by John Milton Fogg
The "Original". Win the "Inner Game" and the rest is less than small stuff.
In the introduction to his ground-breaking best seller The Inner Game� of Tennis, author Tim Gallwey writes:
"Every game is composed of two parts, an outer game and an inner game.
The outer game is played against an external opponent to overcome external obstacles, and to reach an external goal. Mastering this game is the subject of many books offering instructions on how to swing a racket, club or bat, and how to position arms, legs or torso to achieve the best results. But for some reason most of us find these instructions easier to remember than to execute."
Gallway goes on to explain that real success in the playing of any game must include attention to the skills of the inner game - the game that takes place in the mind of the player.
He points to such internal obstacles as lack of concentration, nervousness and self-doubt as 'habits of mind' that must be overcome before excellence in performance will be accomplished.
He continues:
"The player of the inner game comes to value the art of relaxed concentration above all other skills... he discovers a true basis for self-confidence... and he learns that the secret of winning any game lies in not trying too hard.
He aims at the kind of spontaneous performance which occurs only when the mind is calm and seems at one with the body, which finds its own surprising ways to surpass its own limits again and again.
Moreover, while overcoming the common hang-ups of competition, the player of the inner game uncovers a will to win which unlocks all his energy and which is never discouraged by losing."
Now honestly, doesn't that sound wonderful?
I mean, wouldn't you enjoy being calm, at one with your body, surpassing your limits again and again, and in the process uncovering a will to win that's never discouraged by losing...?
Seems like great fun to me.
And what if you could do that in the game of Network Marketing - what would that look like to you...?
Network Marketing is a game.
It's just like any and every other game you've ever played.
There are rules and tools and goals and skills, all of which you need in order to play.
And when you arrive at a certain level of competence and confidence where you consistently play the game well, you win and keep on winning.
Although we don't have playoffs in Network Marketing, we got some great payoffs:
Freedom to choose where, when, how and with whom you spend your working and living time... travel... challenge... fun... friends... the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives... the ability to constantly develop and grow as a person... and of course, there's the money.
Yet in a very provable sense, money is the least of these. In the game of Network Marketing, money is just the way we keep score.
Like all the truly inspired games, the Network Marketing game is a microcosm of life.
The skills and attitudes you need to succeed to be a winner in our business are the very same ones you need to succeed in life itself. You can learn all you need to know about 'how' to do this business in an hour-and-a-half on a Sunday afternoon.
But even if you have a handle on all the knowledge, that alone won't make you a winner. You've got to master the inner game. That's why you always find such an important emphasis on personal growth and development in Network Marketing.
The inner game is the one played in your mind. The one where you compete with your self, where you are challenged by your old paradigms - your past programming... the thinking that limits you, those beliefs that stop you. The inner game is the game that must be mastered before you can succeed on purpose, consistently, for the rest of your life - and teach others to do the same.
The inner game is simply The Greatest Game in the World!
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� - The 'Inner Game�' is a registered Service Mark of Timothy Gallwey and The Inner Game Corporation. Used with permission. Mr. Gallwey is the author of The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner Game of Golf, The Inner Game of Work, and may be contacted at www.theinnergame.com.
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