There is an expression “Success Leaves Clues.” That’s a really powerful statement. You can look at any successful person and see clues that reveal how they were successful. That is HUGE for anyone that wants to be a successful FULL TIME NETWORK MARKETER!

We all started with the dream of being full time in our network marketing business. We had the intent to build our business so we can have freedom, both time and financial freedom. When you are just starting out, it can seem like an overwhelming task ahead of you.

One of the best ways to learn how to do something is to watch someone who has already successfully done what we want to do. So, your job is to find network marketers who are successfully full time working from home. Not ones who make a big blow but network marketers who are DOING IT. You can easily find these people online. Some are very well known.

So how do you learn from these successful people? First you could do a Google search and find any audios, videos, articles, etc. Subscribe to their newsletters and their blogs. I search a bit and find as much as possible that I can follow. Then, when their newsletters and blog posts come in, I read every word, listen to audios and watch videos. I have several that I have following been following for years. This will always be the case because no matter how successful I am, I can always learn more.

The day you stop learning is the day your business will begin to deteriorate. You want a growing business? Study other people who are truly successful. What are the patterns that are visible with the various successful people you know? What are they writing about? What are they talking about? What is their posture like?

Watch how they speak, how they act how they write, follow them on Facebook. I have a special “Don’t Miss It” list set up on Facebook so I don’t miss a thing they say. I check in once a day to see what is being said by the ones I put on that list. A few examples I have on my list: Network Marketing Pro – Eric Worre, Michael S. Clouse, Art Jonak and any upline leaders in my company, Frank Kern a marketing expert, Michael Losier law of attraction master trainer. There are others I subscribe to but I don’t necessarily read every word they say.

When you are studying these people, focus not just on their marketing but their words and their mindset. Remember Success Leaves Clues. The best way to learn is to study those who have done it.

These days social media is a really big means to build your business. Are you keeping up with what is going on in marketing? Have you noticed that almost every business has a Facebook page? Are you taking note what the successful marketers are doing in social media? You can learn a lot by watching how people use social media. There is a right way and a WRONG way. Don’t just run around yelling “Buy my fruity juice!” Learn the correct way to use Facebook to build your business.

I love that expression. It was one Zig Ziglar often used. Zig was one of my earliest personal development favorites. I wore out many audio cassettes of Zig Ziglar and Jim Rohn. I spent hours upon hours listening to tapes of any motivational trainer, anything to do with marketing or success. Listening in my car, in my office and anywhere I could squeeze in a little more listening.

Have you been attending automobile university? What a great way to pick up some more training and improving your skills.

Your level of income is directly related to the amount of time and, yes, even money you spend training. Professional network marketers take their education seriously. They seek out training, they attend events and they aren’t afraid to invest in their education.

The professional network marketer chooses training over hours of time wasted with television. Instead of the latest tunes they are listening to the latest training in marketing and other things related to their industry. Sharpening their skills and becoming more comfortable doing things the average person is too unmotivated to do.

Times are urgent. The economy isn’t getting better. It’s time to kick it up a notch and get serious. There is a balance. We do need some play time but now is the time to take a look at what we are doing in our business.

What are your favorite ways to slip in some training around your busy schedule? Leave a comment below and share.

It is very difficult to see much of any success in business, especially network marketing, if you don’t have a really strong self-esteem. A person with below average self-esteem may be able to have a bit of success but never the real success they really desire.

Low self esteem is an issue I understand. It was a big issue for me in the beginning. When you have low self-esteem, you criticize yourself and everything you do. You can’t move forward because you are too stuck analyzing everything you do.

You often feel self conscious and uncomfortable in public situations. Not only public situations but in social situations online. You would rather be a lurker and not speak up. What if I say something stupid or do something stupid? What if I forget what I will say? What if they don’t like me? What if they flatly reject me?

You find yourself feeling like a kid in school hoping you won’t be chosen last for the sports team in gym class. Yikes! Who wants to go there again?

These feelings of low self-esteem can make us either give up on our plans for success or they can go the other way and make us into someone who is always working and fussing over little details in our business that never really help us make much progress.

I’ll confess an example in my own case. A while back I finally started making videos. Previously my self-esteem wouldn’t allow it but I got started doing it a while back. My first videos were horrible and I did not publish them. In the process of making one video, I kept redoing it. Fussing over how I should speak and the words I would use. It was not perfect. Do it over!

My self-esteem wouldn’t allow me to let someone see me make a mistake. Well, the plain and simple fact is, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES! When we show some of our mistakes we help others to relax a bit and realize that you don’t have to be perfect to be a success.

When you have a high level of self-esteem, you have the ability to laugh at yourself. You don’t beat up on yourself when something happens. A high level of self-esteem helps you have confidence in spite of mistakes. You can even take some of those mistakes and use them as teaching tools.

