Don’t let this be you next year! You know, the rep that says they are going to do this and that and this and that. So many well meaning reps inside network marketing get very emotional and declare their brand newresolutions only to be dragging their heals in February. Sound familar? Have you ever stopped to consider what’s going on here? Did you ever think to could this be a pattern of systematic failure occurring? Well, this is exactly what is happening and it is not unique to marketers.

The entire society has been victimized by a excessive and over marketed concept of year-end or “new years’ resolutions” but seldom do they pan out They have everyone wanting to make more money, wanting to lose weight wanting to travel more or perhaps to improve the quality of relationships with their kids or spouses. These are all great desires but 90% are met with dismal results by the spring. The issue here is not bad people but  a bad cylical pattern and one that we are going to expose in this blog. If you want to get off the new years excuses treadmill, off the feel good ferris wheel and finally off the excuse-ridden roller coaster this post is for you or anyone else you feel can benefit. Once and for all we will expose and uncover why the average rep fails to change their new years patterns and how to get the results you actually want.

The reality is that all of our life is built on patterns and while these habits are inherently good, they are as only good as the committments we attach to them. You see just saying to ourselves or to someone else what we plan on doing doesn’t make that event magically happen. Infact if we tell the wrong person we can drive ourselves farther from the goal if there are negative emotions connected to that individual. The first step is to understand committment. In the words of George Zalucki, author of Profiles of a Champion book and audio cd, he defines committment as “Doing the thing you said you’d do long after the feeling you when you said it, has passed.” Ultimately it’s aboiut keeping your word (to you) You see what I have learned from all successul people in life is just that -they keep their word. They preserve their integrity with themself first and above all else. Then this same integirty flows out into every area of their lives. The second thing they do is maintain accountabilty. There is usually another person of extremely high integrity that they get in agreement with so that what they said they will get follwoed up on routinely. Now this isn’t a rigid or restrictive routine but one of mutual respect. It’s been seen time and time again that when two person of high integrity enter into an agreement, committments are successfully kept. What are you promising you and to whom have you committed the goal to? Simply put if you want the odds of keeping your resolution to increase dramamtically, share it with a person you feel has a higher committment level than yourself. They will hold you accoutable and your new years goal will actually become a real solution rather than just a resolution. You’re 50% on your way to seeing results, but there is yet a few more steps to mention. Here are three key disciplines all committed and high intergity marketers pattern. They are refered to as 3 P’s of success.

1. Prepare Someone once said preparation is 70% of the all success and I agree with them. In our business that is making a list or establising our inventory. The prospects on your list are actually your proprietary inventory based on the established relationships you have with them. Tip: This is a powerful concept the rich know and utilize to develop wealth and leaders over the centuries. If you are not prepared and do not know where you are or what you have to begin with, then you automatically set yourself up for failure. This limits your potential for impact and worst erodes your own self confidence, neither of which is good. So get prepared by writing down every potential lead, client ot prospect. Think about this and you’ll write more names down. What if your would be paid $100 dollars for every name you could just write down? Now you’re not pre-judging but just accumulating inventory. See how different you’re thinking now…

2. Present No one can ever join you in business if they don’t know what or who or more importantly why they are joinging. By accurately and effectively presenting the information they will come to see what you have seen and understand. How do you do this? One simple way is you use our calendar and you book it. If you are not disciplined then just let your calendar do this for you. An empty calendar doesn’t lie and if you fill up the boxes in your day-timer, you’ll fill up your bank account in time. Further, many of these prospects will come to meet some of the top leaders, trainers and mentors you have been able to access in your life. And all success hinges on power relationships when you really boil it down. How many leaders and coaches do the prospects you plan on presenting your business to in 2012 actually have access to? Can you see now that you do have something even great to present to them other than just the numbers?

3. Persist This last “P” is ever so critical as it brings together the previous two. You see creativity is no good without consistency and all the preparation and presenting is void if you never stay steady at it. I have seen many well prepared and polished people, fail becasue they just never stayed the course and this brings us back to point on integrity. Keeping your word helps keep you steady and consistent. Statistics shows the average network marketer experiences exponential income growth, team duplication and product sales in the 2nd to 3rd year of their business. But sadly this is also where most reps forfeit and sabotoge massive fortunes becasue they simply walk away, let go or quit. Here is axiom never to forget. Any farmer who sews seed and then leaves the farm loses twice. Once because he loses his harvest, but two because someoe else who stayed on that farm gets his crops. Isn’t it silly to miss out on what out on what you worked for in the first place? Truth is the guy or gal that just stays steady with a nice consistent work ehtic (and positive attitude) will always triumph and surpass the well-intentioned individuals who just never start or remain engaged. Always rememebr Prepare. Present, but never forget to persist.

I hope after reading this you are better prepared for 2012 and you’ll no longer be a victim in cyclical behaviour pattern making resolutions you’ll never realize. Cease from being a pawn of the marketing ploys of resolutions becasue they never work. Instead by making real soluitons with the 3 P’s and getting some help from high integrity people, your entire year will be the best year yet. Now it can really be a Happy New Year

Erwin & Eva Mcken
5Star Leaders