Stop Blaming Your Upline for Your Failure
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First let me tell you, you are not a failure. You can only say you failed when you finally quit. (But since you are reading this blog, you surely are a survivor. In fact, a winner.) Failure is part of success.
One thing I learned in business and life is to be totally responsible for your success. You cannot blame your family for your poverty. You cannot blame the government. You cannot blame the devil. You cannot blame God. And in your network marketing business situation, you cannot blame your upline either!
Not having a sponsor who was knowledgeable in entrepreneurship was a blessing in disguise for me. Because I didn’t have a coach, I learned to coach myself. It was difficult but that was the next best thing for me to do then. Because of what I went through, I vowed to myself to be a sponsor I never had to many Christians who are similarly situated when I was starting.
In an article of Aaron Rashkin in betternetworker.com entitled “Accountability 101- A Must Read Lesson in Leadership” he said: “With all the tools and systems available today, it hardly even matters who your sponsor is. If they want it badly enough, they will do what it takes to succeed. The evidence already points to this as many a Top Earner has horror stories of low grade sponsorship.”
In that article, Aaron shared his favorite story on leadership. It is a story about a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. The lesson is “Don’t rely on others to slice your cocoon open, because even if they do, you will not have the strength to fly on your own.”
You may want to read the full article to appreciate the story and the lessons here.
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Tags: christian business, christian entrepreneur, christian home based business, christian home business, internet network marketing, mlm, network marketing
December 4th, 2008 at 1:27 am
I like this article. Thanks for sharing mate. It does bring back memories for sure.
I joined an MLM years ago, and still in it and love it too. The thing was, there was major problem…uplines, egos.
So I went my own way. I know many left because of uplines or excuses, etc, but I believed when I joined, I signed as an entrepreneur and business owner. Also I am sole responsibility for my mistakes, accountable how I feel but I also had to make a strong decision.
It is at that time where I said to my upline, “Adious Omigos! I haven’t time for politics, so I am not coming here but build my business.”
It was the best decision I made and my team grew and multiplied and still growing strong till this day.
So thanks for this your article here. It’s true. We need to grow up, be mature and take responsible for our decisions, actions, our business because only when we grab leadership, our business and make it happen, will we ever become successful and leaders.
It feels so good building the business. Really, it just feels so good!
Thanks
Adam
December 10th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
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December 11th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Thanks for the info! Keep up the great work as the Lord continues advancing His Kingdom through you.
God bless!