Can You Handle the Truth?
Be honest. When you read the title of this article, you thought to
yourself, "of course I can handle the truth". I would have thought
that, too. I've always considered myself an honest, hard working
person that can pretty much handle anything.
I even thought I could handle the truth when I got involved in
network marketing. But, alas, I was deluding myself. You see, the
"truth" about network marketing is BORING! It's boring because
you have to do some really monotonous, sometimes uncomfortable
things to succeed in MLM.
Successful network marketers kept telling me the "truth". I really
believed I was listening. One of my mentors, Joe Schroeder, says
you must "master the mundane". I thought "no problem". Mundane
is easy, right?
Wrong! Sometime in my late thirties, when I wasn't looking, I lost
my patience with menial, repetitive tasks. Somehow, I would always
find more interesting things to do than place ads or respond to the
same questions over and over.
And, where do you think this was getting me? Nowhere! So, I had
to check my ego at the door and ask for help. I had to stop
spending time dreaming up "better" ways to grow my business and
start doing what all the successful people in my upline were doing.
What? No creativity, no tweaking the systems, no originality? You
got it!
Let me be blunt here. The only way I know to succeed in network
marketing is to find a successful upline and do what they do. End
of story, turn out the lights.
But, what if you're the "creative" type and you have all these great
ideas to do it better? I say save them until you're successful and
then test them out. Don't waste your time and money early in the
game on unproven tactics. These actions increase the chances of
you getting frustrated at your lack of success and quitting. And, if
you quit, you'll NEVER succeed.
So, let's recap the "boring" truth about MLM
-- You do what your successful upline does
-- You do it consistently for 3 to 5 years
-- You train your downline to do what you have done
successfully
-- You become wealthy and have time to enjoy life
Now THAT'S a truth I can handle!
Copyright 2001 Suzanne Miley, All Rights Reserved
Suzanne Miley is a Network Marketer that loves to work
with and help other like minded people. To reach Suzanne
or for more information, go to
http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/suzannemiley