Network Marketing Tip: Improve Your Self-Image, Confidence Attracts

July 8, 2009 by Ben Mapp · 1 Comment
Filed under: Network Marketing, Strategies 

Top earners in network marketing are leaders, typically ones who have a strong self-image, exude self-confidence, and maintain a positive mindset.

The confidence comes from a solid-self image, which is critical to making things happen, producing powerful results in business and in life.

People tend to follow those who are more confident than they are because:

1. Many people feel that, by associating with a leader, they can become more like him/her.

2. Confidence makes others feel safe.

3. It’s easier to trust a confident person.

4. People feel better about themselves if they hang out with confident people.

Notice how all these reasons address basic psychological needs, which makes self-confidence an integral part of mass prospecting and mass psychology.

By being confident, and having a good self-image, you project the image of someone who knows what he/she wants, knows what he/she is doing, and knows where he/she is going: Success is Inevitable.

As a network marketer, investing in improving your self-image would be a good investment. Certainly, there are many ways to go about that. There are many approaches to personal improvement and this post isn’t about promoting or suggesting one method or another.

Rather, the key is to understand that your self-image, your mindset, your “thought process” will have a direct impact on your business. In fact, you’ll probably find that many hugely successful people (regardless of profession or industry) stress the importance of personal development.

To be really confident about yourself and your abilities, you’ll want to focus on a few areas:

1. Get rid of negativity. This can be as easy or as hard as you want it to be. In reality, it’s as simple as deciding to that negative thoughts won’t stop you from acting on your commitments. It only takes a few days of conscious practice to turn it into a habit.

2. Work it out. If you have any issues, take the time and expend the effort work through and resolve them (you do not need any baggage to hold you back).

3. Take stock of yourself. Assess your capabilities and play to your strengths while steadily improving upon your weaknesses. One powerful technique is to do a SWOT Analysis of your business.

Apply this to your network marketing business and you’ll see the impact in improved results there (and in other areas of your life). You’ll see it in the way you interact with others. You’ll see it in the content you create.

Your voice will take on a tone of authority, not because you are trying to project it, but because you have taken control of your life and your future.

You’ll find that people open up to you and in turn, you’ll be (really) listening to them because you can relate to both their successes and failures.

Just remember: In every venture there are setbacks and failures, especially in network marketing. The key is to not let them affect your self-image. Working through these setbacks will earn you even more respect from your colleagues and from your. In fact, the way you handle them will eventually attract even more people to you - because you’ve “shown the way,” you’ve been there, done that.

More importantly, once you overcome failures and setbacks, you’ll be better equipped to advise others, making you a better leader.

Read more tips in this series:
Index: Network Marketing Tips to Become a Top Earner
Tip 1: Promote Yourself First Not Your Company
Tip 2: Master Copywriting and Maximize Your Results
Tip 3: Master Mass Psychology for Mass Prospecting Appeal
Tip 4: Learn Prospecting on a Large Scale
Tip 5: Improve Your Self-Image, Confidence Attracts


Wishing You the Best,
Ben Mapp

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One Response to “Network Marketing Tip: Improve Your Self-Image, Confidence Attracts”
  1. stylus says:

    Yes, like minded people attract. If someone is seeking confidence, then you have to be confident. A good list that speaks many truths.

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