Network marketing (or MLM) is a swinging door. You can come in easily and also, you can exit easily.
As it is easy to come in, a lot of people come in, but they are mostly in for the wrong reasons.
People come in because they are just curious.
People come in because they want to try their luck. Like buying a lottery ticket. Some people might just think that all they need to do is to get the first positions in the queue and wait for things to happen.
People come in because they feel that they can quickly “grab heads”. Selling is not an issue and they have a good network.
People come in because they just “give face” to their friends or clients.
People come in because they simply have nothing to do …..
These are all the wrong reasons! Can you recall any substantial accomplishment resulted from such “hanging loose” mentality?
What would make it work? Very simply two things:
a/ acknowledge the value of this business to you, and
b/ apply the success formula: apply the right method and be persistent with it.
The value of network marketing (or MLM), or any other passive income choices for that matter, is to offer to you a choice of the next degree of freedom, the chance to realize your dreams, and a means to an end, to the very things that you are passionate about, and to all the things that you know you would not be able to accomplish on your current endeavors.
The notion of passive income (or residual income as it is sometimes called) needs no convincing. People see the benefits of continuous income stream(s) without having to work all the time. The idea of “having money coming in whilst you are sleeping” sounds even sweeter.
People see the benefit of having a “spare tyre”. Likewise, people see the benefit of growing fruit trees alongside their vegetable patches.
People see the benefit of having a pipeline instead of endlessly carrying buckets. “One day, I will be free.”
If you can identify and acknowledge the true value of these things to you, make a decision and go with it. Ride in the simple spirit of the child. Work in the company of like-minded people. Have faith and follow the steps. Sooner than you think, you would be able to taste the sweetness of success.
We are given one life. Would we settle for mediocrity?
Live Life, Junius.
p.s. Let’s quietly accept the fact that it is human nature that most would not change until catastrophe or crisis hits the door. These people have cemented in this mind that certain things are not for them. The Farari or the Lambogini is not for them. The freedom to wake up anytime of the day without an alarm clock, the freedom to spend as much time with the kids in their upbringing, the freedom to live like a child is not for them. These people would not even look for the swinging door.
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We often hear people say “think out of the box”? What exactly does it mean?
I would say that the box could be our comfort zone. The Wikipedia defines comfort zone as the environments and behaviours with which one is comfortable, without creating a sense of risk. With this definition, an analogy that vividly comes to mind is the one about the frog. The poor thing sits comfortably inside a jar of water, not knowing that it is on a simmering fire and is gradually (unaware by itself) boiled to death. People say the biggest danger is the lack of a sense of danger. How true it is!
I would also describe the box as the box of conformity. Human civilization has gone through different eras of transformation, from the agricultural state, to industrialization, to the computer age, and now the information highway. For most things, we know that we simply cannot apply the same principles from our ancestors and make it work at this time and age. We need to change.
I remember some interesting questions from a brain-power workshop I attended some time ago. For instance:
“Who would win the race, the rabbit or the tortoise?” (Would you like to think of your answer first before reading on?)
I don’t know your answer, but almost all the people on the floor (including myself) said,” the tortoise!”
We were right if we were asked about the forever told story of the Rabbit and the Tortoise. Why on earth would we think that the tortoise could run faster than the rabbit if not because of that story you and I have heard over a hundred times? This is a good case of conformity, isn’t it?
Now, what about “1+1 =?” 
Live Life, Junius.
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Video: Virgin Galactic First Space Tourists — Let the Journey Begin.
America has made history by having their first ever African American president. Not too long ago, China has their first astronauts walking in space. And, towards the end of the decade, we might be witnessing the first commercially run space flight for a journey of 2 and a half hours to the edge of space.
On the gloomy side of things, the world is overshadowed by the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression in 1929. A lot is still in the unknown.
This is the era we live, a time of creation, greatness, volatility, and uncertainties.
Nobody doubts the world is changing. However, as much as we acknowledge that change is a constant, we still find ourselves at times caught off guarded by the speed that changes happened, and the magnitude that happened. Not too long ago, we have seen the big jump in petrol prices and the chained effects on the daily food and commodities. If you are traveling using A$, what would you feel finding that the dollar shed 20% so suddenly out of nowhere?
As much as we acknowledge the presence of a bigger “uncertainty” factor, we never seem to have aptly prepared ourselves for the natural disaster or man-made crises (or are they synonymous?) like the SARS epidemic in 2003, Sichuan Earthquake in China, and the Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar earlier this year.
In a sea of change, if we are not changing, we will be left behind.
I think the best policy is to embrace change, be part of the change, and even get ahead of it. Nevertheless, I think we should engage in better knowledge and awareness. Through learning, we can enhance our alertness to the changing environment and be more at ease with circumstances.
Live Life, Junius.
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I had the privilege of listening to a speech by Arthur Yap of Penang over the weekend and since then the word Change has been ringing over my mind. “Change! Change! Change! Change, la….”, he said. Now this seed of Change is growing inside my head, thanks to Arthur. By the way, I thoroughly enjoyed his speech, his passion and humour, though sometimes I don’t understand the parts in Bahasa Malaysia.
Change is a powerful word, no question about it. For decades, the word “Think” has been dominating the business world, to the credit of IBM’s successful branding, which is equally empowering. However, if I have to choose one now, I would prefer Change because it implies action.
I don’t know if you would agree with me on this one. Sometimes, we’re sort of getting to a state where we feel comfortable and lose the impetus to run the extra miles. At this stage, things generally come to a plateau, not going down but not going up either. The mind might be on holiday. And, suddenly we find something which we can focus and take on new heights. I think this time I have found it.
It is not just Change. It is Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, la…..
It is interesting how the mindset can so easily be tuned (if you want it to) and start to show in the ways you do things. Because of the word, I have in so many times, deliberately chosen to do things differently and the feeling is nice. I know that I am the reason for what I become.
If you are in the kind of plateau I describe, or the mind about to finish its holiday, why not try this word. Say it so many times to yourself, say it out loudly, in front of the mirror or what, and see if it works.
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