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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