Ask for help!

One of the things that impresses me is that there have been untold number of books or booklets written about what it takes to be successful. There are no secrets but there are many different words that say the same thing about making progress, which of course leads eventually to succeeding at something.

I believe the first thing you should consider buying into is the fact that success is not an event that takes place at a certain time in our lives. Okay, we've got it that success doesn't just "happen."  Everyone talks about having goals and of course that's one of the major keys but having goals alone also isn't the answer.  I set lots of goals when I first got started and didn't make a lot of progress so what that is saying is I'm not much of an expert in that area. 

It took me a couple years to figure out that I needed to have a process in place in order to move towards my goals.   What are the steps I have to follow? My goals were not about having a home or a boat or travel the world. My goals were about this business. How many appointments a week would I have? The process for that simple goal was what are the steps for getting appointments?   Talk to people daily - how many? Make phone calls - how many? What will I say in my approach? What if they say "no?"     What if they say "yes?" I wonder who I can talk with who has made lots of calls and has had many appointments? A ha!  A great idea.

My point is have goals and get a process.  But talk to someone who has had some success in the area of this business and ask for HELP. The one thing that really amazes me about this business is most people don't seem to ask for help.    They are willing to just go out and do whatever comes to mind. The reason I know this is true is because that is exactly what I did the first couple months.   Once I learned to ask questions to people I met who had some success I started to learn what to do.

Don't shy away from asking for help.  Your upline wants you to be successful and will be very willing to teach and guide you. Ask and learn, learn and apply, apply and experience small successes.

Enthusiastically,

Gary Burke