1. Act Successful

Success guru Anthony Robbins tells his audiences that, the fact that they got up in the morning means they are already successful! So given than you ARE successful ... it is time to ACT successful.

What does this mean? You must eat, breath, speak and dress successfully. If someone asks you how you are ... don´t whine about the weather. Say I´m "GREAT!" and really mean it. Pump yourself up continually until you feel like the success you are.

Acting successful doesn´t mean putting on a show and buying the car you haven´t got the resources for ... yet! Nor does it mean exaggerating how well you are doing in the business. It simply means having the inner confidence that you are going to make it ... knowing that you are already successful, and acting like it!

Some people listen to great tapes, or read great books to keep themselves in a successful state of mind. Do what ever it takes.

2. Goals to Success

You must have goals. You must know where you are going. Make them BIG goals. Make them FUN! Part of becoming a success is having goals that will take you to the top.

Once you know where you are heading (to the moon) you can take the smaller steps that will get you there (building the rocket ship).

Write your goals down. Share them with someone IF that motivates you. One of our friends belongs to a "mastermind" group that meets once a year to share their past successes and set new goals. The things that the people in this group have accomplished, and the changes they have made in their lives are phenomenal!

3. Visualize Success

Buy a few success oriented magazines such as Success and Entrepreneur. Cut out pictures, words and phrases that represent your goals. If you have a dream house, find a picture of it. Ditto with your "fantasy" car or vacation.

Pin these onto your bulletin board, or replace all those yellow stickies you have around your computer monitor with something more compelling!

For years Jim had a photo of his dream car pinned on his bulletin board. The bulletin board is right in front of the phone. And since he´s on the phone a lot ... he sees it every day. This year when he went to take delivery of his brand new luxury BMW he told the dealership about his dream and his bulletin board photo. They thought it was neat and took a whole roll of pictures of Jim driving his "dream" off the car lot. Now both the old picture and the new picture are on the bulletin board side by side. Talk about reinforcing the feeling of success and accomplishment!

4. Hang Out With Successful People

You can either hang out in the bar on Friday night with a bunch of guys and gals who constantly whine about how bad things are and about what jerks their bosses are ...

OR, you can hang around with successful, happy people. People who know where they are going and who are willing to do what it takes to get there. Don´t know where to find them? Keep going upline until you can find a group of people in your area. Go to your companies regional training and yearly conventions. Go where people are learning things and having fun.

Make sure you are the kind of person other people want to be around!

5. Model Success

Now that you are hanging around successful people you have someone to model. If you don´t have anyone you want to model in your direct upline , keep going higher and higher until you find someone you like and respect.

Read success oriented authors like Anthony Robbins and Brian Tracy. Get on your company´s tape programme.

Learn about and use your companies products. Know the compensation plan. Practice telling people about your company and what you do.

Learn about the Internet and about using the Internet to prospect for and grow your business. If you stop learning you will be left behind. WAY behind!

Get information and training from the people in your organization who are successful ... not the whiners at the bar!

6. Put Blinders On

Blinders are small flexible pieces of leather attached to a horse´s bridle. They prevent the horse from seeing anything except what´s in front of them. Without blinders, a horse can see almost completely behind itself without turning its head. Horses can easily get distracted and spooked when unfamiliar objects come up behind them.

The purpose of the blinders is to keep the horse focused on where it is going.

You need to put the blinders on too. It is so easy to be distracted by the unwashed dishes in the other room, by the guys going out for a beer ... by the TV or the phone. If you do business online, surfing can be soooo seductive. First you follow one link, and then another ... and soon your whole evening is gone and you´ve done nothing!

If you are going to be successful with your network marketing business you need to focus. You need to know what it is you have to do and then ... you have to DO IT!

Yes, you have to be aware of what´s out there on the web, but you also have to take the action steps that will get you to your goal. This might be contacting friends, writing a letter, answering your email and getting on the phone.

You need to have a plan. Put the blinders on and stick to your plan. If you need to surf for information or ideas or opportunities, then this should be part of your plan!

At the beginning of the article, we said we´d give you a half dozen success strategies. Well ... here´s a bonus!

7. Successful People Never Quit!

They just become more active.