Limiting Beliefs and Network Marketing

Your Listening to the Street Smart Wealth Podcast, show 102

I was recently asked an interesting question by a member of the community when I asked the question - what is your greatest obstacle? I’ve developed a new mindset training program to help people really clear out what is blocking them and holding them back.

We are going to cover his question and the top 4 answers that came back to me!

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What Stops You In Your Network Marketing Business

I mentioned that I asked this and had hundreds of responses. Most all came down to one thing, and one particular one by Jim intrigued me and I wanted to cover it on today’s show. Jim asks -

“My biggest obstacle I would like you to address is how do i overcome my belief that others will not do what it takes to build the business. I feel sometimes that I may be wasting my time since people today seem like they don't have the ambition like I do in building a mlm business.”

I’ve been coaching people for over 10 years in Direct Sales. I’ve been team building for nearly 21, and that is its own form of coaching. But, seriously working with people to launch their business has been part of my business for 10 years.

Everything from the basics of launching a business, what to say, how and when to follow up, the EXACT words to say, how to ask good questions.

And then, on to the specifics of attracting leads online - how to set up the blog, consistency, content, social media and marketing, and so on, I have seen hundreds of people spend LOTS of money on the mechanics, and yet never really take action on what they have obtained in terms of the knowledge.

Sound Familiar?

It all comes down to belief…or LACK of belief.

Which takes me back to Jim’s question -

How do i overcome my belief that others will not do what it takes to build a Network Marketing business. I feel sometimes that I may be wasting my time since people today seem like they don't have the ambition like I do in building a mlm business.

As long as Jim, or any of us hold onto those limiting beliefs, we will continue to experience EXACTLY what we are expecting.

And, we tend to then fall back on these beliefs as EXCUSES to not take action in our business.

Let’s look at the language Jim uses, and many of us use.

“Others will not do….”

“Wasting my time….”

and the big one -

“People TODAY seem like they don’t have the ambition like I do….”

So, there are a lot of questions here that need to be answered - and, if you might be feeling this way, just substitute your name for Jim’s, as this is not REALLY just about Jim. He asked the question for many of us…

1. Does this mean Jim is NOT taking action at all, because he thinks he might be wasting his time?

2. What does his daily actions and calendar look like?

3. How many people has he talked to and experienced this with?

This is really the REVEALING question.

I have people say all of the time - EVERYONE I talk to is negative, or not interested. And, when I press the issue, and ask - how many people TOTAL would you say that is?

It is almost ALWAYS 6 or less.

Do 6 people make up the whole demographic of your area, and are you REALLY willing to bank your future and your dreams and goals on 6 or fewer people?

When I launched the webinar series I am doing on mindset, I asked the question - what is your biggest obstacle to success?

1/3 didn’t answer and of the 2/3 who did, it all came down to 4 primary things -

Lack of Self Belief

Procrastination

Time Management

Focus

And, Fear.

Here is the thing - all 4 of these AND fear really shift up into the first category and that is BELIEF.

Lack of Self Belief, or most specifically, those beliefs we have made up about ourselves, that in most cases are not true.

Think about it - why do we procrastinate? IF we REALLY are excited about our business, and we REALLY believe it can take us where we want to go; then why would we procrastinate taking action? Because we have self belief issues!

IF we REALLY are excited about our business, and we REALLY believe it can take us where we want to go; then why would not make time in our busy schedule to take action? After all, EVERYONE is busy and ALMOST everyone who has become a millionaire through Network Marketing did so while working full time, juggling a family and a bunch of other commitments? Because we have self belief issues!

IF we REALLY are excited about our business, and we REALLY believe it can take us where we want to go; then why would we have problems with focus and knowing WHAT to do (assuming we were trained correctly, and ANYONE can get the right training!)?

Would we struggle making time for follow up calls? Would we struggle with not knowing what to say?

No, we would not. But we do because we have self belief issues!

We all have these limiting beliefs about ourselves that we have contemplated, shaped and adopted as “our story” over the course of our lives, usually brought on by early life experiences and situations that we were unable to really evaluate and view objectively, based on our age and limited resources.

These are what create our lack of self belief.

So, when you take a look at your obstacles, and you get your own chatter mind and objections out of the way, what do you come up with as to WHY you view these as obstacles?

And, here is a simple question to ask yourself when you see these limiting beliefs come up for you -

How do I know this to be true?

So, when you ask yourself a question like Jim’s - How do i overcome my belief that others will not do what it takes to build a Network Marketing business. I feel sometimes that I may be wasting my time since people today seem like they don't have the ambition like I do in building a mlm business.

Ask yourself - how do I know it to be true that people today seem like they don’t have the ambition like I do….

Or, when you think - no one I know will be interested, ask yourself -

How do I know this to be true?

And then open your mind to honestly evaluate the belief you have made up for yourself.

ACTION STEPS

1. Get registered for my webinar on Mindshift to Millions - JackieUlmer.com/mindshift

2. Write out 3 limiting beliefs that throw you into STUCK mode.

3. Use the question - how do I know this to be true - when you find this coming up for yourself

4. Be kind to yourself about these belief and avoid the tendency to beat yourself up

5. KNOW that change is possible, if you choose to change. It is a choice.

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