First a little background – I'm a web developer or programmer or whatever they call the people who create the stuff you use every day to get your job done and get on with your life – my official title is "consultant". My job requires sometimes making a size 6 shoe fit a size 10 foot, what I mean by that is that clients will purchase a piece of software and then expect me to make it do things that it was not intended to do. And that's OK, as one of my project managers puts it "That's why they're paying us". As you can imagine, I sometimes find myself gnawing on the problem of how to get that big foot into that little shoe for days on end – you get the toes to fit and the heel pops out, heels are in but the big toe pokes a hole in the front, you know what I mean.
In addition to my day job, I am a serial entrepreneur who is currently trying to grow her handmade items business. Handmade requires energy and clarity – these hats and bags and capes and shawls just ain't going to crochet themselves!
Enough about me, let's talk about what Xyng has done for me (sorta stole that one from Beaches-:). I've been working on a project for the past month, that just seems to be my Waterloo, none of the features have ever been implemented before and everything that could go wrong etc etc. Yesterday I was found myself so close to the finish line, just one last little issue to tackle and I'd be done. I just knew I could fix it by lunchtime and move on to something else; unfortunately, lunchtime came and went and I was still stuck. I was so frustrated I screamed at my project manager and then – frustrated and embarrassed – I went out to the bathroom and had a little cry. Well of course that didn't help, by 2:30 I was no closer to a solution and I was falling asleep sitting up!
I hated to take a Xyng so late in the day because of that hours long burst of energy thing, but felt that I had no choice. By 2:45 the Xyng had kicked in and …holy crap, how did I miss that?!? I found my problem, fixed it, tested it three ways from Sunday and was on my way home by 3:40.
Now this has happened to me before, I take a Xyng, I get a lot of energy and I get stuff done (it really powers up my workouts and turns me into a one-woman house cleaning machine!). But it wasn't until yesterday that I put two and two together and realized that it wasn't an anomaly and that Xyng really does clear the fog out of my brain and helps me to find solutions too!
So there is my little Xyng testimonial, but more than that, it's just me telling you that if you've got things that need doing, you probably ought to give Xyng a try. My hubby the Woodchuck will be happy to send you a free sample, just email him at cni5star@gmail.com and tell him I sent you.
Have you ever wondered why two people who are given the same opportunity, the same leadership, the same financial and personal situation, access to the same knowledge, do not achieve the same level of success? Given that two people can have the same training and the same level of commitment – why does one end up as a top earner, while the other flounders and maybe even quits the business?
Are succesful network marketers just natural born leaders? Maybe some of them are, I am sure that that natural born leaders exist in MLM to the same extent and in the same proportion that they exist in the rest of the world. But what I really think is that to be a successful entrepreneur (and that's the mindset that you must have if you are in MLM) you have got to cultivate leadership in yourself and your team. I've heard people say that to be successful you have to go out and find some leaders, I disagree, I think that you have to find some people who are interested in being leaders.
So once you have found a couple of good people, what's next? Well when I first started in network marketing I thought that I should coddle people, show them everything I know, hold their hands and guide them through the training , help them to build their team- man, imagine my level of pisstivity (no that's not a word but it does explain that feeling) when people that I spent hours each day training and assisting would just quit without a word. Here today bugging the crap outta me and then gone, baby, gone.
Well that wasn't a good strategy. So what about if I just bring people into the business, point them to the training site and give them my number in case they have questions? Unfortunately, that only works for the "motivated self-starter", everyone else feels isolated , on their own, and a little bit taken in (meaning they're just another notch on your lipstick case).
They struggled – not one single overnight success in the bunch. They went through some things.
They came to believe in self development – they read a lot, go to seminars, and listen to books on tape/cd.
They persisted – they went through some things but kept going anyway.
Bottom line is that the bald eagle may have it right, the parents do everything for their young initially, but then they leave them to fend for themselves. I think that those members of your team who survive the "fend for yourself " stage of their development, will become your leaders. And those who whine about a lack of support from their upline will never find that " secret door to success".
What do you think? Are leaders born or made? How do you create leaders in your organization?
What is a Funded Proposal & Why Should You Care?
One of the ways to make money online is teaching a skill to others – from how to write a business plan to how to attract prospects to your opportunity, knowledge products are big business. This video discusses what a funded proposal is and why you as a marketer should drop what you are doing right now and get on this train. Watch the video and leave me your thoughts!