Building a network marketing business is tough. Nobody said it was going to be easy.  Well, if someone did, they were not telling you the truth. It’s an uphill battle at first, but then it gets to the fun part…the part where “you can sleep when the wind blows.”

During that first part you are often tempted to quit. Don’t give in to temptation. Nothing worth having comes easy. In the beginning of building your network marketing business you do a lot of work and get only paid a little. But if you don’t quit if you keep your eye on the price and work hard then eventually you will reach a stage when you work very little in your business and get paid a lot.

Let me share a little story with you that will paint a picture in your mind you can pull up when things get tough, when you get frustrated, when doubt sets in and you are tempted to just “throw the towel.” Trust me, I’ve been there, plenty of times….

Do You Sleep When the Wind Blows?

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful storms that raged across the region, wreaking havoc on the buildings and crops. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received nothing but refusals. Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age, approached the farmer.

“Are you a good farm hand?” the farmer asked him. Well, I sleep when the wind blows, answered the little man. Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man’s work.

Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer grabbed a lantern and rushed next door to the hired hand’s sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!” The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, “No sir. I told you, I sleep when the wind blows.”

Enraged by the old man’s response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that all of the haystacks had been covered with tarpaulins. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand meant, and he returned to bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

~Author Unknown~

I love inspirational stories like this one and I hope you liked it too. I think of it when I hit a rough spot, when things don’t go the way I would like them to go. It compels me to push right through; it reminds me to not give up. Quitting is not an option, no matter what.  Because for one I don’t like the alternative, and two, I would like to sleep when the wind blows, meaning never have to worry about money ever again….And I’m not there yet.

So, how about you are you willing to do whatever it takes, so one day you don’t have to worry about money ever again? Make some noise in the comment section below. You know I always love your feedback.

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Are you catering to the needy ?

When I first started out in the network marketing industry that’s exactly what I did. When my sponsor asked me to make a list of a hundred people I made sure I included everyone that I could think of who “needed the money” that a network marketing business can provide.

Boy was that ever the wrong way to go about building my business.

What I didn’t know at the time was that “needy” people don’t have the right attitude. They don’t have an entrepreneurial mindset. They think differently. Believe it or not, some of them are actually happy with what they have and where they are in their life. They are content with putting in their 8 to 10 hours a day at work and then go home and cuddle with a six-pack in front of the TV. That’s why it is so important to qualify your prospects.

Here I thought I was presenting them with a great opportunity to help better themselves and improve their lifestyle and for the life of me I couldn’t figure out why they didn’t bite.

Then “lucky” for me, there were those that went for the carrot I was dangling in front of them and did join my business. But only to sit there and do nothing. Those were the kind of do-it-for-me people.

How frustrating! Have you ever tried to push a wet spaghetti noodle?

No, those aren’t the right people for your network marketing business. You will save yourself a whole lot of frustration and risk of getting burned out if you keep away from people like that.

But how can you tell the difference?

How can you tell who’s right for your
network marketing  business?

If you don’t know the person the best way to find out more about him or her is to ask questions. What do they do? How long have they done it? Have they ever thought about doing anything else? Do they have any networking experience? You get the drift.

You can tell by the answers you get if they are a prospect for you or not. You want to look for people that are self-motivated, hard-working,  people who are able to think out of the box  and are self-starters. People who read instead of watching TV, people who better themselves through personal development. Those are the people who are right for your network marketing business.

“Rich people have small TVs and big libraries, and poor people have small libraries and big TVs.”  ―Zig Ziglar

This post was inspired by Oliver Tausend’s Facebook status up date from this morning. Oliver is a very good friend of mine and a fellow network marketer. If you’ve never been to his blog you are missing some incredible content….AskOliverTausend.com. Thanks, Oliver, for the great inspiration!

“Give the person with a need…a job. Give the person with a desire…an opportunity.” -Tom ‘Big Al’ Schreiter

You know I always love your feedback. So please add your thoughts below in the comment section. Maybe you have some other tips on finding the right people for your network marketing business.

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Why is it that people who belong to a great MLM team do so much better than those who don’t?

