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Four years ago, when I was a teacher in a training school, one of my students asked me:

“How do I achieve success in my life? I feel lost now. I don’t know how to achieve success in my life any more. I ‘m not a top student in my class and I never have been either. My family and my friends think I‘ll be mediocre for my rest life. But I want to be a successful and powerful man. Otherwise, life is just too boring for me. I believe I have the ability as well. I just don’t know how now.”

Yes, Success is needed in many different areas of life. Students need to succeed at school, a person looking for a job needs to get the job, a person that has a job needs to be successful to keep the job and grow in the business, and a businessperson needs success to keep their business growing and expanding. In every type of situation the person is never relaxed, until they have succeeded in their goals.

But HOW is the question.

The secret of many people’s success is that they are not afraid to tackle challenges, and they face them with a bold determination to succeed. They are sure in themselves that they have what it takes to overcome any obstacle that is placed in their path. They never shirk their responsibilities; they are patient and do whatever it takes to ensure that the end result they seek comes to be. Therefore it must be true that self-confidence and patience are two of the greatest skills needed to succeed.

Where exactly does confidence like this come from? Preparation is where this type of confidence comes from. This means that when you are prepared to face a challenge, then you have a very high confidence level. This is what drives the person to want to succeed. An example is: If a student is set to take exams, and he is totally prepared for them, then he will not be scared to take the tests. He will already know that he will do well, since he is prepared for them. This is like the businessperson, if they feel confident in their business, and have the ability to face any challenge that pops up, they will succeed. They will have the ability to meet the needs of their clients, and make sure that all promises they have made to them are kept.

There is a saying that advises us; there is no substitute for good planning and preparation.

What can be Done To Raise Your Confidence Level?

The best ways to raise your confidence level are to:

Focus on what you are good at, and work hard to become even better at it.

Stay away from people that do not support you, and surround yourself with people that believe in you.

If there are people in your life that say you can’t do something, ignore them, and then go and do it for yourself. No one can make you not do what you want to do; you decide your own fate.

How Important is Patience in Success?

When you are patient, you will not give up on your dreams at the drop of a hat. You will have the skills that are needed to see you through to the end. If what you want to happen in your business takes a while and you are willing to wait then this is patience. If you can keep going even when it seems all is lost, this is determination and patience. People that are successful, or want to be successful, must have these qualities to ensure that they make it to the top, where they want to be. Nothing in life that is worth having is easy, but with persistence and determination, it can be yours.

I’m an EPI distributor. I joined in EPI two years ago. One of my favourite parts of this business is that you can pop on the live training call every day. The live training calls are great. I like the easy friendly and helpful positive calling environment and solid training knowledge which most online gurus willingly give us now.

One of the few key points about online business success I have learnt from live calls will be list below to share with you.

FOCUS, it is the No. 1 key to success in online business. As an online business owner just like any other type of business in the whole world you need to focus on what you are doing. Plan your daily work once a week. You can change it when it is necessary. But make sure you follow them tightly. Other wise you can easily get lost in the Internet world, Being attracted by all those other new things on the ‘net.

One simple factor used a s a goal can bring success; like my trainer Murray told us about: When he first joined in EPI, he set up the very simple goal for himself, which was to call 10 people a day and send them to our live Question and Answer call to get their questions answered. It’s simple maths. He spent 10 minutes on each call, so he just needed to work one hour and 40 minutes a day. In a week, that’s 70 people. Statistically, 1/3 of the 70 people will go to the live Q & A call and 1of 5  people who went to the call will join in his business. So in a week, he can get about 4 to 5 people join in his business with $1000 income each. So Murray works 11 hours and 40 minutes a week make $4000 to $5000 a week. It’s just simple maths. Most people get lost in their home business freedom. They forget to do the simple math for themselves.

Imagine what can you do with that kind of money coming in weekly to your home; a new family home? A holiday? A New Car?

The most exciting thing is that you just need to work less than 12 hours a week by following your simple mathematic plan. Surely that’s a good enough reason for you to make a plan for yourself to follow.

Enjoy your success

As I sit staring at the near horizontal rain, from yet another rain front, the mood to go outside has gone for good today.

How the hell can I get to a warmer, drier, better place and go outside every day IF I feel like it? I already know these places exist cos I’ve been there.

It takes money and plenty of it to sustain such freedom.

Yeah and that reminds me of all the crap I keep hearing from these on-line marketers (or are they?) who put in writing that not only is a 7-figure year realistic its instant from the moment you sign into their business, or into their guru school. Like whatever!

Nup I can’t tell myself to believe that crap. Can you? I mean look around you and you know your head, heart and guts are right.

I’m here to tell you that the majority of the stuff published we all see on the net is the true crap.

I’d rather see a move to “cut the crap” and tell all us potential entrepreneurs about the true story of struggle, stress and bloody hard work that goes into being a real financial success. Hey lets cut the crap they’re too and say that real success is more than being money rich, right?

Everyone who isn’t already an “on-line millionaire” has to start at the same place. The bottom; wallowing in ignorance, but burning with desire.

Question: Cut the crap! Can I really make money doing this, or not?

Answer: YES of course because money is being made every day, and lots of it too.

Here’s some of the proof we dug up to answer that same question:

–Mike Dillard, from waiting tables, to millionaire in less than 18 months, Mike Dillard is one of those rags to riches stories that are known to spring from network marketing, and his techniques have revolutionized the industry.

–Jason Pearson, Jason is a proven Internet Marketer who has literally been behind the scenes making over $3.7 Million just last year on ONE of his products, using the methods he teaches in his Online Traffic Formula.

–Matias Leiva, Matias Leiva is a 19year old Entrepreneur from Sacramento, ca. He has come a long ways in the Network Marketing + Direct Sales industry.

And your story and mine to follow?

It is a FACT that “you are what you consistently do”. For example criminals, they consistently plan to break the law and be anti-social. Guess what? They succeed! Now for a positive example; Millionaires are in control of what they do and they PLAN to make money, lots of it. Guess what? They succeed!

Do what you have to do every day, every week and every contact you make with new people. You are establishing a business aren’t you? Then people are your customers aren’t they? Then get used to it! Find the people who want the same as you and gain their trust in you by simply being honest with them. Then lead them.

So with MLM we have a load of it don’t we! I mean who really does the research and the maths properly? I have. What a load of crap. The term leaking bucket comes to mind, as well as flogging a dead horse. However don’t take it from me; do the research. It’s not difficult, truly.