I will have a question for you. Have you ever quit something before you have even started? Chances are you probably have. Are you building a network marketing business currently? If you will closely in your organization, how many people are sticking with it? How many people are quitting? How many people are taking action? It amazes me that the numbers of people that take action are very, very slim. It's just the reality of the world, not just in network marketing, but across the world. 98% of people are not making it happen from themselves, whether it be in network marketing or anything else. But here is the thing that drives me crazy, the people would quit something before they even tried it. The reality is and all MLM leaders must know this that in the industry of network marketing, this is not a get rich quick scheme at all. And the people who think that dive in and have some expectations happening in the first two weeks or first two months and it doesn't happen, they quit.
This is a business of not getting rich overnight. It is getting filthy rich over a long period of time. So from 12 to 36 months, you can actually alter your entire income. As a successful MLM leader, you can alter your entire future. That is not a lot of time. Let's just say 3 to 5 years, you can really start to make some serious money if you stay committed, if you don't quit. Three to five years is nothing to build a residual income. People are working 40 hours a week for their entire life and they retire by 60 with nothing. I am talking about 3 to 5 years to build a residual income that will pay for the rest of your life and people can't commit to that? It blows my mind.
Now, I had to come through this. I am not going to lie but it really bothered me. In building my team, I had an expectation that everybody will go on to have success and I had to come to terms that only a certain number of people will take action and move in the direction of their dreams. As sad is that is, it's something all MLM leaders must have to accept. Because we cannot make people make it happen. We can just show them the path, show them the opportunity, give them the tools, and if they choose not to run, we have to let them go. I had to work on that big time. I let it stop me. I have no problems signing people up, no problem talking to people, no problem on recruiting. But if I bring a bunch of people in my business, and I am watching a lot of them not having success, that really, really bothers me. What's made a difference for me was that all the leaders I talked to up there said the same thing. You have to let it go. You have to keep moving forward. It's just the nature of the game, the nature of the human being. As sad as it is, it's just how it is.
At the end of the day, everyone, not only the MLM leaders, what we all have to do is to look at ourselves, look at what it is going to drive you, what is it that will keep you in the game for the long run, because this is not a sprint. It's a marathon. What is it that will keep you on the game? What is your why? What is your drive? What is your passion? You've got to be clear about that.
This is a business of not getting rich overnight. It is getting filthy rich over a long period of time. So from 12 to 36 months, you can actually alter your entire income. As a successful MLM leader, you can alter your entire future. That is not a lot of time. Let's just say 3 to 5 years, you can really start to make some serious money if you stay committed, if you don't quit. Three to five years is nothing to build a residual income. People are working 40 hours a week for their entire life and they retire by 60 with nothing. I am talking about 3 to 5 years to build a residual income that will pay for the rest of your life and people can't commit to that? It blows my mind.
Now, I had to come through this. I am not going to lie but it really bothered me. In building my team, I had an expectation that everybody will go on to have success and I had to come to terms that only a certain number of people will take action and move in the direction of their dreams. As sad is that is, it's something all MLM leaders must have to accept. Because we cannot make people make it happen. We can just show them the path, show them the opportunity, give them the tools, and if they choose not to run, we have to let them go. I had to work on that big time. I let it stop me. I have no problems signing people up, no problem talking to people, no problem on recruiting. But if I bring a bunch of people in my business, and I am watching a lot of them not having success, that really, really bothers me. What's made a difference for me was that all the leaders I talked to up there said the same thing. You have to let it go. You have to keep moving forward. It's just the nature of the game, the nature of the human being. As sad as it is, it's just how it is.
At the end of the day, everyone, not only the MLM leaders, what we all have to do is to look at ourselves, look at what it is going to drive you, what is it that will keep you in the game for the long run, because this is not a sprint. It's a marathon. What is it that will keep you on the game? What is your why? What is your drive? What is your passion? You've got to be clear about that.