Build a Successful Team - Goal Setting |
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By: Diane Chester Posted: 2007-05-31 11:00:59 |
| Take two MLM teams and put them side by side. All things seem to be equal. They both have a great upline leader. They both have effective tools at their disposal. They have both been trained equally as well. And yet Team A is flourishing while Team B is faltering. Now, although these are two ficticious teams and a purely hypothetical example...it is very true of MLM downlines. So what separates the two?Time and time again it is drilled into those who listen to success tapes or follow the teachings of business experts. It is the one common factor in those who have made millions in any field. It is goal setting.I am going to leave the hypothetical world behind for a moment and talk about my own life. I have been out of the MLM business for about 15 years and decided to get back into it. I love the industry and think it has a lot to offer. So I signed on with a company who had all the right elements and I went to work. It wasn't long after that I called it quits. I just couldn't get ahead. I drove myself nuts thinking "why?". Why was I not succeeding? Why was I not building a good team? Why was I not more motivated? And the reason why was that there was no "why". I had not defined my reasons for wanting to succeed! I had no goals.See, success as defined by me is probably very different than success defined by you. You may see success as making $10,000.00 per month and living on a yacht! I might define success as making an extra $1000.00 per month so that I can stay home with my kids. Everyone's "why" is different. So you need to define what that is for YOU. Not for your upline. Not for the guy on the tape who makes 20,000.00 per month. It has to be YOUR why.What goals do you have for yourself? Sit down and think them through. And, most importantly, write them down. Every one of them. Write as much detail about each one as you possibly can. Then look for pictures! Find a visual for your goal as much as you possibly can. And put them where you can look at them while you work. If one of your goals is to own a brand new Hummer, then find a picture of the one you want and hang it next to your desk. Then, when you get discouraged or you're having a down day, you can look at that picture and remember your "why". If you are a mom and your goal is to be able to stay home with your kids, put a picture of them up so that you can look at those precious faces every time you are tempted to quit. Do you know how powerful that is?So start on those goals. And in my next article I will tackle visualizations.Diane Chester, Success Coach |
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