Now, you may be new to SFI and/or business in general. You
may feel you have nothing you can teach your affiliates. That's OK, you can
learn and grow into the leader role over time. And, after all, all the training
your affiliates really need is at the SFI Affiliate Center. But what you must never do is allow your
affiliates to think their sponsor (you) is uncaring. If you do that, if
you do not communicate with your affiliates, success will be a hundred times
harder to attain.
"Don't wait for
someone else to make your life terrific. That's your job."
-Unknown
The # 7 rule
Not only is this a key rule in SFI, but I consider this to
be amongst THE most important lessons in life. NO ONE ELSE can make you
successful. It's all up to you. YOU are the "master of your destiny"
and responsible for your own success. Period.
Conversely, there's not anyone or anything that will make
you a failure. It does no good to blame the economy, your education, or
whatever bad breaks you've had in your life. Doing so means taking on a
victim's mentality. DON'T EVER DO THIS. I can guarantee you that many thousands
of people have succeeded despite having it much worse, so don't make excuses
and don't convince yourself that you're somehow a victim.
And the grass isn't any greener on the other side either.
You have now (or can acquire) everything you need to be successful. Just
remember that it's up to you and nobody else. Then go out and do it.
Now, for those who might be thinking, "well, that's
easy for you to say, Gery!"…the fact is, I've achieved what most people
would say is extraordinary success, but it was not handed to me, not by any
stretch. I come from a very small Nebraska town and very humble beginnings.
When I started in business I had no business education, no experience, and no
money to invest. And it took four long years (the first two moonlighting into
the wee hours of the night while holding down a full-time job), before I ever saw
a profit. I had no mentors, no great upline leaders or sponsors to guide me,
nor any wealthy relatives to come to my aid. But I decided I was going to
become successful and I did. And I've put in the work every day for nearly 25
years now to stay successful.
So...it's not your sponsor. It's not your upline. It's not
the economy. It's not the government. It's not the compensation plan. It's not
any of these things or any other obstacles perceived to be in your way. If you
want to become successful, you can go around the obstacles, go over, go under,
or go right through them. Success is yours if you want it, but ONLY YOU control
this. Always remember: "If it's to be, it's up to me."
"Learning is the
beginning of wealth. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all
begins. The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize it that you
can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for
yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do."
-Albert Einstein
The # 8 rule
Leaders are readers
It's ABSURD to think you can succeed in SFI if you're not visiting the SFI
Affiliate Center at least once a day and reading the latest information and
updates. EVERY DAY, at the very least, you should be checking all of the tabs
on your SFI homepage (Alerts, Tips, To-Do List, TripleClicks, Ask SC,
Scoreboard, etc.). You should also be reading the latests posts on the SFI
Forum. If you're not reading all or most of these things, you are clearly NOT
serious about SFI and you will therefore not succeed.
Tip: I post
multiple times at the SFI Forum almost every day, including weekends. By reading my posts,
you'll gain a LOT of insights into the direction of the company. You can easily
follow all my postings by clicking on my name at the forum and then clicking on
the "Search user's posts" link. Doing so will automatically bring up
all my latest postings, sorted newest to oldest (to get the full context of a
post, click on the thread titles).
But don't stop with the SFI Affiliate Center. Go out on the Web every day
and subscribe to marketing newsletters, read business blogs, etc. There's an
absolute wealth of information out there, much of it now 100% free thanks to
the Internet. And, of course, there are books galore that will allow you to run
circles around the non-readers of the world. We're even now beginning to get
some of these great books at TripleCliks.
"Learn something new.
Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits."
-Brian
Tracy
The # 9 rule
You may not realize it right now, but inside you you have
the potential to become very, very successful. Successful beyond your wildest
dreams. So why aren't you? By and large, it's because our schools, governments,
teachers, professors, and clergy don't teach you this!
