Here is a great quote from Theodor Seuss Geisel, popularly known as Dr. Seuss: "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the one who'll decide where you'll go." Take that quote and apply it to the 4 basics of achieving your goal in network marketing: Vision, Drive, Focus and Direction.
If you have ever had a mentor, they have asked you first to set a goal. But it needs to be a passionate goal; this is your Vision. And there needs to be a strong "Why." This goal needs to be specific, written down in the present tense, with a target date, and measurable. This is not some mere "It would be nice to be rich" kind of thing. From here we will break down this big goal and make intermediate goals, and then short term goals.
After that we need to have Drive. Drive is the motivation to pursue that vision through all kinds of diversions and difficulties. We can only have that drive if we are truly passionate about where we want to go and why we want to go there. A good example of this is wanting to help your ailing parent or be able to send your kids to the college of their dreams IF this is more important to you than your comfort at the time. The Vision has to motivate you to do things that are outside your comfort zone, even when you are tired.
Third, we need to have Focus. Focus is the ability to look at what we want and sort out a very specific portion of the general plan into which we will direct our efforts. Let's take an example of using social networks to build a list of friends and contacts. You can go out there and sign up on 10 or 20 different networks and build lists of thousands of contacts or "friends." But the value in social networking is in actually developing relationships with people. How can you possibly focus on that diverse a group? Choose a couple places that look like a good fit and focus your efforts there. The same concept could apply to how many companies you try to represent. Your time will be a lot more productive if you focus your efforts in one area.
The last area is Direction. Direction can be provided by your upline, your company training, and mentors outside your company as well. We all need feedback about what we are doing. We need to make our plans, go for it, look at the results, and then adjust. The adjustments we will make are based on our results and the feedback of mentors and upline. This is a business where we can wander around lost for a long time if we don't take advice from folks who have been around a lot longer.
Dr. Seuss lets us know that we have everything we need to succeed in network marketing. We have the brains, heart and determination to succeed. Our success will depend on our own work ethic. But, please be sure that you allow others with successful track records and experience to help you with the learning process.
Debby Riddick
http://DRiddick.bigmlmtruths.com
