The Story Continues...

Did you watch the educational movies on this site? If you did, you should know the answers to these questions:
a) What do the Wealthy, Middle class and Poor buy on payday?
b) What (according to Robert Kiyosaki) are the definitions of 'Asset' and 'Liability'?
c) What criteria should you use to evaluate a business?
d) Why it is important to be aware of trends in business?
e) Who is the Harvard Business School-trained Professor interviewed in the 'Brilliant Compensation' presentation, and why does he teach Network Marketing as part of the Business Education curriculum in his current Uni?

If you couldn't answer those questions easily, go back and watch those movies. They're short - one is 11 mins and the other one is 27 mins. Go educate yourself - there's nothing blissful about ignorance.

Anyway, here's what I found about network marketing: it is a great opportunity to learn how to run a business ethically (and get paid while you learn). The training in the industry is simply phenomenal, and while you learn, you have the chance to apply what you learn to your business. In addition, the marketing principles you learn are the exact same principles you can use to launch and market any other type of business. I'll share some of them with you in future posts.

I also made another pleasant discovery about the industry: it is huge on Personal Development. In fact, the company I work with (as many other companies in the industry do, I presume) has a recommended reading list of Personal Development books, and encourages us to spend at least 15 mins each day studying Personal growth material. I've found this focus to be very important - I'm becoming a better person as a result of my experience in this industry. I'm learning more, how to always think in terms of others and how best to serve them.

Steven Covey, author of 'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' says 'Network marketing has come of age...' and Robert Kiyosaki, author of the 'Rich Dad' series, calls it 'The Business School For People Who Like Helping People'. These are independent voices from respectable individuals who've become open-minded enough to investigate the industry in its own right.

Now I know there are some bad eggs in the industry - which industry doesn't have its scammers? But that's no reason to disregard the entire industry, is it? You don't stop eating at Chinese restaurants just because you had a bad experience at one of them, do you?

The marketing skills I'm learning from this business are helping me promote my Coaching business more effectively. If you're in any way interested in starting a business, you can get real-life training as an Associate in a network marketing company.

Network Marketing Professionals are 'The New Professionals'. Don't say I didn't tell you :)

Here are some of the books I mentioned in this post (and some I didn't:) )