This Business is About People

I read a great comment in The Work AT Home Forum just the other day. The discussion was about building a successful downline. There were lots of very good comments on the subject. But then I came across this one by Rob and Rayvin Nyte. Simply put, I was blown away! You will be too.

To Quote:

“I don’t like the word Downline. It’s too impersonal. These are people with families, hopes and dreams, with goals for the future, with people who love them. How much do you know about the people dowline from you? Do they have any pets, hobbies, aspirations? We don’t know of any better way to build a successful downline than to build the people who are in it (emphasis mine). Our mentor is right. He never tires of repeating to us, “Build people and you will build your business.” Those words have become a mantra for us. May they help you transform your people as they have helped us.”

You see, we are not in the MLM Business or the Health and Wellness Business. We are not in the Vacation and Travel Business. We are in The People Business! Forget that when dealing with potential customers and business partners and we begin to sound impersonal, pushy, like a salesman. Forget it when we are working with our downline and we lose the ability to lead. Relationships build a successful business, not your product or compensation plan. To quote that silly insurance commercial, “Human Beings, acting Humanly, Brilliant!” But it’s the truth. Treat people with compassion, dignity and respect, become genuinely interested in their needs and concerns, their hopes and aspirations, and they will reward you by purchasing your products. They will reward you by not just joining your opportunity, but by excelling and building your business. Why, because you have made it Their Business as well. You have created a true Joint Venture.

Success in your Home Business isn’t measured by how big a downline you can recruit, or how much product you can sell. It’s not even measured by how much money you make. Those are all important benchmarks, to be sure. But true success, the kind that will build a strong, viable long lasting and profitable business, lies in how well you build people. It lies in how well you are able to help other people succeed, achieve their dreams, live a better life, and so on. If you don’t own a copy of Tim Sales’ Professional Inviter series, I suggest you purchase a copy. I won't benefit one way or the other by your purchasing a copy, but then agan, I will. If we all endeavor to be more professional, more ethical, More Human, we will give this industry a much better image, and likely as not, we will all reap the benefits of that.

In his own insightful way, Tim teaches you how to get in touch, how to connect with your potential customers and business partners. He teaches you how to identify with them and their needs wants and concerns, and sometimes, their pain. You've heard the old addage, "People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care!" You can’t get around that one. It's just human nature. You have to know how to Invite people in such a way that they feel invited, not sold. They need to know you care and that you truly want to help them. You lead and build your organization, the same way. "Build People and they will build your business." Simple, but Powerful.

Mitch

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

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