10 Reasons Why Network Marketing Is The Business of the 21st Century

1. True Financial Freedom

One of the top reasons for owning your own business is that it leads to financial freedom. Meaning, being able to earn lots of money without you needing to be there. The problem with a job is that you are “Selling time for money”. This means that you can never stop working because your income also stops. With a business, you have hundreds of customers that are generating the income. This means you can go on holiday for a month and be making more money when you come back than when you left.

2. Would You Like An Income That Builds Itself?

When you get to a certain point in a multi level marketing business and you have your team in place, your business then begins to build itself. You cannot do this with a job. This is how you can go then away on holiday and be making more money when you come back than when you left. That’s leverage!

3. Build Your Fortune, Not Someone Else’s

Here is the big question: At your current place of work, who is making a living and who is getting rich? It is whoever owns the asset. The asset is the business. This is where the control and wealth is. By working as an “Employee,” you are spending your 8 hour day building someone else’s asset. You are earning a living, and the owner is building a fortune.

4. Want To Double Your Income Each Year?

It is very difficult to be able to double your income with a job. In fact, the average pay rise is currently around 2%. This is crazy, especially since inflation is closer to 10%. However, with a business, it is a lot easier to get twice as many “customers” next year than the last, which in turn doubles your income. The smart people are now building their own businesses on the side.

5. Surround Yourself With Like Minded, Fun, Ambitious People

Are you lucky enough to be surrounded by fun, ambitious, like minded people? Most people are not. Network marketing attracts the very best people, which is very beneficial to you because you then surround yourself in a new culture that supports you and helps you become successful. Remember this: You will earn what the 5 closest people around you earn.

6. Get Free 5 star Holidays and Drive A Luxury Car

The top multi level marketing companies offer their consultants great incentives for their work. These include free luxury cars, all paid for 5 star holidays to paradise islands and free weekends away. Why save up for your holidays and car when your work place will pay them all for you? Does your current employer offer you this?

7. Utilise the Internet…(or kick yourself)

Important Point: The Internet is changing the world as we know it, and you are living in the middle of it right now. In 50 years, you might look back and think, why didn’t I make the most out of it? There has never been a better time in history to start a business and especially one that involves connecting with people. You can now contact hundreds of people with a push of a button. The fact you are reading this right now proves it’s effectiveness. You will kick yourself if you do not take advantage of this.

8. Living A Rich and Rewarding Life

One of the biggest benefits with a network marketing business is the personal development, which many people are not even aware it exists. To become successful, you have to help other people become successful. It’s very rewarding to watch other people grow and become better people. The fact that you can make $100K per year, working only 4 hours a day, which then gives you all the time and money to enjoy life is a massive bonus.

9. Want More Recognition and Appreciation?

How would you like to work for a company where your hard work gets regular recognition and appreciation? You can now become part of a strong community of people who all want you to succeed as it directly benefits everyone. This is very rare to find in a job.

10. What Do Donald Trump, Richard Brandson and Robert Kiyosaki Have In Common?

I am going to finish with this. Some of the biggest business people all around the world are either involved or recommend network marketing, including Donald Trump, Richard Brandson, Robert Kiyosaki, Stephen Covey, Jim Rohn and T Harv Eker and many more. Who are you going to listen to? Need I say anymore?

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You want to know the secret to success and leadership? Reading good books is the secret. Only readers can become true leaders.

My Favorite 7 Books-

1. As a Man Thinketh

This is a small book, but every word is so powerful. If someone ask for the one best book for personal development- this is it. This is the mother of all self-help books.

As we think, so we become. This fundamental truth, which some have called "The Secret" or the"Law of Attraction," was clearly and convincingly argued for the first time in James Allen's masterpiece, As a Man Thinketh.

Allen reveals how our thoughts shape our character, and manifest themselves in our finances, health, appearance, and environment. The choice is yours: either master your thoughts and create the life you want; or remain mired in negativity, frustration, and failure.

2. Rich Dad Poor Dad(Robert Kayosaki)

This book really changed my thinking from employee thinking to businessman thinking. Do you know that employees and business people think in totally different ways? The transition from employee thinking to businessman thinking does not happen overnight. It takes some time. This book taught me that freedom in life is not a cheep thing, we have to pay the price to achieve real freedom.

