Crashing Through Limiting Beliefs
by Kevin Hogan
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The problem is that you can't sell enough vitamins
and you can't make a downline that's wide enough or deep enough
without going broke and losing your life's time.
Worse?
When everyone finds out that "the plan" doesn't work, they all
forget about you at Christmas.
5 minutes of constructive doubt would have erased this self-destructive
and self-limiting action.
Most people never see it coming.
You limited yourself by doing something that had no upside!
People grossly underestimate how long it takes to get people
involved in a business.
(This is true in every kind of business.)
In our scenario above, all it took was getting 100 people involved.
100 lunches or dinners....
...which took two hours each to explain "the plan." Then you took
them to a meeting. Two hours. So about 4 hours per person. Of
those, 10 people stick because $10 per hour for them might be
more than they made working at McDonald's.
If you don't doubt...if you don't take pause to think, you are
performing the biggest self-limiting factor there is:
What?
Self Sabotage
By the way, not all network marketing businesses are created
equal. Those that have automatic renewals tend to do better.
Insurance works best and high ticket items like legal can do well,
too.
Now, enough of the multilevel stuff and thinking (or lack of it).
Let's look at the next most common types of self-limiting behaviors.
Persistent Doubts About Ourselves....
Luckily, most of our self-limitations are easily identified as
helpful or harmful. We need only spend some time examining them
and decide which we want to keep and which we want to discard.
Take a moment to think about your own perceived limitations.
What do you believe you can't do, yet?
What do you believe you'll NEVER be able to do?
Why do you think so?
STOP.
Seriously. Answer the questions.
Even if you make a lot of nickels every year, still play the game
...it's only your life after all....
If these concepts seem vague and you're not sure what your own
perceived limitations are, take some time to write them down.
Try phrases like this:
"I can't ___________ because___________."
Fill in the blanks, and don't hold anything back.
Nobody else will read this.
Even if one of your ideas seems ridiculous and you logically
know it isn't true, yet your gut confirms it's a strong belief
you hold, write it down anyway.
Once you've identified as many of your limiting beliefs as you
can; take a closer look at them. Are any of them hopelessly
impossible, or do they just feel that way?
"I want to be an NBA Basketball Star?"
Upon further review, you think: "I'm 41, have never competed
professionally and I am 5'3" tall."
Here's some useful questions to ask yourself.
- Have other people been able to
accomplish something that you want to accomplish?
- Have you accomplished anything in the past that was difficult?
- How did you overcome the obstacles you faced?
- Could you apply the same process to any goal?
There are no right or wrong answers here, only what you
honestly think and feel. Now set your list aside (we'll be
looking at it again later in this series of articles).
Let's delve into beliefs deeper...
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Kevin Hogan
Network 3000 Publishing
3432 Denmark #108
Eagan, MN 55123
(612) 616-0732
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