Achieve MLM Success through Action, NOT Perfection

What would be the first word that comes to your mind if you were asked to give the opposite of achievement? If you’re like most, the word “failure” would be first and foremost. However, I would have to disagree and here’s why:

While some may say that failure is definitely the opposite of achievement, I might have to add this for thought: “The opposite of achievement is perfectionism." Think about this for a minute. The more you insist on perfection, the less you will get done. See, the problem with perfection is that it takes forever to achieve the level at which you would be satisfied according to your own expectations. There is always just one more thing you could be doing or could have done to get closer to perfect. Am I right?

So, what do we do about all those hundreds, if not thousands, of MLMers out there who are still searching for that elusive "one more thing?"

How long do you think you have to reach your goals? Forever? Less?

Well, I'm a firm believer in the 80/20 Rule. Have you heard of it?

The 80/20 Rule Says That “80% of the Result Comes From 20% of the Effort."

Relevant to network marketing - or anything else, for that matter - you are much better off if you act right now and get 80% of the result than if you wait a day, week, month, or however long until everything is “perfect."

If you wait for that “one more thing” to happen, bent on achieving your “perfection," somebody else will have blown right by you, completing 50 or 300 or 1000 actions - and you’ll be left eating their dust!

I don’t disagree that “perfection” – for whatever it means - would most likely be great. The price that you pay for hanging on to it and waiting for something better to transpire is that nothing ever gets done, completed, finished. The road to success is paved with a whole slew of completed “right” actions. Maybe they weren’t finished perfectly, but I’m sure they were finished sufficiently.

The more you act on your logical plan, the more achievement you will have.

Perfectionism Truly is the Opposite of Achievement

Recognize this irony in all aspects of your life and you will move closer to reaching your goals faster than you ever thought possible.

Aloha,

Cindy Manoske

Your Partner in the Journey

Network Marketing Secrets

I’ve been through many programs and systems to try to find out what network marketing is all about. I have discovered that the system that helps you build your skills, helps you learn how to work with people and build relationships, and is so easy your people can do exactly what you’re doing is the best.

Here are some sponsoring secrets to help you build your business:

1)      Targeted lead generation. Who do I want to target? What types of people am I looking for? Where do I find them? So many questions! The best people to talk to and the ones who have dreams and goals. Desires. These people are motivated, ready to go, and will be coachable. The lead generation system I am in, Mentoring for Free, trains and helps you find these kinds of people.

2)      Prospect Follow-up: It’s ideal to have a system in place that follows-up with people automatically. We go on vacations. We get busy. An automated email system going out to your prospects that is written by a professional copywriter, who knows how to use keywords and knows the system inside and out, helps you build the relationships while you're working, away, training ... Mentoring for Free has that automated system. Remember: Readers are Leaders, so it’s also attracting coachable people to you.

3)      Sponsoring: I have heard Michael Dlouhy say, “Only sponsor people who you really want to build a business with. Those you’d want to go on a one month cruise with.”  When we sponsor people, we're with them for life. We will be probably be going to their weddings, their funerals, and they will be going to ours. We're there for them. Don’t just sponsor anybody! Sponsor people you want to associate with.

4)      One-on-one relationship building: I’ve learned the secret to network marketing: It’s a relationship business where you build one-on-one relationships. People just have to know that you care. In Mentoring for Free, Michael Dlouhy gives a generic MLM "relationship-building" training call 5 nights a week. No company is EVER mentioned on these calls. No products are EVER discussed. You’ll be able to listen in while the calls are made and hear exactly what to say, so you can do the same when you call your leads. In fact, you can bring your lead phone numbers to these calls and call them or have someone call them together with you. We want to know what to do and what to say to our leads. These trainings will do just that. My favorite quote from Michael Dlouhy is, “Build people. People will build the business.”

5)      Training: Network Marketing is a teaching and mentoring business. It’s critical that we are able to teach others how to do mlm training. Ninety-two percent of people don’t like to sell or be sold. Mentoring for Free trains new people on how to do network marketing. You’ll have a team website, a step-by-step recipe action plan to follow, and a lot of training calls to listen to. My very favorite training is the one about Color Personalities. This training alone will help you build and keep your relationships. You’ll become the best listener around, too! 

Mentoring for Free is the best thing that has happened to me in network marketing. When we learn the skills and go to the trainings, we'll be owning our lives in no time!

To Your success!

Cindy Manoske

Mentoring for Free