3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change – Stephen. R. Covey

The title of this book doesn't capture it all. Covey shares with us seven habits one should adapt to become truly effective in whatever you would like to achieve. Of course, it is not as easy as it sounds. He stresses the fact that we need to go through a paradigm shift – a fundamental change in how we perceive the world and ourselves. This book can be read as a guide, with practices and everything, to go through the stages in order to make such a shift happen. Part shock-therapy, part ageless spiritual wisdom, Covey’s book is packed with wisdom that actually makes a difference. And, as I mentioned, don’t let the title of the book fool you; it is about much more than just becoming more effective. It is about becoming a whole integer person who not only seeks the best in oneself, but also in the people around him. A must read for anyone who feels there is always something left to learn.

4. Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time – Brian Tracy

We all know how that destructive downward spiral feels. We have to do some big task, of which the thought alone triggers resistance, not sure how and where to begin and feeling overwhelmed before we start; we get easily distracted to get rid of that feeling, only to suddenly realize that hours went by- precious hours- and then find ourselves in the same position as before, still not knowing where and how to begin, but now, feeling guilty on top of it. To break this spell of procrastination before it paralyzes us, Tracy advises us to Eat That Frog, to set our priorities straight, deconstruct larger tasks into smaller ones, learn when to tackle the big frog first or to start out with something else. Tracy is truly a motivational writer, and while I wished he had gone a bit deeper into the psychological reasons why people procrastinate, it is still a must have for anyone who wants to break the spell and get shit done.

5. Think and Grow Rich: The Original 1937 Unedited Edition – Napoleon Hill

A book from 1937, this book by Hill is a masterpiece. Don’t bother with the edited versions since they all omit important and controversial information: some historical, and some pertaining to the goal of the book, which is to think and grow rich. The word rich might imply that this book is all about material gain, and while it certainly covers that area, it is about much more than that. Perhaps the first explicit mention of positive thinking, on how to care not just about the cash in your pocket, but also the thoughts in your head, this book has been able to withstand the destruction of time. It covers all the basics from planning, decision making and persistence, to the more advanced techniques as auto-suggestion, transmutation and what we can learn from fear. This is not a grow rich book, but a timeless guide to find out what actually matters. As it says clearly in the beginning ‘Riches can’t always be measured in money!’

6. How to Win Friends and Influence People

This is the first self-improvement book I have ever read and it is also probably one of the oldest in this category. Written in 1937, mainly for the door to door salesman of that era, this book by Carnegie can truly be called a classic. It shows what we all intuitively know: it doesn’t  matter what your line of work is or what you want to achieve- if you are doing business of any kind, you need to make it about the other person. Being nice helps, a lot. And while I might not fully defend the premise of this book, because it doesn’t distinguish between genuine interest and faking it to get what you want, it still contains a treasure chest full of timeless wisdom. Everybody wants to feel appreciated, and rightfully so. Learning to take a small effort to make someone’s day will make the world run smoother, no matter what your goal is. I still spontaneously remember some of his guidance, and perhaps this quality is the reason why this book still draws millions of readers to this day.

7    Magic of Thinking Big

This book is a classic motivational and self-help book, which is similar to another motivational book - The Power of Positive Thinking. 

As one reads each chapter, the reader gains an understanding of each chapter title/topic along with a brief excerpt from the author's personal life. He also describes three failure diseases : excuse-itis, detail-itis and procrastination. This book builds an individual's confidence, mentality, vision of life and ultimately the ability to think big introspectively and extrospectively. In short, making better decisions and avoiding negative thoughts are benefits of reading this book.

THE 12 PILLARS OF SUCCESS

THE   12   PILLARS   OF   SUCCESS

1) Personal Development - Become the person you truly desire to be by engaging in a life-long strategy of skills, knowledge and self-improvement (which will also place you in the upper levels of your particular industry).

2) Goal-Setting - Achieve a sense of purpose behind every action, as well as multiply your long-term success quotient by having a set of clearly defined 10-year goals.

3) Health - Spiritual/Physical/Emotional - Improve your looks, confidence, energy, quality and length of life by having a consistent health/fitness philosophy and maintaining a health plan.

4) Money - Financial Independence/Getting Out of Debt/Saving/Giving - Place yourself ahead of 85% of the population and increase by 90% your odds of achieving

financial independence by retirement age,simply by having a sound financial philosophy and proven investment plan.

