There are tons of people getting started in Multi-level Marketing/Network Marketing every single day, and many of them get started, hoping to make as much money as the top earner they saw speak at their first opportunity meeting. Aspiring to be a top earner is a great motivating factor in getting yourself pumped up to do the things many new people are afraid to do, however, success in any field is a matter of degrees.
While making $10,000 a month could move you into position to fire your boss, focusing on that as soon as you join, in my opinion, is a mistake. I’ve been in front of many MLM/Network Marketing greats in my time and many of them mention the same things over and over, about their mind-set when they first got started – all they did was focus on the money they needed to make life a little easier. Some only needed an extra $500, others needed $2,000. The money isn’t important, the idea behind it is.
The minute you get to that level, you’re playing from a different rulebook. When you no longer feel pressure from “the bills” or any other factor in your life that can be attributed to having more “month at the end of the money,” your success factor raises by more than double. Reason being is that every person you sit down with to sell a product or share the opportunity with, from that point on, is no longer a meal ticket. Think about it, how many times have you gone into someone’s home hoping they will buy so you can make your car payment this month? I know I have, and it’s a horrible mind-set to have. You set yourself up for failure, long-term, if you continue to play the MLM/Network Marketing game from that perspective.
The outcome, then, would be to focus on getting from where you are to that next level – not this huge figure with multiple zeroes you may have in your head. It’s one step after one step until you reach the unappreciated level of “financial independence.” Unfortunately too many people in, MLM/Network Marketing, place a ton of emphasis on making BIG money and talk very little about growing an asset large enough so that it can pay off your monthly bills all by itself. One, you tap into the power of leverage because you don’t have to physically work for money at that point. Two, how cool would it be not to have to worry about covering the bills anymore with the money you, yourself, produce on a monthly basis? This freedom opens you up to be able to save more money, invest more money, play with more money – once again, a new level, with new rules.
Now the first level of financial success is the hardest to get to. Not because of the work involved, but because of the mental game. If you can win the inner game, where you get yourself to believe that you can make money with an opportunity and then prove yourself right – the rest is about work and patience. Figure what that next level is for you, in terms of money, set your sights on it by creating a plan to get it and finally – make it happen
