In principle 1, we learned that knowing where you are going is vital to your success and visualization and gratitude will help bring it to you. However, meditating on a mountain top is not going to be enough. You also have to take action which leads us to principle number 2: Income Producing Activities
Let’s start by looking at the word ‘in-come’. Think of it terms of your goal in-coming to you. In order for your goal to
come-in there are certain activities you need to do to help produce that goal into your reality. Now usually when we talk about business, income producing activities means doing what brings the money in. But we can use this action step for any goal we set for ourselves. Income producing activities basically means performing the vital tasks each day that puts money on the table or takes weight of the hips. Prioritize your time so that each day you spend a couple of hours doing only these things.
In network marketing, income producing activities usually entails talking to people on the phone about your business opportunity, getting them on three ways and signing new associates up. It’s also going to mean performing your marketing tasks, which is an essential component of your business. It is also important for you to lead your team members and assist them do the same -all working together to build overall success.
When it comes time to take action, go to a quiet place so you can’t be disturbed. Forget about the filing of papers, the desk organizing, doing research or any of those ‘filler’ activities; which although may be useful, are not the powerhouse activities that will have you surging toward the completion of your goal.
Schedule a time each day to do your income producing activities and be consistent with it. Ask yourself ‘What am I willing to sacrifice in order to get my income producing activities done? This is a vital question for you to ask. If you want to achieve real results you have to sacrifice something. That is true for any goal you are working on. It might mean an hour less of TV or Facebook a day, getting up an hour earlier or losing some social time with family and friends.
Making the sacrifice shows that you are committed to being a network marketing success story. For any goal you want to achieve you must give up something in return in order to bring that to fruition. If you are not willing to make a sacrifice then you will never be a success in this business. It all comes back to what is your WHY? If your WHY is big enough you will easily make the sacrifice and you will commit to doing income producing activities daily in order to achieve your goals and become a network marketing success story.
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Thanks for some excellent advice. Consistency is the key. The network marketer who spends an hour a day working on the key, income-producing activities six days a week every week will succeed where the one who pumps in a full day every now and then gets no-place. This doesn’t have to be a full time job (though the closer you are to full time the faster things will grow) but it absolutely has to be consistent and persistent.
That’s right Steve! Thank you for visiting and sharing your thoughts! Make it a great 2010!