Friday 30 May 2008

MLM is Easy!

Today it suddenly occurred to me that there are very few elements of my MLM business that are not easy to do. If that is the case, I pondered, why does it take some people so long to get their heads in the right place to become successful in this industry?

I wondered about this for some time and it has indeed been in the back of my mind for an extremely long time. And then it came to me like a flash of light….what the industry gurus and icons have said over and over again is absolutely true. It is not the destination - It is the journey. Of course that is it. That is the reason that so many people with amazing promise join this industry only to underfulfill their potential.

The business is simple. Or at least it should be. My previous business with another company was anything but simple and in fact was a full time job so I had little time to occupy myself with soul searching. I was too busy dealing with customers calling me up to tell me about their bowel movements and the weekly measurements of their thighs! Well I am eternally grateful for no longer having to deal with that but now that I have time on my hands with an effective business model that doesn’t require every hour of my day just to keep it running, dare I say it? I have become an MLM philosopher!

Anyway getting back to the point. As long as we have a business model that is simple to duplicate and is repetitive by its very nature all we need to do is invite people to check out our opportunity by reviewing a DVD or whatever, follow up with them, and help them to get started and to repeat the process if it is right for them. Easy hey? Especially with all the 3rd party tools we can utilise these days, and the incredible technology at our fingertips. No more driving round town just to get a new team member started. In fact there isn’t really all that much to do at all so why do people make it so difficult?

It’s all about what’s going on in our personal lives and our heads. It’s all about feeling motivated and being able to continue with revenue producing activities even though we may be feeling really bad about what’s going on with a member of our family, or about our partners. There are so many things to do with the children and so many minutaie to take care of on a daily basis that it is the easiest thing in the world to just allow ourselves to get distracted.

I fall prey to these distractions also and have to work very hard on myself to stay productive in my network marketing business. The way to keep MLM easy is to spend time every day working on ourselves so that we can keep that million dollar attitude which fuels us to operate the business in a super productive way. One hour a day spent working on our business with a million dollar attitude is worth more than 5 hours just going through the motions so I highly recommend setting aside at least 30 minutes each morning to read or listen to some kind of personal development, whether industry related or not.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Henke coaches people to work from home with a proven system and millionaire mentors. Find out how you can escape the rat race at her website: Escape The Rat Race Free Tour