Step Up and Take Action

Do not be a sideline observer in your life. Membershipof the advertising for them, making the telephone calls
in Procrastinators Anonymous buys you a ticket tofor them and closing the sales for them. Wait a minute.
NoWheresville.What is wrong with this picture? If the sponsor is going
Normally there are 4 seasons in the year: Spring,to do all of the work, then the sponsor has a right to all
summer, fall and winter. Consider the fact that someof the income. Enthusiasm for a new business
people have created an entirely different seasonbecomes a blame game and whine session when the
which lasts all year long. This new season is calledmoney does not flow into the bank account.
"Freebie" or "Do it for me" or "wait for someone to doNetwork marketing presents a fabulous opportunity to
it for me." Now if you are fortunate enough to be partearn an excellent income with a low start up cost and
of the lucky gene pool and relatives will give you alow overhead, but it does require work. Any
handout, then you are part of the privileged minority.worthwhile business requires work. Every business
99% of the population does not qualify for a free riderequires some learning curve. How long or how difficult
in life.the learning curve depends on each individual. The
Sitting back and waiting for someone else to do it fordrive, determination to succeed, the prior background
you becomes an exercise in frustration and blame.and the current skill sets all influence the length of the
First of all, they will do whatever they choose on theirlearning curve.
time frame. They are fee to not only stop at any timeThe absolutely most important ingredient of success
but they are actually free never to start in the firstrelates to determination to succeed. How hard are you
place. Who do you believe will do a better job ofwilling to work? How badly do you desire success?
designing the life you want, you or someone else?How coachable and trainable are you? What work
Now if you have a bit of a control issue that is aare you willing to do?
problem. Refuse to give someone else total control ofNetwork marketing, or any worthwhile goal, requires
your life. Sugar daddies may be fine for some people,effort. Success never falls in your lap without work.
but life with a sugar daddy comes with steel cableProcrastinators anonymous members, freebie club
attached. Sugar daddy holds the cable and calls themembers and the idle sideline observers are destined
tune. The only way to call your own tune, make yourto failure. The members of the "blame someone else"
own decisions and reap the rewards of success is toclub are equally doomed. Failure is not you sponsor's
do your own work.fault, your parents fault, the economy, the politicians, or
Ouch! That word, work, throws chills up and down theyour circumstances in life. Look in the mirror.
spine of the members of the Freebie group. BeforeSuccess belongs to the person who digs in, learns,
you start shivering uncontrollably, lets ponder a fewworks and persists until the goal is achieved. History
points.abounds with examples of people who lacked
When did you stop standing up on your own twoeducation, who were born into poverty, who suffered
feet? It had to be sometime after you were a baby.numerous defeats on their journey and who
You are walking, right? Did you stop when you startedovercame tremendous odds. The main ingredient in the
to school and found out that the teacher assignedsuccess cake of life is taking action on a consistent
homework? You did graduate from elementary school,and persistent basis. The people who achieve
right? At what point in life did you decide to stoptremendous success in life never sat back and waited
exerting effort?for someone else to do it for them. They took action.
In network marketing there are so many who sign upNo matter what your current circumstances, bar none,
and even purchase a product, but then they sit backif you want success badly enough and are willing to
and expect someone else to do the marketing forwork hard enough and long enough, you will be
them. They expect their sponsor to hold their businesssuccessful. Make 2010 the beginning of your new
hand by setting up the back office for them, writing allsuccessful life.