Igloo building and MLM?

 

Yes, even igloo building can have a lesson for us network marketers.

A few weeks ago, we decided to build an igloo.  It was lots of fun, a great learning experience and actually not too cold to sleep in - as long as you had TWO sleeping bags per person. 

Here are a few pictures of the finished igloo:

 

 Now, when we decided to build this igloo, the climate was right, snow seemed like it would be around forever.  But, even in Wisconsin, warmer weather does come and the sun can do irrepairable damage to a snow-built building.

 Less than a week after building our igloo, it lay in ruins.  Many network marketers face a similar challenge when building a business - things look great, timing seems right, and the product is awesome.  But then, the climate changes.  Snow no longer makes the perfect building material and the hard working networker watches all his hard work simply 'melt' and disappear!

How can you be sure this won't happen to you?

Make very sure that you are in a 5 Pillar company.  If you don't, all your careful labor may be wasted.

No matter HOW carefully we had built our igloo, it would never have lasted after the temperature got above freezing. 

No matter HOW carefully you build your business, if your company's policies and procedures has a termination clause, or if you have to renew each year, you could lose all your hard work as quickly as we lost our igloo.

To learn more about the 5 pillars you want to have in place in your network marketing business, you can read my ehow article How to Use the 5 Pillars to Identify a Good MLM From a Scam  and read Michael Dlouhy's free ebook, 'Success in 10 Steps'.

Why, Why, WHY?!?!?!

WHY do you do what you do every day?
WHY are you in Network Marketing?
WHY can you NOT quit no matter what?

Would you ever try to climb a mountain without knowing WHY you are climbing it?  Of course not!  If you do not know the reasons WHY, you will not last.  Having a decided WHY is sooooo important to your success.  This applies to all of life, not just network marketing.  Success usually comes on the heels of failure, so if you do not have a strong enough 'why' you will quit when the hard part comes and right before your success arrives!

Start with writing down why you want a home business.  If you know the reasons why, and the reasons are strong enough, you will never give up.  That is an important KEY to success.  If you are in a 5 pillar company, and you have a 'WHY that makes you cry' it's almost impossible to fail.  As my good friend and personal mentor, Michael Dlouhy, puts it in Success in 10 Steps, "an AMAZING “WHY”, a 99.9% “WHY”, will keep you going through rain, sleet, snow, flood, pestilence, nuclear holocaust, or the criticism of a “loved” one."

~Eliya

Oh, The Questions I Hear!

When you start working from home, you have a lot of questions. Sometimes, after you have been working hard at it for several weeks, months or even years, you have even more questions! Take a look at this excerpt from 'Success in 10 Steps' by my good friend and personal mentor Michael Dlouhy...

'I've talked with thousands of people in the network marketing business. They ask themselves certain questions. Maybe some are familiar to you:

Why am I not smart enough to do this business?

Why am I successful in corporate America and fail in network marketing?

Why does the phone weigh so much?

Why do the "No"s hurt so bad?

Am I too tall? Am I too short?

I worked so hard and still can't do it. What's wrong with me? What's
wrong with the company? What's wrong with the product?

The Hitters tell me, "If it is to be, it's up to me." Other people do this. Why
can't I?

Why do these companies fail me?

Why did the federal government shut my company down?

I maxed out my credit card on advertising. Why did it NOT work?

I went to the meetings. I did three-way phone calls. Why doesn't everyone
see this?

Why don't they have the literature in Spanish?

Where's the teamwork?

Why isn't this fun?

Where are the facts and figures?

Where's the money?

Network Marketing Deviltry

It’s not your fault.
Let that sink in. How does that make you feel?

I don't care what any heavy hitter has ever told you. Fact is they've lied to you.

Doesn't that make you angry?

I can PROVE the cards are stacked against you. That's why it's not your fault."

To most people, that last part probably didn't sound familiar at all. But it's the truth! When you read Michael's book, you can really understand why most people's lack of success in network marketing is not their fault. Check it out for yourself at http://total.successin10steps.com/

To Your Success!

 

~Eliya

"Be a Mentor with a Servant's Heart!"