Personal development is tedious, painful – and worth it!
When asked what they love so much about their network marketing business, successful people rarely answer that it's the money they earn, the car they can now drive or the recognition they get. These are often the reasons why they started the business. But this motivation changes the longer they are involved and the larger their organization becomes. Then they emphasize that they are most happy about how they have grown as people, how they have developed.
Lasting value
In fact, this is a treasure that retains its value. Money can be lost again quickly, the car will break down at some point and someone else will get the recognition tomorrow. The skills you have learned, the professional and social competence you have acquired, the strength of character you have built up and the certainty that you can cope with any situation are assets that can no longer be taken away.
Strong personalities are needed
So it's no wonder that the high song of personal development is being sung in these turbulent times of multiple crises. Strong personalities are needed right now - especially in our industry of direct sales and referral marketing. While the sponsors and managers are busy promoting the wonderful products and the great remuneration system when building up their own front and downline, they are forgetting perhaps the most important point:
People join people!
Isn't it the case that, with the exception of a few experts, very few prospective customers are able to fully understand the business model, understand the remuneration system and assess the products and the company during the business presentation? What criteria do they then use to decide whether to join or buy? It is the person who presents the offer to them! They ask themselves: Can I trust this woman, this man? Is this person able to help me on my way? Do I want to be accompanied and guided by someone like this?
The challenge of personality development
It takes some effort and a lot of pain to become this magnetic personality who is so likeable, trustworthy and competent that others are happy to follow. Personality development requires us to change our attitudes and behavior, say goodbye to harmful habits and adopt new ones. We build new routines and establish new thought patterns within ourselves.
The pain of separation
The painful part is separating ourselves from old thoughts, beliefs and ways of doing things, because these give us security and are comfortable. It takes neither willpower nor strenuous mental effort to do what we have always done.
The troublesome thing is that we always fall back into old behaviors and have to practice the new ones again and again until they become a habit.
And then it becomes easy
But once it has, everything becomes easier. Then we are the personality we were striving for. It has become our nature. Suddenly we attract exactly the right people, find the right partners and future leaders, because we have become one ourselves.
This process never stops. We can always continue to grow, because our potential is not limited. But now it is no longer an effort because we no longer feel any resistance to it. We have experienced for ourselves how deeply satisfying it is to keep opening up our own possibilities.
Let's get started
I invite you: Set off on your journey! What skills, behaviors and character traits would you like to acquire or change? What do you want to let go of?
So much is possible for you. Discover it!
