Your Virtual Upline Podcast

In today’s episode, we are talking about mindset. In a previous episode (Episode 24) I’ve covered the same topic, but in this training I go even deeper into the analogy. I share with you how my own experience of training for and running my first marathon, provides such a powerful analogy for success in business. I got such a tremendous response from this training, I had to share it here on the podcast.

We could literally talk hours on the topic of mindset, but here’s a sample of what you’ll learn in this episode:

• The importance of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the first source of “fuel” for running the marathon to success in your business. The problem though, if that’s all you have, you’re in trouble. If your business is driven by your emotions, you’ll likely not get very far.
• Next up is commitment. Commitment is the second fuel source that helps you along the road to success. It’s a sign of emotional maturity. The ability for you to “pull rank” over your emotions, and work your business even when you don’t “feel like it” is absolutely necessary.
• Finally there’s conviction. Conviction is the one common quality of all people with staying power in the network marketing profession. It’s absolute belief and faith that your business WILL work, if you WORK your business.

I think you will get a ton of value and really enjoy this episode. I share some personal stories about my training and running the marathon that you should find both funny and inspirational. Make sure you take some time to leave a review here in iTunes so you can be selected for this weeks winner!

In this episode we discuss the power of investing into your network, and the relationships that you have in your life, and how that over time can dramatically help your business.

One of the biggest reasons why new entrepreneurs struggle early on in their business is because they don't get a ton of support from their close friends and family. The harsh reality many times when this happens, is that they are paying the price of the life that they lived prior to making the decision to start their business.

You have to view every person in your life as you having a "relational account" with them. Whenever you do something nice, show them genuine care and concern, and are generous with your time and attention, you make a deposit. If you are constantly doing this in your life, you build up your account with people.

When you first join your business and begin to approach people asking them to "help and support your new business" by trying your products or potentially join you, you're looking to make a withdrawal. If you haven't been diligent in making the deposits, the account is going to be empty.

This is a critical insight for any entrepreneur to understand. You need to be constantly focusing on investing your time and energy into your network, building up these accounts and understanding the long-term benefit this has to your business.

The good news is that no matter how bad you may have been, you can begin to tip the scales back in your favor by simply beginning to do the things that we discuss in today's episode.

In this episode, we have a little bit of fun while we discuss embracing your inner weirdo! What I mean by this is that we need to acknowledge that as entrepreneurs we are not normal.

It is not normal for someone to subject themselves to what we must put up with every single day to build a successful business. It’s not normal for someone to spend hours listening to a podcast or attending a training seminar but I want you to acknowledge that this is a really good thing because here’s what I know about normal people. They are not happy and they are not satisfied. They work just hard enough so they don’t get fired and their boss pays them just enough so they won’t quit. They live just for the weekend and depression sets in on Sunday night as they must face their job or career that they hate. This is no life for you and me!

We are weirdos and we need to embrace that!

Steps to embracing your inner weirdo

1. Acknowledge that entrepreneurship is a lonely place when starting out
2. Acknowledge that you are not normal
3. Start celebrating being different
4. Look for other weirdos
5. Forget all the normal people’s opinions

My message to you is simple and it’s that being an entrepreneur makes you weird and you need to start embracing this because you are not normal and this is one of the most amazing qualities of entrepreneurs.

You’re a weirdo! Start celebrating it, looking for other weirdos, and forget all those normal people!

Quick reminder: I have a live training event coming up on April 7-9 that you should strong consider. Be sure to check it out here: https://breakthroughacademylive.com/2017

Today we talk about fear and the strategies to overcome it. Especially as a new entrepreneurs, there are so many things that we feel resistance towards. I thought that once I became successful I would become fearless. However, nothing could be further from the truth. No matter how successful you are, fear is always lurking in the shadows and doing things you have never done before will be scary. High achievers realize that it is the things in life that we fear most which create the biggest breakthroughs and opportunities.

I can remember back in my early days as an entrepreneur doing everything I could to avoid fear. Many think that once they become fearless they will become successful. The only way to avoid fear is to never attempt to get out of your comfort zone. When you step out of your comfort zone, uncertainty is created which forces growth! Being an entrepreneur is a personal development program with a compensation plan attached to it. Nothing great has ever been accomplished without uncertainty.

Actions towards fear:

1. Stop avoiding fear
2. Start using fear as your compass
3. Embrace fear and uncertainty and move forward

I want to challenge you. Sit down and take an inventory of the things you are fearing in life right now. I want you to start recognizing fear as a necessary part of being an entrepreneur and commit that over the next 7 – 10 days, you will start taking action and believe that amazing things will start to happen!

Quick reminder: I have a live training event coming up on April 7 – 9 that you should strongly consider. Be sure to check it out here: www.BreakthroughAcademyLive.com

In this episode we are talk about the fear of leadership. I hope this episode can give you some insight as to why you may be struggling in this area and how to overcome it!

In my early days, I used to self-sabotage my business and my results. I never quite understood why I did this and now looking back, it is very clear. To be truthful, I actually didn’t believe I had what it took to be a leader. This was a vicious cycle that I was in for years that was extremely frustrating. The thought of having a large organization and being in charge of its direction scared me to death.

To attack this problem, you need to do two things:

1. Recognize that this fear is real and something that you will have to deal with.
2. Then, acknowledge the resistance. Many times in our life the things we fear the most are the things we were put on this earth to do. If you are fearing this idea of becoming a leader than you were probably meant to lead!

Stop letting fear control your business and pressing the snooze button on your dreams, goals, and passions. I want to challenge every one of you to stand up and be the leader you are supposed to be!

Big announcement, I have the single most comprehensive training that I have ever done on the subject of live video that I will be doing this Wednesday night. Be sure to register for my next live training session here: BobHeilig.com/VideoTraining