Wanna Buy a Ticket to a Fish Fry? What Keeps Us From Taking Action?

I’ve enjoyed Organizing ever since I can remember.

When I was in grade school, I organized kickball games for all the kids on our block.

Later on as a preschool administrator, I organized the chartering process for our kindergarten through the Department of Education. I produced school programs that drew crowds of 1000 people.

I organized graduation parties and even weddings.

My secret confession is that I love organizational charts and task lists. Who else out there gets a thrill when they see line items checked off?  I enjoy inward satisfaction when I see a project coming to life.

But none of these projects were things that would earn me extra income.  Not one.

Maybe it goes back to fifth grade when my school told us there was a prize for selling the most Fish Fry Tickets. I remember thinking that it would be real nice if I sold the most tickets. I’d be a Winner!  My blue personality was coming through even then because I craved the recognition more than the prize itself. When a classmate of mine received the applause for selling the most Fish Fry Tickets, I concluded that I was no good at selling. The truth was I hadn’t tried to sell a single ticket.

Network marketing companies often use incentives for distributors to bring in more recruits or to sell more products.  I would envision a carrot being dangled in front of me to get me motivated.  Each time I self-sabotaged myself from achieving the most minimal reward. With each failure, my negative subconscious programming was validated.

When I came to Mentoring For Free, I was a bloodied MLM warrior. I had joined seven different companies and two of them I’d joined twice.  Each time I bought the kit and looked at the distributor information hoping that I’d figure it out.  Each company suggested I spend a certain number of hours each week building my business, but I was  clueless as to what to actually do. I kept hoping that if I opened my distributor manual, the information and experience I needed would magically drop out of heaven. 

Mentoring For Free teaches us that achieving success in network marketing is about the ability to build relationships. The only way to build a lasting relationship is to truly love people and to love people you have to first love yourself. Sounds easy, but I think I’m not alone in this struggle.

Prior to Mentoring for Free…

I had no Organized Planning for my business because I didn’t believe in ME yet.

I didn’t have true business goals because I didn’t believe in ME.

I hadn’t achieved Self-Discipline, because I didn’t believe in Me.

AND I certainly couldn’t confidently invite someone to join me in my business because I didn’t believe in ME.

As the saying goes, “I couldn’t invite one more person to share in my failure.”

A common thread weaves its way insidiously through all my failures.  Its name is WORTHINESS.

Participating in the Mental Cleanse…week by week…lesson by lesson…has become a vital part of my personal growth. Truth is no one can do this FOR me. The only way it will work is to be Coachable by those who are being truly successful in the MLM industry--People like Michael Dlouhy, Sarah Thompson, Ken Klemm, David Haines, and Stefanie Sanspree.

Since we’re the average of the 5 people we hang out with, I know my “average” has increased exponentially. I’m hanging out with the BEST of the BEST.

No longer do I sit at my desk hoping that business ideas will magically drop out of the sky. Now my greatest challenge is to prioritize the multitude of activities that I’ve learned to do.   I’ve learned how to find people online and to encourage them to download an e-book that will explain to them why they aren’t achieving success in network marketing. 

Sure cleared things up for me.

BTW: Anyone wanna buy a ticket to a Fish Fry?

Margi Starr, Ohio, USA

937-360-9203

http://margistarr.com

Thoughts are based on Think & Grow Rich, Chapter 7