| With the advent of another baseball season upon | | | | don't hit .300 I'll quit? No, there is no idea of quiting |
| us it reminds me of just how much network | | | | or a goal that he has to make to keep practicing, |
| marketing is like baseball. In baseball you have | | | | they love the game so they keep on playing |
| guys who hit .300 making millions of dollars. Quite | | | | whether they are hitting .100 or .300. Now |
| the same as a closing rate of 30% can earn you | | | | granted the may or may not stay in the big |
| millions of dollars as a marketer, especially in the | | | | leagues, but that does not mean they quit. Take |
| network marketing business. So basically baseball | | | | a look at how many minor league teams there |
| players and marketers are getting paid to loose | | | | are in the country. Point is they keep on playing, |
| 70% of the time. That's a sobering thought but | | | | practicing and failing most of the time. We as |
| one that can frustrate the average network | | | | network marketers can do the same but we |
| marketer into quiting. So how do we look at this | | | | must keep practicing. |
| in a different light to improve our mindset on this | | | | The amount of practice time we may have to |
| matter. | | | | put in as network marketers, scares a lot of |
| We have to like in baseball look at this as a | | | | people away. Again how many at bats do you |
| numbers game, because honestly that's all it is, | | | | think major league players take before they hit |
| that really all baseball is. That's why you see tons | | | | .300. Yes the answer is thousands, once again |
| and tons of books, newspapers and magazines | | | | thousands and yes they still may not hit .300. But |
| spend so much time on statistics in baseball. In | | | | doesn't that make you feel better about our |
| baseball people have even invented new | | | | craft, isn't that better than working a job with a |
| mathematics to support a player's worth, Bill | | | | set salary for life. If we are going to step into this |
| James calls is saber-metrics for example. The | | | | arena and ask for the millions of dollars we want |
| worth of a baseball player is measured by his | | | | to generate, it seems to me that a thousand or |
| production over a period of time in numbers. So if | | | | even ten thousand prospecting calls, presentation |
| we take that and really use it for our own mental | | | | calls and closing calls is a very small price to pay. |
| well being in our network marketing we would be | | | | In addition we have very little threat of injury, |
| very much more mentally fit for the endeavor | | | | due to being thrown at by a 90 mph fastball over |
| we are undertaking. | | | | a thousand times! |
| First thing we have to realize is that it is | | | | So the next time your feeling a bit frustrated |
| extremely rare that a player hits .300 from their | | | | about not growing your network marketing |
| first day or months playing baseball, whether that | | | | down-line think of two things. One baseball it |
| is in the big leagues, minor leagues or youth | | | | keeps most things in perspective and two this |
| leagues. We much learn a skill set over time. The | | | | article and the web site that can help keep |
| key here is over time, specifically repetition over | | | | everything in perspective in your network |
| time. No one makes it to the big leagues, hits .300 | | | | marketing growth. I do love baseball and network |
| on his first day of playing baseball. Network | | | | marketing, I did not make it the big leagues |
| marketers, just like ball players must practice | | | | because I did not learn this lesson until I was |
| over time. And the next key here is that every | | | | introduced to network marketing. I am grateful |
| attempt is really just practice, its the practice of | | | | for that because I believe I can change more |
| failing 70% of the time! As we practice our | | | | lives for the better as a business growth specialist |
| average may start at .100 gradually move to .200 | | | | than I could as a ball player. Whether you take |
| and then to .300 or better, but it is the practice | | | | the next step in following up to my web site or |
| of failure. So how many attempts do we take? | | | | not, good luck in all of your pursuits and |
| Ask yourself this, does a ballplayer ask or tell | | | | remember to "Root, root, root for the home |
| himself I will take 600 at bats this year and if I | | | | team at the Ole' Ball Game! |