Attraction Marketing Leadership

Leadership Characteristic????

Are you a heavy hitter in your network marketing business or is this something that you strive to be?  At first glance, one might think this is what the business is all about and a Leadership Characteristic one must have.

If you believe this to be true, I challenge you to keep your mind open and consider the alternative.

It is very understandable why you may feel you need to be a heavy hitter in the business based on your personal experiences with the industry.  It may have been how you were approached (or should I say attacked!) by someone who had the “perfect Opportunity” for you to join.  Maybe you received training that focused all your energy on overcoming objections, closing the deal and so on. I personally felt like a failure because I could not bring myself to do these things.

Heavy Hitters focus on outcomes and numbers.  So what’s wrong with that you may ask? Obviously you want to earn money and create a better life for yourself.  There is nothing wrong with that!  At the risk of sounding a bit cliche  - you need to consider the journey itself and how you get there.

If you are building a business, do you want to build one with someone who views you as another notch in the belt?  Someone who’s primary interest is the bottom line?  Do you think they have your best interest at heart? If you treat others like that – do you think they will want to work with you?

If you truly want success in building your network marketing business, you will want to forget about looking at each prospect as a stepping stone to building your own business.  I have learned that you really need to focus on building people period!

I used to believe that in order to be a success, I needed to convince people to join my opportunity and buy my products.  I was taught things that made me feel like I was being manipulative. It was not really my nature to do so but I felt that it was just a matter of going outside of my comfort zone.  Needless to say I did not get very far.

I was fortunate enough to come across great mentors and resources which taught me that my focus should be on building people.  Much more my style.

Think about it – if you place your focus on helping others, they will experience success.  Your return will be so much greater than what you put in.  It will be so much more enjoyable.  You will develop positive relationships.

So you decide – do you want to have a business with relationships focusing on building people, or are you interested in keeping a tally of how many people are on your list, how many people who have joined or how much money you earned?

If you are interested in building relationships, developing solid leadership characteristics, and learning more about this approach, please download this free book called Success in Ten Steps.  It is not an affiliate program and it is packed with useful information.

Partners in Success!

Cheryl