When you start a business offline, lets say a fast food franchise, what do you expect to give up if you truly wanted to make your business successful?

You would probably give up watching TV, money, hanging out with friends, and playing in your local sports league just to name a few. You would probably even be willing to work 12-16 hours a day to keep your franchise running smoothly!

What you need to realize when starting an internet network marketing business is that it is still a real business.

Since you already invested up to a million dollars to start up your franchise, it makes perfect sense that you would do whatever it takes to first break even.

And after breaking even you would then wait a few years before you see a positive return on your million dollar investment! Most of you have a realistic mindset when it comes to a real business like that.

But what happens when most of you start a home based internet business? For most of you, the first thing to come to mind is fast money and get rich quick and effortless cash. Thats okay, thats what I thought when I first started building my internet network marketing business.

However, this kind of mindset leads you into thinking that all you need to do throw up a fancy website, watch TV, hang out with friends, and play in your local sports league and you would be rich!

The reality is, to make decent money over the internet, it takes time and effort. Just like a real business! The only difference is that you are running a business over the internet.

You already know that an advantage of an internet network marketing business is that it has virtually no overhead compared to a traditional franchise and prospecting is made much more efficient.

BUT because its so cheap to start up and doesnt always require physical contact, that is also internet network marketings disadvantage.

Naturally, you and I tend to treat an internet network marketing business more like a hobby than a real cash flow generating business because its easy to get in and easy to get out. Your life would not dramatically change if you started and did nothing with it and failed.

But in a traditional fast food franchise, you would starve if you had that kind of mindset. But because you put down everything you possess (home, life savings, etc) into your franchise; your focus, determination, and sacrifice to perform and treat it seriously is an absolute must.

You understand that about a franchise, so let me ask you what would happen if you treated your franchise like a hobby? What if you treated your fast food franchise like you treated your internet network marketing hobby?

If you have a J-O-B, what will happen if you didnt feel like showing up to work for a week because your friends were coming to visit?

What if you decided to close your franchise a little early because you must watch that new episode of Family Guy? With that kind of attitude and lack of discipline, you would get fired and your franchise will close down.

Ingrain in your mind right now that you need to treat your internet network marketing business as seriously as your job or business. Like your job and business, expect to put in the time and effort into building your foundation with internet network marketing.

Only then will you be able to see the mega rewards and freedom lifestyle that your internet network marketing business can give you.

Alan Quan is TIRED of the 'old-school' way of doing things that cause 90% of network marketers to fail. He's implementing a PROVEN system that "Puts Your Prospecting On Autopilot So That You Can Save Yourself The Time, Effort, And Embarassment From Using The 'Outdated' Prospecting Methods" Visit his website at http://enjoysuccessnow.com/noprospecting.htm and see how he can help you build your business.

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