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In many ways Network Marketing is different than a traditional business. Most people trade hours for money, by that I mean they work for someone in a JOB or they are self employed.

Some of us have been earning money this way for a very long time. There is nothing wrong with that as long as you are happy doing that. What it does do though is that it develops a mind set that you need to see an immediate benefit for the hours that you work. This is how things worked when you are an employee.

It is also how things work if you are self employed. The difference with self employed people is that they may earn more but they usually put in a lot more hours. Most self employed people are usually very “time poor”; on the other hand most employees are limited to the hours they can work which restricts there earning capacity.

It is this mind set of getting paid of the hours worked that prevents people from either getting into Network Marketing or if they do they don’t last long. The people that do stay and eventually succeed have learned to change how they think. By this I mean they must develop a crystal clear vision on where they want to be. Not today, next week, or next month but in 2 to 5 years.

As I said there is nothing wrong with trading hours for dollars if that is what you are happy doing but it can be restrictive as far as the amount of money you can earn.

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