How
Reading A Book Nearly Ended My MLM Career
by David Ledoux
Can
I ask you a question about your MLM business?
If
you sponsored me today, how would you teach me what books to read
in order to increase my chances of success?
They
say that, "Leaders are readers."
You´re
a reader, aren´t you?
But
is your downline?
I
was first sponsored into the Network Marketing industry in February
1987. My upline was a wonderful lady. She told me to "read
good books" in order to become good at multi-level marketing.
I
was 19 years old, and green as grass. I was literally 6 months
off of the farm from rural Manitoba, and going to school in the
Big City. "Good books" to me were my $80 Calculus textbook
and $60 Physics textbook.
I
really, really wanted to make money in MLM. My sponsor didn´t
tell me what qualified as a "good book", so I went to
the local bookstore at the mall. I asked the clerk for a "really
good book".
He
said, "Oh, you want the Bestsellers. They´re on that
wall over there."
I'm
19, and green as grass
.I look at this huge wall of books.
One of them is a thick paperback called "The Shining"
by some guy named Stephen King.
"This
looks pretty good
" I thought. I bought it with quarters.
I was so broke.
That
book was the scariest darn thing I had ever read in my life! I
sat up until 3:00 a.m. with that book in my tiny dorm room, every
light on and the lock bolted! I had nightmares for 2 days after
that!
"How
the heck is this supposed to help me recruit people?" I thought.
It
obviously didn´t. I quit, a total failure at MLM within
6 months
.
I
would spare you the pain. In 1997 I created a 1-page sheet for
my new people. I found if I could just get them reading the right
books and listening to the right tapes, it completely changed
their chances of succeeding in the MLM industry.
The
1-page sheet was a recommended 1st Year Curriculum with all the
books, audios and videos that I wanted every new distributor on
my team to absorb as fast as possible. I put the product codes
and order numbers next to each item like a checklist. Every teammate
got the same list.
I
found that if someone went through the entire list, they were
changed for life. They became passionate about self-improvement
and Life Long Learning.
Leaders
are readers. If your downline isn´t reading, perhaps you
can help them by pointing them in the right direction with a Recommended
List.
Until
next time,
David
Ledoux
Quantum Searcher
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David
Ledoux has been involved in the network marketing industry for
15 years. He is an author, speaker and million dollar earner.
To discover more jealously-guarded secrets of making $100,000.00
or more every year through MLM check out his new book, "The
Ultimate MLM Blueprint for Massive Success."
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