Can you REALLY "Set It and Forget It" in Home Business?

Are you wanting a business that is on auto pilot?  You just want to plug in and let "the system" do all the work for you.  You simply want to "set it and forget it"?  

Well I have a little surprise for you.

It's NOT going to work!

Let me explain.   Let's say you were watching an informercial. You got caught in the hype and excitement and ordered the "set it and forget it" oven.   Now, you just got it delivered, it's in its box.  Where's your chicken?   The commercial said you could just "set it and forget it" so why can't you put the box on your kitchen counter top and get your chicken?

Well you obviously know you need to take it out of the box, remove the tape, the cardboard and the plastic inserts and assemble some small parts.  Now all that is done. Where's the golden brown yummy chicken?

Oh yea, you need to plug it in and set it!  But, wait, where's the chicken?

Ok, another step, you have to go to the store, buy the chicken, go home, unwrap the chicken, clean the chicken, season the chicken, pierce the chicken and stick it in the machine.  But you're hungry, you want it NOW!

Well, you still have to turn on the machine and get it going. Eventually you smell the aroma of golden chicken wafting on the breeze and you know it's almost time!

"DING"

The buzzer went off, YAY!   HOT HOT HOT ouch!  Not YET!!!!

Now you  have to use the funny gloves to take out the chicken, put it on a plate, let it cool, then carve it and get it ready for eating!   

Now THERE'S the chicken!  YUM!  The fruits of your labor, but it was a bit more work that you anticipated.  You could not just "set it and forget it" could you?

AND, all that was JUST once, all that effort was just for this one dinner!  PLUS you are not even done yet!

Next you have to clean the machine, you have to wipe out the grease, get those fricken chicken drippins', you have to wipe down the inside and outside. You have to take care of your "set it and forget it" system if you want to keep it running and in tip top shape, so you have to tend to it to make sure it keeps running smoothly!

The next time you want some easy peasy chicken, you have a series of steps to go through.....

I'm hoping by now you've gotten my drift.... No matter how "easy" it is, there is always work involved!  Even with a home business that promises you that you can "set it and forget it", well, it's just not going to happen.  You don't just power up the computer and expect the money to flow in to your bank account, I can guarantee, it will NOT happen!

You have to take all the steps to get that "set it and forget it" system running, you have to maintain it, yes you will enjoy the "chickens" of your labor, but you have to clean up, clean out and keep doing it over and over if you want more and more chicken to keep appearing....

Always remember, you have to take all the steps to prep the chicken now, before you can cook it and enjoy it later....

Alethea Anderson
Chicken Chef Extroadinaire

If you think Network Marketing is hard... "You're joking, right?"

Greetings!

I wanted to share this Article by Tim Sales of BrilliantExchange.com ~ don't let your dreams escape you because you think something is hard!

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"If you think Network Marketing is hard...."

I was at a table where a bunch of distributors were talking between themselves and each got on the band wagon and threw in their own proof of how "hard this business is.

"I let the pity party continue for a while then finally exclaimed,"You're joking, right?"

If ever you could have heard a pin drop it would have been at that moment.

Let me describe my view on the subject and then I'll write what I told the people sitting at that table. I'm doing this in hopes that you too will stop or will leave the pity party when you hear it. Your success depends on it.

To be able to see my view, allow me to take you back to just prior to my entering M.L.M.

The year was 1987. I was with the US Navy's underwater bomb squad team in the Persian Gulf. Our "job" was to locate and defuse the bombs that were in the Gulf. Of course that's plenty dangerous - but the sea snakes bothered us just as much.

Sea snakes are extremely territorial and the most toxic of all snakes. So imagine defusing a live bomb while looking over your shoulder for sea snakes - that's quite a distraction!

Fortunately sea snakes don't have long fangs so we would wear 1/2 inch thick wet suits as a safety precaution. It's difficult for the snakes to penetrate the skin through a 1/2 inch wet suit. But wearing a thick wetsuit is an additional problem because with the outside temperature between 100 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit (38-49 Celsius) it's extremely hot wearing a 1/2 inch wetsuit in that heat.

