November 8, 2007
A map of the network marketing business
Though the map scares the living daylights out of me,
I still took the first step…
Recently, I was supposed to drive from Singapore
(my hometown) to Penang (in Malaysia) some 700
kilometers (437 miles) away to meet a few prospects.
On that morning, I took out my Malaysia map and
opened it. One glance at it … and I immediately got a
horrifying feeling in the pit of my stomach - I had to
drive 10 to 12 hours all by myself!
Frankly, I felt like going on a coach or even hop on a
plane instead and forget about driving at the point
in time!
(But the thought that I’ll lose the convenience of
having a car to drive around while I’m in Malaysia
puts me off and kept me going.)
So far, I’m already very used to driving half that
distance, from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (in
Malaysia) about 350 kilometers (218 miles). That’s
perfectly manageable now in around 4 hours but
absolutely NOT double that distance!!
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*** Another ‘milestone’ for me ***
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However, I was glad I completed a few half and
full marathons in the earlier years of my life. All I
did was draw from that past successful experience
- to put one foot in front of the other and keep on
going! So, by remembering those empowering
memories, I took the first step: loaded my luggage
into the trunk of the car and started driving off …
In less than 10 hours, I finally arrived Penang and
then relaxing in the comfort of the hotel room. Yet
another milestone in my life 
And I realized that in network marketing, it’s
exactly the same!
Did you know that you already have a map?
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*** Our Network Marketing ‘map’ ***
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In case you’re new, let me describe the network
marketing ‘map’ to you:
1) The network marketing INDUSTRY is already
more than 50 years old and many millionaires and
even billionaires have been created! That shows
that network marketing is real and it’s possible to
achieve the lifestyle we want through this industry.
2) The COMPENSATION PLAN is usually an
extremely powerful pay plan due to its multi-level
nature. I absolutely love the potential that every
of my downline sponsor another few downlines,
creating an exponential growth effect for me.
If you have caught the vision of network marketing
- it’s more than just owning one MacDonald franchise
- you’re like the MacDosnald’s franchise owner
who started many years ago and now owning tens
of thousands of franchises around the world and
collecting a franchise fee every month … and you
have exactly the same kind of leverage in
network marketing!!
3) The PRODUCTS are awesome, especially in the
case of Success University! This morning, I was just
going through a CD that the company sent to me.
It’s so convenient. I don’t have go out and look for
personal development resources unless I want to.
Personal development is at hand to help us grow
into a person we had to become in order to succeed
now that we have a regular dose of both offline
newsletter, CDs & DVDs and online audio and video
learning courses.
4) The SYSTEM is in place for us - we can share this
business opportunity both online (thru Internet
marketing skills) as well as offline (by sharing with
our family and friends) - to share something good
and succeed by helping others succeed.
It will typically take 2 to 5 years to build a large
enough passive income to allow us to be financially
independent.
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*** If you follow the ‘map’ ***
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By following the above ‘map’, it’s not a question of
whether or not you’ll get there. It’s just like me
looking at the Malaysia map. Never at one moment
did I doubt if I could get to Penang. That’s for sure
because I’m holding a map that is well-charted!
I can’t go wrong by following this map. However,
I know that I can only get there in that 10 to 12 hours,
not 1 to 2 hours. With that right expectation in mind,
all I had to do is to keep driving, take short breaks
in between and continue to drive on towards my
destination after I have rested…
Now that you are fully aware that you have a network
marketing ‘map’, all you need to do is to follow this
map.
But you also now know that we need 2 to 5 years and
can’t get there in 2 to 5 months!
And all you need to do is simply … keep moving
forward everyday and engage yourself in activities
that matter such as talking to prospects, answering
their questions, motivating your downline, building
resources to help them.
In fact, I just recorded an audio for my downlines
this morning …
When people asked me what I do in this business to
succeed, I told them the same - I work on my business
everyday to keep moving forward. Right now, it’s
raining extremely heavily outside where I’m sitting at
Heritage Hotel in Penang. And once the rain subsides,
I will head on to KL to meet more prospects there in
the next few days.
