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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

How to Guarantee Your Success in Network Marketing

Chris Widener interviews top achievers around the world and he wanted to know what makes the difference between the small percentage of top achievers in Network Marketing and those who don't get rich. He interviewed seven people earning between $80,000 - $400,000 PER MONTH - ordinary people who have succeeded. They represented different ages, from different areas, and from different companies. The average time that they were in Network Marketing was eleven years. As Chris says, "It's not get rich quick - it's get rich STEADY".

He asked one of his friends who makes $400,000 a year after eleven years in the business, "How many people do you think would do what you did if you absolutely GUARANTEED that they would be making $400,000 per year in eleven years?" His answer was, "Very few. Most people will not persist and put in the time and the work." The fact is, they will probably put that time and work into a job, and eleven years later they will have nothing to show for it, whereas they could have $400,000 per year or more. The NUMBER ONE thing that Chris got from every single one of the people he interviewed to find out what separates the winners from the losers, was: "Follow the proven system." They don't second guess, give up, reinvent the wheel, or lose interest. They commit, follow the proven system, and succeed. And yes, they WORK.

Their number two answer was: "Don't quit." One of the people Chris interviewed makes $80,000 per month, and after three years he had never signed anyone up. But he stayed there and persisted, and in his seventh year he was earning $80,000 per month. We overestimate what we can do in one year, but we vastly underestimate what we can do in five years. Winners NEVER quit.

A good illustration of how patience, tenacity, consistency and persistency pays off in Network Marketing is Jeff Olson's illustration of the water hyacinth in his wonderful book, "The Slight Edge". This beautiful and delicate plant floats on water. It is one of the most productive plants on planet earth. The method it prefers for colonizing an area is to grow by doubling itself by sending out short runner stems that become "daughter plants". If a pond surface is fairly still and undisturbed, the water hyacinth may cover the entire pond within 30 days.

On the first day, you won't even notice it. In fact, for the first two weeks, you'd have to search very hard to find it! On day fifteen, it will cover about a single square foot of the pond's surface. On the 20th day (2/3rds of the way to the end of the month), it will be about the size of a small mattress. It would look like a boy's inflatable life raft. On day 29, one half of the pond's surface would still be open water. On the 30th day, the entire pond would be covered by a blanket of water hyacinth. You would not see any water at all. This is the amazing leverage and power available to those who work hard and stick to the system in the right Network Marketing company.

Note: Like everything else, you get good Network Marketing companies and bad / mediocre ones. Over 21 years, I have been exposed to and involved with many of them. The best by far, in my opinion, and the one that I focus on, is Pre-Paid Legal. Join my team here: www.DollarMakersBusiness.com

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com