Online MLM Success is Not an If or a When … It Just Is

If you feel burdened by your lack of success in your online MLM endeavors, perhaps you’ll take heart in this adage:

“Online MLM success isn’t an ‘if’ or a ‘when,’ it just is.”

In other words, online MLM success is pretty much inevitable for anyone who truly applies intelligent effort to build their business. So success isn’t an “if I make it” proposition. Always do your business knowing that you will reach your goals. A lot of MLMers get this and take heart in this.

Then there’s the ‘when’ part of the equation, as in, “When are you going to move up to the next level in the compensation plan?” or “When are you going to sign up your first business partner?” or “When are you going to make your first online product sale?”

In my experience, the “when” questions are the ones that drive even experienced MLMers around the bend, never mind the newbies. Living in a Type-A culture and listening to motivational webinars, teleconferences, and live speakers all the time can tend to make us feel like we are not accomplishing enough soon enough.

My answer to that? Just slap your hands over your ears and ignore everyone. MLM success, and especially online MLM success, happens when it happens. You can’t pick a date on a calendar and “make” it happen. It doesn’t work like that.

Basically, if and until you have been consistently working your online MLM business for five years (yup, I said five), don’t give up hope if you haven’t reached the top level of your company, or even the next level in the compensation plan. It’s not a “when” kind of thing. Just keep your head down at the computer, keep doing what you’re doing, and ignore EVERYONE else who might naysay you.

An Example That Might Help
Because online MLM success isn’t really a “when” kind of thing, looking out into the future can feel a little discouraging. So here’s an example that might help. Many years ago, a friend of mine was at a local distributor meeting for his MLM. It was one of those motivational “rah-rah” gatherings, which he was not fond of but attended out of loyalty to his group.

At this meeting, they went around the room and each person announced their goal and when they planned to achieve their goal. When they got to my friend, he said, “I’m going to reach the top title in the company.” Everyone waited expectantly for him to say more, to announce when he was going to achieve that title. The silence grew long. Then it became awkward. Finally it became downright uncomfortable.

His sponsor finally stepped in asked, “When are you going to achieve that title?” My friend, who has always been quite the maverick, smiled beatifically and said, “When I make it of course!” His sponsored persisted in asking when. My friend persisted in saying, “it will happen when it happens.” Nine months later, my friend hit the top title in the company.

Looking back, he has since said that by not pressuring himself with deadlines but never letting up on his efforts he was able to let himself off the hook and work with great efficiency and productivity. Plus, being able to play the maverick at a meeting full of “play by the rules” folks pleased him to no end, which gave him extra energy and verve to make it to the top.

So … for all of you out there having “if” and “when” doubts about your online MLM business, I hope this helps. Be selectively deaf to demands of “if” and “when,” and just do what you do. Be happy about what you do, and you’ll amaze yourself sooner than you know!

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