Do You Want To Be A Success?

You want to be a success? SIMPLE.
Pattern yourself after success. Learn who
is really successful and who is just talking.

Learn to recognize the diamond in the rough.
Unfortunately in our industry, you will find many
blowing smoke, talking big, and flashing checks.
When I meet someone like that I RUN.

I've found that those that talk the least, usually
do the most. People that spout off with how
"BIG" they are and "GREAT" they are, usually
are big ok, they are big windbags.

FAKE IT

Ever hear someone say fake it till you make it? I
say BULL. I can spot a fake a mile off. People that
talk about how much they are making and flash
checks rarely tell you the other side of the coin.

I get so sick of people telling others to USE the
checks of their "UPLINES" to entice people in the
business. Ever have someone call you and spout
off how many tens of thousands their "sponsor" or
"sponsors sponsor" took to the bank last week?

WONDERFUL I could care less. I could care
less how much THEY took to the bank unless
they want to put it in MY bank account.

What I want to know when I evaluate a business is:

1. Do I have a product, people would use if this
was NOT a business opportunity

2. Would I buy the product if I was NOT going
to do the business and is it a fair price?

3. Can I make money selling this product even
if I never sponsored a soul?

4. How many hoops would I have to jump thru
to make a 5 or 6 figure monthly check and is
that realistic?

NOW OUTSIDE OF THAT, I do NOT care who's
upline made what or how many fake checks they
flash. Usually those flashing the checks are in
a borrowed or leased car, just barely making the
payments. OR worse yet, I've seen them in a
car that was so run down, barely running yet them
claiming to be making 10,000 a week. Use
common sense folks.

If you want to succeed, look for someone sincere
that is not afraid of work, because it does take
work and lots of it. If you are looking for a business,
and someone shows you a product or a service, that
does NOT mean you own them your life or you HAVE
to join them. Use common sense. Learn more about
THEM, before making a business decision to join
someone. I learned that the hard way.

All too often in this industry the person that shows you
some hot product, is on to the next hot product before
the ink is dry on your sign up. That is sad by true.

WHY do you think that is?

SIMPLE...they are looking to get rich OVER NIGHT,
without having to take the time and effort to learn how
to work and grow a business. Unfortunately their ship
will never come in because growing a business takes
much time and effort. You must first work on your own
skills, develop them, learn as you go.

If you want to learn, don't ask your next door neighbor,
or your spouse, mom or dad, unless they are already
highly successful in a business of their own. If they
have an 8-5 job, if they life paycheck to paycheck, or
if they live by watching TV and drinking beer, they are
NOT someone that is going to know what it takes to
build a future. You can love them, You can be their
friend, but for goodness sake, when it comes to
evaluating a business they are NOT the person to be
talking to.

LOOK AROUND. If you see a product or a service
you think fits you and you can build a future with, then
find someone you respect and admire to ask about it.
Look for people walking the walk not talking. Look
for someone that is real not someone that tells you
that you will be rich tomorrow because you won't.

Find the product and find the right person you want to
work with and then take ACTION. Go to work. Plan
to invest 3-5 years, in developing, learning skills and
growing a business.

Don't quit at every bump in the road as there will be
many. When you go on a road trip and run into a
detour, you don't turn around and go home. Expect
challenges as there will be plenty of them. Learn
to LOVE change and challenges, because they
help you grow personally and personal growth
and development is cornerstone to your success.

I was on a call this week lead by one of my mentors
and he said something that really hit home with me.
He said everyone will have challenges, it's how you
deal with them that makes the difference.

Sometimes when things go wrong, you are RIGHT
yet, you have to learn sometimes, to give in and work
with people. You can ALWAYS be right or you can
be rich. Right or rich, which would you pick?

CHOOSE and then take responsibility for yourself.

Sadly in my career in this industry, I've never had anyone
I could really depend on, so I had to learn on my own for
most of the time, and I made MANY mistakes. Today I
can say I am thankful for those hard times and I learned
MUCH more from the mistakes than from anything else.

