La La Land

When we are new in the business, everything seems so exciting. We can practically see names dropped from the ceiling when we lie down. Names of the prospects that is. We kind of wonder why other people are not interested in this business. We may be sitting down, but inside, we 'rock' with excitement.

After some time, after some rejections, we started to feel less motivated. Less amazed with the business. And if this is not curbed, we will then journey to the dangerous world. Welcome to the La La Land. The land that is free from the constant thought of the need to call our prospects, free from going to an appointment and have it cancelled at the last minute, free from rejections, etc, etc, etc..

Don't go there. It is dangerous, and it is contagious. We don't want the whole of our group vacationing in that big bad La La Land. Networking business is full of challenges. No pain, no gain. We heard about this a lot. But somehow it does not stick in our heads. To be a millionaire, we are expected to go through a lot of challenges like a boat on an open sea.

And that is why most of the sifus in network marketing are suggesting that we visualize our dreams by having a dream book. Heck, I know a person who has a dream wall. Talk about big dreams! We are also encouraged to hang out with the people who are practically in the same boat as us to change ideas, discuss and help each other, go to the related functions, listen to motivational audios and read books (and they better not be the sci-fi or love story kind of books!).

The way I see it, the business is easy to do and it is easy not to do. Question is, are we tough enough? Are we willing to pay the price in order to get to the land of our dreams? Can we sacrifice our TV time to do this business? Willing to take away some of our free time on weekends to see potential business partners?

It would be sad to be able to have a glimpse of the land of our dreams but later blocked by the temporarily exciting place called La La Land.

Comprende?

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Never Lose Your Reputation

Askm. I have once a privileged to sit with a billionaire in Network Marketing. Among all, his advice was 'never ever lose your reputation'. And i don't know why that phrase stuck in my head for years up until i'm writing this.

He said, "if you lose money, you lose nothing. If you lose a friend, you lose something. But, if you lose your reputation, you lose everything."

Lots of leaders in Networking world who lost control of the huge money that they earn and start to invest in something that is not wise, in fact sometimes being conned to something illegal. Probably drive by certain reasons, including greeds, they actually not only killing the network that has been earning them money, but also their invaluable reputations.

Lose of reputation will make them very hard to come back to the existing group, furthermore to the world of Networking. I myself has met 2 top leaders who lose their integrity. From having 6 luxurious cars to riding a second-hand honda-kapcai. In fact, the other use his feet and public transport for travelling around.

So, touch your forehead now, and repeat this declaration "I will not lose my reputation, hence my good name. i'm a good leader who earns his respects from his group."

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Hunger

I met some interesting people in the last couple of weeks. There are people who are afraid to open up for this business (maybe they are afraid of failure, I presumed, coz they're not telling), there are people who looked interested but hesitant to join in for some reasons, and there are people who wanted to join but they don't have the money.

As mentioned in one of the classes that I attended in my pursuit of becoming a millionaire in network marketing some eons ago (don't laugh, some people have big dreams, including me), these are all 'masks'. They are not valid reasons. The real reasons they didn't want to join is because of their lack of 'hunger'. They don't hunger to get more in life, to achieve something bigger, to be successful. So let them be. I have shown them the way. I have done my part. It's not my fault that they want to stay as they are, forever if they may.

Ada aku kisah?

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Excitement dan Hope

Di dalam dunia network marketing, elemen di atas adalah tonggak kepada perkembangan sesuatu team.

Excitement(ke-teruja-an) dan hope (harapan) bukanlah seperti chicken and egg, yang manakah hadir dulu? Di dalam networking, 'harapan' terhadap apa yg hendak dicapai perlu hadir dulu barulah keterujaan akan datang. Lebih jelas harapan, lebih tinggi keterujaan.

Harapan yg saya maksudkan di sini adalah harapan seseorang dapat mencapai impiannya. Bolehlah jugak dianggap sebagai kebarangkalian utk mencapai impian tersebut. Ada orang yg terlibat dlm networking dengan impian yg mudah spt kereta mewah, hutang credit card, melancong, perkakas rumah, etc. Namun, ada juga org yg mempunyai impian yg intangible spt, sense of winning, self development, financial freedom, time freedom, etc.

Adalah senario yg biasa, seseorg mempunyai excitement yg tinggi pada peringkat awal pengterlibatan dalam sesuatu networking company. Pada masa ini, seseorang itu akan sgt senang menaja orang baru hanya dengan excitement. Ada downline saya yg boleh menaja 15 orang sebulan hanya dengan excitement. Beliau belum pun memahami lagi ttg produk, apetah lagi marketing plan, semuanya hanya excitement.

Excitement akan luntur beberapa ketika selepas seseorang itu berdepan dengan beberapa rejections (penolakan). Luntur kerana harapan untk tercapainya impian dirasakan semakin menurun. Harapan kabur. Beginners tidak tahu bahawa ini adalah keadaan biasa dan mereka perlu meneruskan usaha.

Satu tip yg saya boleh kongsikan utk meningkatkan tahap excitement adalah, kita mesti sentiasa melihat biz network marketing ini dari kaca mata org baru. Bila excitement kita telah menurun, kita kena lihat org baru yg sedang sangat excited. Tidak kiralah org itu donwline kita ataupun dari group org lain.

Harapan tercapainya impian adalah asas kejayaan biz networking. Excitement adalah pelincir kejayaan tersebut.

Are u excited?

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