Sunday is spiritual day.
How often have you heard “Failure is not an option” from folks trying to motivate you or motivate themselves?
How much time and money have you spent on events, trainings, leads, and motivational seminars, because you believed that failure is not an option? And you were told just buy more leads, attend more events and talk to more people?
Well, failure may be a good thing – if it forces you to try new and different ways of doing your business. Like changing your scripts, or going after different kinds of people. And no longer going after everyone who can fog a mirror. You may even find something that doesn’t depress you and that you can enjoy doing.
Moral: Don’t confuse failure using certain methods you’ve been taught to use with failure doing the business. Nothing works the same for everyone. I loved cold market. My sponsor did only warm market. We were both super successful.
So let failure be an option – for the things you’ve tried so far that didn’t work for you. That’s what Edison did. He failed 1,000 times before he discovered the light bulb.
Here’s a C.V. of persistent failure I’ve always taken inspiration from…
PORTRAIT OF A “LOSER”:
Failed in Business – Bankruptcy, 1831
Defeated for Legislature, 1832
Sweetheart/Fiancee dies, 1835
Nervous Breakdown, 1836
Defeated in Election, 1836
Defeated for U.S. Congress, 1843
Defeated again for U.S. Congress, 1846
Defeated once again for U.S. Congress, 1848
Defeated for U.S. Senate, 1855
Defeated for U.S. Vice President, 1856
Defeated again for U.S. Senate, 1858
Elected President of the USA, 1860
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
“You cannot fail… unless you quit!”
(PS: I understood the successful light globe was experiment #10,000.)
John
http://www.MasterYourFEAR.com
I couldn’t agree more! The word “duplication” has been erased from my mentoring vocabulary to downline. You must be authentic and true to yourself.
Doing the business the “old way” and spending far, far too much on leads and travel expenses for meetings created huge credit card debt — not the huge team and solid customer base that was promised if I “did what the successful upline before me had done”. I was tired of defending my actions and the company that I love to my family.
There’s nothing wrong with my company — the products and marketing plan are wonderful. I just needed to learn to put the hype aside and re-learn to speak from my heart.
Is it hard to break that mold? Absolutely! Admitting failure with the old methodology was very difficult — I felt like a loser — but now I’m free to create success.
Thank you Kim for the New Network Marketing School and for all of your mentoring avenues. Those of us who want to do it the right way appreciate you so very much.