Like Fishing

I'm not at all a fisherman. My dad loves to go fishing but I have never had the patience for it. As a young boy I used to participate but at some point in my youth it occured to me I could be doing something much more productive and satisfying than sitting on my bum in a boat--staring at the water in the hopes a fish will bite.

In fact, I wasn't particularly good at fishing either. At least one fishing pole was lost in the lake because of my butter fingers.

My view of fishing hasn't changed, but oddly enough, as an entrepreneur I've chosen a field much like fishing. Internet Marketing and Network Marketing are very much like fishing. Each and everyday we are casting out lines out into the pond, hopping to hook the big one! Heh, or in the case of network marketing, the one who wishes to start and grow a business of their own.

Fishing takes a lot of patience, something I began to lose as I got older and so does Network Marketing.

If there is piece of advice I could give to existing network marketers or anyone considering a network marketing opportunity it would be to develop patience. Stick with it. Don't get discouraged by the fantastic stories of success in mere weeks and you haven't yet. The pace doesn't matter.

Keep plugging away. Talk to people. If you're an internet marketer like I am keep doing your thing and the day will come when you'll be contacted by more people than you can handle in a day. I know, this is my current situation and I've only just begun.

The fact of the matter is I wanted to quit within 2 months of starting. I wanted to cut my line, go back to my ordinary life and just give up. Its easy to do but I decided to stick to it. My new motto became 'Quitting is NOT an Option'.

Casting my line has gotten easier as the days pass and I love what I do. I guess I don't dislike fishing as much as I thought.

Comments

[Todd Falcone]

Great analogy. I recently did a video on how prospecting relates to the flow of a river.

Feel free to repost is here if you like.

MLM Lessons by the River under MLM Video on my Blog.

Todd Falcone