You Can’t Afford to Watch TV

You cannot afford to watch TV. Really, you cannot. Do you have any debt? If so, sitting on your butt in front of the boob tube is not going to get you out of your predicament any faster. You can be certain that you are in fact cheating your family out of thousands of dollars in residual income, and a lifetime of fun and freedom! So what will it be ?… the brain numbing telly… or living up to your full potential?

The sad fact is that for many, it will be the telly. In ‘the Strangest secret”, by Earl Nightingale, it is said that a full 95% of people are content to just get by. Only 5% of us are true entrepreneurs, willing to learn and apply and grow into our full potential. Of the 5% who will become financially independent, only 1% become wildy successful and truly rich.

Where do you see yourself? Do you have a burning desire, huge dreams and an imagination that keeps you awake at night? Or are you sitting on your butt, living vicariously through the characters on the screen. Or worse, letting your beautiful mind be poisoned by the violence and trash that passes for entertainment?

You truly must change your mind before you can change your bank account. One of the most glorious aspects of a network marketing business is that you MUST grow in order to earn. You must change your stinkin thinkin, you must learn to use the master key.

One of my friends says it this way – “you’ve got to stop being right if you want to be rich.”

In other words, it’s time that you listened, learned and applied and simply got down to work.

I know that many of you are out surfing for the ‘magic dust’ that is going to make your business run on total autopilot so that you don’t have to actually work…

Folks, this isn’t like your job where you work as little as possible and will get paid regardless. If you treat your network marketing business the same way you do your job, your dreams will continue to be just that. Dreams, wishes, could have beens.

Your business requires massive exposure. That means that each and every day you must work to put more prospects into your pipeline. I’ll bet that your upline has given you some ways to get that done? If not, have you gone further upline to find the answers you need? Are there people making money in your company? I’ll bet there are, and if you aren’t its not the company or the comp plan or your sponsor’s fault. It’s yours. You need to keep going upline till you find the answers you need. I said the answers you need- not the answers you WANT. The successful people in your upline will tell you what they are doing to succeed. Just DO it. You may have to step out of your comfort zone to begin to make true change in your life. You may need to learn new skills and apply them on a daily basis until you become at least proficient, if not professional.

You didn’t buy a lottery ticket, folks. You bought a business. Just because it was cheap, doesn’t mean you don’t have a million in potential earnings waiting for you.

Get to work. Turn off the tube.

Generate prospects (time)
or

Buy prospects (money)

Connect with them via the phone and use the system your upline has taught you. If the timing isn’t right for them, let the system you have in place follow up and keep them in the loop.

How many people should you expose to your biz on a daily basis?
3-5 a day is part time
10 a day is full time
15+ a day is big time.

Have you made that many connections yet today? No? Turn off the tube.

Consistently fill your pipeline and know that this is not a slot machine or a microwave. Your prospects will join when the timing is right for them. That may not be today – but if you stick with your business long enough, you may find that an extraordinary number of them join you sometime down the road.

So are you ready to make today a day of extraordinary change? Just decide, and it is DONE!
I wish you the utmost success!

Originally posted at : TV Rots Your Brain

5 Comments Comments For This Post I'd Love to Hear Yours!

  1. I use you to be a big TV and a bigger movie buff, but I had to make a huge turn around. One thing is for certain if you are working this business there is no time for the TV.
    Besides….I am going to be in that 1%!

    Be Blessed!
    Sherry Prince

  2. Nick Gernatt says:

    Hi Melanie …. Love the “You Can’t Afford To Watch TV” (can I borrow the headline?!)

    Every day we’re given a blank check of Time 24hrs and most people just don’t spend wisely.

    I don’t have Time for TV myself – “Income reducer”

    God Bless,
    Nick Gernatt

  3. Owen Larson says:

    Melanie,
    Funny you should send this today.
    Earlier today, Diane and I were scouring through photo albums to find pictures that we will use for our online marketing efforts. We came across some photos that were taken in our home, round about 1995, where we had draped strips of yellow Caution tape over the screen of the T.V. We were heavily engaged in building multiple businesses at that time and it was so funny to look back and remember that 50” T.V. with the Caution tape. The truth is that anyone looking to free up 10 hours per week, really fast, just turn off the T.V. I have taught that you take your remote control for your T.V. to the bank next time you visit and lock it up in your safety deposit box for one month and see just how much better you feel and how much more you accomplish.

    Zig Ziglar once said that you get more done the day before you go on vacation than just about any other day. So why not go on vacation tomorrow every single day of your life?

    I appreciate you!
    Make it a Great Day!
    Owen

  4. Melanie, I agree with you…

    I believe in moderation is important. I enjoy taking a break in the late evening to watch an old movie or some TV classics. However, “too much” time for TV watching can kill the time that could be put to more productive use.

  5. Keysha Bass says:

    This is so true. Automatic income reducer!

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