I’m writing this post at 11:48pm after getting off an 1 hr and 45 minute phone ramble with my good friend and business partner, Dave Wood. I decided I wanted to share what seemed to be a common theme with both of us, and in doing so, it will help you a lot with your business.

The common theme was failure.

Now I know what you’re thinking….”C’mon Dave…I know you failed, and now your business is blowing up…but what’s the secret?”

That is the secret. Failure. Let me explain….

Of all the things I’ve tried to grow my business, they haven’t all worked successfully (by grow I mean retail and recruit). I just don’t go pronouncing my failures all over the place. However, about 75% of the stuff I do doesn’t work and only about 25% is actually effective (sometimes less). And the 25% is usually the last thing I try.

Here’s a quick example:

About 6 months ago, I ran a campaign where I sold a live coaching course. It was an all live course that would be taught through a webinar (this is actually how a lot of products are sold these days in the MLM training and information marketing industry….but that’s another blog post). The actual goal of this campaign was to sponsor people into my primary MLM business and win a vacation my company was giving away through a special promo contest.

People could either access the course though joining my business, or they could buy it for $199 (or somewhere around there). Well, the campaign was a complete flop. I made 7-10 sales and sponsored a few people, but overall, the returns were poor for the time I invested and I didn’t accomplish my goal of recruiting enough people to win the vacation. (I later realized the mistake I made was giving my prospects to many options. I should have either sold the course or gave it away as a bonus if they joined. Not both.) It was a really great lesson to for me to learn.

So how do I get really good results when only 25% of my stuff works? Because when that 25% works, it works REALLY WELL. The same went for Dave (Wood). And remember, were talking about two ‘twenty something’ yr old guys working from home, making more money than 99% of people in the world. “We ain’t no slouches”.

So why do so many network marketers get frustrated about failing when it’s all part of “the process”. If you’re not failing, you’re not doing it right. No one is going to walk into ANY industry and crush it right off the bat. Think about it like this…..

A baseball player gets payed millions of dollars to swing a baseball bat and successfully hit 3 times for every 10 times to the plate. That means he’s got about the same failure rate as I do. And to him and his “boss”, that’s damn good and they pay him millions of dollars to fail 7 out of 10 times.

So here’s your call to action. If what your doing isn’t working to grow your businesses…don’t quit. Just do something different. It’s really simple. Problem is, most people never give themselves the chance to succeed. They quit to soon and never experience the exhilaration of persevering through to victory. Don’t do that.

Note: Charlie Sheen has absolutely nothing to do with this post except for the fact that his new theme is “winning”. However, all successful people have failed more than they’ve won. And Mr. “winning” is probably a pretty good example of that (smile).

Go Now …and be awesome. All day, everyday!

To The Top,

David Sharpe

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The goal of this post is to shine the light on the importance of having the best MLM sponsor you can find, and to bring more awareness to one of the most vital components to building a profitable business, which unfortunately, most network marketers overlook.

I’ve personally had every type of MLM sponsor you will run into inside the industry and most of them will fall into one of these categories:

• Complete novice and naive (Pretty much self explanatory…You now, a complete newbie.)
• Hobbyist (Attends events and pretty much agrees with what the company and upline leaders say, no matter WHAT they say.)
• ol’ ‘Desperate’ado (Assaults everyone within 3 feet of him or her with their opportunity usually offending more people than recruiting.)
• Hungry Yet Still Teachable (Usually recruits well and trains his or her team well. Focuses on retailing and recruiting, self development and supporting teammates)
• “Super Ego” Guru (MLM, if you didn’t know is like any other industry and is full of big egos….lol)

So with this awareness, it’s essential for you to determine who the best MLM sponsor is for you. Most people are thrown into the industry without a clue, or a chance, to learn how important it is to lock arms with someone who can guide them.

On the other side of that, it’s important to understand that the best MLM sponsors are focused, driven and manage their time wisely. They understand the “vampire” prospect and teammate who will suck their energy and time, and never do anything with it. If you’re looking to partner with the best MLM sponsor you can find, make sure you understand going in, you have to work too.

I’ve personally had a wide variety of sponsors and realized a good MLM sponsor will lead by example. You can watch a person’s feet, rather than their mouth, and determine what their all about.

There’s a few other things that may attract you to a certain sponsor like…background, family life, demographic, age, race, sexual identity religion or lack of religion…just to name a few….however, confidence in the sponsor’s ability to deliver value and guidance will usually win over all these factors.

If you got VALUE from this, do me a favor and share it on Facebook and Twitter!

Go Now …and be awesome. All day, everyday!

To The TOP,

David Sharpe

P.S. If you don’t have a step-by-step game plan for generating new leads, sponsoring motivated leaders and producing cash flow in your business, click here to use my proven formula, Free!

This is a killer training that will help you immensely. The three concepts I discuss in this video are overlooked by almost every single network marketer I speak to. Click on the video below and make sure you’re not overlooking them too….

Go Now …and be awesome. All day, everyday!

Talk soon,

P.S. I literally had to go through everything I talked about in the video to get where I’m at now. Something really cool happens internally when you get a different perspective…and are able to look back and actually be grateful for every “challenge” you went through. Much different than how most people view their “problems”. If we never had challenges, life would be boring. Remember that it’s always darkest before dawn. Use this info to grow, and turn your challenges into victories! It really becomes fun when we’re able to persevere through our challenges and look back and laugh at all those “I remember when…” memories. It’s actually priceless.