“FREEDOM”
(author unknown)

Within the United States of America lies a
large industrial city that is the sight of one of
the world’s largest slave labor camps.

Located in and around the center of this city
are community settlements where the slaves
live.

Each morning the slaves move herd-like from
their quarters into the slave labor camps.

Each one is at his or her station by 7:30 AM.
Here they report to their master for the day’s
duties. And here they remain chained until
5:00 PM when they’re released to go home.

The slaves have no choice as to how many
hours they must labor. Sometimes they are
required to work overtime until their master
tells them they may leave and go home.

Each year the slaves are told when to take their
vacations, for how long, and when they must
return.

They have little choice as to how much money
they earn as they are paid not what they are
worth, but what the job is worth.

They are allowed very little time for lunch and
coffee breaks during the labor hours.

The slaves will remain in their chains in great
fear because the master can punish them with
the “firing” or “layoff” whip.

It is said that even some of the older slaves who
have been good and faithful have felt the sting
of the whip.

Day by day, year-by-year, the slaves toil and
grow older until the master decides it is time
to release them to the retirement camps where
they’re forced to sit idle and wait for death.

It’s a well-known fact that the old slaves who
try to keep working are sometimes whipped
with a “stop-their-pension” whip.

I know these slave camps exist for I once was a
slave.

But now I am a free man who lives among the
slaves.

The reason I am free is because I am in
business for myself as a Network Marketer.

Yes, I am truly free!

I arise in the morning called for by my
schedule!

I decide my own hours!

I can even sleep in late while the slaves are at
work!

I can vacation when, where, and for how long I
please!

I’m free to take my coffee break and lunch
when I decide!

And of course, I can decide my own paycheck
because I am not a slave!

I can choose to work when and where I please
and with whom I please!

I’m free to stay in the city for as long as I want,
or to move on to greener pastures if I decide to!

I’ve seen many slaves sadly pack their
belongings to leave their city in search of a new
master, but it is always the same.

There is however, a ray of hope for the slave.

He or she can buy their own freedom.

The cost is not high, yet it seems high to those
who do not have the courage to pay the price.

What is the price?

One must be willing to be their own master.

ONE MUST BE WILLING TO BE THEIR
OWN MASTER.

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In "The Slight Edge," Jeff Olson talks about the power of doing "the little things" over and over again, consistently, over time, until the compounded effect of those small efforts produces dramatic change. Brian Tracy, in "Create Your Own Future: How to Master the 12 Critical Factors of Unlimited Success," calls this same phenomenon, "the principle of accelerating acceleration."

Tracy, who sees the principle as a corollary of "law of attraction, says, [page 48], "Whatever you are moving toward [i.e., a goal] begins moving toward you as well." His characterization of how the principle operates should be in every network marketer's start-up kit:

"When you first set a new, big goal and begin moving toward it, your progress will often be quite slow. You may be frustrated and think of giving up. The bigger your goal, the further away it will seem. You may have to work on it for a long time before you see any progress at all. But this is all part of the process of goal attainment."

"The 20/80 rule helps to explain the principle. . . . For the first 80 percent of the time that you are working toward your goal, you will only cover about 20 percent of the distance. However, if you persist and refuse to give up, you will accomplish the final 80 percent of your goal in the last 20 percent of the time that you spend working on it."

Sounds like he's seen the "Time vs. Money" chart, doesn't it? In case you haven't, the chart is a graphical depiction of the growth of your business over a hypothetical five year period. In the early years, you put in a lot of time relative to the money you earn. At about the mid-way point, you are putting in the same amount of time but your earnings are commensurate with your efforts. In the later years, you earn a lot of money relative to the amount of time you work. Tracy continues,

"Many people work for weeks, months, and even years toward a big goal and see little progress. They often lose heart and give up. But what they didn't realize is that they had laid all of the groundwork necessary and were almost at the take-off point. They were just about to start accelerating toward their goal, and their goal was about to start moving at a great speed toward them.

"This principle of accelerating acceleration seems to apply to almost every big goal that you set for yourself. You must therefore decide in advance that you will never give up." [emphasis mine]

In a job, you work so many hours and you get paid for that time. In most small businesses, there is a correlation between the amount of work and the amount of income. But network marketing is different. It's not a small business, it is a "big business," as Robert Kiyosaki tells us in his books, and there is no such correlation. In building your network marketing business, you are creating an asset that you could sell or leave to your children or that will provide you with a retirement income for the rest of your life. It may take you five years or two years or ten but when you know in advance what you are working for, it's not hard to decide that you will, indeed, never give up.

We've shown this at our team retreats. If you need a bit of inspiration, or a kick in the seat, watch this clip and ask yourself, "What could I do if I didn't know I couldn't?"

And go for it.