by Lonnie on March 9, 2010
There are two laws that without fail will help you achieve more MLM success than you have ever dreamed of. They are quite simple. But for most people too simple. Sometimes the simplest things in life can yield the best result though. It all comes down to executing and staying disciplined.
Those two laws that without fail will help you and what I call the ultimate laws of success for MLM are:
1. Do Nothing Get Nothing
So many folks in network marketing fail simply because they don’t do anything. I know it sounds simple as I said, but if you don’t want to work, you’re better off keeping your day job.
I hate to come down hard on folks, but it’s true. Each of us has greatness within us. And we hold ourselves back by not doing the necessary work that it takes to get ahead. Anything in life worth having takes work.
So I always advise people to not quit or stop working the business when you get rejection. All rejection is, is life asking you how bad you want it.
2. If You Want More You Must Become More
If you want to attract success into your life, it takes growth. You probably aren’t going to reach your goals without growing into the person you need to become to make things happen.
Therefore you must grow and become more if you want more. Again, simple enough right? Well not quite. Most people do absolutely nothing in this area. Sure they went to college. Sure they got good grades some of them.
But education is a life-long process. So never stop reading, listening to audio programs, attending seminars. Remember, if you aren’t where you want to be in life, it just means you don’t know something. It just means that there is something you haven’t figured out yet. And the only way to figure it out is by getting off the couch and growing. Reading. Learning more.
I’d also stay away from the negative influences. I wouldn’t follow my friends or people who aren’t going in the direction I want to go. Why buy into their opinions? Because when you do, you buy their lifestyle. And if that lifestyle isn’t the one you want for yourself, then you know what you need to do.
by Lonnie on March 8, 2010
So many people ask me about network marketing training and it all comes down to this. When we change our inner game and those thoughts that sabotage our success you almost without fail will succeed at the game of network marketing.
Sure everyone wants the techniques, but ultimately changing your beliefs and mindset has to be one of the toughest but most rewarding things you can do. We think so many thoughts throughout the day. And the funny thing is, most of those thoughts are simply out of all conceivable proportion to what is actually reality.
Most of the time our worries, doubts and frustrations about things we either think, or worry will happen actually never happen. Just think about how many times you have been right when you worried about something. It’s staggering to think how often this prevents us from getting what we want in life and in business.
Well when it comes to network marketing, I’m here to share with you three techniques that will change your life if you make them a daily practice. They are simple and not rocket science. So it will be easy to make these a part of your daily routine. You’ll be surprised at the order and focus this brings into your life and your business.
Network Marketing Success Tip #1: Practice Visualization
Spend 15 minutes a day visualizing success. See yourself doing the thing you want to do in your business. Whether it be having a successful phone conversation with a prospect. Or adding more people into your business. See how that looks, hear how you sound. Feel the feelings of the success.
Actually create it before it happens. Two things will happen. One, you’ll start to sell with more confidence when speaking to prospects about your opportunity. Two, you’ll create opportunities before they even happen. It will be like a deja vu effect.
Network Marketing Success Tip #2: Tape Record Yourself
This is something that almost freaked me out the first time I did it. The first time I ever heard my pitch on tape recorder I couldn’t believe that was me. I understood why I wasn’t having success. I then learned to use voice inflection and things to help make my voice sound more persuasive. Also, I started changing my pitch to sound more passionate.
Ask yourself, would you buy from you? If the answer is no, fix the areas you wish to improve in. If you want to bring people into your opportunity, I think you want to sound polished. And this can drastically increase your conversion rate just by practicing and improving how you sound.
Network Marketing Success Tip #3: Don’t Believe It
So many folks quit in network marketing way before they even give themselves a chance to succeed. This comes down to stinking thinking. One technique for this is to not believe anything you say.
From now on, listen to and control that inner voice. Really become in tune with it. If it isn’t serving you, reframe or just flat out reject it. Don’t believe it.
Remember, your thoughts only have as much power as we give them. So don’t believe what you think. If you start to question something, like maybe your chance of success in your network marketing opportunity. Don’t believe yourself. This made a world of difference for me.