Energy Vampires. You know the type…you are trapped in a situation with them and you find all your energy draining slowly out of you? Energy Vampires, Negative Nellies — call them whatever you like.  We all have them.  Whether you like it or not you have them too.  Maybe your boss is one.  A co-worker.  Perhaps your sister, your mother, your friend, you neighbor…whoever it is to you, they are there.  You know the type, the complainers, the ones that always see the negative in EVERYTHING in life.  They are, coincidentally, usually the dream-stealers too (but that’s the subject of another article   .  Oh yeah, here’s the most important quality they all share THEY’RE BROKE.    

Well, if you are an Entrepreneur, you require effective leadership strategiesto assist you in your success and quest for wealth….and, sincy you have no intention of being BROKE, keep reading.  You, my friend, are an out-of-the box thinker.  You are light years away in mindset from your Negative Nellie.    However you still have to exist in a world of Negative Nellies.

Since you are on an Entrepreneurial journey, chances are that you are working on your mindset and personal development daily (hint, hint).  If so, you have some tools in your toolbox already!…Awesome!  However, no matter how many tools are in there, when you are in the presence of Negative Nellie for extended periods of time, it can compromise your positive outlook and your energy – even your prosperity if you’re not careful!! 

Here are some strategies to assist you in preventing yourself from being sucked into that negative vortex… 

1.  Either eliminate these people from your life, or if you can’t do that, then shorten the amount of time you spend with them as much as possible.   A statement of the obvious, but it had to be said.

2. Get an iPod.  Seriously, not only can you load it up with personal development audiobooks, but whenever you require a boost back into positive energy land, excuse yourself and put your headphones on for 5, 10 or 15 minutes and re-brainwash yourself.  It works.

3. Enlist a support buddy for help.  Is there another family member or friend who’s with you all the time at these events in which you’re stuck with Negative Nellie?  Someone who’s of a like mind?  Stick with that person.  Create counter strategies (see #4) and work with your buddy to counteract the negative comments.  If your buddy is not with you, call or text them regularly with positive messages and affirmations. 

4.  Make a game of it.  (Can be done with a buddy or solo).  Every time you hear Negative Nellie make a complaint or negative comment, make a positive one.  It doesn’t even have to be about the same subject.   

What this does is two-fold.  Number 1 it changes the tone of the conversation from negative to positive and Number 2 it forces you to find something joyful and positive to focus on.  Remember what you focus on you draw to you.  So, if you focus on Negative Nellie’s negativity, guess what you get more of?   However, if you focus and comment on something positive, you will draw more of that to you.  Bonus:  If there are any others present, you are modeling awesome positive behavior.  That’s powerful.

5.  For couples:  If you are surrounded by a Negative Nellie or two, you can take #4 to the next level.  Try this.  Every time Negative Nellie lodges a complaint or negative comment, show some sign of physical affection toward each other.   This may sound crazy but it’s actually a blast, and a great way to counteract all that negativity.  It actually makes it FUN.  

Can you imagine looking forward to Negative Nellie drone on and on about why life sucks and you actually benefiting from it?  Talk about making lemonade from lemons??!!!…Seriously, this is my favorite trick for passing the time when trapped with Negative Nellies.  Try it!

I hope that assists you in your next family vacation, office party or wherever you are trapped with Negative Nellie the Energy Vampire again!   If you find this helpful or fun, make sure to share it on Facebook and Retweet!

You DESERVE Success!

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…Well, nothing…on the surface.  However, I was home sick the other day…no strength for anything other than laying around in bed and watching movies.  I flipped on “Rocky”.  It’s been a long time since I watched it.  But, no matter how dated certain things are about that film, the message is still the same: Stop at nothing until you achieve your goal.  Become the winner you already know you are inside and no matter what happens, you must get there.

In watching this I had forgotten a key moment that changed his journey (hey, it’s been a long time since I watched it).  When he is first offered the opportunity to fight for the championship, he turns it down.  He says no.  No to a shot at the title.!! Isn’t that what people do every day when they pass by an opportunity at achieving wealth when they say no to your network marketing business?  But here’s the difference, Rocky quickly realized that he had his shot.  And one this big might never come again.  And, like those of us to made a commitment to change our lives with Network Markeitng, he took it. 

