I love hanging around the coffee shops. Something about the atmosphere and the overpriced coffee that gives me the inspiration to share what I have been thinking about. I don’t pay $4 for a cup of coffee just in case you wondered, I pay a lot less, but i will tell you about that another time.
Today I was thinking about some things that I feel really need to be said, and things that we all need to understand when working our business, and just in general with life. Many of you know that I have been involved with network marketing for 5 years, and over that period of time I have gone through a major growth run. I found personal development, I learned business practices with what works and what doesn’t work. But one thing I always found was that was hard to swallow, was the:
“My company is better than your company” type attitude.
You see I was in a company for almost 3 years, and I always heard people bashing certain types of companies that sold a particular product. Heck they even did it from stage with thousands of people present. Now at the time I didn’t think much about it because I was driven to succeed in the company. Once I decided to part ways and look elsewhere I realized that that type of mindset was a toxic, and poisonous.
Just becasue you don’t like what someone else does, does not mean you have degrade it, or make it look inferior in any way. This mindset is something that should not be tolerated in the network marketing industry, because when you point fingers at someone, you point 3 back at yourself, and in general it taints the whole industry.
This is a very important lesson in life as well. You see I have gone through drastic changes in my life in the last 6 months. I am working hard to get healthy by exercising and eating better, and I have made changes in my spiritual life as well. As you make changes in life or in business, those that are close to you may not understand why your doing what your doing. They may ridicule you, they may make fun of you, heck they may even stop talking to you. But the question I have to ask you is, are you comfortable with the changes? Do you feel that the decision your making is best for you and your family? Do you feel that it leads you in a direction that will bring abundance in your life? Do you believe that you need to make these changes to grow as a person? You see if you have thought it through, and you are comfortable with your decision, than those that criticize you should have no effect on your confidence. You really should adopt the “I could care less what they think” mindset. You see its their problem, not yours.
The reason I bring this up is because I see so many people make decisions based upon what others think of them. They think, if I do this differntly than what all my friends and family are doing, what will they think of me! My answer is, WHO CARES! Nobody will ever understand you better than yourself, except God of course. But nobody will ever understand every varible in your life that led you to make the choice you have.
You see if you have a dream, if you have a goal in mind of where you want to be, the naysayers will always try to break you down. They will always try to keep you where you are, so that you don’t grow as a person. Now, this is not something they will do conciously, it will happen on their part sub-conciously. They will do it sub-conciously because deep down in their habit patterns they don’t want you to change and leave them behind. Most people fear change, they fear the unknown because they can’t put themselves on a sure footing. Well let me tell you
“You will always fail 100% on the risks you don’t take”
Never be afraid to fail, NEVER! Failing is a way to gauge the fact that you are moving forward. Now you don’t want to make a habit out of failing, but you want to learn from your mistakes and try not to make them again.
I just wanted to make these statments because its important to know that if you are going to be successful, you have to put aside what others think, you have to do whats best for you, and not what others think is best of you. The mark of a true leader is somone that is willing to take risks when others won’t. Don’t ever let the naysayers rain on your parade.
Please post your comments, I really want to hear what you think of this, am I wrong with this thinking? I would love to hear what you have to say, thanks!
To Your Massive Success,
