Author: Mentor Ben Drake

Meyer, David Boise, Idaho USA

Chapter 9 - Persistence
If you want to know the power of the 30 Day Mental Cleanse you need to be here in a year from now.  Ken Klemm shared these words with us on one of the 30 Day Mental Cleanse calls a while ago, and it is a very clear example of persistence.  This is not an instant gratification personal development process.  I think we will definitely know when we are truly being persistent because we will watch many different people quit or not be willing to do what we are doing.  I think in my own case I know I am applying persistence, because I am very close to a point where I would rather give up and quit.  Not trying to be negative there.  I think that if we are truly being persistent that we will have to get close to that point where quitting would give us a sense of relief and we could go back to trying to many different things to ever become successful.
One thing that has really helped me with Mentoring For Free is even when people tell me they are not interested in the free services I am offering them they do it in a nice way and there is really no rejection.  When I was in network marketing and was approaching people with an "opportunity" instead of "free education" that 99% of the people in this industry need I was not treated very well.  People would yell at me, hang up on me, threaten to have the IRS audit me, and there was 100% rejection.  The two people out of 160 that showed any interest were very quick to reject me when they found out it was network marketing.  I was trying to sell network marketing to people who had zero interest in it.  Now I am trying to offer help to people that are fascinated with network marketing and spell bound by it's promises.  These people are in all different stages of their network marketing journey, but few of them realize the incredible persistence they will need to actually become successful.  Many of the new network marketers think that they are all going to become network marketing millionaires, but the statistics show a different story. 
It always amazes me to look through the network marketing ghost towns on Facebook.  You can find all kinds of pages people started for different network marketing companies and if you look you will notice that they stopped posting stuff years ago or months ago.  Network marketing it is definitely important to be persistent, but if you are not following a proven system that has worked before and have an organized plan then all the persistence in the world will not lead to succcess.
Recently I watched a video about how some of the latest studies show that we should not share our personal goals with other people because it makes us less likely to follow through on them.  I found it to be fascinating, because that is the exact opposite of what we have been told.  In Mentoring For Free though it is what we were told from the start.  Don't try to get your friends and family to join your opportunity.  For the most part until you are successful we don't even need to tell them about it.  Which is good, because their negativity would do nothing to help us reach our goals with persistence. 
"HOW TO DEVELOP PERSISTENCE
There are four simple steps which lead to the habit of PERSISTENCE. They
call for no great amount of intelligence, no particular amount of education,
and but little time or effort. The necessary steps are:—
1. A DEFINITE PURPOSE BACKED BY BURNING DESIRE FOR ITS FULFILLMENT.
2. A DEFINITE PLAN, EXPRESSED IN CONTINUOUS ACTION.
3. A MIND CLOSED TIGHTLY AGAINST ALL NEGATIVE AND DISCOURAGING
INFLUENCES, including negative suggestions of relatives, friends and
acquaintances.
4. A FRIENDLY ALLIANCE WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS WHO WILL
ENCOURAGE ONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH BOTH PLAN AND PURPOSE.
These four steps are essential for success in all walks of life. The entire
purpose of the thirteen principles of this philosophy is to enable one to
take these four steps as a matter of habit. These are the steps by which
one may control one’s economic destiny.
They are the steps that lead to freedom and independence of thought.
They are the steps that lead to riches, in small or great quantities.
They lead the way to power, fame, and worldly recognition.
They are the four steps which guarantee favorable “breaks.”
They are the steps that convert dreams into physical realities.
They lead, also, to the mastery of FEAR, DISCOURAGEMENT, INDIFFERENCE."
-Napoleon Hill, Think And Grow Rich
Thank you God that I am making millions of dollars every year doing what I love (writing, motivational speaking, and network marketing)!  Thank you God that I am in perfect health and am getting healthier, stronger, and younger every single day!
Thank you everyone who is a member of the 30 Day Mental Cleanse Master Mind group!  Thank you Michael Dlouhy and Linda Dlouhy for everything you do to make this happen.  Thank you David Haines for leading by example.
May you all be blessed with happiness, joy, success, and life-long friends!

Lesson plan from David Meyer on chapter 9 for the 30 day mental cleanse.

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David Haines - Doylestown, PA

In the last 4 years of my Network Marketing career, I've learned quite a few things. I've grown in ways I never imagined possible. I've seen others grow and I've seen others wither and drop off the vine. I've seen people do extraordinary things, and I've seen people do the stupidest things imaginable. And through all that, I've come to the conclusion that the one thing… The one key that unlocks the door to success comes down to one principle that if you follow it, you can’t help but be successful too.
That principle is "Persistence”. It’s what ties all the other traits together. It doesn't matter what you do if you’re not persistent at it. It doesn't matter what you believe unless you persistently believe it. Desire isn't as important. Neither is Faith, Knowledge, Auto-Suggestion, Imagination or Planning, because if you’re not persistent in any of those other pieces, you will fail.
I can’t tell you how many times I've worked with a person that has that white hot burning desire and has faith in what they’re doing, but they lack the persistence to keep at it when things get tough.
For those of you who have kids, I’m sure you've seen the movie Ants. There’s a scene in that movie where all the ants are walking in the straight line as they do, and a huge leaf falls to the ground and blocks their path. All of a sudden all the ants are scurrying around and screaming that they’re lost.
All because a leaf fell in their path.
That’s what most people do. When presented with an obstacle, they stop dead in their tracks and think all is lost. They give up. Or they go searching for some other thing that they think will work, and once again they’ll be marching along and encounter another leaf, or setback and they’re gone.
Now, you can say to me, David, at least they haven’t given up completely, they’re at least persistent enough to keep trying! That’s true. , but let’s say you’re building a house and you get half way done and you run out of nails and the hardware store has them back-ordered. Do you quit and decide you’re going to start a new house and use only screws to build the new house because screws are in good supply? Or what if you’re in the middle of building the house and someone comes along and says, “That house is the ugliest house in the neighborhood! Nobody will ever buy that!” Would it be wise to tear it all down and start over? Or what if you do finish the house and you love it, but nobody else you talk to sees what you see. They want town-homes, not a single family home. They want something smaller, or larger, or easier to move into. Do you give up and abandon the house to get into one of those other homes?
I know my analogies are silly, but seriously, people do those things in Network Marketing every day. I've seen it. I've experienced it. What’s really silly is that if they’d have just stuck to the original plan and been persistent with it, they would have already seen success or would be a heck of a lot closer to it than they are starting over every few months.
Persistence is the key to make this all work. Don’t give up. Don’t let the obstacles block your path and deter your mission. Follow The Slight Edge Principle. Everything else will fall into place.
With love and blessings,
David Haines

Lesson plan from David Haines on chapter 9 for the 30 day mental cleanse.

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