That’s us in that boxing ring.  We’re Rocky.  We’re the ones who saw a shot at the title and took it.  We’re the ones who have the chance to achieve everything we desire because we recognized an opportunity and took it!  We ARE Rocky.

This was made even clearer as I watched Rocky get his face bashed in over and over and over again.  At one point during the final world championship fight, after many, many brutal rounds of fighting, he falls.  His own manager is telling him to stay down.  But Rocky, the true winner that he is, scrapes up every ounce of strength he can to pull himself up on the ropes and go back for more.  Inspiring.

Well, inspiring to me…and to anyone else like us who knows they are a winner, a leader inside.  But interesting how the person outside the ring who cares about Rocky very much, told him to quit.  Sure, it was well-meaning, but does that seem at all familiar to you?

Doesn’t this mirror the experience we sometimes have as Network Marketers.  Don’t people outside of our “ring” see us struggling and with all the best intentions, encourage us to quit.  And guess what, 95% of you will  95% of you reading this article right now, will quit when it gets difficult.  95% of you will miss out on the wealth and freedom that Network Marketing has to offer because you quit when it got tough.  And that’s a shame.

Here’s what you need to understand in order to truly achieve success in our business (or ANY business).  It can get tough sometimes.  Challenges happen.  People sign up and quit.  People swear they’ll show up to a meeting and don’t come.  People swear they’ll watch a presentation and never do it.  Stuff happens.  Who cares….

…Because you have a choice.  You can quit when it gets hard and say “this doesn’t work”. …or you can be Rocky.  Pick your sweat-soaked, battered body up off the ring floor, grab onto those ropes and pull yourself up and get back in the G-A-M-E. 

And soon it will be you running up to the top of the Philadelphia steps and dancing around with that great music playing.

You DESERVE Success!

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If you’ve read anything on my blog, you know how important I feel that  M I N D S E T  is when it comes to success.  Actually, I’d even venture so far as to say it’s the MOST important thing when it comes to success.  Success in ANYTHING. 

I always knew that, but last weekend I PROVED IT to myself ….and to everyone I  had the privilege of  being in the room with.  AND, I got my proof on tape!

I had the most profound experience of the mountains I could move with my mind.   Watch this…

You DESERVE Massive Success!

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Okay, in my last article in this series “MLM Success: Part 1 — Chase The Rainbows!”, we talked about Dreams and Goals in MLM and how they should be one and the same. Today I want you to think about your decision to be successful. Yes, that’s right I said YOUR DECISION to be successful. You’ve made your goal and dream one thing, now what are you going to do with them to achieve the MLM success you keep chasing.

When I say decision, what I really mean is a commitment. If you’ve read any of my other articles, you’ll see this is a recurring theme that is infused all all the topics I speak of. You need to make a commitment to be successful. You need to decide. You need to see it, taste, it feel it, smell your success. You need to picture what it looks like in intricate detail.  Let’s start there.

I’d like you to take a few moments and ask yourself what your MLM success looks like.  Let’s start with defining what success means to you.  Is success more leads than you can possibly call?  Is success prospects chasing you instead of vice-versa?  Is success being on the leaderboard of your primary business?  Is success being at the TOP of the leaderboard?  

Maybe success simply just a lot of money — commissions flowing into your account like Niagra Falls?  Maybe it’s more time for yourself?  More time with your family? A summer house?  Any piece of property at all?  Or perhaps success to you is leading others by example.  Teaching others what you’ve learned and watching them achieve MLM success too (that’s one of my personal favorites)?

You see, it really doesn’t matter what the picture is.  You just have to have it clearly defined.  Question:  Are those things I’ve listed clearly detailed pictures of your success?  Answer:  No.  They most certainly are not.  They are the bare bones of your picture. 

So, if MLM success to you means more leads than you can call, then start to paint that picture in intricate detail.   Example…How many leads is that? 50 a day? 100 a day? Pick a number. Are they free leads? Where are these leads coming from? Your article marketing empire? Are they coming from your killer blog? From your social networks? Pay-Per-Click leads? Can you envision yourself with your lead list in your hand calling your prospects and running out of time to speak, but with an enormous list of names and numbers still in front of you?

