal was freedom and secruity. My mission is to help others make an income where they can enjoy life and be free too. If all your friends are dead broke, who will you enjoy life with? You either need to get a new set of friends or show them a new way. My goal is to help my friends and relatives reach their dreams and be able to live on the income they achieve from this industry.
I am thankful that I can come and go pretty much as I please. I do not have to worry about paying the next bill. I am debt free.
Ever hear the phrase, "Give a man a fish you feed him a meal, teach him to fish you feed him for a lifetime." That's what I do, I teach people what I've learned, that works and what doesn't. I give them a pole and teach them to fish, and how to land the fish.
Look at background of the people pitching you. Most are in a job they hate, looking for a lifeline. Most have 2 or 3 or 4 deals, usually some sort of quick money deal. Most of the deals have NO product or is the latest and greatest pre- launch thing out there. HURRY they say and jump in quick so you can get rich.
WRONG
If you choose a "pre launch" know it's going to be a very rough year or two. If they can make it for a few years, and you can stay focused you may get lucky. Those in early years are going to have LOTS of ups and downs, trials and tribulations and changes. I speak from experience. The first 1-2 years of any company is a rough place to be. If they make it, then those that did go thru lots of stuff with them, and stuck it out, of course will have a better chance to make some serious money down the road. They will also be the ones with the battle scars.
I've got many of those scars. That's part of learning. The only difference between me and you, is I have been KNOCKED down and OUT many more times. I have made mistakes that would make the faint hearted quit. I have joined things that failed. I have had companies fail me, I've had crooks take me for a long ride and take my money. I've been broken hearted and cried many times, but I KNEW better than to give up. To me I've always been focused on making this work one way or another. I've always been much too stubborn to quit.
I saw a quote once that said "quitters never win and winners never quit", and adopted that for my philosophy. I REFUSED to quit. I have had to start over and over and over, but I have NEVER quit. I have left companies in the past when I found integrity issues or them lead by dishonest people. I have walked away from many because of things like that. I have been with companies that shut the door and closed down, and had to start from scratch.
Those that know me, know that I do believe in multiple income streams because of that. Please do NOT send me the latest one, because I'm set, and building what I hope to be my final incomes stream. I am LASER FOCUSED. I am NOT interested in any deals, no matter what they are. I'm not interested in selling my team things like auto responders and leads most won't call anyway. I teach people to fish, and find leads on their own. I do not want them paying out tons of money for tools they won't use or things that do not work. I want to put people into profit. To do that takes, teaching them the right habits and teaching them to focus in on the task at hand and not get distracted by ANYTHING or ANYONE.
The funny thing to me, is the latest deal that came to me just this week, was brought to me by someone I think is a totally wonderful person. I have the utmost respect for this person, yet the same person, has never once built a successful busines NOR stuck with any of the offer's he's shown me over the past years. I love the person, but can't stand the lack of credibility.
Too often these deals that come along look really exciting. They usually start off as a binary or a matrix, mostly because it excited people to see there are 40 or 50 people in their group quickly. There may be lots of warm bodies or numbers, but trust me, 6 months from not those bodies will be in someone else's downline as the next deal comes along or as they have to pay out their $20 or $30 monthly payment to get back their $1 or $2. I speak from the experience of watching this over and over for the many many years.
What does works is finding a solid company, with a solid product that you believe in and then just going to work. YEP WORK. Work is 4 letter word, and work is what will get you where you want to be if you simply focus in and on the task of building, one customer, one distributor at a time. One by one, the numbers add up. Work with those you bring in. Teach them to focus in and fish and watch what happens. You will succeed if you do that. KEEP THE FOCUS and you will be a smashing success and maybe one day I'll meet you on the beaches of the world.
Remember get started NOW, focus and never quit, and you will have the pattern of success. Wish all of you the best of success and may this year be the BEST year of your life.
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Diane "AKA MLMBlonde" Walker is a professional network marketer who has built her business using the power of the internet. She has also developed MULTIPLE income streams and is committed to helping others reach their dreams.
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