On the contrary in fact, you've been programmed your whole
life to accept mediocrity, to believe that conforming and compromising is the
way you go through life and that real success is unachievable except for the
"privileged." Of course, people that have become highly successful
have learned this is not true at all and they have broken out of these
artificial constraints...and so should you!
For me, it was reading the classic book "Think And Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill at the age
of 22 that opened my eyes. I was also greatly impacted by "The Magic Of Thinking Big" by David Schwartz. I
still highly recommend these books to anyone who wants to do great things in
their life.
At TripleClicks we are fortunate to have one of the world's
most famous success experts and authors, Jack Zufelt, as one of our ECAs.
Like Napoleon Hill and David Schwartz , Jack opens
your eyes to your true potential. Indeed, what Jack teaches is so powerful he
has been interviewed on over 2,000 radio and TV talk shows. PBS aired a special
about him that was broadcast via satellite to 127 countries. The United States
Senate honored him for teaching Americans how to achieve more success in their
personal lives and careers. He was even awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit
by the President of the United States!
"People with
goals succeed because they know where they're going."
-Earl Nightingale
The # 10 rule
Set goals...and publish them!
A
valid plan for success must include not just goals, but published goals too.
Use this section of our AffiliateProfile to set yours and review your goals
often at your SFI Homepage (see "My Goals" section).
Once you've set
your goals, print out the page and keep it on the wall near where you work on
your SFI business. i.e. Publish them!This may seem silly to you, but
psychologically it can be a game-changer. No one knows why exactly, but
publishing your goals seems to launch activity in your powerful subconscious
mind that seems to literally "pull" you towards the achievement of
your goals!
Studies
on goal-setting have revealed truly amazing statistics. For example, a study of
college students who used goal-setting in college found they eventually landed
in the top percentile of all earners!
Setting goals is so easy to do, yet 95% of
people never set goals. They just never take the time. And who do you think are
the most successful, highest-earning people in the world? The 5% group of
course! If you want to be in the 5% group, don't even think about ignoring
goal-setting!
"Without goals, and plans to reach them,
you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination."
-Fitzhugh Dodson
The # 11 rule
Goals are vital, as Rule #10 makes clear, but you
must also have a plan to achieve your goals, and it must be realistic.
Start with this: Though SFI is truly one of the few
businesses where you can earn while you learn, think of your first 6-12 months
primarily as a training period. Build this into your plan. In this era of
"instant everything," I know that's a tough for a lot of people to
deal with, but big incomes simply do not happen overnight. It's just not
reality. If it was, everybody would be rich.Instead, plan to work the hardest
your first 6-12 months or so and get compensated the least.
Don't expect large earnings until after you've educated yourself and given
yourself time to put your plan fully into operation. Tip: For a great book on
creating your plan, try The One Page Business Plan for the Creative Entrepreneur,
by Jim Horan
"Don't waste time
calculating your chances of success and failure. Just fix your aim and
begin."
-Guan Yin Tzu
The # 12 rule
There will never be a "perfect" time. Start now,
with whatever you have. The tools you need will come to you as you learn more about SFI and work toward your goals. And don't be derailed by "perfection
paralysis" either. Realize that you won't be able to do everything
perfectly. Do the best job you can. Keep learning and keep moving ahead. That's
the key.
"Nothing can add more power
to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of
targets."
-Nido Qubein
The # 13 rule
You cannot become successful in anything when you're trying
to do too many things at once. As they say, chase two rabbits and you'll catch
neither!
"Build your people and
you will build your business. People will want your approval first and your
advice second. Do both. A lot...in that order and you will find that they will
like you and willingly follow your suggestions."
-Jack M. Zufelt
The # 14 rule
Have something positive to share? Send it to your downline! One of your jobs
as an upline member is to provide your downline with motivation, inspiration,
and help create and maintain momentum. A super easy way to do this is by
regularly using the PSA Mailer, CSA Mailer, and Strem. Post positive, uplifting
comments on the SFI Forum, too. Hearing about success from other SFI
affiliates, even if they're not in your upline or downline, is empowering!
