The Price for Success

By Randy Gage
July 8, 2011

Paying the price.

There are a lot of people who want to sell you stuff. And some of them feel the easiest way is telling you what you want to hear. Selling you automated systems, lead programs, do it all from home in your bunny slippers, and assorted “build your downline for you” bullshit.

It sure would be nice if it were that easy. But it’s not.

The people who sell all that stuff make their money mining the miners. You need to take your advice from people that actually cash bonus checks. And those people work.

If you want to have real duplication, create success, and help your people become successful, it’s going to take work. And also throw in belief, investment, tenacity, and guts.

Work, because you’re going to need to go to presentations, travel to support long distance lines and attend some training events. Service retail customers. Follow up with prospects and counsel with your team members. And you’re going to need to do all this work, after you finish work each day.

Belief, because you’re going to face some rejection, dropouts, and skeptics. You live in a crazy world with lots of crazy people in it. Ninety percent are in jobs they don’t like or actually hate, yet because it’s all they know, they ridicule anyone who isn’t a cog in the collective like them.

Investment, because any business requires it. And you’d be an idiot to think you don’t need to invest in this one. Buying a distributor kit and your first product order gets you in the door. That’s when the real investment just begins…

Marketing materials. Product autoship. Self-development materials. Event tickets and travel. A website. Phone bills, fuel for your car and postage. But if you’re not willing to invest in you, it’s probably a bad investment for anyone else. And remember this:

The only thing that costs more than your dream – is the cost of not having one.

Tenacity, because you’re not going to make it in a couple months. Success in Network Marketing is a two- to five-year plan. Yeah I know you want it to be faster. So do I. But how long would it take you to be free in your day job? For most or you (and your prospects), you could work 40 or 50 years in that, and still retire broke.

And finally, you’re going to need…

Guts. Because success isn’t for the timid. You’re surrounded by people who want to give you permission to stay where you are. And many will feel threatened when you start to move up. And for every person with the guts to become great, there are dozens who will try to drag you back into mediocrity.

These people want you to drive a brokemobile, order pizza based on who you have a 50 cents off coupon from, and watch five hours of mindless sitcoms a night just like they do. It takes guts to break out of the Matrix. But look at the alternative.

I thanked you earlier for your efforts sharing the last post. I hope you’ll really go nuts sharing this one. Because it’s really, really important. Then bookmark it, print it out and stick it in your planner. Read it whenever you need a reminder.

Success never goes on sale. Be willing to pay the market price.

-RG

Be A Life Coach

Randy Gage has a brilliant piece about becoming a life coach to your team members on his Network Marketing Times page. Take a look under the hood.

If you want to be attractive to prospects, and want to be more helpful to your team members, become a life coach.

Don’t try to be a psychiatrist. (Although sometimes it sure feels that way!) Just truly care about people, and what’s going on in their lives.

When I counsel with my team members, we look at who their upcoming leaders are, where they should work long distance, how many presentations they should do, and many things like that. But the real bulk of what we discuss is the other stuff…

How to reduce friction in their marriage, solve personality conflicts with key people, when to quit their job, buy a house, or reduce their debt.

One of the biggest draws in network marketing is the community we provide. Yes the money, cars and trips are cool. But the sexiest stuff is stronger marriages, better relationships with their kids, friendship, fellowship, and happiness.

So don’t get blinded by the bonus checks and rank advancement. Help people make their lives work better and the business will improve all by itself.

-RG

Great stuff. Check out the original post and more from Randy at NetworkMarketingTimes.com and RandyGage.com

There's a First Time For Everything

Network marketing is a great opportunity for people to have their first business. The point is this, recognize it for what it is: it's a business, and you are a business owner. If you've never owned a business before, if you've never done sales before, you need to learn about how to do so, not just from the network marketing/MLM experts, but from established experts in those type of fields.
Network marketers who are serious about building this business should spend time reading and learning about the business fundamentals, the latest sales and marketing techniques, strategies for networking and business development, etc., not just swapping tips at your team's weekly conference calls. If you act like a small business owner, people will treat you like one.

-RD

The Courage To Dream

Randy Gage has a great piece about having the courage to dream on his Network Marketing Times page. Check it out.

Did you really catch the meaning of that title? Please read it again.

Do you really get how much courage it takes to dream?

It’s so easy to “be realistic,” “not get your hopes up,” or settle for mediocrity. To dream means you hope. It means you dare. It means you have a chance to lose.

That takes guts. Courage.

Lamborghini’s are safe in the garage. Ships are safe in the port. Jets are safe at the gate. But that’s not what those things are for.

Please. Have a prosperity map. Put some pictures on your fridge. Get a brochure for your next bonus car and award trip. Awaken your dreams again. Because they will pull you toward them.

Have the courage to dream BIG. Because you’re worth it.

-RG

Great stuff. Check out more from Randy at NetworkMarketingTimes.com and RandyGage.com