How Do You Measure a Personal Level of Success?

One of the most frequently asked questions in regards to the network marketing industry is, “How successful are you?”

This question has always struck me as confusing. Sure, people want to know you’ve been able to do something with your business before they decide to join. But even if you were making thousands of dollars per day, that doesn’t mean they’re going to as well.

Personal dedication, commitment, and accountability to your goals will determine whether you will be successful in your business, not the success your sponsor has had.

A major issue not only with the MLM industry, but society as a whole, is the fact that so many people equate success to money. Human beings are very material by nature. If we see someone who has a big house and a fancy car, it’s obvious that person is successful, right?

But what we may not know is that person may be completely miserable. Sure, they may have all the nice toys and comforts of wealth, but they may have to work 80 hours a week and have no time to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Therefore, they don’t consider themselves a success.

On the other hand, a person might not have a sports car in the driveway or a 4,000 square-foot house to sleep in, but they’re also not confined to a daily work schedule that forces them to trade in valuable time for miniscule wages. As a society, we’d probably look at this person as unsuccessful, or “against-the-grain.” But on a personal level, that person might feel like the most successful person in the world.

Success is not all about money. Money is a by-product. People don’t work to acquire money because they want money. They work to acquire money so they can obtain the things in life that money can buy. These are the things that make them happy. And happiness is the fundamental key to success.

As Perry Marshall says, “People who buy a drill don’t want a drill. They want a hole.”

In order to find success, you need to set goals for yourself. For example, let me summarize why I’m successful.

For as long as I can remember, I’ve never been a fan of working to make someone else rich. I was trading time for wages and all I had to show for it was a pencil-whipped paycheck at the end of the week.

So I established a goal of working for myself, building a business on my terms, not answering to an unqualified boss while being chained to a desk, and assuring my efforts would contribute to MY wealth…not someone else’s.

I then reached a point where I was forced to evaluate my situation. I’m well-educated, experienced, and own a leadership skill set that can be used to coach, mentor, and help others accomplish the goals they’ve set for themselves.

But, I wasn’t putting these skills to work at my 9 to 5. I was becoming a slave to the system, and becoming far too dependent on the paycheck that, while it kept me afloat, made me miserable and could disappear without notice.

So when I finally decided it was time to put my education to work and start injecting myself into the fibers of the network marketing industry full-time, I knew I had reached my goal. I knew I was a success.

Why? Because I reached my goal. I was no longer forced to trade my time for wages and answer to a boss who had no idea what he was doing. I was no longer forced to fight a tedious commute to get to a place that made me completely miserable.

I was free to start building my own empire, and that’s exactly what I’m doing.

The lesson to be learned is this: When you’re looking to join a network marketing opportunity, consider the many variables that constitute a person’s success before deciding whether you want to sign up with them. And remember, they might not be setting the world on fire…yet. And you won’t be either…at least when you first get started.

You want to find someone who’s willing to work with you and genuinely cares about your success. You’re looking for a leader…someone who will be there to help you reach your own personal goals for success.

Think about it: If you equated success to money, asked someone if they were successful, and got a reply of “OF COURSE! I’M MAKING TONS OF MONEY,” then later find out they WEREN’T, how would that make you feel? This means the person didn’t care about you…because they just lied to you. They only cared about their own needs, and most likely won’t be there for you when you need them most.

Any opportunity you find is only as good as its leaders. I feel very fortunate to be where I am today because, not only do I get to express my own leadership skills, I’m surrounded by like-minded leaders who share the same visions of success I do.

Take my business partner Andrew Cass for example. Andrew was a Wall Street genius, but realized he could be successful in a world he designed, not chained to the grueling schedule success on Wall Street requires. You can watch Andrew’s story and discover why so many people are taking his path to success by Clicking Here