S T O P Cutting Corners!!

    What is one of the worst things that any company should never do? It’s cutting corners in order to help increase production and revenue. In the beginning, cutting corners may appear to cause these increases to happen, but as with all things it will never last. WHY!? Because, eventually the truth will reveal itself either in the form of corruption or in the form of failing products and/or services; the truth always catches up with us.

    What do I mean by saying this? I remember watching an interview on GM workers at the time some car-makers were asking the government for bail out money so their company won’t shut down. One of the workers who had worked for them for years stated how in the past workers would cut corners when building the cars on the assembly line. To the interviewer’s and my amazement, we both could not believe what he was saying. He further stated that this is why in the past GM cars suffered in sales because of the cars performing badly due to shabby work. Just like I said it’s bad to cut corners because the truth will eventually catch up with you.

     So what does this have to do with Network Marketing? Just about EVERYTHING!! I have watched new Network Marketers get so excited when they join a company, and follow what their upline or sponsor tells them regarding recruiting others. Soon to only realize that growth occurs over time, so they get frustrated and try to find ways to cheat the system by cutting corners. For example, I knew a representative who worked for a Network Marketing company that sells mortgages. Her 9-5 job was working for a mortgage company in which they also sold mortgages. On more than one occasion, she would steal new clients and try to sell them a mortgage from her Network Marketing Company.

     Over time, in her Network Marketing Company, she was doing well. Her production was high and her income had increased. However, as stated earlier, the truth always catches up. One of her friends over heard what she was doing and informed the boss. This caused her immediate removal from the company and the boss almost filed charges against her for stealing potential clients. Do you want to what else happened to her? Because, she built her business by always cutting corners, she never took the time to become creative in finding new leads. This resulted in a decrease in her income and production which ultimately caused her to quit.

What lesson can you learn from both examples? Well, here it is…..NEVER EVER CUT CORNERS BECAUSE THE TRUTH WILL EVENTUALLY CATCH UP TO YOU!!