Let’s face it, humans are social animals. We like to belong to something, be it a club, a tribe a community, family, team, whatever. We just do better. Yes we even thrive, when we are in a group together with other like-minded people.

“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.
The ability to direct individual accomplishments
toward organizational objectives.
It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”

So, what is a (MLM) team?

A “MLM team” or any team for that matter, consists of a group of individuals with different strengths and weaknesses, working together to achieve a common goal.

I went over some of this already in an early blog post…“Why Is Teamwork Important for Your Network Marketing Success?”

So, even when we build our own home business, we don’t want to do it alone. We want to do it together with others who encourage, inspire and motivate us.

Of course the precursor to finding a great MLM Team is to join up with the right company first.

A company that resonates with you, whose products you love and which are unique, sizzle and are consumable.  A company with a compensation plan that is fair, easy to explain, and allows the average person to make money.

Once you have decided on the company that is right for you it’s time to find the right MLM team.

Qualities to look for in order to Find the
MLM Team of Your Dreams

• Who is the team leader? Does he or she exibit leadership qualities and is he or she the right kind of mentor for you, the one you feel can lead you to success? Don’t look for goo-roos they are often full of fluff. (I’m being kind here.) A true leader doesn’t lead by words but by action.
• Is the team using a duplicable system and do you feel comfortable using it?It sometimes happens, that the team leader will dictate exactly how you will have to market your business in order to remain part of the team. If you break out of the mold and try something creative of your own, you’re toast.Trust me, this is NOT the kind of MLM team you want to be on. (Also read: “It’s Our Way or the Highway | Are You Experiencing Upline Horror?”)You want to find a team where you get GUIDANCE on what to do and how to do it, but you still have the freedom to be creative and try some of your own marketing strategies. This is especially important because one day, you are going to be the leader your team will look up to and they want to keep their freedom to try some of their own techniques as well.
• Is there enthusiasm within the team? I don’t mean ra-ra-shish-ka-bob, rather genuine excitement and a positive attitude. Excitement is contagious; you want to catch that virus because the people you will be talking to about your business, your potential team mates, will sense that and who wouldn’t want to be part of a team of excited and fun people?
• How about the over-all team atmosphere? Are team members getting along or is there cliquing going on? Are team members supporting each other? Is there a sense of sharing ideas, strategies, experiences a sense of genuinely helping each other?
• What about team training? Are there exclusive team calls, webinars, product training, prospecting training, personal development training and/or help on how to use company or third party tools? What about help with 3-ways calls? All this is very, very important. The more you can learn from and with your team members the better. We are all motivated, (I hope at least) but learning together in a healthy team environment is so much more fun than learning alone.

Is it really possible to find a MLM Team like that?

Absolutely! I know it is. If you can find all these qualities on one single team, then my friend you’ve hit the jackpot like Randy and I have.  But even if you only find 4 of the 5 consider yourself very lucky.

Yes, there are teams out there just like that, encouraging, nurturing, lifting each other up, celebrating each others little and big successes and genuinely caring about every single person on the team. You don’t have to be the “Lone Ranger,” you  just have to do your homework.

I sincerely hope that you will find the MLM Team of your dreams, one that will help guide and support you and lead you to the lifestyle you desire and so truly deserve.

To Your Massive Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Most of you who are my regulars know how much I love quotes. I leave quotes everywhere. Here on my blog, in the comments I leave at my blogging friends’ blogs, on my Facebook Wall. Just everywhere I go I seem to leave a trail of quotes.

When I checked my first report at Tynt, a service I just recently installed that helps keep visitors on my site longer and improve my SEO, I found out that one of the most popular keyword phrases that people used to find my blog was “networking quotes.” (By the way, thanks to Adrienne Smith for writing a very informational post about this service….“How to Get Others to Build Your Links”)

I thought, wouldn’t that make an interesting topic? So, hence this post.

As network marketers we know that without networking and adding new people to our team on a continuous and consistent basis we have no business at all.

So I went out into cyber space and did a little research to find quotes about networking as well as network marketing quotes. And this is what I came up with ….

