Follow The Leader?
"Leaders are like Eagles. They don't flock - you find them one at a time..."
If you say to me "is running a nightclub a lucrative business" and I say yes, then that's as far as it will go. Are you going out tonight to open your own club? In all probability you are not.
But if you say to me "is running a NWM company from your own website lucrative" and I say yes, I can sign you up to my affiliate program and give you our Action Plan to show you how to build a team and make residual income. A business you can build over the next few years and go fulltime if you want.
Will you become a millionaire like Corey Rudl or John Reese? Again probably not. But then, even if you did start a nightclub you would probably never become a millionaire like Peter Stringfellow or Stuart Cadwell.
The difference between owning your own nightclub and owning your own website is that the website is realistic.
As long as you remember it is a business and you have to work it as a business, then you will make more money than you ever would at a J.O.B.
And that's as good a guarantee as you're going to get.
At our karate dojo, our Sensei's nephew got his black belt at 15 and was put in charge of the beginner's class - both adults and juniors. So we had these guys in their 20s and 30s, some of whom had kids and underlings at work, who had to bow to a 15 year old "kid" and call him "Sir".
Some complained about this and some actually left citing this as the reason. However the ones that swallowed their egos and stuck with it - "became true white belts", were the ones that went on to become very good students, karateka, and good people. They had to really "empty" their cup" so it could be filled.
It weeded out the people with the character flaws and the ego problems. (Like the double opt-in procedure!)
So when it comes to Home Business and Internet Marketing I use my name and face and lead as a person first, and the programs and products come second. What you get is what you see.
What you get is a young woman as your mentor and team leader, not some middle aged guy in a suit or a "guru".
What you get is someone who runs their business fulltime from home and can show you how to do the same.
Anyone who's ego and character flaws won't let them seperate the two is someone I don't want on my team anyway.
Same goes for guys who come to my karate class who don't want to be taught by a woman, or won't get in the boxing ring at our gym for fear of being "beaten up" by a woman (or worse the ones that think that CAN'T happen!)
I run my business the same way as I run my classes - leave your ego at the door and empty your cup, put on the white belt, then I will except you. And whether you go on to become a black belt, teacher, mentor, team leader - in or out of the dojo - depends on that.
Personally I'm only looking for a higher class of recruit - those who will go on to become a Leader themselves, not somebody looking to follow one.
Silke Stahl "The Internet Warrior Princess" - on the mat, in the ring, and on the Net!
Silke Stahl is an International Internet Marketer and Home Business Entrepreneur. Originally a respected photographer and writer, contributing to many magazines, she began network marketing as a sideline. Marketing on the Internet and running her own business was a logical next step. She now owns her own domain and runs her Internet Marketing business from there. Visit her website at: http://www.SilkeStahl.com and her forum at: http://thestork.proboards20.com Follow her blog here: http://silkestahl.blogspot.com
