Are We Having Fun Yet?

Reality Check.

Gut Check.

Bonus Check.

Is this the way you thought it would be?

Hopefully, each person who decides to start an MLM business has a good idea of what they are getting themselves in to or in for. Take away the hype and hoopla and what you are left with is a business that requires effort in order to succeed. Regardless of how helpful your sponsor and/or upline are, it's pretty hard to just skate by without making the decision to commit oneself to working one's own business. Sure, it happens sometimes, but can you really expect to be carried and supported without making any effort of your own?

What is often overlooked is that there are a number of ways to climb the mountain of success. If your reality check finds that you aren't as good a presenter as someone else or aren't as naturally drawn to chatting up everyone who comes within 3 feet of you, you can still succeed in your MLM business if you can determine which marketing activities you are good at or enjoy doing. It's not too surprising that we like doing things that we are good at and don't usually like doing things that we aren't very good at.

The structure of Network Marketing can really help you out in that it's likely that someone in your upline or downline enjoys doing some of those things that you don't and vice-versa. Additionally, many a successful MLM business is run by a couple, married to each other or not, but each taking charge of an aspect of the business that they enjoy or at which they are skilled.

I believe that the answer to "Are we having fun yet?" is what ultimately determines whether or not someone stays with their business for the long haul and is a predictor of future success.