First some Quotes about Networking

• Robert Kiyosaki says, “The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.”
• “If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.” -Robert Kiyosaki
• “It’s all about people. It’s about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges.” -Mike Davidson
• “The bigger your rolodex, the bigger your business.” -Anonymous
• “The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.” -Keith Ferrazzi
• “It isn’t just what you know, and it isn’t just who you know. It’s actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.” -Bob Burg, Best-selling Author of Endless Referrals and The Go Giver
• “Position yourself as a center of influence, the one who knows the movers and shakers. People will respond to that, and you’ll soon become what you project.” -Bob Burg
• “The successful networkers I know, the ones receiving tons of referrals and feeling truly happy about themselves, continually put the other person’s needs ahead of their own.” -Bob Burg
• “I like to define networking as cultivating mutually beneficial, give-and-take, win-win relationships… The end result may be to develop a large and diverse group of people who will gladly and continually refer a lot of business to us, while we do the same for them.” –Bob Burg
• “Networking is an essential part of building wealth.” -Armstrong Williams
• “A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.” John D. Rockefeller

As network marketers we often run into doubters, dream stealers, yes even ridicule. So we need inspiration, encouragement, approval and assurance. We need those bigger than us strengthening us in our belief that we are in the right place doing the right thing for US.

And who better to listen to and look up to than those who are successful and have inspired millions before us.

So here are some
Network Marketing Quotes I came across…

Some of these I have quoted in blog posts, on my Facebook Page or on Twitter before.

• “Of all the entrepreneurial opportunities available today, one of the most important is direct selling, also called network marketing.” — Paul Zane Pilzer, Famous Economist and Best-selling Author
• “If I had to do it all over again, rather than build an old style type of business, I would have started building a network marketing business.” -Robert Kiyosaki, Investor, Entrepreneur and Best-selling Author.
• “Network marketing gives people the opportunity, with very low risk and very low financial commitment, to build their own income-generating asset and acquire great wealth.” -Robert Kiyosaki
• “Network marketing is the fastest growing business model in the world today.” -Robert Kiyosaki
• “If you are a person with big dreams and would love to support others in achieving their big dreams, then the network marketing business is definitely a business for you. You can start your business part-time at first and then as your business grows, you can help other people start their part-time business. This is a value worth having – a business and people who help others make their dreams come true.” -Robert Kiyosaki
• “Take responsibility for your finances or get used to taking orders for the rest of your life. You’re either a master of money or a slave to it. Your choice.” -Robert Kiyosaki
• “I am often asked if Network Marketing is a Pyramid Scheme. My reply is that corporations really are pyramid schemes. A corporation has only one person at the top, generally the CEO, and everyone else below.” -Donald Trump, American Business Magnate and Co-author of “Why We Want You To Be Rich”
• “Network marketing is based purely on relationship selling, which is the state of the art in selling today. Small and large companies throughout the country and the world are realizing that individuals selling to their friends and associates is the future of sales, because the critical element in buying is trust.” — Brian Tracy, Author and Motivational Speaker
• “No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.” -Brian Tracy
• “All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” -Brian Tracy
• “Nothing happens until somebody sells something.”  -Mary Kay Ash, Founder and CEO of Mary Kay Cosmetics
• “Success in this industry is not in finding the right person, but in becoming the right person.” –Dr. Forrest Shaklee, Founder of Shaklee
• “I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.”  -J. Paul Getty, American Industrialist
• “Every single successful entrepreneur I know has studied and accumulated information on their industry that is the equivalent of a Master`s or PHD”. ~Mike Dillard
• “Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you’re crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you’re lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand.” -Robert G. Allen, Businessman, Financial Writer, Real Estate Investor and Motivational Speaker
• “No matter what your product is, you are ultimately in the education business. Your customers need to be constantly educated about the many advantages of doing business with you, trained to use your products more effectively, and taught how to make never-ending improvements in their lives.” –Robert G. Allen
• “Take action every day. It doesn’t have to be dramatic action, but every day, stick with it. Spend time on things that make you proud, that stretch and strengthen you.” -Phillip Humbert
• “Win with your heart, not your head – win on emotion, not in logic; have a passion about what you do; nobody wants a boss , everybody wants a coach.” -Art Williams, Founder of Primerica Financial Services
• “Don’t wish things were easier, wish you were better.” –Jim Rohn
• “Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune”. _Jim Rohn

I hope these quotes about networking and network marketing soothed your network marketer’s soul and gave you the lift, inspiration, motivation and encouragement you need to keep going.

