Success with failure will make you a better Networker!
A lot of people believe that success is the absence of failure. That’s not true, in fact if you really want to succeed in a home based business, I’m going to tell you to embrace failure!
OK. I know it sounds crazy but it’s true. The more you fail the closer you are to success. Network marketing is nothing but a big giant numbers game and you’re going to have to talk to a lot of people to find the 3 or 4 that will change your business and your life forever.
So many people make the mistake of getting involved in a network marketing business, talking to their friends and family and then getting incredibly discouraged when they say they’re not interested. Look, not everyone is going to want what you have–Period. Instead of getting upset when people we know object to our business, we should get excited because that means we are a few people closer to finding the ones who are going to be interested.
Look at it this way, you could make the best cheeseburger in the world–the entire world! And you could walk around the street trying to give it to people. Would everyone want one? Absolutely not!
Some people don’t eat meat.
Some people don’t like cheese.
Some people just wouldn’t believe it was really the greatest cheeseburger in the world.
Some people would think if you were giving it away, it couldn’t possibly be any good.
There are about a million reasons why some people would choose not to eat that cheeseburger and not one of those reasons has anything to do with the cheeseburger. Get it?
However, the more people you talked to about your cheeseburger (or your network marketing business), the more people you’d find who were interested. Yeah, sure you’re going to have to deal with people who don’t want it but that’s fine because that just means there will be more for the people that do!
Are you starting to get my point yet? You have to fail a lot before you can win big!
We often get the idea in our heads that if our network marketing business is really so great everyone would want to be a part of it and if even one or two people say no, then it must not be that great after all. Obviously that’s just not true. Learn to embrace (and dare I say even enjoy) the failures because for every 20 people who say no chances are 1 or 2 are going to say yes and that is a victory for you and your business!
So don’t get discouraged by a few no’s. It just means you’re that much closer to a great big yes!
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