Network Marketing/MLM is a unique business model for a number of reasons.  Never mind the residual income, but the fact that it’s a business model where those involved are not only encouraged to, but basically required to grow as people in order to succeed.

It’s also one of the few business models or industries where you’re actually mentored by the person who hired you, or in the case of network marketing…sponsored you.   Sure, when you get hired into a job no matter where it is, even at McDonald’s you’re trained.   But you’re trained to perform only the job requirements that you’re handed and that’s the extent of it.

Your superiors don’t really care whether or not you grow in the company; much less grow as a person.  In fact, they’d rather you didn’t grow within the company because they’re usually afraid that you might take their own job.  If you grow you actually threaten their job security and their income.

In that case, you almost can’t blame them for being worried.

But in the industry of network marketing there’s a huge difference.  But the problem can sometime lie in the fact that people come from exactly the field of thought that I’ve just described above…simply because that’s what they’ve gotten conditioned to in their lives.

Can’t really blame them either!  But these people don’t always make for the best sponsors.

You see, as a network marketer you have a responsibility as a sponsor.  You’re not only a sponsor, you’re also a coach.  A mentor!  Your job is to show the people that you recruit or sponsor into your opportunity how to succeed.

The ultimate way to do this is with duplication, hopefully within a system.  That’s the ultimate win/win solution.

You see, for that selfish side of you (we all have it, don’t feel bad) don’t forget that there’s a huge benefit for you in mentoring your downline to success.  Your income is directly correlated with their success isn’t it?  As they grow and sponsor more people into their business, if you’ve chosen a company with a good and fair compensation plan then you’re ultimately going to benefit as well.

But the fact is that it just feels really good to know that you’ve helped someone achieve their dreams.  Granted the money is good, but guess what…if you help people achieve their dreams the financial gain will come.  One way or another, your service to them will be paid back monetarily, because ultimately you’re building your self-value, and that simply determines your all around income.

As a network marketer you have the rare chance to mentor and coach people, and help them actually achieve their wildest dreams.  Plus you have the ability to become extremely wealthy in the process.

Sure we all want to become recruiting machines and bring in tons and tons of people every month to our frontline and see who sticks, but let me remind you that passive income, the greatest income in the world…the income most responsible for the wealthiest people in the world… is gained in network marketing only by your downline becoming successful.

You have a role as a sponsor, don’t neglect it…doing so is at the expense of your own success.