We have all heard it, "Eight to ten hours a week, one Saturday a month, and one weekend per quarter?for two to five years." Referring, of course, to the investment of time?your time?needed to achieve success in Network Marketing.

That declaration you will no doubt repeat, over, and still over again, commanded as if by affirmation, determined to convince yourself?sometimes before you even know why?that you can, no, that you will, realize all your dreams...

And as important as it is for you to understand exactly "what it will take" to reach that elusive status called success, I think we can agree that it might be an equally good idea to actually know the things you are hoping to achieve and why.

To accomplish this, you'll need to begin with some "futuring" as I call it, and move on from there. In this exercise, you'll start by listing the ten most important accomplishments you desire to achieve during the next twelve months. Make your list quickly, without giving this a lot of thought; that way the odds are good you will bring to the surface your deepest desires?those ideals that are truly important to you.

Always written in present tense, your "futuring" could look something like this:

I drive a Lexus LS 400.
I have more friends than I can count.
I have more money than I can spend.
People are always excited to meet me.
I read ten pages of a good book each day.
I pay myself first, and invest 10% of my income.
I talk with two people each day about my business.
I set aside one hour each day to further my education.
I listen to audiotapes during my automobile drive time.
My life is a masterpiece, because I design what is important.

By the way, your list may look completely different. After all, this is your life, and you may design it anyway you choose?but you do need to choose, or others will decide your future for you. Because the universe can not operate in a vacuum, every detail you leave out will simply be filled in by someone else.

After you placed on paper the direction of your future, begin creating your Master Plan. For this portion of your life, you will need a daytimer, or a calendar of sorts?something you can use to record the details of your destiny...

To accomplish this, we are going to need to schedule your year; months, weeks, days and yes, even hours?in that order. First, block out the commitments you have already made, and must continue to keep... This would include the hours you work a full- or part-time job, anniversaries, vacations, etc. Make sure you do this for the balance of the year.

Now take another look at each and every month, and see if you missed anything; like family time, company functions, seminars you are going to attend, special events you might have missed on the first go-around, or a little time to just relax.

Sadly, most people will never experience success, because they just let time go by?and it does go by?hoping against hope, that everything will somehow turn out okay... And then, before they realize it, life has passed them by. We have got to be better than that! Therefore, with all your priorities in place?written down in your planner?you can, perhaps for the first time, see how, and where, to invest in the future you really desire to own...

Your business briefings, two-on-one appointments, and fourth exposure 3-way calls?write down the hours you have planned. Remember to schedule time to do your prospecting and your follow-up calls too. In other words, find, and then put in writing, the "Eight to ten hours a week, one Saturday a month, and one weekend per quarter?for the next two to five years."

Because if you will just do a little preparing, and then take action?remembering to grow a little every day, becoming better and better?within two to five years they will call you "wealthy" in more ways than one.

All the best,

MSC

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