There are lots of ways to build self-esteem and that is why I am writing this article. I wanted to let you know about a new newsletter I am publishing. Esteem Power Newsletter is devoted to helping network marketers and business owners build self esteem using EFT, Emotional Freedom Techniques and other cool resources.

If you would like to subscribe to Esteem Power Newsletter, go to http://melodiekantner.com

“To solve any problem, here are three
questions to ask yourself: First, what could
I do? Second, what could I read? And third,
who could I ask?“ – Jim Rohn

I loved Jim Rohn. Even though he is gone, his pearls of wisdom will continue on and on.

That quote is so true, especially in network marketing. There are always plenty of upline who have been there and are usually willing to help someone in their downline who is serious about learning the business.

Learning the business involves taking responsibility and acting like a professional business person.  Professional network marketers keep up with company news and upline mentor training. They subscribe to everything their upline leaders publish. There are always distributors in your upline who have built a successful business. These are people you can learn from. What did the successful distributors in your upline do to get to where they are in their business.

I realize I am preaching to the choir. If you are reading this, you are probably not one of the people I am talking about. 

One thing that has baffled me over the years is the amount of distributors who say they want success in their business but they don’t keep up with company news and upline newsletters or conference calls. I must admit, this is one of the biggest pet peeves in my business. Many distributors don’t seem to want to spend time learning some basic skills that would help them build their business. They just think that all they need to do is set up a distributor account and then by osmosis or something they will be making big money.

If you are serious about being a professional network marketer, it is vital that you be as involved as you can in learning the business. Even though I have been in the network marketing industry for over 16 years, I am still learning.

Find out who in your upline have training materials and newsletters and subscribe to them. There are also loads of training from people who have experience. I highly recommend the Home and Small Business Network for awesome training for any type of home or small business.

So what do you choose . . .

I hope you choose Professional Network Marketer.

I have been thinking about passion in relation to business. It is really important that you have passion for what you do. If you don’t, you will find it difficult to achieve success.

In the beginning, when you first get involved with a network marketing business, there is an excitement. You see the possibilities and you feel a new sense of energy. After a while that new excitement wears off. Usually this excitement has worn off before you really get a chance to build your business up to a point where you see any real income.

This is the point where most network marketers jump ship to another program and another shot of new exciting energy.

But what if . . .

What if you stick it out and keep building your business.

What if you keep focusing on what you intend to build.

What if you keep learning and developing your skills and you get better and more comfortable as a business person.

What if that initial excitement grew into a deep passion for the network marketing industry as a whole and helping other people learn how to build their own successful business.

That is what happens to network marketers who stick with it and work on their skills.

It’s no secret that the most successful people love what they do. Once you find real passion for what you are doing, that energy begins to radiate from you in everything you do. You become like a light in a dark room. The people who need what you have will be drawn to you and you will be there to help them.

Your business can be compared to a marriage. Yes, that initial excitement of the brand new relationship is gone but it is replaced with another kind of energy. An energy of love, caring and building something that will take you far into the future.

Disciplines of Doership
How To Be 10 Feet Tall and Bullet Proof
By Joe Schroeder

Disciplines of Doership is a book I recently read and I am now re-reading it. It is a book, like “Think and Grow Rich, that I think everyone should read. It really doesn’t matter what goals you are setting out to accomplish, this is a book that will really help you get there.

From page 10 of Disciplines of Doership:
“The fact is, the subconscious mind is more concerned with what you doubt and fear, than what you pretend to “say” that you want. Ever hear the expression, “He talks a good game!” Because that’s all it is. Just talk and not the actual opinion of himself or his truest opinion of himself. Self-image is simply the truest opinion of yourself and if you change your opinion of yourself and change what you agree you are allowed to have and change WHO you agree you are allowed be, the having and receiving will change.

Period! Sounds simple, but it’s not. Why? Because most people have sacrificed themselves by living under the opinions of other people. Other people tell you how much you are worth. Other people have taught you how to react when things go haywire; you get angry and upset probably. Of course you do because you were taught and domesticated to. People think based on how other people taught them to think. What if what you thought CHANGED?

Until you lose the need for affection and validation from those around you it will be hard for things to change. Simply because so far, if you care to confess, you have lived, worked and acted based on what you allowed other people to convince you of as “truth.” But it was THEIR truth, not yours! Fair question, was their truth for you right and are you living a blessed life or cursed?

How come one guy earns $10,000 per week and another earns that in four months? How come the first guy, who makes it per week, never even went to college? The difference is attitude and self-image. Rich or poor everyone is FORCED to prove in public what they secretly believe in private about themselves is most true.”

This book teaches you how to re-program your brain, your self image and self confidence. It is a MUST HAVE for everyone who is serious about their success.

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