When you have children, you can tell them that something
is HOT till you are blue in the face. They may listen, they
may not. BUT.... once they do NOT listen, touch something
that is HOT that you warned them about and get burned, they
remember and they don't too often do it again.

My son was great about listening and not touching things. My
daughter was stubborn and if you said not to do something, that
made her more determined to do it. She didn't listen once and
got burned on a hot grill, and she NEVER did that again. Not
only did she NOT do that again, but is she was around when
the grill was on, she was only 2 or 3, but she WARNED others
when they came close, she would say "HOT HOT HOT", and
not go near it.

So learn from your mistakes. Did you get burned once in a
bad company? Did you have a bad upline? What happened?
LEARN FROM IT. Learn what not to do next time and keep on
going.

You get rich by going to work, taking the time to learn and patterning
yourself after those you admire and see that are doing what it takes
to get there. You do well, buy facing reality, and reality is that it
IS possible, if you are willing to pay the price. The price is taking
CONSISTENT action. Reality is working your business every day
and giving yourself time to develop the skills needed to succeed.

I am NOT the same person today that I was 10 years ago. Those
that know me today, would NOT recognize me from the person I
was. Ten years ago, I was scared to death to open my mouth.
Ten years ago I was shy, and very timid. If you had told me I
MIGHT ever be invited to be a guest on a phone conference, or
I might call a stranger on the phone, I'd have thought you lost your
marbles.

I had NEVER been anyplace but to visit relatives. I had NEVER seen
any states outside the east coast. I had NEVER flown any place or
gone any place alone.

Today I've become a seasoned traveler, and I LOVE traveling. I've
taking many cruises, and I've visited most every state. I'm missing
a few in the New England area, and also Oregon and New Mexico.
I'll see them someday, when I feel like it...but I've been all over the
country, and also to Mexico, Ireland, Aruba and Canada.

All those places I've been have been thanks to Network Marketing.
I'm having a ball, I'm enjoying meeting new people and I live a different
life today.

I'm NOT independently wealthy, I'm NOT a millionaire, I'm an average
person. I do live on my income from Network Marketing and my
total income is about 3-4 times more than when I used to have a
60 hour job where I reported for duty 10 or 11 hours a day sometimes.
Back then I made decent with overtime, but had no time to spend it.

The biggest difference is I do NOT owe my time to anyone. I do NOT
get up to an alarm clock. I am NOT told I HAVE to work Saturday at
4 PM on Friday night as I used to be. I do NOT have to ask for a day
off. I do not have to save up vacation time to do something.

I Do drive the car I want not the car can afford. I read about high gas
prices, which are a pain but really I don't drive enough to be effected
as the poor person that has no choice.

I work from home, using the Internet and the telephone. I just recently
joined my local chamber to react businesses in my community and
have found such GREAT reception that I wonder why I didn't do that
sooner. I guess the only answer to that is until now, I didn't have
a unique enough product to reach out to my community, but now I
do. I want to get out there and share before someone else does.

BOTTOM LINE. I have learned from my mistakes and learned I had
a choice to chose, of fail. When times got tough, I had a chose to
win or lose, quit or carry on. I had to start over a number of times
as I made poor choices of companies, or people, but I NEVER quit.
I never gave up and I kept learning from mistakes and moving on
and today I'm GLAD I Did.

I write this newsletter in hopes that I will be able to help just ONE
person, get over their fears and be a success. I want to give back
to our industry and make a difference. I want to tell the truth and
take a stand for us all and make a difference.

SO...as you're out their building your dreams, PLEASE tell the
truth, don't hype, don't flash checks of your leaders, just learn
to be yourself, be honest and develop your own story.

Before the riches, comes much change, personal growth and development.
IF you realize that, and you stick it out, you're well on your way. Hope to
meet you one day as we cruise the beaches of the world together.



About The Author

Diane "AKA MLMBlonde" Walker is a professional network marketer
that has build her business using the power of the internet. She has
also developed MULTIPLE income streams and is committed to helping
others reach their dreams. http://mlmblonde.com

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