Network Marketing Success – The Reasons Why, Part 2
We will now discuss the positive motivating factors, and I will presuppose that you have read my previous article (‘Part 1′), which discusses the negative motivating factors. The positive motivators ‘pull towards’, while the negative factors ‘repel’. If we can get them to act in the same direction, so much the better!
Lou Tice, founder of the Pacific Institute, once told the story of how he had to assist a world-class Kenyan athlete to overcome a physical problem. Although this guy was Olympic material, he often developed a physical pain so severe that he had to stop running. After listening to the athlete’s story, Tice advised him to quit running altogether. You see, Tice found that the athlete could support his family with the proceeds from his wins, and that was his main motivator. According to Tice it was simply not enough for gold medal status at the Games.
Nobody, but nobody on this planet has ever become good at anything overnight. I think the media are guilty of creating misconceptions here. They present a distorted timeline by (inadvertently) showing the transition from failure to success, from obscurity to stardom, in a few episodes on TV or in less than two hours in a movie.
In the real world the ‘overnight success’ is usually preceded by years, even decades, of practice, hardships and disappointments. This applies equally well to marketers, musicians, artists and sports stars. So, on your way to becoming that marketing ‘rock star’, you are going to encounter numerous distractions and obstacles. There will be days when you wonder if it’s worth all the effort, and you will consider throwing in the towel on many occasions.
So it is only logical that your reasons for pursuing a specific course of action should be so good that they are more important than any setbacks. To be really good at anything, be that athletics, art, gardening, or network marketing, you have to be hang in there for as long as it takes to be successful. And for that you require an intense level of motivation, preferably of the positive kind! So how do you get this?
To start off, you have to get yourself to a point of ‘must’. You must have no option but to achieve that goal. And to get to this magical point, you have to find yourself some magnificent ‘why’s. The more you have, and the more they pull you in the same direction, the better. What I mean by magnificence is that the end result must really resonate within you at a gut level. It must be able evoke an intense emotional response. Sweaty skin. Increased pulse rate. Pupils dilated.
Now I cannot tell you what your motivators are; you will have to do a fair amount of introspection. Take a piece of paper, write down your goals, and order them in descending order of importance. Analyze the ones at the top. If they evoke a 10/10 feeling, if you must realize them at all cost, come hell or high water, despite all odds, you are on the right track. Only 9/10? Hmm – not so good.
At this point I’d like to introduce some perspective. This series of articles deals mostly with money. Money is EXTREMELY important. So is health, friendship and peace of mind, for example. In the final analysis you cannot have anything if it is not important to you. So if someone tries to tell you money is not important, don’t believe her – she’s broke.
Success in network marketing, and the cash flow it brings, is not the ultimate goal. It is some of the magnificent things you can do with that money. So when (not ‘if’) you become that marketing superstar, and you do break through the 0,000/month ceiling – what’s your life gonna look like? Your lifestyle? The people that you hang out with? Your toys? Your appearance? The hospital in Uganda you will be sponsoring? Now you need to become super-creative!
Join me in my next article where I’ll show you how you can re-program your own mind to pursue your goals. No, it is not the boring goal setting nonsense.