5) Relationships - Improve your ability to be a more effective and loving parent, spouse and friend by improving your relational skills.

6) Time Management - Gain between 10 and 15 additional forty-hour work weeks per year (multiply one to two hours a day by 365 days a year) by applying more productive time management methods each day.

7) Networking/Referrals - Tap into one of the greatest resources you possess and have a greater, more positive influence in the marketplace by utilizing your current relationships and networking base.

8) Selling/Negotiating - Increase your production by 10%-50% without investing more time or effort by improving your selling, networking and negotiation skills.

9) Communication/Presentation - Increase every level of performance related to your company, staff and individual performance, as well as all your personal relationships by mastering the art of communication.

10) Leadership - Multiply your efforts and have a positive influence over a larger sphere of people by learning effective leadership and management skills.

11) Accelerated Learning - Quickly improve your skills and aptitude to gain and retain knowledge in any area (communication, time management, leadership, etc.) through Memory and Speed-Reading techniques and more.

12) Legacy/Contribution - Take the time to apply your skills in making a difference in your community and world--something that will have an impact on future generations.

-Jim Rohn

10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job

1. Income for stupidity.

Getting a job and trading your time for money may seem like a good idea.  There’s only one problem with it.  It’s stupid!  It’s the stupidest way you can possibly generate income!  This is truly income for dummies.

Why is getting a job so dumb?  Because you only get paid when you’re working.  Don’t you see a problem with that, or have you been so thoroughly brainwashed into thinking it’s reasonable and intelligent to only earn income when you’re working?  Have you never considered that it might be better to be paid even when you’re not working?  Who taught you that you could only earn income while working?  Some other brainwashed employee perhaps?

2. Limited experience.

You might think it’s important to get a job to gain experience.  You gain experience from living, regardless of whether you have a job or not.  A job only gives you experience at that job, but you gain “experience” doing just about anything, so that’s no real benefit at all.  Sit around doing nothing for a couple years, and you can call yourself an experienced meditator, philosopher, or politician.

The problem with getting experience from a job is that you usually just repeat the same limited experience over and over.  You learn a lot in the beginning and then stagnate.  This forces you to miss other experiences that would be much more valuable.   In fact, ask yourself what the experience you’re gaining right now will be worth in 5-10 years.  Will your job even exist then?

Consider this.  Which experience would you rather gain?  The knowledge of how to do a specific job really well — one that you can only monetize by trading your time for money – or the knowledge of how to enjoy financial abundance for the rest of your life without ever needing a job again?  Now I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have the latter experience.  That seems a lot more useful in the real world, wouldn’t you say?

3. Lifelong domestication.

Getting a job is like enrolling in a human domestication program.  You learn how to be a good pet.

Look around you.  Really look.  What do you see?  Are these the surroundings of a free human being?  Or are you living in a cage for unconscious animals?  Have you fallen in love with the color beige?

How’s your obedience training coming along?  Does your master reward your good behavior?  Do you get disciplined if you fail to obey your master’s commands?

Is there any spark of free will left inside you?  Or has your conditioning made you a pet for life?

Humans are not meant to be raised in cages.  You poor thing…

4. Way too risky.

Many employees believe getting a job is the safest and most secure way to support themselves.

Morons.

Social conditioning is amazing.  It’s so good it can even make people believe the exact opposite of the truth.

Does putting yourself in a position where someone else can turn off all your income just by saying two words (“You’re fired”) sound like a safe and secure situation to you?  Does having only one income stream honestly sound more secure than having 10?

The idea that a job is the most secure way to generate income is just silly.  You can’t have security if you don’t have control, and employees have the least control of anyone.  If you’re an employee, then your real job title should beprofessional gambler.

5. Having an evil bovine master.

When you run into an idiot in the entrepreneurial world, you can turn around and head the other way.  When you run into an idiot in the corporate world, you have to turn around and say, “Sorry, boss.”

Did you know that the word boss comes from the Dutch word baas, which historically means master?  Another meaning of the word boss is “a cow or bovine.”  And in many video games, the boss is the evil dude that you have to kill at the end of a level.

So if your boss is really your evil bovine master, then what does that make you?  Nothing but a turd in the herd.