Oh, I almost forgot the other hazard - the enemy. The enemy is someone whose intention is to kill you if he sees you.

So that was my life leading up to me answering an ad in the Washington Post for my network marketing company.

Now back to the discussion I was having at the table with the people who were complaining that network marketing is so "hard."My statement was, "You're joking, right?"

Then I went on to say some of the following:

What's hard? You sit on your butt in an air conditioned (or heated) room with your drink of preference on your desk. The bathroom is within a few feet of your office. Food is abundant. Your only distraction is your child or pet coming into the room ... what's hard about that?

In the bomb squad, for us to get to our work we had to sky dive in or row a boat in (underwater bombs don't like the sound of motor boats). For a network marketer to arrive at "work" they normally have to walk up or down some steps or down a hall - what's hard about that?

In the bomb squad, if we goof a little, we blow up. DEAD. If you are terrible on a phone call - NOTHING HAPPENS - you don't blow up - you don't die!
You call a prospect, he's not there. Go to the next one.You call a prospect, he's there but isn't interested. Go to the next one.

You call a prospect, he's there, agrees to watch a video and then won't answer the phone afterwards. Go to the next one.

You call a prospect, he's there, agrees to watch a video, you reach him for the follow-up - says it's not for him. Go to the next one.

You call a prospect, he's there, agrees to watch a video, on the follow up call he says he's super excited... but his wife won't let him do it. Go to the next one.

You call a prospect, he's there, agrees to watch a video, on the follow up he says - I want to do this. You sign him up, help him... and go to the next one.What's hard?

The only hard part is not knowing what to say to your prospect - That is all covered in Professional Inviter. Even if you call someone and get a super jerk on the phone, the worst he'll do is yell at you - so what? He's not going to shoot you!

Network marketing is NOT hard!

If you can't relate to my bomb squad examples or you're thinking I'm somehow different from you, let me tell you what I've observed in others.

A mother of a toddler lugs around a 25 - 35 lb. weight 18 hours a day. Tosses him from hip to hip. Hasn't had a good night's rest in 2 years. Changes diapers containing substances that don't look or smell like they're from this planet. The child runs through the living room with his arm out and cleans off the coffee table - does anything hit the floor? NO! His mother catches the vase and puts it back on the table, catches the tea glass before it spills and sets it back down. She glances up and sees her toddler has the family's picture and frame held above his head about to throw it and she (in an instant) steps over the coffee table and with one giant step reaches her toddler and pulls the picture frame from his hand before he throws it. This isn't work to her - this is "a joy." She says to her husband, "Honey, let's have another one."

A man decides to "take some time off from work." He plans a hiking trip. He loads everything he'll need to live for a few days in a backpack. It will weigh 50-80 lbs. He throws it on his shoulder and hikes straight up a hill. He'll sweat all day, not off and on, but the whole day. He'll pitch his tent at sun down; eat Cup-O-Soup by stirring in warm water.

He'll navigate tomorrow's journey in his tent with a flash light in his mouth. He'll sleep at a slant and on rocks and tree stumps. He'll wake in the morning, pack everything back in his pack and eat a protein bar for breakfast. He'll reach the summit and spend just a few minutes looking at the view of what he accomplished... then head back down. He arrives at his truck, tosses the backpack in the back of the truck and thinks, "I've gotta get back to work." Work? (!) He gets back home and his wife asks, "How was it?" His reply, "It was great!

"Now I urge you to have this same conversation with yourself. Look around at what you do that is hard work that you actually call play. Then compare that to what you do when you do network marketing... it's NOT hard and it's not work - it's great fun and a joy! And if it doesn't feel like that for you yet, it will, once you know the Inviting Formula, as contained in Professional Inviter.

Enjoy what you do,
Tim Sales

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WOW huh?

Have an ENLIGHTENED Day!

Alethea Anderson