Any Excuse Will Do And Yours is a Great One...
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When we choose to build a business from home, somehow some people assume it will be easy...
They expect that it will be working without any or with little effort on their part.
We have to get rid of the instant gratification mentality if we want to own our lives.
We need skills, we need consistency and we need to be motivated just to name a few.
I use traffic exchanges for my business and I'm amazed by what I see every day. No wonder some people think this is an easy business.
I've seen everything from ''it will sell itself'' to ''free money'' to ''no investment required'' to ''automated profit with no work required''
Are you kidding me? This is the real world, my friends!
If the product sells itself, then why would the company need you? If nobody spends any money then where is the money coming from?
What if I would ask you how much money you want to make a month and let's assume you'd say $25,000.
That is about $800/day .
Now take a look at what you do for your business every day, and think of yourself as your own employee. Would you pay an employee $800 at the end of today for the same work you've just put into your business?
I see people quitting every day, and I've heard quite a few excuses...Best one of all is ''I need money fast. This is taking too long...''
We are so used to getting that check every 2 weeks from our J.O.B. that we expect the same thing to happen in Network Marketing . We wait two weeks, nothing happens and the we quit.
Here is the difference:
In a J.O.B. we are exchanging time for money.
However, in Network Marketing we exchange time for results. The difference is huge, especially when we understand that actions are needed before the results can come.
Another thing that we hang on to when we make the transition from a JOB to a home based business is the misconception that we do not need peoples skills.
We do need them and in order to master people skills we first have to work on ourselves first.
That is the part where unfortunately, reading a great book like Think and Grow Rich seems unnecesary and very time consuming to some of us...
Or how about missing that soap opera episode? That seems tabu for some people...
My mentor once said : ''Whatever happens in that episode does not matter''
That is so true and yet we always find time for a TV show, and never enough time to improve ourselves.
Another thing that some people don't understand is that a business is not a punch in and punch out 9-5 job.
We need to be prepared for a very different schedule that varies from day to day. To make that work we need organizing skills and discipline.
I used to get upset when people gave me excuses.
One day I asked my mentor what I should do when someone gives me an excuse:
''Daniela, write this down: ''Any excuse will do, and that is a great one.''
It worked! I even used it on myself from time to time...
Try saying that, say it to yourself every time you feel like quitting.
And if you think this business does not require any effort, then this is not for you. Don't waste your time and money because it will not work.
At a job, a boss holds us accountable and we do everything in our power to keep that job.
Why can we only be held accountable by someone else and not be able to hold ourselves accountable to own our lives.
Oh...and one more thing...
Did you know that there are on average 80% more people applying for a $40.000/ per year job than people applying for a $40,000 per month job? I added that just so you know that the ''too much competition'' excuse does not work either.
I hope this helped....
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Daniela Riess
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About the Author: Daniela Riess
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My excuse use to be I can not afford it...
Now I am taking responsibility and Saying I can not afford not too.
Your Friend for Life
Juanita Waterman
Any Excuse
I think working on ourselves may be the most overlooked ingredient in business. Thank you for this article. Mark
Excuses
What they will get you is failure. It is easy to make excuses for are lack of action. It is hard to make reasons why we should succeed but the rewards are so much better.
Rember you only have to secceed one day at a time.
LIVE YOUR DREAMS...Don't let anything distract you from your goals.
From The Heart
Elwood
Excuses
Yes I know pretty much everyone I know including myself has been guilty of this. The truth is if you don't feel you have the time to work from home because of kids, house, job, ect it is even more crucial that you look for a way to grow your business at home. These are the people who need time freedon as much or more than financial freedom. For all the days that I spend too much time horsing around with my kids, slacking off on the business to catch up on the endless tasks, the longer it will take for me to get to that point where I can be free to really choose to take the day off and have the financial backing to say 'I have no excuses, this is what I choose to do today because I can!'
mmmm until then keep positive and grow all ways
Terri
Excusses
The truth is we all love to make excusses. I think everyone has a PHD in excuse making. However, that gets us no where. We need to stop making excusses and just learn to do what we need to do.
Jared Hathorn
Wow...
I am COMPLETELY blown away by this article Daniela. This has got to be the best article I have ever, and I do mean EVER, read. You've covered your point brilliantly. Excellent work.
Your friend,
Shane Enochs
My favorite excuse ....
Sorry I couldn't make it to the weekly meeting, my cat had diarriah..
The two funniest excuses I've ever heard...
A couple of years ago I worked as a restaurant manager .
About once a week someone would not show up for work.
I hope the two excuses below that two of the employees gave me,
will sound as funny to you as they did back then to me:
#1. ''I was about to get married but I've changed my mind!''
#2. ''My boyfriend had a brain surgery and I had to drive him to the hospital.''
I appreciate you,
Daniela Riess
Any Excuse....
Hi Daniela!
Totally awesome. That was a great article.
It continues to amaze me how many excuses and from what angles the excuses come.
I love the last two ones, and I enjoyed the sparkles!
Dan
Excuses.......A well planned lie...
I have been told that an excuse is just a well planned lie. Thank you so much for this article Daniela. It does take work to own our life and it is worth every bit of it. To have more choices and to beable to free the people we love most so that they are able to enjoy their children and doing and experiencing all that they have been called to experience. We need to remind ourselves every time we make that excuse, what we are pushing aside for our families and to fullfill every detail of an Awesome God's Plan! Great Article!!
Jenny Wudtke
You Can make Excuses or You Can Make Money...
Great article Daniela! Thank you for continuing to post such thought provoking information. Sometimes we all need to take a dose of this good medicine to keep ourselves from falling into "excusitis."
Excuses are the brain work , override it by curiosity generation
Fine article Sir, Excuses are made by a person while he is in difficult to make a decision. this is my experience. Excuses are made when people are not interested in the particular subject. If one is not serious about the subject they make excuses. Coming to Network Marketing one we have to override the excuses. For that we have to make it very serious and curiois. Then only the people will think that the maatter is something serious and I have to attend meeting or I must see him in time, etc. Means we must override his excuses by curocity and seriousness.
Excuses
the thing I have leared about excuses is that everone has one some just smell worse than others. Keep up the great work.
Your friends
Cynthhia and James
I don't have enough Time!
But that is what it is about. Thanks for exposing my Excuse!
Timothy C Burns