Only 2 Steps to Success

I read an article recently that said success consists of only 2 things.

These two things are very basic, and can be broken down into several subcategories, depending on how complicated you wanted to make it. I like to keep it simple, so let's look at these two things.

The first quality of success is hard work. This should be obvious, but the number of sites that promise you millions of dollars for doing nothing tells me that this is a step a lot of people don't see as necessary.

Do yourself a favor. If somebody tells you to plug into their system for 25 bucks a month and collect your million dollars next week, just walk away. Don't ponder how it's possible; forget that it defies all logic. Take a hike.

If you want to be successful, you'll have to work hard. There's no way around it.

The other quality, possibly even more important than the first, is knowing WHAT to work on. This is a lesson network marketers need to pay close attention to. When I first started in network marketing back in 1996, I worked hard.

I did everything my upline told me to, and then some. I made my list, called my friends and family, struck up conversations in the grocery market checkout lines, and even called opportunity leads for hours on end.

Nobody told me how to generate targeted traffic, or that building relationships with people FIRST was the best way to build an effective downline.

The net result from all my hard work? Zero.

Like many network marketers today, I only had half the equation. I was ready to do it, but I didn't know exactly what to do.

The good news is that once you know what to do, even if you work at it all day, it's not really hard. I actually find it enjoyable.