Building Your Home Business in a Positive Environment With a Mentor

By Richard J. Norris

Remember your parent's interest in who you were hanging out with? They knew that who you spent time with was going to play a major role in who you ultimately became. We are very much products of our environments as much as we are genetics. As a supervisor of student teachers, in one of my previous experiences in education, my first advice as they went out was always, "Stay out of the teachers' lounge." Why? Because, the teacher's lounge is quite simply the most negative place in any school. You hear all the complaints about this student and that one, the principal, superintendent and school board. I just didn't want them to begin their teaching careers in a vacuum of negativity.

One of the hardest things for many of the people who are trying to create income from a non-traditional avenue, like a network marketing company, is that they are constantly being bombarded with negative support. Friends, family and others just shake their head and tell them that this can't possibly work (forget the fact that they could pick up the phone and speak with countless individuals who are no longer fighting traffic, asking permission for vacation and can set their own work hours). It's difficult to remain motivated when faced with this kind of negativity, and if it's a spouse that is continually pushing for them to give up it's nearly impossible and many unfortunately don't stay with it.

Why do so many people seem to be more than willing to pile on the negative support for your dream of having your own business and financial security? Fear! Fear that you will succeed and they will be proven wrong. Fear that the confidence that success breeds may change you as a person. And, finally, it may just be good old-fashioned jealousy. They see someone that had the courage to try something that they wouldn't and when they see you starting to succeed, they really pour on the negativity in a last ditch effort to derail the dream. Stay away from the dream killers.

The importance of the environment we surround ourselves with doesn't diminish with time. Even when we become adults we still need to guard against the negativity that can creep in if we let it, and the best way to prevent that is to have someone who is a positive force that we can continue to learn from. The quickest way to success and maintaining a positive attitude in any venture, but especially when it comes to building an income from home, is to find someone who has attained what you desire and hang out with them, absorbing as much of their philosophy and habits as possible. If you can somehow convince them to be an active mentor to you, you're definitely on the road to success.

Build a network of support for whatever goals you have. Find someone who can mentor you through the project and take the action they recommend. They've done what you want to, so who better to get advice from? Many people hate the thought of asking someone else for help or advice, thinking erroneously that they need to have all the answers and "do it on their own." Let me clue you in on something. Anyone who says, "I accomplished this all on my own", is either ignorant or a liar. No great accomplishment has ever been a solo activity, that's why you should have no problem looking to others for help and support.

Finding a mentor, who has navigated the waters you are about to enter, is the single most important thing you can do to insure the success of your home business. Why flail around making mistakes that could have been avoided, had you just been provided some guidance from someone who's already accomplished what you want to?

One of the great things about being in a network marketing business is the team work and mentors that are built in as you build. Everyone brings something different to the table, so your mentor for one aspect of the business, as lead generation, may not be the same mentor you would seek out if you had questions regarding products, but you can typically find someone with the right answer and willingness to work with you somewhere in your team.

So, make your home business environment as free of negativity as possible and find yourself a mentor who can provide you the guidance you need to accomplish the goals you have set for your business.

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