Written by John Parkes for DotComSecrets.com
I have heard that question many times as people seek to find the secret behind the success of the big network marketers. Now, I want you to pay close attention because what I have found through multiple studies is that there are two key and quite frankly obvious components each and every successful network marketer has.
The other day, Russell Brunson introduced me to a video Tony Robbins compiled a while ago for his 50th birthday. It was filled with quotes from Muhammad Ali, the Rocky Balboa movie, Nelson Mandela, quotes from Tony himself, and other great inspirational leaders. It really moved me and helped me re-realize that it is me who is responsible for my destiny. It is me who is the master of my life, my wealth, and my happiness.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’ll be the first person to tell you that connecting with people you trust, look up to and respect is vitally important on your journey to becoming a successful network marketer, but it is ultimately you who makes it happen – you who brings it all together. You can go watch the video online by going to: www.DotComSecrets.com/howgreatiam.html. I confess I watch it nearly every day to really get me pumped.
No matter how rich I am, I can’t transfer my wealth building skills to you unless you understand this first key principle: you are an agent unto yourself. That being said, I can’t wait for you to show me just how great you are!
Why Do So Few Make It?
C.R. Koerber, a great thinker and philosopher of our time, said, “Prosperity is the consequence of choice. One must choose whether to be free and responsible for his or her actions or whether to be a victim of environment, circumstance, or some other external factor. America’s Declaration of Independence proclaims all men and women have been ‘endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.’ Along with these rights has been bestowed an inherent responsibility. This responsibility is co-equal with the ability to choose and to act. One must choose to be prosperous.”
If you’re going to be great, it is you who has to do what it takes. Now you may be pining for more detail on exactly what steps to take. Well, here’s the good news – that trail is already blazed and if you look around you’ll know exactly what it takes to walk it. What’s interesting to me is our human reluctance to ‘do what works’ and our innate desire to reinvent the wheel. I see it every day in my personal downline as well as in others. You all know what I’m talking about.
Nearly every network marketing company out there has a tried and proven method of building the business. And guess what, it works. It may not be the sexiest plan and you may even think that you can make a better one. But here’s the ugly truth – those who follow the outlined marketing models are those who win. And those who fritter away their days outlining and testing out new marketing methods are those who get passed right up. While they are still planning their battle strategies, the humble distributors with nothing but the guts to follow the plan zoom right past them to join the wealthy few who make it.
So this is the first question and the first key answer: Why do so few make it rich in network marketing? Because there are few who have the guts to put their head down and just keep moving forward on the already emblazoned path until they reach the great heights promised. It is then and only then that you should ever allow yourself to look back and modify the plan.
“Well, I’ve already tried that,” you say, “and it just didn’t work for me…” It’s so easy to try something for a few days or even a few weeks and then make a rash decision that it doesn’t work. The only true answer to someone like that is not that the system doesn’t work but that they don’t. Let me tell you something you already know – Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither are multi-millionaires. If you want the success, and you want it bad enough, then commit to me right now that you will follow the plan with exactness and without fail for six months straight each and every day.
Note: If you are a God fearing man like me and would like to have Him on your side as you build your business, you are allowed to take your Sabbath day off but no more.
The Second Question
Now comes the second question I asked: “What differentiates between the people who have the ‘guts’ and those who don’t. How can one earn said ‘guts?’” What I have found is that it has everything to do with your reason – your why.
Let’s do a little exercise together. I want you to imagine with me that you are earning a high five figure income right now in your network marketing business. I want you to focus on that, hold it in the front of your awareness. Focus on it until it becomes real. Think about it – what are you doing with an income and lifestyle like that? I mean it, really think about it and daydream with me. What comes to your mind? What is it that your soul really longs for down deep…
- To be free from the shackled burden of debt?
- To travel to the exotic corners of this beautiful earth?
- To be able to spend your life with your family instead of with your office desk?
- To drive that car you’ve only dreamed about?
- To own a beautiful mansion with enough rooms to house an entire family reunion?
- To be able to watch your babies grow up and be a full part of their lives instead of just a passing shadow?
You decide and then emblazon that image – that why – on your heart and don’t let it go. That image is your strongest asset and your best safeguard. There will be times as you build this business that it will get hard – maybe even harder than you anticipated and it will be that image that will get you through.
When you are nervous, scared, frustrated, or just tired push through because of that why. For a moment, fast forward and feel what it is like to have achieved that. Now, remember what that feels like and keep that feeling with you. That is your foundation, your ‘guts’ that will get you through to the top. When you feel frustration or pain, hold on to this and keep moving forward.
The Simple Path
That’s it – it’s that simple. Now I’ll tell you a couple of things I am certain of. First, I am completely confident that if you daily and consistently do the plan as outlined by your company you will achieve the five figure income you envision. Second, there is no such thing as “getting rich quick and easy.” It’s just a plain fact. Don’t believe me? Look around. How many people do you know who are chasing after that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. The fact is, it isn’t there. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ll be the first to tell you that becoming a millionaire is within your reach I just want you to understand that it’s not easy.
I don’t mean that it can’t be simple. In fact that’s what network marketing companies do best is outline the simplest path from beginning to wealth (because it’s in their best interest for you to get as many people into your business as possible and succeed).
What I do mean is that you will have to fight emotional battles in your head. You will have to fight back the dragons of complacency and doubt.
You will have to have an insatiable drive for the goal. Even when you don’t have the energy or willpower you will have to go through the motions for the day and do your outlined plan. You will have to take complete responsibility for your own successes and failures, learn from what you do wrong and keep moving forward.
It’s that simple.
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