Monday, March 9, 2009

MLM Success Tip #13 "Don't carry two on your back"

Jim Rohn used to say "You can carry one on your back, but you can never carry two!"

How true of a statement.

It's where the term "Man, get off my BACK!!!!" came from. All the weight would come crashing down...slowing you down....and after a while...."MAN, GET OFF MY BACK!!!!!"

You're pulling all the weight. You're doing all the work. You're busting yourself to motivate your downline. You're training. You're doing the calls. You, you, you , you , you............

See the problem? You.

You're not duplicating yourself. This is a business of duplication. It's not a "sales" business. MLM gets the misconception of being a "sales" business. But that couldn't be further from the truth.

You've heard the expression before? You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

How true it is.

Here is an analogy to leave you with:

It's like you are in a lifeboat, and everyone else is drowning in the water. Some are fighting to survive while others have given up. You don't have that much time!! You can't save everyone. (And that's the hard part. Because you want to save everyone. But you can't.) So...you must decide who you are going to help. Don't waste your time trying to pull someone out of the water that doesn't want to be saved. You will expend all your time and energy trying to pull that person from the water and they won't fight for their own survival. They won't kick or pull or do ANYTHING to aid in their own LIFE!! Meanwhile, as you are struggling to save that ONE life...there are THOUSANDS who are struggling all around. TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK.

You have to make a decision with whom you are going to spend your time. You can want it for them....but it means absolute zero until they want it for themselves.

"You can carry one on your back, but you can never carry two"

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