This was the subject of my pastor’s sermon on Abraham and how God tested his faith in order to grant him success. Success in Abraham’s case was being the father of a nation more numerous than the stars. One of Abraham’s many tests was his willingness to sacrifice Isaac as a show of his love, faith and trust in God.
In your network marketing business, what are you being called to sacrifice?
In network marketing companies, there is little talk about the sacrifices needed in order to attain the ultimate- freedom of time and financial independence. Success in network marketing is no different than any other endeavor. Sacrifice is required. The blessing for us, is that the price we pay for success is not as deep as in the corporate world. We are not asked to sacrifice our identities, core principals or family. That’s what we mean by wealth without compromise. You still however, have to pony up.
You must sacrifice the junk between your ears. So many of us allow the junk to take up permanent residence in our minds and spirits. We believe the lies. Get rid of your fears. Get rid of negative beliefs. Get rid of the fear of rejection. This is not easy. It is absolutely necessary. No entrepreneur can hold onto negative fearful thinking and success oriented thinking at the same time.
You must sacrifice your fear of being “pushy”. I hear this one a lot, and for too long, I allowed this to dominate my thinking. The honest truth is that we really aren’t afraid of offending the other person. We just don’t want to be uncomfortable. We don’t want a dirty look. We don’t want that crummy feeling when someone refuses your business card, or asks to be removed from your email list. We don’t want to feel awkward. Fear of pushiness is focused on ourselves, our ego, not on others.
You must sacrifice your need to be liked. We all want to be liked. But if all you get is “liked” will you get paid? If all we want is to be liked, we will find ourselves unwilling to ask our prospects, clients, and team members hard questions. We won’t push for an answer. We won’t ask for the order. We’ll allow vague statements like, “I’ll get back to you”. We won’t help reveal the obstacles that are keeping someone from acting in their own best interests. We will be satisfied with the compliment of how nice we are, how easy we are to talk to, and how much we have given them, what a good job we did of presenting. Understand that if you are hearing that more that you are sponsoring and watching your volume increase, that you are feeding your ego, but not your bank account. Your ego won’t take care of your retirement or your child’s college education.
You must sacrifice time wasters. TV is the obvious offender. So is endlessly attending trainings and not applying what you learned. Training without application is a feel good activity. But it’s not building your business. No training will motivate you to overcome your roadblocks if you are unwilling to do the work to remove them.
You must sacrifice what you believe to be facts”. Facts and truth are not the same.Your actions and attitudes reveal your beliefs. Your results reveal your true intentions. What are your results? What is your activity?
Lastly, you must sacrifice your excuses. Anything and anyone can be an excuse. Our children can be excuses. The economy can be an excuse. The marketing materials can be an excuse. Our fears seem quite reasonable to us. To rationalize is to accept “rational lies”.
We all have times in our lives when we wanted something very badly and made it happen despite obstacles and fears. The energy you used then – find it for now.
When you have paid the price of these sacrifices, you will find yourself to be successful in all areas of your life, personal and professional. You will have achieved the personal growth that many desire, but are unwilling to sacrifice for. And they will call you “Lucky”.
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