What bothers me most about our industry are those dream stealers. Those are the people who give you all the reasons why you should NOT do something, or tell you all the reasons WHY it won’t work, but have never been successful at anything.
Don’t let anything or anyone steal your dreams. Dream big and make them come true. You can do it. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.
Last week, I ran into an old friend who I had lost touch with and hadn’t seen or spoken to in many years. We talked for a while and she was shocked to learn that I had left the business world many years ago. I shared with her what I was doing and she was surprised to hear that it was “network marketing.” We exchanged phone numbers and promised to get back in touch.
A few days later I received a call from her. Obviously, she was so intrigued by the mystery of my business that she went online to investigate further. She ran into another person she also knew in our industry and mentioned my little card business and how well I was doing. The person told him: “Well, of course she is doing well, she was successful in another company before, so she would do well, but you would not be able to do what she is doing.” When she told me the names of the people, she didn’t even KNOW them. She had never heard of them in my life, but they were telling her all the reasons why I was successful.
I thought back to the early days, when I started with Network Marketing. A wise old man once told me that once you start to succeed in the industry, the bigger you get, the more people will tell “your” story or criticize you, and I laughed and wondered if that means I’m making progress. .
Anyway, they then proceeded to tell my friend about the latest deal they were on, which was a juice deal. There is nothing wrong with “juice”, but honestly, I myself do not see the fascination. I see a multitude of juice companies selling $25-$50 a bottle all trying to convince each other that their juice is better than everyone else’s. I spent 12 years in the health business and believe in health products, but realized that even though I did, for the most part, I never found others with the same passion, and I had a hard time helping others. average person succeeded. I asked my friend to find out how long he had been with the company and how big of a team he had built etc. It turned out that he had just started, but he had been in dozens of other companies and this time he was going to succeed, more or less, he said. I thought to myself, just from hearing the things he said to her, this was definitely not a successful person, but still, this kind of person can steal your dreams, if you let them.
My mission in building a business was to achieve true freedom. I wanted to be able to come and go as I chose and not spend my life working an 8 to 5 job to make someone else rich. I also wanted to be able to help others do the same. All my years in the healthcare industry were a great training for me in learning network marketing, but I also came to the conclusion that it was too difficult for me to be able to fulfill the goal of helping others, so I passed to an easier one. type of product that worked best for me and those I brought on board.
I love our industry and I believe there is room for everyone to do well, but most won’t, simply because they listen to those dream stealers. I thought about how stupid that person had been to make a comment to my friend, indicating that he couldn’t do what I did. That’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.
I look at and talk to people every day who are more talented in their little finger than I am in my entire body. The only difference between me and anyone else is that I’ve probably been knocked down many more times. Rather than stay down, I chose to pick myself up, dust myself off, and keep moving toward my goal of freedom. I learned from my many mistakes.
Today my vision is different, and I am free to come and go and do as I please, but this is because I am just committed and persistent, learning as I go. I know that I have the knowledge and ability to train and help others do better than me. I LOVE it when someone flies next to me. I love it when I get an email from someone who just reached another level and is flying high. I love seeing people get excited when they realize they can actually do this. It’s fun to see others get excited and it’s exciting to see them succeed.
NEVER think that you cannot do what I have done. You CAN do what I have done, and many of you can do it much better than what I have done, but it begins and ends with you. NEVER listen to those stupid people who tell you that you can’t. Why do you listen to someone who has never been there and done it? Why do you listen to the guy who works and lives paycheck to paycheck, like he’s God and knows everything? Why do you let them stop you?
Your old friends who are unsuccessful and broke will make fun of others who are making it. They don’t want you to succeed and have more than them. They don’t want you to prove them wrong. They want to keep you at their pity party.
If you want to be successful, get out of that mold. Stop listening to losers. Stop listening to those dream thieves, get away and get on with your life. Set out to find your home, start and don’t look back. NEVER GIVE UP.
Look at your life today, this very moment. Are you better today than you were last year at this point or are you still in the same or worse position? If you’ve always wanted to be free, but you’re still stuck in the same rut, doing nothing, going nowhere, and making no effort to be free, you’re simply losing the battle and going backwards. Do you want to be forever stuck in that rut? If not, when are you going to start making a change and a difference?
For things to change you must change. It all starts and ends with you. Don’t be like my old friend, listening to someone who knows nothing. Find someone who does, and be successful, learn from them, and start today. this very moment. Do what you have been “thinking”. To take action. Start and tune out those dream stealers.
YOU CAN DO IT! I hope to meet you one day on the beaches of the world and we can exchange stories, have fun and enjoy life. Maybe we’ll meet on the next world cruise. I love cruises and take 1 or 2 a year usually. We can lie in the pool, soak in the hot tub, and swap stories about helping others achieve success. It is very doable. I did and you can too if you keep going.
Ready, Set, Go!
Go fast and don’t look back. Stop thinking and start doing and do it now, and I’ll see you at the top.