"The Fog"

I was up at 8 am this morning to get to answering emailsand get things set up for my team as I usually do and againit's dark and foggy out.
I looked out my window and I could barely see across thestreet. Looking out the window I started to think.I thought . . .How does a ship trying to get to port ever find its way inthe dark fog?
The answer is simple.

The ship's captain even if he has never gone to hisdesignated final port of entry finds his or her way to portwith a few simple tools; a map and a compas s.

I thought this was good analogy to how he all entered intoour internet network marketing businesses.

None of us knew exactly how to get to our final destinationwith our business when we started, but we were given the toolsto navigate our way to our final port.Your ship is your marketing system and your compass and map are your team's tools and sponsors guidance. These tools guide us to our final destinations.

The only difference between a ships captain and us is thatthe ship's captain knows he will get to port as soon as hesets off on his journey while we, on the other hand,sometimes don't carry this same level of faith going intoour business.

We hope that the tools that have been given to us will getus to our final destination, but we don't know as a matterof fact that we will get there.

The reason for this is most of us in netowrk marketing, meincluded, have never set sail in such a business before, sorather than knowing we will reach our desired level ofsuccess, as the ships captain does, we hope we will.

I understand why there is a difference in mindset, so let meexpound on it.If the ship's captain had never seen the sea before hestarted his voyage or met any captains that had successfullygotten to port he would be left with the same hope we hold.

He wouldn't know for sure that would get to port, he wouldhave to trust in his tools and have faith that he would getto port.

After successfully arriving at his destination for the firsttime, the ship's captain, would then have full faith in histools and his ship and their ability to get him to whereverin the world he was called to go.But in that first voyage he would be riddled with fear andtrepidation at every turn in his journey.

Little storms ordetours that would normally be of no consequence would bemagnified his mind as an almost insurmountable obstacles.Well the same thing happens to us all when we set off tocreate a thriving and large organization in our businessesif we have never done it before.When little obstacle come our way we tend to magnify them.

For instance . . .Say you started your business a month ago and after hardstudying and testing you finally carried out your firstsuccessful marketing campaign which brought in 4new people into your team and then two days later 2 of thosepeople that you brought in went inactive.What would you think?

You would most likely immediately think, what's going on?Why are people quitting on me? I worked so hard to get themand now there gone. Does this "thing" really work?A small storm in your path and your first test.What happens at this point is a litmus test for the rest ofyour business. I've seen it happen.

Some people come in allexcited and call me every 3 hours asking for help and adviceand I give it.Then they have their first small success and then they sitback and wait to see what happens next. They want to see ifthey're done - if their new downline will just take over anddo all the work for them.Then 2 out of their first 4 sign ups go inactive on them andthey call me and say what's happening my downline is"going away".

How do I stop it? I say, don't worry about itgo out and market your business some more and support yourpeople that are still there.Some will do this and some won't. Those that won't have lostfaith in their map and compass.They don't think that they work.In their minds, they've used their tools effectively and nowtheir done. It's time for their downline to take over and dothe same. Then when nothing happens for them they say thesystem didn't work.You see they had only understood part of the system.

They thought that once they had set their original headingand flipped on the autopilot switch then they would justfloat into port without any further effort.That's not how it works.You have to use the tools that you have been given to guideyour way all the way to port, not just set a heading and sitback.

You have to keep going, keep using these tools, changing andcorrecting your path when obstacles are put fourth all theway until you get to port.That's how you create success in network marketing oranything else in life.I hope this little rant of mine has helped yourecalibrate your path to success and see through thedark fog that's been put in front of you.

Cheers
Ankur Agarwal
"MLM Marketing Consultant"
+91-9999031725