“Never give up!”

To your massive success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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What is a Pyramid Scheme?

According to Wikipedia… A “pyramid scheme” is a non-sustainable business model that involves promising participants payment, services or ideals, primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme or training them to take part, rather than supplying any real investment or sale of products or services to the public.

People often label MLM or Network Marketing, which is absolutely legal, as nothing but a pyramid scheme. However, a pyramid scheme is based solely on recruiting new people and no product or service is involved. That is illegal.

With a legitimate MLM or Network Marketing company the emphasis is on selling products or services, not on recruiting.

Where a lot of people get confused is, when you draw out the organization structure of any MLM or Network Marketing company it looks like a pyramid. So they conclude that the people at the top make all of the money and you have to get in early to even stand a chance of making any money at all.

That is not so.

Unlike with traditional businesses every person has an equal chance to make as much money as they desire in their network marketing business. How much that is depends on how much effort they put into it. If you put in more effort than the person above you, you can make more money than he or she does.

“According to the US Department of Labor and the Direct Selling Association with the same time and effort I’m five times more likely to earn over $100.000 in Network Marketing than in my life-sucking job.” (Quote from video below.)

How come traditional companies aren’t labeled a pyramid scheme. If you draw out the organization structure of a traditional company it looks much like a pyramid as well. It’s kind of not fair, is it?

Go ahead, draw out the organizational structure of the (traditional) company you work for and see what it looks like. And while you’re at it, go ahead and do the same for any other organization as well. What do they look like? Oh no, it’s a pyramid scheme!

Question: Would authorities like Robert Kiyosaki, New York Times Best-Selling Author of one of the top-selling financial books of all time; Donald Trump, and Warren Buffet, the most successful investor of all time be supporters of Network Marketing if it was illegal? I really don’t think so. Yet they are, because the see it as the brilliant business model that it really is.

If you have a MLM, Network Marketing business you’ll get a kick out of the video below. If you are thinking of joining this industry it will shed some light on the myth that multi-level marketing is a pyramid scheme. It definitely is NOT!

Enjoy!

To Your Success!

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Show me any network marketing leader who hasn’t struggled in his or her career. Most of them had to overcome tremendous obstacles on their way to the top.  There’s no such thing as overnight success. They usually have been years in the making.

“Beach Money” is such a story.  Jordan Adler’s very personal story of struggles and failure and overcoming obstacles until he finally reached success. It will grab hold of you and you won’t be able to put it down until you reach the last page.

Jordan’s honest, giving demeanor comes through in “Beach Money” where he shows you a step-by-step success formula.  The very same formula he used himself to grow an organization of thousands of people and generate a massive passive income. The kind of income you only work for once and get paid over and over again.

That is “Beach Money.” Money you get paid whether you get up in the morning or not; whether you’re out shopping at the mall, traveling across the country or just lying on the beach.

Once you start reading his book, you will find that Jordan is much like you. If fear of failure or doubt that you’ll ever have any success in network marketing has a grip on you, let Jordan’s words inspire and encourage you. He knows what you’re going through because he has lived it. He has been there and done it.

He will show you that you already have everything you need to succeed in network marketing. You just need a little push, a shift in your thinking and a roadmap to follow. That’s all!

“Beach Money” will show you how you can grow your network marketing business even if the only time you have available is your lunchtime. And it will show you how you can turn your yearly income into your monthly income.

Jordan Adler is the top income earner in one of today’s fastest-growing network marketing companies. But in spite of his tremendous success, he is very much down to earth.

So go ahead, grab a copy of “Beach Money.”  Let it inspire you. Let it encourage you to push on and to never, ever give up until you reach the lifestyle of your dreams.

To Your Success…

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Could Your MLM Home Based Business Be In Danger?

Think the MLM Home Based Business you are building is really yours? Think again?

