I had the privilege of being trained
on these 10 simple success principles sometime back in the last quarter of 1996
when I joined Neways. Since I have been in this industry over 10 years prior to
joining Neways, I actually allowed pride and ego to have the better of me. I
resisted some of these principles and even went against it.
18 months later, after achieving the
status of Diamond Ambassador and having a network of 8,000 downlines spread
over Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and even Papua New Guinea, I
have come face to face with these 10 success principles again.
This time only to realized how stupid
I was in not following the path of those who have made it in this business.
Therefore, I would like to encourage
you with these 10 simple success principles. I encourage you to have this
duplicated and share it with as many Distributors as possible even if they are
not from Neways.
GOAL
SETTING TO GOAL GETTING
Someone once said, "You can get
what you want in life when you have helped enough other people to get what they
want."
The problem is most of the time we do
not know what we want and never bothered to find out what our downlines want or
expect from this business. It is like the blind leading the blind. Set your goal;
know what and when you want it, how and where to get it and plan to get your
goal. Plan your work and work your plan.
Point to ponder: Only
successful people will keep on doing what they are doing because they know what
they want and why they want it.
MEETINGS
ARE PILLARS TO SUCCESS
Not all Distributors who attend
meetings become leaders but every Distributor who became leaders attend
meetings. We faced rejections from our spouse, family members, friends, office
mates, and even downlines. We will get demotivated and demoralized by these
rejections or negatives feedback towards our business.
Meetings are like filling stations
where your battery are being charged up again for the next few days or weeks
ahead.
Point to ponder: You will
always learn in meetings if you really want to learn. Your time spent in
attending meetings is better spent in front of the black box at home.
ATTEND,
PARTICIPATE & CONDUCT
First, you attend meetings like a
student. Then you participate in meetings (sharing your experiences with the
products and business) like a good student would. Finally, you should conduct
the meeting like a good example to your network.
In all my 11 years in this industry,
I have not found anybody who can succeed well and long in this business without
having to participate and conduct meetings.
Point to ponder: Do you
make plans to attend meetings or do you attend meetings only at your
convenience or when you have a prospect or downline coming along with you?
LEARN, DO & TEACH
The day we stop growing and start
dying is the day when we stop learning. We can and must never stop learning. Be
teachable. In fact be very teachable because yesterday success belongs to
yesterday.
Leads by doing what you have learned
and then teach all that you have learnt. You can't teach what you have not
learned and you can't learn what you have not done.
Point to ponder: Are you
learning the business or are you learning the tricks of the business?
KEEP IT
SIMPLE & DUPLICABLE
The key to this business is
duplication and the key to duplication is simplicity. Keep all your business
and product presentation short, precise and simple so it can be duplicated by
your downlines.
Point to ponder: Ask
yourself if your downlines can do what you are about to launch into.
QUANTITY
SPONSORING BEFORE QUALITY DOWNLINES
When you sponsor a person into your
network, you are actually getting into his/her network of friends and contacts.
Therefore, never prejudge your prospects because you can never second-guess
their level of interest and commitment in the business.
Do not spend your time waiting for
the seasoned professionals. Why should they leave their present Network
Marketing business and join you if they are committed to help their network?
Would you want a so-called leader who is willing to abandon his/her network in
order to make more money with
your plan?
Point to ponder: Are you
sponsoring your friends into the business in order to help them or are you
sponsoring them to help you in your business?
TEAMWORK
SYNERGY WITH UPLINES, DOWNLINES & SIDELINES
Leverage is one principle, which
makes this business attractive. What better way to leverage than to work with
your uplines, downlines and sidelines.
Point to ponder: Work with the attitudes of abundance rather than scarcity.
NEGATIVE
UP, POSITIVE DOWN
It is easier to talk about the
negatives than to remain positive. Never, never complain to your downlines. Never talk about your problems
with your uplines or the management to your downlines. They cannot solve your
problems. Discuss your problems with your uplines or the management for
they are the only people in your
business who have the capacity to solve your problems.
Your negative talks can demoralized
and de-motivate your downlines. You will do more damage than help.
However, always talk about the
positive things to your downlines. If you want to help them in their business,
motivate them with all the positive news.
Point to ponder: Live
up to your words when you told them all the good things about the business,
products, plan and company when you sponsored them into the business.
BUILD
LEADERS NOT LEANERS
This business can be as simple as
developing 9 leaders in your organization. That's all it takes to make it in
this business. Network Marketing is a people business. The business of Network
Marketing is to
develop leaders. Having enough
leaders in your organization will allow you to enjoy leverage to the fullest.
Start right by telling your downlines
the need for them to become a leader. Don't waste your time with leaner, and
people who are not ready to take up the leadership role. After all, you are
helping them to built their business and not just yours.
Point to ponder: Can your business grow even if you stopped working the business for 3
months?
CONSISTENCY
& PERSISTENCY.
You cannot fail in this business. You
can only give up and quit. Practice makes perfect. You must be consistent in
what you do. You have to be consistent in your selling, sponsoring and building
the network.
Persist in your work. You can only be
consistent and persistent if you know what you want and why you want it. This
business is not easy but it is worth your every single effort. You must have a
vision in your business.
Without vision, men perish. Vision is
the driving force in your consistency and persistency.
Point to ponder:
Don't quit before payday!
God Bless
You and have fun
Thomas Ong