Who’s your daddy?

6. Begging for money.

When you want to increase your income, do you have to sit up and beg your master for more money?  Does it feel good to be thrown some extra Scooby Snacks now and then?

Or are you free to decide how much you get paid without needing anyone’s permission but your own?

If you have a business and one customer says “no” to you, you simply say “next.”

7. An inbred social life.

Many people treat their jobs as their primary social outlet.  They hang out with the same people working in the same field.  Such incestuous relations are social dead ends.  

If one of your co-slaves gets sold to another master, do you lose a friend?  If you work in a male-dominated field, does that mean you never get to talk to women above the rank of receptionist?  Why not decide for yourself whom to socialize with instead of letting your master decide for you?  Believe it or not, there are locations on this planet where free people congregate.  Just be wary of those jobless folk — they’re a crazy bunch!

8. Loss of freedom.

It takes a lot of effort to tame a human being into an employee.  The first thing you have to do is break the human’s independent will.  A good way to do this is to give them a weighty policy manual filled with nonsensical rules and regulations.  This leads the new employee to become more obedient, fearing that s/he could be disciplined at any minute for something incomprehensible.  Thus, the employee will likely conclude it’s safest to simply obey the master’s commands without question.  Stir in some office politics for good measure, and we’ve got a freshly minted mind slave.

As part of their obedience training, employees must be taught how to dress, talk, move, and so on.  We can’t very well have employees thinking for themselves, now can we?  That would ruin everything.

God forbid you should put a plant on your desk when it’s against the company policy.  Oh no, it’s the end of the world!  Cindy has a plant on her desk!  Summon the enforcers!  Send Cindy back for another round of sterility training!

Free human beings think such rules and regulations are silly of course.  The only policy they need is:  “Be smart.  Be nice.  Do what you love.  Have fun.”

9. Too many mouths to feed.

Employee income is the most heavily taxed there is. The tax system is designed to disguise how much you’re really giving up because some of those taxes are paid by your employer, and some are deducted from your paycheck. You might feel supported by your corporate environment, but keep in mind that you’re the one paying for it.

Another chunk of your income goes to owners and investors.  That’s a lot of mouths to feed.

It isn’t hard to understand why employees pay the most in taxes relative to their income.  After all, who has more control over the tax system?  Business owners and investors or employees?

You only get paid a fraction of the real value you generate.

10. Becoming a coward.

Have you noticed that employed people have an almost endless capacity to whine about problems at their companies?  But they don’t really want solutions – they just want to vent and make excuses why it’s all someone else’s fault.  It’s as if getting a job somehow drains all the free will out of people and turns them into spineless cowards.  If you can’t call your boss a jerk now and then without fear of getting fired, you’re no longer free.  You’ve become your master’s property.

When you work around cowards all day long, don’t you think it’s going to rub off on you?  Of course it will.  It’s only a matter of time before you sacrifice the noblest parts of your humanity on the altar of fear:  first courage… then honesty… then honor and integrity… and finally your independent will.  You sold your humanity for nothing but an illusion.  And now your greatest fear is discovering the truth of what you’ve become.

I don’t care how badly you’ve been beaten down.  It is never too late to regain your courage.  Never!

 by Steve Pavlina

Multi-Level Marketing "Secrets"

Success in Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) or Networking Industry is never easy.

As with any other business, upfront legwork is critical. Planning, preparation, and research should be where you want to start so you’ll have a sense which direction to go. Once you’re satisfied with your collected information, the next steps would be to work seriously at the beginning, find a quality product that performs a quality service, and find a company with a well-balanced marketing plan geared toward longevity. A positive attitude definitely helps, such as enthusiasm,eagerness, involvement, commitment, imagination, creativity, and initiative.

"A strong desire to help others succeed" is core; thus the term networking. Simply defined, MLM or Networking is a system by which a parent company distributes its products or services through a network of independent business people, not only in the U.S. but also through out the free world.

As a networker, you can earn money in two ways:
1. You distribute the products or services you are handling to your friends and to clients who are referred to you.
2. You invite friends and others you meet to explore an opportunity to also distribute your products or services.

Other than the many "secrets" of this trade, MLM also requires you to make a six-part investment:
The first part of your investment is a token amount of money, usually less than $100. This is a big cost advantage and less risky when compared to franchising, for instance. Most networkers keep their regular jobs and operate their business
part-time. Money you earn from your networking business is pure profit. It’s like having your cake and eating it too.