Imagine this scenario…

You have been building your MLM Home Based Business for the past 10+ years and all of a sudden the company decides to make some radical changes one of which is changing the compensation plan.  You are scrambling to keep your organization but can’t prevent max exodus. The bottom is falling out of what you have been building for years. To top it all off, the company doesn’t like your comments of discontent, sees you as a threat and decides to put a hold on your commission check.  Worse yet, decides to terminate you.

Think it couldn’t happen to you? Think again!

Different scenario…

Very excited you joined a new startup company. It’s just what you were looking for. You put a lot of time and effort in building your team. You’ve got everyone else excited to follow your example and then from one day to the next the company decides to no longer use the network marketing business model. You’re left out in the cold.

News Flash …

You may have been told that you are your own boss building your own business, but if it’s a MLM Home Based Business it couldn’t be further from the truth.

Your business belongs to the company you are associated with and you can lose it at any time for any reason!

You are an independent contractor!

Nothing more. You don’t really own your MLM Home Based Business. And if you don’t comply with all of the terms and conditions of the agreement the company spelled out for you ….and may amend at its own sole discretion at any time… it’s “Game Over”.

Scared yet? You should be!

So how do you protect yourself?

Well, you start by reading your company’s Terms of Service, sometimes also called Policies and Procedures or Distributor Agreement. Go through it with a fine-toothed comb and if there’s anything in it you don’t agree with, don’t sign it.

Realize that you are an independent representative of the company which will pay you commissions for selling their products or services as long as you are in good standing with and comply with their rules.

Although you are your own boss you don’t own the MLM Home Based Business you are building.

Build yourself not your company.

Build yourself up as an authority. Develop your strengths. Learn new skills become more marketable. Make a name for yourself in the industry. Network with leaders, shadow them and learn from them.

It’s these skills that once learned you will have forever and which you can take from company to company and build on. So promote yourself not the company you represent.

Invest your income.

Many top income earners in the industry invest their income from their MLM Home Based Business in other markets, like the real estate market for example. Investing your earnings  is a very wise decision should something go wrong with your company. Tip: Always consult a trusted advisor to help you make sound investment decisions.

Yes, you are building a MLM Home Based Business, but the company you represent owns it. They provide you with the product or service, they ship it, they have the overhead, etc. and they pay your commissions. You only do the marketing part.

So, don’t be left in the cold if something should go wrong.

To Your Success…
Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Overcoming Objections with Feel, Felt, Found

Overcoming objections is one of the top business skills you need to learn how to master in your mlm home based business.

I know I struggled with this issue when I first started.  But then someone introduced me to “Feel, Felt, Found” a really cool method to overcome objections.

It is only natural that people have objections when they are confronted with something new and unfamiliar. It is our job as their future sponsor to help them overcome these objections. Oftentimes the objections we hear from our prospects aren’t even real, but more of a way to say “hey, I’m not ready for this,” without actually coming out and saying it.

“Feel, felt, found” lets you empathize with your prospect. Most likely you were in their shoes at one time and you can relate to what they are going through.

Here are some examples of the most common objections we may hear….

“I don’t have the time to do this business.”

“I don’t have the money.”

“I have to think about it.”

“I don’t want to be locked into a monthly commitment (autoship.)”

“I don’t like MLM, Network Marketing.”

“I have to ask my husband.”

All of these objections can be overcome with “FEEL, FELT, FOUND”

For example…

“Mary, I totally understand how you feel about not having the time to do this business. I felt the same way. But then I found that it only takes a few hours a week to get things started…”

“I understand your concern about the monthly autoship, Bill, and know how you feel. I felt the same way. But then I found that I actually ran out of the product before it was time for the next autoship to come around … that I really needed to set a good example for the team I was building and therefore needed to be on autoship…“

“I appreciate how you feel about having to think about it, Sue. I felt the same way. But then I found the sooner I started the sooner I would reach my dream of … (fill in the blank.)”

See how this feel, felt, found approach works overcoming objections? You are actually relating to the prospect. Making them feel better about having these objections, because you let them know that you felt the same way at some point but you found a solution to overcome objections like the ones they may be having.

