7 Habits of Highly Effective Network Marketing Professionals by Janet Callaway | The Natural Networker

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How implementing these 7 habits can make you massively successful.

Best selling author Stephen R. Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has sold over 15 million copies. He took those same habits and applied them to the network marketing industry.

What I am going to do for you is give you more details on how those habits could work for you in your network marketing business.

Habit 1: Be Proactive. What this means is taking charge of your business. You are 100% responsible for what happens. If your business is not growing as you would like, you need to figure out why it is not growing and then take appropriate action. You may need to talk with more people, improve your skill set, do more 3 way calls or a combination of all of these items.

You do not let circumstances control you; you control them.

You do not blame others; you take 100% responsibility for what happens in your business.

Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind. You must know where you want to go in order to get there. Whether you are planning a trip or building a house, you begin with the end result in mind. Your business is no different. Know what you want to accomplish.

Once you decide how much money you want to make and what you want your life to look like as a result of having that money, you can reverse engineer what you need to do to get there. Decide.

Habit 3: Put First Things First. Your goals and values will determine what goes first. You must focus your attention on those activities that will help you achieve your goal. Do not let yourself be distracted.

Time management is key to success. For most of us, it is all to easy to get caught up in busywork activities. Successful people never confuse mere motion with true action.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win. Network marketing is a people business; it's a relationship business. It is essential to develop a win-win consciousness or as Stephen Covey says, an “Abundance Mentality.”

Network marketing is a business of mutual success rather than a competition. The more we help others, the more we succeed.

It is my belief that every situation can have a win-win conclusion rather than a win-lose or lose-lose. We may have to invest extra time to find the solution that works for everyone, however, it is well worth the effort.

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand Then to be Understood. Far too often people are not listening to the person speaking, rather they are formulating their response and waiting to reply. That does not work for building relationships or building a network marketing business.

To understand what the other person is saying, listen to what they are saying, ask questions, seek clarification and rephrase content. The person will appreciate that you are giving them your full attention.

To be understood you need to present your ideas clearly. The more effectively you can paint word pictures or tell a story to illustrate a point, the more effective your communication will be with your listener.

Listening and communication are art forms that need to be developed if we want to build solid relationships.

Habit 6. Synergize. Synergy is defined as the whole being greater than the sum of its parts . To synergize a network marketing business means that the people involved, team members, sideline, company, working together create a synergy of stimulating each other to learn more, do more and be more. Each is feeding off the energy of the others to create more.

At a basic level, synergy means one plus one equals three or more. In network marketing, because of the leverage of duplication, one plus one equals a rapidly growing business and financial independence.

Leader synergize their teams for exponential growth.

Habit 7. Sharpen the Saw. Let's face it, the only person whom you have control of is yourself. Nurture your capabilities, talents ans stretch. You and you alone are the only one who can do this for you. Just as you can't benefit from hiring someone to do your sit-ups for you, you can't hire someone to develop the skills you need.

We need to follow the advice of Abraham Lincoln: “If I had six hours to cut down a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening the saw.”

Develop, hone, learn, grow and succeed.

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5 Thoughts On Relationships by Janet Callaway The Natural Networker

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Since people are everywhere and part of most everything you do, it is stands to reason that the better your relationships, the better your life will be. Any interaction with another is a relationship of sorts; it can be a one time payment in a convenience store, a business relationship or a personal relationship. Let's take a look at some connections between actions and relationships.

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The Friendship Factor by Janet Callaway | The Natural Networker

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In an earlier post, I talked about the importance of associating with people who lift you up rather than pull you down. This is particularly important if you are a part of the social media marketing or network marketing industries.

Let me give you a few statistics, backed by research, that illustrate why your friends make a significant difference in your life.

 

Your income tends to equal the average of your 5 closest friends.

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5 Thoughts on Relationships by Janet Callaway

Since people are everywhere and part of most everything you do, it is stands to reason that the better your relationships, the better your life will be. Any interaction with another is a relationship of sorts; it can be a one time payment in a convenience store, a business relationship or a personal relationship. Let's take a look at some connections between actions and relationships.

