You will have to be prepared for a whole lot of negativity from mostly the people you know. Being prepare mentally is to accept any obstacle, big or small that come along no matter what in order to be successful in building your network.

This fear of rejection is what paralyzes many people in network marketing and keeps them from achieving their dreams. Then the day comes and it’s time to pick up the phone to make your first prospecting call and then your mind suddenly went blank. Your left brain will starts talking to you, “What if they are not interested? What if they turn me down? How am I going to face them? They will laugh at me….”

Even if you make that call and when someone rejects you, you feel hurt. It’s because you are taking it personally. Don’t take it personal. Rejections are just part of the business, remember this – Some will, some won’t, so what, someone’s waiting, who is next?

You will find that the more people that you have approached; the more they will reject you than those who will believe and support you. You will have to be mentally strong to accept it as a challenge. I have discovered that rejections will only make me stronger. It makes me persevere and succeed. Do you?

“Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical” - Yogi Berra

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Mental Preparation For Success In Network Marketing - Rejections

Most people can’t even get started all because either they ask for the wrong people for advice or they consider and worry too much. What happens if I fail? What would others people think of me? How am I going to face my family? And so on….

It is not what others think, it is what you think of yourself that’s important. We all live a life of our own and therefore we should make our own decisions. Do it and fail, at least you gain an experience. Do nothing and you may regret it later.

It is important to know in advance of the things that you have to be prepared for, the set up and the priorities involved so that you can make the arrangements to work it out. There will be no perfect time to start then now as something or someone will always be in the way. They are called obstacles and they are there for a reason, to make you stronger.

“There is no such thing as a long piece of work, except one that you dare not start” - Charles Baudelaire

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Getting Started In Your Network Marketing Business

Roger Hamilton is operating a pyramid scam under the guise of social entrepreneurship - XL Results Foundation.

“It seems this foundation is a bogus business networking scheme that bilks would-be entrepreneurs for membership money while providing them with non-existent training and networking opportunities. And I thought those dodgy financial consultants were bad! You can find out how the scam works from this posting on ripoffreport.com and this Australian report from Perth.”

Suspect ‘wealth creation’ network in Brisbane
Georgina Robinson | May 30, 2007 - 2:01PM

A global business networking scheme that’s under a legal and financial cloud in Singapore will target Brisbane investors in seminars tonight and tomorrow morning…. Continue reading…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2007/05/30/1180205312469.html

“It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err” - Mahatma Gandhi

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Pyramid Scam Reported By Ex Dump Member

Many distributors have the misconception of recruiting professionals like doctors, accountants and so on…. Some of my distributors will come to me and say: He is a Lawyer; can you help me to recruit him in? Just think. We are recruiting people into network marketing, not their professions. It doesn’t mean people who are not academically qualified will not make it. In fact it is the opposite.

Take me as an example. I am a secondary school dropout and I don’t have a business degree. It is impossible for me to be earning an income of a CEO of an international company. Today I am able to earn that same income but without the workload and responsibility of a CEO.

You don’t need a business degree or any other credentials to build a network because it will not be duplicatable when it becomes a requirement. Nevertheless if you have one – Great, make good use of it, share your expertise with others for it can bring you to higher success in life.

“Equality…is the result of human organization. We are not born equal” - Hannah Arendt

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Do You Need Credentials To Built A Network?

When you have just stumble upon and you wanted an opinion on that opportunity, don’t ask your friends or relative for opinion about the network marketing business. Most of them have never built a network before. They will probably say, “Oh! I have tried that before, it doesn’t work. Don’t waste your time”. Maybe what they did was only signing up just to buy the products at cheaper cost and who are they to give you advice. They will not be responsible.

Listening to them is going to ruin your future. Seek professional advice instead. To learn Tai Chi, you go to a Tai Chi master. If you are sick, you go to see a medical doctor. If you want to build a successful network, you look at your line of sponsorship and find the person who has already build a large network. He will be willing to teach you. Learn from him. He is your mentor.

“There are as many opinions as there are experts” - Roosevelt

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Seek Opinion Carefully

You don’t need to seek approval from anyone to be successful but yourself. When you sign the distributor’s application form, you have to be illegally 18 years of age. You are making your own decision.

Successful people are decisive and do not change their decision too often. You don’t need any help from your friends as many of them will try to discourage you from succeeding. Most of the people are selfish; they don’t want you to succeed because when you have achieved success in your life, you are going to create a gap between you and them. They won’t feel comfortable and they will want you to stay in their group. There will be no status quo.

I have seen many people who have build huge organization without the help of anyone. Of course, if you need any help there will be the whole line of sponsorship at you service until right up to the company. They will be most willing to offer their help to you. Just open your mouth and ask.

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do” - Elbert Hubbard

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You Don’t Need To Seek Approval To Be Successful

The moment you sign up the application form for a network marketing opportunity, you are in business. You are an Independent Business Owner, you have with you the possibility of a multi million dollars network. It’s entirely up to you; no one can make you successful, only you can.

Start working on your dreams. This is not an easy business but it is a simple one. Be committed and be consistent in building your business. Just keep it that way and work hard. The harder you work, the faster you will be able to achieve your goals.

Initially you may require the help of your sponsor and your line of sponsorship but the sooner you can be independent, the faster you can build your network. Whatever challengers and obstacles that you encountered can only be temporary if you stay focused. You will eventually be able to achieve success in your life.

“To achieve your dream, you’ve got to dream about work” - Pat Gallup

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Make Up Your Mind And Go To Work

Remember the days when you fall in love, your desire for the love of that person is so strong that you will find all the possible ways to attract and to win the heart over. You will be on time for your appointments. You are polite and courteous at all time. You may want to try to get rid of all your bad habits.

As you can see your desire has to be strong. A burning desire is all you need to succeed in anything that you ever want to accomplish. It is the motivating force that gets you engine running. It is the kick start.

“One must desire something to be alive” - Margaret Deland

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A Burning Desire To Kick Start

Many people have created a mess in their own life, whether it is emotional or financial, they subconsciously think that they do not deserve it. What they did was that they concentrate only on their problems and not on their dreams. You see, what you focus will expand and multiply.

The difference between success and failure lies in a person’s ability to dream and to have the courage to pursue them regardless of how impossible it might be. First of all, you must know exactly what do you want in life, derive a specific plan of action and acquire the know-how to achieve them. Most important of all is the never, never, never give up attitude.

“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them” - Walt Disney

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A Dream Is All You Need

If you sensed that the prospect is leaving something unsaid, point that out and finished the sentence for him. For example; if he asked, “Is this Network Marketing?” Chances are that he had a personal experience before. Ask him why? Do you like Network Marketing? And he has to answer it.

By asking, you are encouraging him to tell you more, how he feel about it, what are the issues that are brothering him? Encourage him to talk for he is going to pour out every negative emotion until it is finished he will change his emotions.

Most of the time, you’ll know when it is completed because the prospect will change their state of emotion. You’ll see a dramatic shift in the person’s facial expression, their body language as a sigh of relief and you’ll notice peace or contentment. Sometimes he might start to laugh changing his opinion into a joke covering up his ego. Don’t try to blow him out just make don’t know, let him save his face.

To be an effective listener needs practice not just to listen but not to interrupt and listen. Most distributors will get extremely excited and get carried away with what they have to say. You need to be conscious about this in order to change.

Sometimes it is good to have someone to remind you of this. I too have this problem so I told my wife to always remind me whenever I make this mistake with just a gesture that only we know. Master it and your life will change.

“The reason we have two ears and only one mouth, is that we may hear more and speak less” - Zeno, Greek philosopher

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It Always Pays To Be A Good Listener