Get Attached to the Process

Building a network marketing business is pretty cut and dry. You show, they decide, some get involved (with the product, the business or both), they show and it starts all over again. If we were all robots working day in and day out, success would be a given.

Unfortunately, it's not that easy. We are human beings and the real variable in our journey to success revolves around emotional issues; the most important being rejection. Nos have claimed more would be successful network marketers than anything else. The fear of rejection can and does paralyze people. It contributes to procrastination, forces people to lie about their activity and postpone their dreams.

How big a part the emotional issues play in our journey depends on how much baggage we bring with us when we start our network marketing business.

That's why, in this industry, both time and effort is devoted to personal development with a major focus on ways to increase our self-esteem and self-confidence.

In the process of building a network marketing business, there are two areas where the likelihood of rejection tends to run very high. They are:

• The invitation to see the business 2. The decision to get in the business.

There is no question that inviting someone to see the business and getting his or her decision to join can create intense anxiety. If you help a new distributor become proficient in these two areas that will give them the confidence and resilience to hang in there and successfully stay the course.

Distributors tend to measure their success based on the results they get in these two areas, so I try to insulate my people from the consequences of rejection the best ways I know by:

• Getting them sold first. Elevating their belief level in the industry and the company to solidify their commitment. This also includes creating their vision and internalizing their goals, so that it's easier to stay on purpose knowing that the direction they're going is the right one for them.
• Increasing their skills so they feel competent. Teach them how to invite, avoid skepticism, present the business, respond to objections, ask for the decision, get someone started and get them trained.
• Making them understand the process and minimizing the psychological effects.

80 percent of recruiting is preparation. Companies don't send their salespeople out on sales calls without preparation. Sports teams do not take on their opponent without a great deal of preparation. Preparation is critical.

Early in my career, I found some ways to personally prepare against the effects of rejection.

First of all, I imagined putting on an invisible suit of psychological armor. Imagine this invisible shield that nothing can penetrate, not bullets, arrows or even nos. You want to feel bulletproof. (And yes, that IS possible. I'll be showing you how soon.)

Second, I began to live by the concept, “Get attached to the process not the results”.

I know that this is a little different from what we are taught in life. After all, Albert Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”.

In life, most of our successes are based on measuring results to confirm that we are on the right course. Sports would be pretty boring without results (and so would life).

What makes it worse, is today's society wants instantaneous results. There are young people who, because of technology, do not know what it is like to wait for information and results. They live in a now world.

Understand, I don't mean you continue to do something that isn't working. I do mean, since the process required in network marketing is pretty standard and many others have succeeded before you, then stay the course. Don't get attached to the answer immediate answer or to being right. Don't get attached to a yes or no.

After all, a yes can mean no if they get involved and do nothing, and a no can mean no for now and yes for later, if you left a good impression.

That's how the mantra next… came about. You know: Some will. Some won't. So what. Next.... It's critical to level your emotions, not allowing yourself to get too excited if they say yes and too depressed if they say no. After all, success is in the show it is not in the yes or no. It's also not in the sell or the sign.

If you have to sell them to get in the business, you will have to sell them to do something.

They will probably do nothing because they didn't get in for the right reasons to begin with. On the other hand if you think that merely signing them into the business is success, you will be sadly disappointed when they do nothing, and trust me... there will be some who do nothing.

Treat your network business like a traditional business. A retail business wants traffic. They don't get hung up on one who says "Yes, I’ll buy" and who says "No". It's the same in real estate. Selling a house is all about traffic. It revolves around the Law of Averages and it's the same in network marketing.

You cannot control who says yes or no, just as you cannot make someone successful, but the sheer numbers will mean that you can be a success anyway, irrelevant of your powers of influence. You just have to show enough people.

The best part is that you can control the number of people you talk to, and if you focus on the numbers, you will end up with enough people signed in your business to take you to the top.

Let me simplify further. There are ratios involving the number of people you talk to and the percentage of that number that actually want to see the business.

Then there are ratios between the number of people you show the business to and the percentage of that number that actually sign in. Finally, there are ratios between the number of people who sign into the business and the percentage of that number that actually do something.

For example, if you have shown the business to 25 people and five have joined you, then your ratio is one in five. If of those five that signed on, one is a real leader, then your ratio is a constant one in five across the board. This means that if you need three leaders in your business to reach the top position, you will need to sponsor 15 and show 75.

Knowledge of the numbers and a willingness to work those numbers will put you in control of your business. No more guess work. You know what to do.

When you understand this completely, you will understand how important it is not to get caught up in the answer of the moment. Just put on your bulletproof armor and proceed with the process.

Success does not have to be elusive. The only difference between you and those at the top is that they have heard— and let go of— more nos. It is all part of the price we pay for success.

But remember, you do have control. You have control of the one and only thing that really matters— YOU. So, get attached to the process not the results Paula Pritchard was pursuing her doctorate degree while teaching at Kent State University when she was introduced to Amway. Out of a million distributors at the time, Paula was the first single woman in the United States to reach the coveted Diamond level. Since Amway, she has risen to the highest possible position and income levels with a number of network marketing companies, building organizations of over 200,000 distributors, in more than 15 countries, producing hundreds of millions of dollars in business. Because of her success, Paula has also consulted with both established and new network marketing companies in both the United States and Europe.

As one of the most consistent top performers in network marketing, Paula has proven and time again that her business building methods work. Her techniques for building large successful organizations have created many successful leaders in the industry and have been well documented in her book Owning Yourself and the CD audio training series “What You Need to Know to Build a Profitable Network Marketing Business.” Today Paula is known worldwide as one of the top network marketers, trainers and leadership developers. Additional information is available on her website MLMMadeSimple.com AUDIO COACHING | RECRUITING | TRAINING | SKILLS Recruiting There are two parts to successful recruiting, Paula teaches, Preparation and Process. Process is all about the techniques, and preparation is responsible for 80 percent of your success. by Paula Pritchard approximately one hour downloadable MP3 This audio program is taken from a teleconference training call Paula made recently and it's classic Ms. Pritchard. First and foremost, she's a teacher by trade and calling. Second, Paula is one of THE most successful field leaders in the history of the industry. A pro's pro, she offers only been there done that proven experience.

On this program she drills down into the facts of business-building: How there are only two things you will ever do— Show the business and show the product, and she says, "Success is in the show. Not in the sign". Paula covers inner and outer tools and techniques, including how to create a bulletproof attitude, the necessity of having a powerful, compelling vision and the proper mindset, how to determine their 'wants", the direct and indirect approach and a series of scripts you can use to get make solid invitations all the way to the close.

Please go and read the REVIEW & RECOMMENDATION of Paula and her partner Kathy Robbins' CD training package What You Need to Know to Build a Profitable Network Marketing Business in the Second Issue, November 2005.

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