I was talking to one of my upline sponsors via Instant Message, so much for the, “I live a thousand miles away!” excuse, about helping people.  And being that I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed when it comes to some things, I asked her a question about helping without an agenda.  I mean isn’t ‘helping’ in and of itself an agenda?  Of course, I would freely admit that I have a tendency to over-think things too-but that’s another topic for another day.  So she gives me the example of what would I do if someone were about to be hit by a bus?  That’s easy right, a virtual no-brainer.  I told her I would yell or get them out of the way of the bus, wouldn’t you?  So it finally started to sink in, no agenda.

So this leads me to the obvious question of someone, like myself, who was being dragged under the bus by a company whose management doesn’t even know how to spell M-L-M.  For example, here’s how the training went…

1. Make a list of friends and family

2. Make a list of the most successful people you know

3. Make a list of the people you are afraid to speak to about the business

Now, I know-I’ll wait for the side splitting laughter to die down before I continue.  What, that wasn’t funny?  You mean you heard something similar to this in your training?  Guess what?  That’s not training, that’s what they call ‘leading with the chin.’  That’s definitely a way to alienate yourself from friends and family and while that may be a good thing, usually it is not.  So, did I succeed in my first MLM opportunity? No.  That was way back in August of 2008, I am so very fortunate that I saved myself years of failure and frustration in this wonderful industry by finding what I call My Loving Family.

Now that first company cost me some time, money, and loads of frustration but it also served as a valuable experience.  It helped me understand how valuable a team of professional network marketers can be to someone like me who wants a lifetime of residual income.  Not only do I not want to struggle and alienate myself from family, I don’t want to be drug under the bus by every ‘Heavy Hitter’ in the industry.  You know that I’ve called almost every single person in my upline genealogy and they actually call back and help me to succeed right where I’m at in the process.  My team cares enough about the relationship they have with me that they will tell me the truth as well as point me in the right direction to become a professional in the industry.

Our industry is amazing and many traditional companies are investigating how to restructure to lower costs in these exciting times.  What they will have to keep in mind is that the quality of the relationship with their distributors will ultimately determine their success. I say these are exciting times because as Jim Rhon once said, “After recession comes expansion-not to think so is naive.”  I have been naive about network marketing in the past but I know now that with My Loving Family, I have all the tools necessary to succeed.  Day by day, in every way, I awaken to a new world of limitless possibilities for service and inspiration; sharing this energy with all the wonderful people I meet.  It is a pleasure to say, when asked what I do for a living, that I help people.  I mean, how cool is that?  I have been helped over the years by some of the very best people I’ve ever even heard about.  And they did it without an agenda, they helped me because they had been under that same bus.  There was a time I just needed someone to give me the right words like, “please stop the bus,” and “help people with the right agenda.”  What time is it for you?