I laughed when I was first introduced to network marketing all those years ago. The vision I had about network marketing was that you invite all your friends and family members to the local church, feed them spaghetti, and lock the doors when everyone started to eat dinner. What followed would be some meeting that between the carb overload and boring yet dizzy presentation, someone would sign or do whatever was asked just to make their getaway.

I admit, the last thing I ever expected was to be a mentor and coach of the industry. I remember soon after I joined my first company that I really was clueless about what network marketing was, is, and the future of it. So I became educated, I started to reading everything I could about it. I attended seminars, listened to countless cassettes, cd and now podcasts. So what is the biggest lesson about network marketing I have learned?

Network marketing is nothing more than just sharing your passion and enthusiasm with someone else. Period. The basics of network marketing is this…. You must invite, build belief, follow-up, teach them how to do the same thing. How you do this, why and where to do this is when it becomes confusing with all the different trainers and training systems out there. But that is for another time. Do you need any special skills to succeed in network marketing? I don't believe so. I believe you just need to have that passion and enthusiasm for what you are doing. Skills are taught, desire is not. I would rather have 1 person on my team with a ton of desire and no skill, than a ton of people with skills and no desire. I have seen many fine folks spend hundreds if not thousands on seminars, tools, script books, and the latest and greatest ebook that promises to help teach the magical wand of success. Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't say all that was useless, just not necessary for success.

Something else I learned is that because you don't need any special skills, just desire…. I learned that anyone can do this business. Stay at home moms, college kids, grandparents… that is what I genuinely love about network marketing. The same opportunity presents to all of us. What we do with it, well, that is what makes us different. Whether your goal is to earn a few hundred dollars extra a month, or a few thousand, you have the same opportunity as the million dollar earners out there.

So go for it, and don't let your fear stop you, don't let anyone stop you, don't let your lack of skill stop you. Just go for it. Remember, desire is all you need… skills will come afterwards. You can spend your time learning specific closing scripts, role playing, telephone techniques, but without desire to reach your goals, without passion for your product and your company you risk falling flat on your face in failure.