Network Marketers: Three Important Changes to Make for Your Business to Succeed

"Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better."
King Whitney Jr.

My family and I recently moved. This move was an extremely difficult time in our lives. Moving can many times be a very stressful situation, especially when it impacts children.

We relocated to a beautiful small community in the suburbs. We bought a a quaint bungalow on a very spacious lot, that included a pond and stream. Although the move itself was very tedious and time consuming, at the end of it all, this change in our lives proved to be of great benefit.

During this move, I began to think of how difficult it must be to make changes in ones life. We are often faced with scenarios that pertain to changing ones lifestyle, health, career and/or relationships. This predicament is especially true in the network marketing industry.

In my network marketing career, I have had to make plenty of changes. I don't even refer to this concept anymore as "changing", rather I like to look at it as reinventing myself. I think it is imperative that in any business and more so in life, that we must continually reinvent ourselves.

Here are three very important changes a network marketer must make for their business to prosper. If you are not having success or not having as much success as you desire, take a look at yourself to determine whether any the following changes need to be made:

1. Attitude:

I can't stress enough, that in network marketing, you need to have a positive outlook on your business, the industry, the people you deal with and toward life in general. If you possess a negative attitude, then that will reflect in your demeanor and you will not be able to attract positive people.

Your negative attitude will not only attract you to the wrong people for your organization, but it will infect the people who are currently on your team.

Look within yourself to determine whether you require an attitude change. It may be even helpful to speak with the people you know, your team members and family and ask for their honest opinion. Your future in this industry depends on it.

2. Mindset:

When I began my network marketing career, a great deal of the training I received was on focusing on the proper mindset. At first I felt that this area was irrelevant and wondered why it was even discussed. My thinking could not have been more incorrect.

I have learned that it is paramount that you possess the correct mindset so that you can deal with the day to day trials and tribulations that we as network marketers face.

Having the right mindset can encompass a great many areas, but one in particular pertains to long-term thinking. Many people entering into the network marketing industry believe that they will achieve great riches in a very short time. I can't stress enough the destructive affect this thinking will have on your organization.

You must have a game plan that in order to become successful, you will need to work, and I mean work, at your business for at least 2-5 years. If you are thinking otherwise, then you have to change this as you will not succeed and for sure you will quit the industry before that time has elapsed.

3. Your Reason "Why":

We as network marketers are faced with an enormous amount of negativism. Even if you are in your first 24 hours of business, I can almost guarantee that someone in your life, a close friend or family member, has made negative comments to you.

For many of you, hearing these harsh comments from the people you care about can be very harmful if not debilitating. Some of you will even quit after facing this adversity.

What is it then, that can assist us in overcoming these great obstacles and help guide us through this roller coaster ride we call network marketing? It is simply your reason "why". Why are you doing the business?

This reason has nothing to do with the money. If you had all the time and money in the world, what would you do? What is your burning passion and desire. What fills you with hope? What makes you love and laugh? These are all areas that you must consider in order to come up with your "why".

This "why" will allow you to get the strength needed to not care what other people say or do to you. Your purpose will be so strong, that no one could overcome it.

If you have never thought of this topic, then stop doing anything else in network marketing and focus on your reason "why". Once you have, then you can start to work on building your business.

There are many more changes that you can make to help grow yourself and your business. But I feel that if you start in these three areas, you will be well on your way to achieving the goals and dreams that you have set out for yourself.

Best of luck.

Vince A. Giorno
(416) 937-1335