Overcoming objections is just something that comes with the territory of having a mlm home based business. But applying the method of feel, felt, found makes it a lot easier to handle.

To Your Success,

Ilka Flood
The Enlightened Networker

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Building Your Network Marketing Business is Not a Sprint - It's a Marathon

Are you building your network marketing business going full speed like you would run a sprint?

I’m back in the saddle again after an enjoyable break. I cheated a little and did not totally keep away (from the computer) like I had planned originally but I did take it very easy. And I took a lot of time to think. I guess, I really needed that. Both, the break and the time to think. I was going full speed ahead, always afraid I’d miss something if I didn’t and I lost myself along the way.

I am a very competitive sort of person. I hate to be left behind and I hate to lose. I am also very driven which, I guess, goes right along with being competitive.

Take time to smell the daisies while building your network marketing business.

I used to keep insane hours, working from when I first got up until going to bed. Notice, I said “used to” because there will be some changes from here on forward.

“Working” didn’t mean 12 hours of income producing activities. A lot of the time was spent on learning new things, growing my list and driving traffic to this blog. While these activities eventually mean income, they will take time.

Building your network marketing business takes many different activities. There are a lot of pieces to the  puzzle. Each one of them important to make the picture complete. But it is not a sprint. It’s a marathon.

Before I went on break I had drawn out my goals for the rest of the year. Going over them again now, I realized that I have set my deadlines very tight. Too tight. On purpose, because I wanted to reach my goals faster. But why really? Just so I can prove to myself that I can do it? Nonsense. I’ve proven that many times over. The first time I was 10 years old. I think it’s time to “live a little.”

You can’t run a marathon from the start to the finish line like you would run a sprint, at your top speed. You would never get there. You will have to pace yourself through the 26 miles, taking in some water along the way to keep you hydrated.

I know that some of you reading this blog post are just like me, building your network marketing business going at it at full speed. I know, because  I read your blogs. If you can keep it up through the finish line good for you. But the likelihood is pretty slim. Most likely you will get burned out and maybe even quit.

Slowing down is perfectly okay. You don’t have to prove yourself to me or anyone else. The only person you are accountable to at the end is YOU. If you are reaching the goals you have set for yourself and you are happy with your accomplishments then that should be good enough. The important part is … to reach the finish line.

Are you pushing yourself too hard building your network marketing business just to prove to yourself (and maybe even someone else) that you can do it? That’s the way I am, but I am trying to change. When someone tells me I can’t do something, I am bound and determined to prove them wrong. Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.

To Your Success!

Ilka Flood
The EnlightenedNetworker

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Business of the 21st Century

I’m sure you are familiar with best-selling author Robert Kiyosaki of “Rich Dad – Poor Dad.” If you haven’t  read the book I highly recommend it. I also recommend his newest book “The Business of the 21^st Century.” (Read the First Chapter of “The Business of the 21^st Century here.)

Have your parents ever told you this …

“Go to school get good grades, get a high-paying job, live below your means and save money?”

Has it gotten you anywhere? Has it gotten you to where you want to be?

The sad truth is, that for a lot of us, this plan doesn’t work.

You’ll never get rich working for someone else. That’s a fact!

Instead you should be in business for yourself. I don’t mean being self-employed or a small business owner.

In the short video below, Robert Kiyosaki will explain what “The Business of the 21^st Century” is and why it makes perfect sense.

I love the way he said: “Always remember, it’s not money that makes you rich, it’s business skills.”

I totally believe that, because money comes and goes, but the skills you acquire (in network marketing or direct selling) will always stay with you. And that’s why network marketing is the perfect business.

“The number one asset a person can build is build a business. That’s the smartest thing you can do.” _Robert  Kiyosaki.

I truly believe this, as from my own experience I know that “Plan A” doesn’t work. Our family had to find out what it meant to go from a paycheck to zero from one day to the next. There is no such thing as “Job Security” and there hasn’t been for a very long time.

So, are you leaving your future and that of your family’s in the hands of someone else? Or is it time for a change? Is it time for you to take a closer look at “The Business of the 21^st Century? It’s your choice!

To your success,

Ilka Flood
The EnlightenedNetworker

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