building your business network

by Rachel neil

I remember feeling quite guilty... Almost depressed for some of the people's lack of initiative on my team. In turn, I started spending the majority of my time developing new systems and new tools in order to help them achieve the success they said they so badly wanted.

I basically stopped sponsoring all together and got into the dreaded "management mode", where 80% of my time was spent on training and tool development.

But the strange part, is that nothing ever changed. It didn't matter what I did for them. It didn't matter how bad I wanted "success" for them. The people who were getting results, continued to do so, while those who were idle, kept that pattern.

Understand this right now: The only thing you can do that will help your business and your team members is to lead by example.

Just do the things that you need to personally do on a daily basis to build your business - Advertising, Prospecting, Follow-up, and New Rep orientation.

Just as it is a sorting game to find new reps, it is a sorting game to find reps that will work and achieve once they join.

The sad truth is that 80% of those who start a networking business aren't really serious about becoming self-employed. They are just looking but not doing!

Soon enough, they'll find an excuse as to why "it didn't work for them", and quit.

And there's NOTHING you can do about it - So don't spend your time and energy worrying about it.

DO NOT cater to their weakness. Do not change your tools if they are working for you. Do not change your websites if it is working for you. Do not change your system if it is working for you - just because it doesn't work for others... It never will, and it's their issue, not yours.

Build YOUR business. Lead by example, and the right one's (the few), will follow you. Put your blinders on to everything and everyone else.

I tolerate ZERO negativity in my life now. Someone send's an unfriendly email... Adios. They're off my list and out of my life.
it's so easy to let yourself get emotional about these people, don't let yourself be taken away by your emotions, remember, your time is valuable, they are wasting your time.

I was at a convention once and I asked a WHALE of a networking what I needed to do because my downline had gotten stagnant. (I had basically stopped recruiting). "Find new blood" was his answer, and he was right. You're not here to save people. You're here to give them an opportunity to save themselves. Most won't. And only they can ever change that.

As a business owner, it's much smarter to find "Do-ers" and leaders than it is to turn people into them (which is basically impossible without their personal conviction to do so).

It is also VERY important that you leverage LARGE numbers in your business building efforts, because you won't even notice the whiners, complainers, and quitters when you're dealing with thousands of people.

The best way to do that is to start advertising, then build and maintain a LIST that you drip on over time. Each new contact will bring new, interested prospects and reps to the table.