Prerequisites for Network Marketing Success

We will now discuss the positive motivating factors, and I am going to assume that you have read my previous article (‘Part 1′), which deals with the negative motivational issues. The positive motivators ‘pull towards’, while the negative factors ‘push away from’. If we can get them to act in unison, so much the better!

Lou Tice, founder of the Pacific Institute, once related the story of how he had to assist a top African athlete to overcome a physical problem. Although this guy was a candidate for the Olympic Games, he often developed a pain in his side so bad that he had to stop running. After listening to the athlete’s story, Tice’s advice was 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 a good enough motivation for such a lofty goal.

Nobody, but nobody on this planet has ever become good at anything overnight. I think the media are guilty of creating the wrong impression here. They present an incorrect timeline by (inadvertently) depicting the change from loser to winner, from obscurity to stardom, in a few episodes on TV or within the duration of a single movie.

In the real world the ‘instant success’ is more often than not preceded by years, even decades, of practice, hardships and disappointments. This is applicable basically to any field of endeavor. So, on your way to becoming that marketing ‘superhero’, you are going to meet with countless distractions and obstacles. There will be days when you wonder if it’s worth all the effort, and you will consider quitting on many occasions.

In view of this, you should ensure that your reasons for doing someting are so good that they outweigh any setbacks. To excel at anything, be that athletics, art, gardening, or network marketing, you have to be persistent. And for that you need an intense level of motivation, preferably of the positive kind! So how do you get this?

The pieces of the puzzle will come together if you can get yourself to a position of ‘must’ have. You must have no option but to achieve that goal. And you create this situation by having enough 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. Draw up a ‘wish list’, and order the items with the most desirable one at the top. Then look at the ones at the top. If they evoke that magic euphoric response, 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 VERY important. But so is health, friendship and peace of mind, for example. The bottom line is this: you cannot have anything if it’s not important to you. So if someone tries to tell you money is not important, don’t believe her – she’s broke.

Network marketing success and the money associated with it is not the ultimate goal. But some of the things you can do with that money – wow! So when (not ‘if’) you become that marketing superstar, and you do break through the million-dollar-a-year ceiling – what will your life look like? Your lifestyle? The people that you hang out with? Your toys? Your appearance? The hospital in Africa you will be sponsoring? This is the time to get 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. And no, it’s not the boring goal setting nonsense.

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