Network Marketing - Not For The Faint At Heart!

Network marketing is a tough business! It is a simple business, but it is a tough business to really be successful at.

I've been a circular distributor, an administrative assistant, a technical support representative, a trainer, an operations manager, a freelance writer and most recently a social media and internet marketing manager.

I've owned or in some cases still own a computer consulting business, an ebay business, an information and affiliate marketing business, a freelance writing business and a social media and internet marketing company.

Network marketing is more difficult than any of those businesses combined!

You participate in a business model that is still under-appreciated and in some cases, even ridiculed and violently opposed. You have to engage in two activities that many people fear more than death. Those activities are selling and public speaking. Once you actually find people who are interested in joining, you get the fun task of trying to get people to do something whom you have no management control or authority over them.

It's easy to manage someone when you are the boss, they are the employee and if they don't do their job to your satisfaction you can fire them. If you really want to test your management skills, try getting independent people to do something.

It's like "herding cat" as the late great Jim Rohn use to say.

However, when you truly decide to commit to network marketing, the benefits far exceed the challenges involved. Yes you can make money and a lot of it in network marketing. There are also non-monetary benefits that exceed even the monetary benefits.

The relationships that you build can often be lifelong friendships that extend far beyond the business building aspect. The personal and leadership development that you get to engage in is momentum. Network marketing simply put, just makes you an all around better and attractive person.

So don't expect your journey in network marketing to be easy. It won't be.

Don't expect to drive the fancy car, to live in the dream house and go on the fancy vacations your first 90 days in the business or even your first year. You probably won't.

Do understand that success in network marketing is a marathon and not a sprint. There will be ups and downs. There will be peaks and valleys. It is not for the faint at heart!

However, if you are willing to engage in the process... If you are willing to stick with the journey... If you are willing to do what it takes to build a business, even if you decide a few years for now that the business is not for you, your life will be better for it and you will be able to build upon the principles that you learned in network marketing to progress in whatever other area of life you decide to pursue.