02/19/2025
I wanted to share this email today from a top earner in my company. It really impacted me today because of where I am at in my business.
I want you to pause and put down any distractions for 2 minutes.
Open your mind. Hear what I want to share with you.
In network marketing, most people do not have an active upline leader who actually takes their time and calls them. Usually the biggest complaint from distributors is they feel like they are on their own with little or no support. This is a chance for you to learn and appreciate something that you may have that’s rare.
Does your upline ever call you? Do you answer right away with a spirit of gratitude, or do you let them go to voice mail?
Do you call them back asap when you miss their call? Do you make sure to express how grateful you are that they take their time to call you?
OK… so here’s the thing. You aren’t successful in your business yet. The person who IS already successful is trying to mentor your so that you can win. That successful mentor has a family just like you, has a business to tend to (or a job maybe in your case) just like you, has maybe church and activities just like you … that they are taking time away from in order to call and help YOU. We have to remember, we need our mentors far more than they need us. Our mentors should never ever ever ever ever feel like they are having to chase us. We should be begging or looking for ways to earn their time and attention. They hold the key to our future success. We are 10X more likely to succeed in this business with them helping us than without.
Maybe you’re thinking you are just not ready to focus on building your business right now. OK, fair enough, it’s your prerogative. But don’t burn the bridge with your upline leader. One day you may decide you’re finally ready to lean in and build your financial freedom, and maybe they won’t be there for you anymore because you blew them off when they tried to help you. And now they are doing what they should be, which is focusing on giving help to the willing and grateful.
If you ever feel stuck, and need a jump start, did you know that your mentor/leader doesn’t have ESP and cannot read your mind? Sorry, not trying to sound pomp. It’s just the truth. How can your mentor know how you’re feeling if you don’t reach up and tell them? The people who go the farthest in building a business like this are those who don’t have an ego that blocks them from asking for tons of help along the way. I, for one, leveraged my mentor constantly. I got advice AND ACTED ON IT. I never wasted his time, and he never had to question whether his time invested in me was worthwhile. I became a huge return on his investment. But my point is that my mentor didn’t have to call me to motivate me. I am a winner, I am self motivated. But whenever he did reach out, I dropped a call I might be on, saying “Hey I will call you back, my mentor is calling me right now!!”
The day that you truly grasp and appreciate the value of a mentor, that’s the day your life will change. Remember, most people will never find a mentor in their life. Network marketing provides you with mentors that the company compensates for helping you. All you have to do is take full advantage.
So, what now? Your mentor doesn’t know I am sending you this email with these insights. So he/she may not be calling you anytime soon (especially if you’ve already blown them off when they did). You would be very wise to send them a text or call them to say THANK YOU for being there for you, and ask if they will lean in with you on your business because it’s your time to shine. I bet you they will forgive the past and hop into action with you.
Did you know how blessed you are? You have a business of your own that you can build as big and as profitable as you dream of. And you have a system (if you are smart and plug into it) and you have a team and mentors. Plug in. Plug in. I repeat, plug in. Your jobs you’ve had up until today in your life got you to where you are financially right at this moment. Don’t expect your job to give you any better outcome in the future. If you want different results, you need to do something different. I would treat your business 100X more seriously than you have until now. (That’s just me 🙂
Regards,
Your Business Mentor
