Tuesday, June 11, 2013

You Do Not Attract What You Want. You Attract What You Are.

"In order to attract attractive people, you must become attractive. In order to attract powerful people, you must become powerful. In order to attract committed people, you must become committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract."-Jim Rohn

One of the more common complaints expressed by individuals who are serving in the industry of network marketing is that new business partners are not performing up to the level of expectations. These partners are not making phone calls, attending events, working on self-development, hosting house parties, or being fully COMMITTED to the business.

It is very easy to make the MISTAKE of pointing the finger at these new business partners, and blaming them for the struggles within a network marketing organization. However, the truth of the matter is that the speed of the leader dictates the speed of the team. It is so much easier, and much more effective to become the change that you wish to see within your organization, as opposed to trying to supervise business partners into doing what you feel that THEY should be doing.

Understand that I am in the process of developing myself as a leader in the industry, and so in sharing this information with you, I am also challenging MYSELF to be this example within MY team, and to do the things that I would like to see my partners doing on a daily basis.

So I would like to briefly elaborate on each of the characteristics that were shared in the aforementioned Jim Rohn quote, and to also provide suggestions on how one can go about developing these traits along the journey of becoming an effective leader.


Attractive

People are attracted to positivity, high energy, ACTION, and success. You may or may not realize this, but there is no off/on switch in the business of network marketing. If you are serving in this industry, then people are WATCHING you on a daily basis. Why are these individuals watching you? They want to know if you are authentic. They want to know if you are excited about your opportunity. They want to see that you are in it for the long haul, and most important: they want to know if you would be fun to work with.

It is imperative, that you keep each of these things in mind as you are interacting within your local community, serving on your job, posting status entries on Facebook, and even mingling with friends and family members. I am not encouraging you to portray a fake image. I am instead encouraging you to work on self-development, until you have reached the point where you are genuinely attractive to onlookers.


Powerful

 The dictionary defines the word POWERFUL as follows: influential; effective; possessing the strength or qualities to produce strong results.

Leaders are attracted to leaders. The best way to EXPLODE your business in the network marketing industry, is to establish yourself as a leader. Each time that you can attract and establish other leaders within your organization, this reduces your workload, and expedites the overall success of your team.

In order to become a leader, you must carry yourself as a leader. An effective leader has the ability to not only perform the duties of signing customers and business partners, but also and more important: to train and to teach others to sign customers and promoters into their opportunities.

As you grow in your ability to assist others with achieving success, you will establish yourself as a credible leader, and others will be more apt to work with you. In short, you want to establish yourself as an individual who walks the walk, and talks the talk.


Committed

If you treat your business as a hobby, then your new business partners will also treat their businesses as hobbies. When I refer to the term "committed," I am speaking of the following five things:

1. Using your product. Become a product of your products.
2. Attending local, regional, and national training events.
3. Following your company's system in DETAIL.
4. Taking the time necessary to properly train every new partner that joins the business.
5.  Being consistent. Working your business on a daily basis, just as you would on your full-time job.

When and ONLY when YOU are doing each of these things, will you be in a  position where you can expect the same from the new partners that join your organization. I mentioned earlier that outsiders were observing your actions. Well, this "watching" only INTENSIFIES with members operating within your organization. So instead of wasting your time by yelling at partners, sending dirty emails, ranting on Facebook, etc; focus on becoming the change that you wish to see within your business. The results will be AMAZING!!!

"In order to attract attractive people, you must become attractive. In order to attract powerful people, you must become powerful. In order to attract committed people, you must become committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract."-Jim Rohn



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