Today I want to talk about something that we all need to be and have in our lives no matter what it is that we do. What we all need to be is the one thing that most people aren’t, and then they wonder why things don’t happen or work out the way they want them to. It is amazing the how the results differ from the person that has this and the one that does not.
Starting is not the problem
It’s not that people do not start things it’s that they don’t finish what they start. It’s not a matter of starting a race, it’s about finishing or completing the race. You may not win, but you can finish the race. It goes without saying that you have to start before you can finish but finishing is more important than starting.
Consistency
You take a great golfer, baseball player, tennis player or a successful person in business and ask what is the one thing that they all have. It is being consistent. Every time a golfer steps up to the tee he or she is not changing their swing, that is why they practice untold hours. The same for baseball player and the tennis player. Why? So they are consistent at swinging the club, bat or racket. It is the same for the person in business they stay with it, they are consistent in what they do everyday.
We Rationalize
What a lot of people do and actually most of us do until we realize how important consistency is in our lives is we start, but we don’t finish. When we start something and it doesn’t immediately go the way we expect or want it to, we generally toss it aside. We rationalize and say to ourselves it wasn’t a good idea to start with that’s why it didn’t work. In some instances that can be true but more times than not what it really boils down to is we were not consistent. If we would only constantly adhere to the same principles, take the exact course of action and stay with it long enough we would start to see the desired results.
Problem in Network Marketing
Now let me tell you the problem or one of the problems that people experience in network marketing. Someone shares with them a great company with great products or services and they get excited. What happens at that point is they start to share it with people but don’t get the results they expected. So what happens next, they quit, they don’t fail they quit there’s a difference. Failing is trying but it did not work out, on the other hand, quitting is simply giving up, they just throw in the towel as if surrendering. So it is not that people fail in network marketing it’s that they quit and the reason they quit, is not that it does not work, it’s because they did not consistently apply strategies that work.
Starting and Quitting
There is no business that I am aware of that you do not have to stay the course and be consistent at what you do to achieve the results that you want. No matter what it is that you do if you are not consistent and press through the challenges you’re going to always be starting and quitting and starting and quitting. Where does that get you? We all know the answer to that question, that gets you to the same place that you started from.
Experience Success
If you want to experience success or for things to be different in your life, in your business you have to be consistent. Again, I want to help you, but you have to help yourself first and to do that you must realize that it is not in starting but finishing. Adapt the attitude of I am going to continue to do what I’m doing until I see the results that I want to see. Now this should go without saying, but just in case it doesn’t. What you are doing has to be based upon sound business principles. Just because you do not immediately see the results does not mean they are not coming. Most people quit one step away from success, I never look at what I do that might not work as a failure. My attitude is I am one day, one step closer to where I want to be, then I was yesterday. I will continue my journey until I arrive at my destination.
It’s Not What You Can’t Do
You’re going to need to read this next statement over several times, but once you get it and the light comes on it can change your life. The statement, are you ready, here we go: It’s not what you can’t do that keeps you from success it’s what you won’t do.