Follow the Golden Rule. How many times have we heard “do unto others as you would have them do unto you?” Yet, how many often do we forget that when we are rushed, angry or overwhelmed? How many times has our impatience caused us to treat another rudely or as if they were insignificant? Years ago I heard a man say his goal was to leave each person he met feeling better for having met him. What a fantastic goal! If you keep that thought in mind in all your interactions with people, you will make the day a little brighter for many people; PLUS, you'll feel good too.

Reciprocity. To a certain extent, this follows along with the Golden Rule. How you treat others will come back to you. However, reciprocity is even wider ranging. When you treat others with respect or give generously to others you start a cycle which brings more of that into your life. As more comes to you, you likewise respond by doing or giving more and thus the ripples of your actions spread further and further.

Make New Relationships. New relationships enhance and enrich the lives of all involved. Consciously seek out others and begin relationships. A new relationship does not have to be an “all the time” thing rather it can be a casual checking in be it for coffee, a call or an online connection. There is a lot to be said for that phone company slogan “reach out and touch someone.” Think how you feel when someone reaches out and touches you.

Value People. Too often people categorize people and their “worth” by their job title. A job title is not who a person is. Each of us has innate value. When you listen to people you will be surprised at what you learn about who they are. Treat everyone with respect; you will make a difference for many.

Value Yourself. Your relationship with yourself is your one lifelong relationship. Nurture it. If you do not respect and love yourself, you cannot respect and love others. Pay attention to your self talk. Do you say things that lift you up or do you say things like “I'm such a ______” or “_______ always happens to me” or I never _______?” If you fill in the missing blanks with negatives, that's what you will bring into your life. Change your self talk; change your life.

Have you ever noticed the effect of giving a smile to a stranger?

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Attitude—It Makes the Difference by Janet Callaway

A number of years ago leadership expert, speaker and best selling author John C. Maxwell wrote a book entitled The Difference Maker. Because we all hear how important it is to have a good attitude, he felt it was important to write a book explaining what a good attitude can and cannot do for people. While attitude isn't everything, it is, as he says in the title, The Difference Maker.

Let's look at three things your attitude cannot do for you. Your Attitude:

Cannot Substitute for Competence. No matter how great your attitude, if you don't have the skill or competence for a certain task, you will never get to where you want to go. John Maxwell uses the example of being an opera singer. He loves to sing and would love to sing opera, unfortunately he simply cannot sing. All the voice coaches in the world and all the practice would not make him an opera singer. It is not an attitude problem; it's a competence problem.

Cannot Change the Facts. Facts are facts. You can have a terrific attitude yet if you are 5' you'll never be a center in the NBA. As Maya Angelou said: “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”

Cannot Substitute for Personal Growth. With just a few words, Bruce Springsteen said it perfectly: “A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.”

Now that you know a few of the things attitude cannot do for you, let's talk about what it can do. Your Attitude:

Makes a Difference in Your Approach to Life. This is the flip of an oft heard phrase. Think “all's well that begins well” rather than “all's well that ends well.” Your attitude going into a project, a game, a relationship or virtually any situation is a determining factor in the outcome. Whether you are talking about Monday morning pep talks or pre-game talks, the purpose is always the same—to lift up, improve people's attitudes.

Makes a Difference in your Relationships with People. Your attitude towards people has a huge impact on your relationship skills. If people consistently have a difficult time with others or continually experience failed relationships, it's almost always an attitude issue. They need to look at their attitude towards others.

Makes a Difference in How you Face Challenges. When you read the many and varied success stories of triumph over adversity, you realize that the common denominator is how those people responded to the challenge. Their successes were not a matter of background, education, ability, wealth or connections, rather it was their attitudes that caused them to persist when others would quit.

In closing I will give you a few lines from Chuck Swindoll who wrote the great piece The Power of Attitude:

“The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past . . . . We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude . . . . I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it, and so it is with you . . . . We are in charge of our attitudes.”

Isn't that great news?

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