Conversely, the last thing you want to do is kill momentum. Hence, when you
have a complaint, go "up" with it. That is, go to your upline members
or SFI corporate support. That's what we're here for, to help you with problems
you encounter.
The SFI Forum is also not for venting or posting complaints.
Posting critical, disparaging remarks harms you and every SFI affiliate who is
working hard to achieve success—and don't forget that your own downline reads
the forum!
"Success seems to be
connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but
they don't quit."
-Conrad Hilton
The #15 rule
The only way to fail in SFI is if you give up.
SO many people quit just as they're ready to break through.
Imagine mining deep into a mountainside, then walking away mere inches away
from striking gold. Don't be that person.
Worse is the person who does this over and over again. If
they had just kept digging instead of moving on to the "next great
thing" every few months, they'd already have their gold–and they would
have reached it so much sooner!
And, yes, sometimes it will seem that your efforts are not
accomplishing anything, but always remember that even the mightiest oak tree
will eventually be felled by the steady chops of even the smallest axe.
Persistence always pays off.
"When you think big,
your results are big."
-Thomas J. Vilord
The # 16 rule
Think BIG!
As
our SFI slogan says, aim high and dream big!
Small desire produces small
results, just as a small fire produces little heat.
"We can no more
afford to spend major time on minor things than we can to spend minor time on
major things."
-Jim Rohn
The # 17 rule
Don't major in minors
Don't let little problems upset you. Concentrate on the positives...and
the "big picture.
Also remember that the only thing that will never change is
that there will always be changes (especially in today's rapidly evolving
world).
Don't let changes upset you. Know that you will have to deal with changes, both big and small, continually. Be prepared to be flexible and to
adapt as needed.
"Take charge of your
attitude. Don't let someone else choose it for you."
-Unknown
The # 18 rule
Your attitude determines your altitude in your life, so make
sure it's positive! And don't let the negative attitudes of others (even if
they're family members, friends, or peers) influence you. All the great men and
women in history had to overcome the naysayers (AKA "Dream Stealers")
who said it couldn't be done—and then went out and did it. Think for yourself
and believe in yourself!
Have fun and be enthusiastic, too.
People love enthusiasm
and they can't resist someone having fun.
Make your business so much fun that
others will flock to you to join you.
"You can experience
rejection for free or you can do it for money. Nobody likes rejection but it is
a fact of life in just about every thing you do. In business, deal with it or
stay poor."
-Jack M. Zufelt
The # 19 rule
Because most people aren't
"entrepreneurial," rejection is natural and normal in our type of
business. For every 20 people you present SFI to, expect 19 "no's"
for every "yes." You may do better than that, but expect 19 rejections.
This way, the rejections won't bother you. Also, realize that they're not
rejecting YOU—they're simply rejecting an idea. Just keep moving ahead.
"Some will, some
won't. So what?! Someone's waiting! Next!"
Memorize this and say it to yourself when rejection happens. And remember
that you're now one step closer to the next "yes." Be persistent,
ignore the rejections, and you'll get more than enough "yes's" to
build a successful business.
"Failure is the path
of least PERSISTENCE."
-Unknown
The # 20 rule
Building a successful business will require persistence and
determination. Though many would like you to believe otherwise (including most
of our competitors), there's simply no such thing as "get rich
quick." And, I'm sorry, but almost all "overnight success"
stories you hear about were actually YEARS in the making.
Success comes before work ONLY in the dictionary,
but stick with it and you can experience the massive success that those with
unrealistic, "I-want-it-now" expectations never hang around long
enough to receive.
This is the core of my personal success. I hung around! I'm
sure hundreds of thousands of people started a business in 1985 as I did, most
perhaps with more experience, more talent, and/or more money to invest, who are
no longer in business today. Why did I succeed when they did not? I believe
it's because I APPLIED MYSELF to the goals I set for myself and I refused to
fail. "Persist until you win" has always been my motto and it
continues to serve me every single day!
