One of the biggest lies shared amongst MLMs, Melaleuca included, is that the reason a distributor isn't successful is because he or she, "just doesn't want it bad enough." Nothing could be further from the truth! Your Melaleuca upline wants you to believe that "belief" is the thing that's going to get you from "zero to hero" in your Melaleuca.com business. Getting sick and tired of being sick and tired is one thing, but it truly does not mean or guarantee success.



Now here's the kicker - how you get motivated! As a Melaleuca distributor, you're told to invest in yourself get motivational and educational CDs. You're also told to attend every seminar and meeting including the annual convention featuring Corporate Directors who will get you so emotionally "on fire" that there's no way that you won't come out a success. Never mind the fact that you can barely afford the endless supply of CDs much less the annual corporate gathering travel expense because if you don't stay plugged in, your Melaleuca business will ultimately suffer.

Now do you still believe that motivation is the key to your success? Somehow, I can't imagine the image of Lee Iacocca or Bill Gates jumping up and down shouting "I'm free!" as being the primary reason for their success! The honest truth is that if you're not seeing the results you want to see in your Melaleuca business and you've been at it for at least six months then know that it has nothing to do with your motivation! In fact, you should be proud of yourself for being so determined to become a success!

People look for answers when they don't get the results they expect. If you had a question about why you weren't succeeding who would you ask? You would ask your upline and guess what? Your upline is probably in the same situation as you experiencing the same thing as you because they were taught the same thing as you. The reason MLM companies resort to the motivational is that it's the perfect scapegoat. Think about it. No one can ever be motivated enough and it's the timeless answer passed down generation through generation in the MLM.

You can use a shovel to dig the foundation of a house, or you can learn to use a bulldozer. Network marketing isn't as hard as people make it out to be. The real problem is that they are given improper and virtually useless tools that don't bring in the results. What Melaleuca distributors need to do is learn how to build their business correctly. They need to learn how to use the bulldozer!

Do you understand what I'm trying to get at? The more inefficient your system/tools are and the more ineffective your approach is, the harder you're going to have to work to get results. And because of that, you have to make up for it big time with motivation. When you're using the right tools for the job, you're seeing steady, consistent progress and things are trucking along smoothly, motivation becomes almost an afterthought.

If your business was growing and the people who were participating in your Melaleuca business actually wanted to buy products and find out more information about the business opportunity, do you think you would have a problem with motivation? If your leads wanted to actually speak with you and seek your help and guidance, would you have a problem with motivation? I would say probably not.

You really need motivation when you have to remind yourself why you're building this business. You know how heavy the phone can get especially when you get rejected by your family and friends time and time again. When they start to avoid you, you can always take out your Melaleuca goal statement and read it to pick yourself back up!

There comes a point in your life when you have to decide to change the way you're doing things because simply put, they just are delivering the results you need. When that happens you'll begin to see your business take off and start producing real results with people who actually want to be a part of your business. You'll find that you can be moving products almost automatically when you have the right marketing system in place! All those lies about motivation are a thing of the past. Do you want to take your Melaleuca business to the next level? Start focusing on doing the things that will really build your business!