Second is eagerness to learn the business. Seek out successful associates in your MLM business and ask questions. You see, MLM is structured such that you have
to wear two hats, as a learner and teacher at the same time. Your sponsor will teach you the business and help you deal with problems successfully. Most networking organizations supply training sessions and motivational rallies, supply
you with idea literature and encouragement, and provide any other assistance you need to succeed.

Third, create enthusiasm. Many businesses are capital-intensive (e.g. franchises), others are labor-intensive (e.g. restaurants), while MLM is enthusiasm-intensive,meaning that your desire to succeed, backed by your commitment is critically important. MLM gives you a chance to ideas for making money, your techniques for leading and managing people, and your approach to problem solving.

Fourth, a strong desire to help others succeed. Your ability to help other people succeed will be proportionate to your commitment to building your business.

"Anything worth having is worth working for" aptly applies to the MLM industry.

The fifth part of the investment is expenses of some of your free time. You are investing your time. How large a time investment you make in networking businesses is up to you. David Roller, the author of "How to Make Big Money in
Multi-Level Marketing" says, many MLM beginners start with 10-15 hours a week. Others find that by giving up TV time or idle time, you can easily invest 20-25 hours a week in MLM. You duplicate your efforts by bringing others into the business. This means that your weekly personal time of 15 hours could multiply into 100 or even 1,000 hours per week in production.

The sixth and final part of your investment is handling problems. Along the way,you will encounter problems. This is a fact of life. How you approach and handle these challenges will determine how large your business will ultimately grow. It is important that you use good judgment and common sense when choosing a mentor with whom to align you and your organization. Why? You have to exercise some caution because you may, for example, be encouraged to buy a larger product inventory when that is not necessary.

People’s imaginations and initiatives only limit MLM. Why MLM is often called Networking is because it’s "friends-doing-business-with-friends." Your investment is minimal, as I said earlier, less than $100. You capitalize on talents and energies of entrepreneurs. The adage "Nothing ventured, nothing gained" is true in MLM just as it is in all facets of business and non-business life. To illustrate: if you don’t invest in a stock or mutual fund, you cannot harvest a
dividend; or if someone promises you wealth without investing what it take to produce wealth, this person is trying to defraud you. MLM is not one of those ‘get rich quickly" schemes!

As a career, MLM has fewer problems if you have to compare with other business opportunities simply because you don’t need a lot of money nor do you need employees. However, in this type of business, you need to broaden your marketing or promotional techniques because you’ll met people from every conceivable backgrounds, such as teachers, doctors, students, executives, homemakers and
others. Remember in MLM, knowledge is NOT power, power IS knowledge put to use. Saadi philosophically says, "Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it, is as one who ploughs but does not sow."

As a newcomer in this business or any other business, you will have some fears, and understandably so. But for every fear, there is a solution. Let’s take a look at some of them.

The fear that your prospect will not be interested. Solution: Many people will be interested. Just like anything else, a number will not be. This is just a numbers game. For those who are not interested, ask for referrals. Chances are there will be some who will be interested.

The fear of what others think. Solution: NO matter what you do or not do, there will always be those who wish you well and those who do not. Ask yourself these very simple questions: Is the company I am with reputable? Does my company offer an excellent value in its products and/or services?

If the answer is yes, you should be proud of yourself and of your company. So, go for it!

The fear that you do not have enough time to do a good job. Solution: One of the many strengths of MLM is that there is help if you need it. Also, there is the magic of duplicating your efforts by sponsoring others. When you say you cannot do it
because you can’t find time is a lame excuse. It really is just a matter of setting priorities and balancing time. Here is where Time Management would be helpful.

The fear that you won’t be able to answer the questions that your prospects will have. Solution: Who can really answer all questions on the spot? Just like any other business you may simply say "Let me write down your question sand I’ll get back to you tomorrow." But be sure you do it tomorrow.

You may find it hard to believe but in MLM, success is not reserved for the most talented. It is there for you if you want to go after it. Over 100 years ago, Abraham Lincoln said, "Things may come to those who wait, but only those things left over by those who hustle!" This is a powerful statement.

By Leticia Gallares-Japzon