In his recent book,
The Business of the 21st Century, Robert Kiyosaki writes, “I dedicate this book…to the millions of you who are a crossroads in life – who are affected by the current economic crisis and feeling helpless as to what you can do to secure your financial future. I want you to know that there are, despite what they may seem, the best times to take control of your future.”
Kiyosaki, author of NY Times Best Selling Book Rich Dad Poor Dad goes on to extol the virtues and advantages of network marketing as “The Business of the 21st Century.”
Coach Parisha Taylor worked with a number of us some years ago in a venture – a network marketing opportunity – to help us learn about working with systems, team building and the financial advantages of leveraging our time as well as the merits of creating residual income.
Some people like to scoff at those who think outside the box and “reach for the brass ring” – or in this case, the gold ring. Those people seem to take great satisfaction when we might not succeed at a given venture. They are firmly embedded in the exchanging time for money model that has kept people enslaved for the majority of their lives down through the ages. They are the “Dream Stealers.”
Still others enjoy pointing out the appearance of repetitive failure to those of us who have been involved in a number of opportunities over the years. What I’ve finally come to appreciate is that while some of us grasp the concept – we then have to find our “passion.”
The fact is network marketing is a proven business model based upon following a system. If you’re teachable and are willing to follow instructions, you can succeed. When I hear someone say, “Oh, that didn’t work for me” I know what they’re really saying is that they didn’t work at it.
Like anything, there are those who have abused the compensation structure in the past. But there are reputable companies that have not only survived but thrived over the years and given honest, hardworking everyday people the chance to achieve “extraordinary” lives, while giving others much wanted monetary cushions over and above their job income.
In The Business of the 21st Century, Kiyosaki explains Eight Wealth Building Assets which can be realized through the network marketing business model:
Asset #1. A Real-World Business Education
Asset #2. A profitable Path of Personal Development
Asset#3. A Circle of Friends Who Share Your Dreams and Values
Asset#4. The Power of Your Own Network
Asset #5. A Duplicable, Fully Scalable Business
Asset #6. Incomparable Leadership Skills
Asset#7. A Mechanism for Genuine Wealth creation
Asset #8. Big Dreams and the Capacity to Live Them
Most of us never learned about entrepreneurialism in school. Coach Parisha Taylor has taught pre-schoolers about generating income for themselves and to help others through their own business ventures. The kids get it – a lot quicker than most adults, because they don’t have any fear of failure. Ever run a lemonade stand as a kid? Or wash cars in the neighborhood?
Taken one step further, I’ve seen Coach Parisha Taylor help kids to learn about “duplicating” their efforts – bringing others on board to increase production/services and help others learn about how to become self-supporting through personal enterprise. She teaches them about reproducible systems. This would correlate to Kiyosaki’s “B” Quadrant. (See Cashflow Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom)
John Maxwell, in his book Failing Forward, stated that the average millionaire in America failed 19 times before he/she became successful. Coach Parisha Taylor teaches us that we have to daily be willing to “up our failure rate by 300%” if we expect to succeed.
Back to network marketing. It teaches about how not to personalize rejection. It teaches the value of working together with a T.E.A.M. – as in
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More.
Many national and international corporations have turned to network marketing to grow their sales force. One has only to find their passion and then follow the system to success.
A word of caution: If you don’t like people or you really don’t care about helping others, you probably won’t succee at network marketing. Because at the heart of network marketing is the old adage I’ve come to associate with a great teacher and salesman, Zig Ziglar: “You will always get what you want if you just help enough other people get what they want.”
This also brings me back to something Coach Parisha Taylor constantly instills in us: Our greatest work is Service to others. We must focus on the service. If we find a way to be of service, the money will follow.
After numerous “tries” down through the years, I have found my vehicle for helping others. I haven’t quit my “day job” yet – because I’m using that to take care of the basics while I build for my future with my network marketing business.
Some “experts” want us to believe that we live in a world of economic downturn. Fact is there is abundance all around us. The old job model where you work for one company for 40 years and they take care of you with a pension until you die is out the window. But there’s a tried and true proven model out there that offers time and money freedom “in the now.” It requires hard work and determination not to be discouraged. But the rewords have no ceiling.
One last thought: If I want tomorrow to be different from yesterday I have to something different today.
If I’m just barely making ends meet with my current job income, then chances are it’s not going to improve as expenses continue to escalate. Few of us have the financial wherewithal to begin a franchise business – which can cost anywhere from five thousand upwards to half a million dollars! That makes a network marketing opportunity a great option to explore. But don’t just dip your toe in to test the waters. I suggest doing your due diligence to find the right fit for you in terms of product or service. In other words, Find Your Passion – and the run with it!
©2010 Deborah Adler. All rights reserved.
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