If you were to ask someone in the industry: Do you want toexcel in network marketing? You would naturally think that the answer would bea resounding yes.



 

Who wouldn't right? You would think that anybody who getsinvolved in a network marketing opportunity would be committed to doing as wellas the possibly can.

 

Yet many people come along to meetings with the mindset ofgiving it a try. You really should hunt through your bookshelves right now,find any dictionaries in your collection and strike through the word try. Thereis no try in network marketing or anywhere else for that matter, you set out toachieve something and you either succeed or learn one way not to achieve it.

 

You don't go out to try and recruit someone. You go outlooking professional, with a goal to stick at it until you have five new prospectsto follow up with.

 

We all enter this business for one reason don't we?Lifestyle!

 

It might be money, time & financial freedom, to be ableto do what you want at a time that you choose, to be a stay at home Dad or tolook after your aging parents without the stress of money worries, but at theend of the day it all boils down to lifestyle.

 

In network marketing, any other business or life in general,I believe that there are two essential requirements to achieve the lifestyleyou desire, and they are so important that I named my team after them.

 

They are Education and Commitment. My team is Team Excelbecause I believe that Education X Commitment equals Lifestyle.

 

When I talk about education, sure you can learn about thenuts and bolts your company so that you can comfortably share the details withinterested parties, but I'm talking more about educating your mindset, yourbelief system, your negative self talk, your philosophy, motivation, coldcalling, presentation and closing skills, goal setting strategies etc.

 

It all boils down to personal development. By takingresponsibility for your own personal development and making the commitment tobe a little better each day than you were the day before, you will set yourselfapart from 98% of those out there who talk a great network marketing game butdon't follow it up with the necessary actions, and we all know that actionsspeak louder than words.

 

The best network marketing leaders understand the law ofleverage. Whether that's leveraging your time, efforts or money, if you want toachieve the lifestyle that most only dream about, you have to stop swappinghours for dollars and start leveraging the efforts of many.

 

Next you have to be a great teacher so that your team canduplicate your efforts. Your team will follow your lead so if you aren't doingthe things that need to be done day in, day out, don't expect your team to beout there making you rich.

 

When you combine education with commitment, it's a powerfulcombination. When you throw in duplication, which in itself requires educationand commitment, this is when things really take off. You could be the bestrecruiter in the company but if you are the only one recruiting like a champ,you're set to addition and will never be as successful as the guy who works thesystem, has a fair success ratio but teaches his team how to duplicate hisefforts. Now your set to multiplication which is far more powerful thanaddition because you are truly leveraging the efforts of many and this leads toresidual income.

 

By commitment I mean by putting actions to the words, bydeveloping the bulldog spirit that just won't give up. You must understand thattreating any network marketing opportunity like a hobby will mean that it paysyou like a hobby and you have to do the little things each and every day thatmove you towards your target lifestyle. If your actions aren't moving you inthat direction, you're wasting your time.

 

Commitment is the key to everything that is worth achieving.If you want to reap a rich harvest you must be out there every day sowing yourseeds, not just when you feel like it, if the weather is ok but consistently,every single day.

 

It's the small disciplines that are practiced every singleday that make a huge difference over time.

 

Without commitment, you won't continually bring new peoplein front of your opportunity and new people constantly coming into yourbusiness are the absolute lifeblood of that business, so commit to taking someaction on a daily basis to put your business in front of new people.