There is NO Plan B!

For my first post, I would like to share a short article i posted in one or two of the forums I frequent on a regular basis. I recommend you do the same, especially if you are truly serious about getting involved in a Home Business Opportunity. Forums and Blogs are some of the best resources available to those of us who have embarked upon the journey that is a Home Business. This is a marathon, not a sprint. The prize goes to the one who perseveres when all the odds seem to be stacked against them, thus the reason for my title, "There is NO Plan B." So, read on, and I hope this will inspire you, encourage you, give you a sense of purpose. To your success and mine!

I was having a discussion a while back with a good friend, a very successful member of my organization. His name is Martin. We were talking about motivation, about selling out, doing whatever is necessary to succeed in this industry. I asked him what had made him so successful and his reply almost bowled me over in it's simplicity, yet it was such a powerful motivator that it became a defining moment in my MLM career, in my life, even. "Mitch" he said "there is No Plan B." For a moment, all I could do was just sit quietly and reflect on what I had just heard. What power, what insight was contained in those simple words. He's right, you know, there really is No Plan B. For those of us who are endeavoring to walk this path, an MLM Business Opportunity is our one shot at creating a secure financial future. For whatever reason, lack of planning, calamity, sickness, poor financial decisions, we have no other means with which to build enough wealth to retire securely and comfortably.

At that moment, the epiphany that exploded in my mind defined me and set me upon a course not unlike Cortez, when he came to the New World. He commanded his troops to "burn the ships." Why? It left them with No Plan B. They were sold out! They were committed! They had to be, there was no going back. For me, there is no going back. There are not enough years nor is there enough strength left in this 54 year old body to do it the old fashioned way, invest, save, etc. My personal situation is not unlike many of you, I imagine. Life has dealt me enough curves, some of which I dealt myself, I might add, that I have too little savings, no investments, not enough in retirement, pension plans, to survive on, let alone live the "good life." And I don't want to wind up a Wal Mart greeter, or bag boy in some supermarket at 65 years of age. Not even!

No, this is it for me. It is my one and only plan, my one and only course of action, my one and only means with which to secure my financial independence and freedom. One cannot succeed in any venture, especially Online Marketing unless one has a powerful and all consuming "why." This is a major component of my "why." If this doesn't work for me, nothing will. So it's "damn the torpedoes and full speed ahead!" It's sell out, give my all, whatever it takes, I will do, because there is no other option. Sure, I want to get out of debt. Sure, I was tired of living paycheck to paycheck. Sure, I want to have a legacy to leave my kids when I am gone. But those motivators, powerful as they can be, pale in comparison to the realization that, the ships have been burned, the old world is an ocean away, my future is in my hands, no one Else's. It's succeed or else. I'm not being melodramatic here, it's the absolute truth.

Fortunately for me, and for many of you in the same boat, oh, I forgot they were burned, just kidding. As I was saying, fortunately for all of us, MLM is a great industry! We truly are in control of our own destiny, or own financial security, our own financial future. I'm thankful that there is No Plan B. If there were, I would have been tempted to give up, quit, because contrary to what many people believe, this industry is not easy. It's simple, unbelievably and amazingly simple, but it's not easy. It requires resolve, a thick skin, determination, commitment. It requires a strong enough "why!" So, in the words of Cortez, I say BURN THE SHIPS! Leave yourself no way back. It will change your whole approach to this business. It will change your heart, give you the strength to go on in the face of all the doubters, Nay Sayers, critics, self professed pundits who will try to tell you to just "get a job, take the easy way, MLM doesn't work," or whatever they are saying that has you spooked.

Just remember, burn this into your consciousness.

THERE IS NO PLAN B!

Respectfully submitted,

Mitch

The Berry Tree Is The Better Way!