*==============================================* M A S T E R N E T W O R K E R The Art of Building A Business by Professor Lon Lindsey MASTER NETWORKER #31 May 21,1997 *==============================================* INSIDE YOU WILL FIND: "The Art of Building A Business - "Network Marketing: Your Vehicle For Success." The Archive of Master Networker Publications NEW "What's Hot Directory" The lighter side of network marketing - by Marvin Golesch Our weekly one liner. The humorous side. The Master Networker recommended business web page for the week. ================================================== Hello fellow "Master Networker" subscribers! This is number thirty one in the Master Networker series. 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"The Master Networker" will be void of information that will thrust you to a $90,000 income within 90 days or a $15,000 monthly income without doing any work. Why? Because that isn't how networking works. I've been in networking for twelve years, and I have yet to meet anyone who has obtained networking riches without working for it . . .especially $90,000 in ninety days. This series is about the real world of networking. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ********************************************************************** T H E A R T O F B U I L D I N G A B U S I N E S S N E T W O R K M A R K E T I N G: Y O U R V E H I C L E F O R S U C C E S S THE BEST OF OPPORTUNITIES You've been climbing the ladder of success all your life. Welcome to the top. You can forget about the rest because you now have got "the best." Network marketing is the cream of the crop of business and investment opportunities. Start today by making an investment in your future. Network marketing is the wave of the future that's here today. It's the tried and proven way to achieve success, financial security and total independence. Those are extremely high-powered words that deserve serious consideration. After all, what in life is worth more than planning for your retirement; those golden years when everything is supposed to be, could be and hsould be a bed of roses? Take the time now to make plans and take the necessary steps to preserve and guarantee the fragrance of those roses. How sweet it is! Lay the groundwork now; cultivate your thoughts and ideas and turn them into a planned program for "the Garden of Eden" of your retirement years. THE INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS It takes time to plan, plant, cultivate, fertilize, water and, perhaps, to even replant your garden and then to start all over again. It all takes time. Rome wasn't built in a day and a garden won't produce fruit and vegetables in just a week or two. Likewise, a business cannot be conceived, planned, promoted, developed, and "grow" in just a matter of a month or two. It all takes time and sometimes alot of time; but what better time is there to start than right now while you are thinking about it. It also takes work to gain and maintain success, financial security and total independence - to become free from want and worry. The question is: Are you willing to work for it? Nothing will ever happen without work and without making it happen. There is no way in the world that someone is just going to hand it all to you on a silver platter; which means you will never ever get anywhere without working. YOU have to be the one to make it happen! Your passion to make it to your goal is what will carry you to success. WORK IS NOT A DIRTY WORD! Is "work" a dirty word; a word that you do not like to hear? If it is a word you would rather not hear, then forget it. Forget all about everything. Forget about all your dreams and desires; otherwise, what you must do, right now, is face reality. Face up to the fact that you will always have to keep right on punching that little old time clock, day after day, right up until the day that you retire. Even after you retire, you might find that you still have a need to keep working and punching a cime clock somewhere. On the other hand, if work is not really a dirty word; if you are not afraid of it, then what is it? Well, we call it a sexy word! A sexy word is a word that faces the facts of life, head on. the word "work" certainly does just that. Therefore, it can be said that the word "work" is, indeed, a sexy word because it does get right to the core of things and says it all. You might not like to hear me admit it, but it is a very real fact of life. You can't live without it. You might try and you might dream about life without working, but that's all that it is, just a dream. It's neither realistic nor can it ever be a reality - unless, of course you win the lottery or inherit a large sum of money. Actually there are two types of work . . .drudgery type work and fun type work. For me, network marketing is "fun" work and that kind of works energizes me. I get up almost every morning looking forward to another day of work because it is "fun" work! THE PRICE OF SUCCESS Now that we have established the fact that the word "work" is not a dirty word, but rather a sexy word, whatever you do, do not let your thinking lead you to believe that the word sexy is a dirty word. If you do, then you are beat, done, whipped, finished, and it's all over but the shouting. the word "sexy" is an exciting word that may even help you to go to work. What you need to do; what you must jdo, is to start thinking positively. Get your thinking cap on straight. Make a list. Put your ideas, dreams and goals down on paper where you can go over them again and again. You must ask yourself, "What am I willing to do to reach those jgoals?" this is where YOU must face, head on, the facts of life. Are you willing to work and even sacrifice to become successful? You are going to have to start out by spending alot of time learning about a business; one that you probably have never heard of before: A network marketing business. Once you have identified the new business in question, that is when the work begins - or should I say - when the fun begins. If you are lucky enough to get yourself into the right frame of mind, you might even be able to transform work into fun. Once you start making money, it gets to be real fun. Here again, we must face reality. It's a long row to hoe, from planting the garden until you are able to eat it's fruit. You must teach yourself and then teach others about your business. You must learn how to put your creative abilities to work. You must teach yourself to be happy, even when you are unhappy. If you fail to do this, you will absolutely face defeat. THE WAY TO SUCCESS Even then, when and if you do face defeat, you must do as Abraham Lincoln did: Overcome and keep coming back; forge ahead and keep right on going. Experience is the best teacher, and there is no substitutej for it. Let your goals be your guide. The reality of it all is that you have dreams and goals that you would like to achieve and accomplish. There are things that you would like to do and places you would like to go. Through working, you are going to have to pay a price for those dreams. Network marketing is a people-helping-people business, but it is not for everyone. Take this simple test: Do you like working with people? If you do, then it may be for you. Do you like to be creative? If you do, then it may be for you. If you like people, enjoy making friends, and believe that making friends would be a nice way of making a living, then network marketing IS for you. At this point, I must remind you that there is no such thing as a quick fix, a free lunch, or something for nothing. Rick Pitino, said "Success is a choice." If you are willing to learn, if you are willing to teach others what you have learned, then you will at least have gone into business with your eyes wide open, and you should not be expecting things to happen that won't. You will know ahead of time that the only way that things are going to happen is if they are made to happen and if you are the one that makes them happen. Remember, you are at the top of your own business. You must learn to depend on NO ONE because, in reality, it's all up to you. THE MEANING OF SUCCESS Someone said, and I agree: "Real success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others that counts." Success is not so much measured by your deeds alone, but rather by the deeds or accomplishments of others whom you have helped. The greatest feeling in the world is one that you get from having made someone else happy. Nothing surpasses the feeling of achievement as much as having contributed to the success of others. ---------------------------------------- It's tought to climb the ladder of success, especially if you're trying to keep you nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, you eye on the ball and your ear to the ground. -Anon_ ------------------------------------------ Success or failure is caused more by mental attitudes than by mental capacities.....therefore Success really IS a choice! Network marketing can be your vehicle to your dreams! Lon Lindsey Master Networker (and still learning) ************************************************************************ How would you like to be the only representative from your business opportunity to be listed in this "What's Hot" Directory. Explode your opportunity by registering and setting up a web page today. 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