Never Quit on a Bad Day

The best piece of advice I've ever heard about building a network marketing business is this:

Never quit on a bad day.

So profound. Think about how that works. You've got 3 presentations scheduled for the day. You're excited. What if all 3 of them sign up? You don't want to get your hopes up too high though. Even if just one signs up, that's a pretty good day.

Then the first one cancels and can't tell you a date to reschedule. Closely followed by the second person who cuts you off even before you get started saying, "Is this network marketing? If it is, don't bother because I'm not getting involved in any of those pyramid scams." And the third, who's a close friend of yours, is a no-show. And avoiding your calls.

And to bring a wonderful day to an end, you knock coffee on your computer. Perfect. Just perfect.

It's tempting to quit on a day like that. "What's the point of doing this?" you growl. "No one's going to be interested. I hate people." You fume as you mop up coffee off your keyboard which is ominously typing the letter "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" across your screen without your assistance. "I don't know why I'm even bothering. I'm never going to be able to do this. I should just quit."

Stop. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200. (Well considering you didn't sign anyone up today, I don't think we have to worry about that one.)

But seriously, stop. Take a deep breath and let it out. Never quit on a bad day. Go find your kids and head to the park to play Frisbee or something.

Because here's the fun part: they won't all be bad days. There will actually be some good days. And you won't be remotely interested in quitting then.

Not until a bad day rolls around again. Because it will. It's that day you're thinking about throwing your company's presentation materials in the toilet because a woman you showed it to says, "Let me check with my husband before I spend $10 a month on your subscription program" (never mind that you know for a fact this woman just bought a Prada bag, took a family vacation in Martha's Vineyard, and is thinking about signing up for a Pilates series--because she just told you!). Take a deep breath, let it out, and murmur your mantra: Never quit on a bad day.

So then it's on to the next day which turns out to be a lot of fun because you sign up a buddy who's really excited about the business, and you're back to thinking this is the greatest business in the world, and you're going to...

Pretty clever huh?