Are you Selfish? If not, why not?
Ahh when we are in the business of helping others to succeed it’s tough to think that the best way for us to be, is selfish. But I think it is. In fact, I think one of the issues many people in network marketing suffer from is not being selfish enough.
I know it sounds strange. Network Marketing is a helping business and we are all so interconnected. But I see the results of not being selfish enough all the time.
Do you recognize any of these?
- Often working outside of your regular hours because someone else couldn’t (or wouldn’t) make one of the times you offered.
- Calling downline multiple times offering (begging?) to be of service.
- Working with someone over and over again who doesn’t follow through.
- Doing more in someone else’s business than they do so that it gets done.
Not enough selfishness here.
Here’s what I think. The more you ‘bend over backwards’ for someone, the less inclined they will be to take control of their business and do what it takes to make it work. Ultimately their business is doomed because they’re not doing it. But here’s the real scary part…so is your business…doomed.
Don’t let the interconnectedness of network marketing stop you from being “selfish” enough to take care of you. What do you think?
Warmly,
Jillian
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