Now that you have that picture in your head – whatever it may be – I want you to keep it there. See it for a couple of minutes. Play it out. Fill in as many details as you can. NOW, what does it FEEL like when you watch that scene in your head? I imagine it must feel pretty good. Try to put words to those feelings. “I feel powerful” “I feel like a leader” “I feel proud” “I feel awe-inspiring!” …Whatever it is, let those feelings come and just sit there with them and allow yourself the gift of feeling them.

THAT is what you need to conjure in your head every day.  I’d conjure it every morning when you get up, every night before you go to bed.  Sometimes I actually do it even more than that.   When I’ve had an encounter with someone really negative (you know the type), I bring up that image, and it refocuses me on what I’m doing this all for. It puts me back in the zone. And CLICK. I’m back to where I need to be — where it feels good and I’m in charge.  I’m driving back on MLM Success Road and I know EXACTLY where I’m headed.

That’s where you need to be to create the MLM Empire in life that you’ve just created in your mind. Get that picture solid and we’ll move on to Part 3 tomorrow….

Stay tuned for more MLM Success — Part 3… Day-To-Day Strategies to Achieve MLM Success.

MLM Success…sigh. It seems to me that everywhere I go, whether it be on the internet, or in my own day-to-day dealings with people in MLM, that everyone is trying to find that “secret” formula for MLM Success. How on earth do you possibly achieve success in this industry? Sure, it seems like a no brainer – or that’s how many MLMers pitch the idea to their prospects – but is it really that easy? Let’s explore…

Dreamer vs. Goal Setter…or BOTH

I think it’s really important to suss out this important topic before we can get to the meat and potatoes of MLM Success because without dreams/goals, you’re dead in the MLM water.

I had an interesting encounter recently that I want to share with you. There’s a guy I know – he’s not in MLM – but he is looking to achieve success…in the field of sports. Now this guy plays his game of choice every day. He’s relentless. Never does he have a free moment when he’s not playing. He makes it a priority. He does all those things that we all should be doing with our MLM businesses. But here’s the wrong turn I saw him take…

I was so taken with his apparent determination, that I asked him about his game: “So, what’s your goal?”. Well, this confident-appearing man just wilted, and in a sheepish way, said: “Oh, I don’t have a goal with it…yet…Right now it’s only a dream… until I start having some success”. YIKES! Let’s talk about ALL the things wrong with that sentence.

First and foremost, your goal and your dream should be ONE. To achieve MLM success or any success, you need to dream, and dream BIG. You need to make that dream into your goal and don’t stop until you get it. The great motivational speaker, Jeffery Combs, is always talking about how people in his life always tried to give him a “reality check” and told him to “stop chasing rainbows”. How crazy is that? And if he had listened to them, he wouldn’t be the amazing 7-figure speaker, coach and mentor to thousands that he is today. The heck with what others say. CHASE THE RAINBOWS!

What else was wrong with what my friend said? Did you notice the turn of phrase “ONLY a dream”. Look how he belittled his true, passionate desire. ONLY a dream? If you don’t make your dreams and your goals into that one force that drives you, then how can you ever achieve them?

Another bass-ackwards thing my friend did was put the achievement of success BEFORE the goal/dream. He expects to see results without actually setting the goal/dream? Doesn’t that seem a little twisted? First the dream/goal. Then the results. Seems like a no brainer, but so many of us have this mentality. We want proof before we are willing to commit to our dream/goal.

Commitment To Your Dreams

If that’s where your head is at, take this moment to make a commitment to yourself to change your tune right now. Change the script in your head. Make that goal and dream into one item. Write it down. Yes, WRITE it down. It’s very powerful when you see your dream/goal on paper. Say it out loud to someone you trust (preferably someone who’s not be judgmental in nature). Words coming out of your mouth are also powerful. They make the dream/goal REAL.

I bet my friend never realized how much that tiny conversation touched me. I can’t believe how much I learned from it. Wisdom comes from so many unexpected places. Take every opportunity to learn from others and let it propel you to your own MLM Success!

You Deserve Success!

-Amy

Stay Tuned for Part 2 in My MLM Success Series…