What Wayne Gretzky Taught Me About Success
by David Ledoux
Do you recognize the name Wayne Gretzky?
He's a national hero in Canada. Simply the greatest hockey player who ever lived. One of the greatest sports stars ever. We call him "The Great One".
Wayne would make an incredible network marketing coach. He has some brilliant tidbits of wisdom.
My favorite Gretzky-ism?
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
Think about it for a second. Remember back in Grade
10 when you saw that cute boy or girl at the school dance?
Remember how tingling and giggly you got at the thought
of dancing with them? Remember how you ached and wished
so hard that they would come up and ask YOU to dance?
Remember how your friends teased you and and urged you
to go ask them? Remember how you hated yourself and
were filled with regret for days when your curfew came
and you had to leave? How did it feel to be too afraid
to ask that person to dance?
In network marketing, when you don't take the shot of
talking to the big scary prospect, you're missing a shot.
You'll feel even worse when that big scary prospect joins
someone else's downline!
What about failing to follow-up? What about lacking the
discipline to turn off the TV and get your numbers in?
What about skipping the company convention?
All shots, all missed, all never taken.
Gretz realized scoring goals was a ratio. Take 10 shots,
score one goal. He realized that any event, repeated
often enough, produces a ratio. He also realized that
even a rookie with less talent than him could outscore
him simply by taking more shots. Gretz always made sure he
took the most shots....so do the top earners in your
company in network marketing.
Here's a parting thought for you. Do you realize you can't
learn to skate from a book? You MUST BE BAD BEFORE YOU
CAN BE GOOD, not just at skating but at anything. Ice is
hard...chances are you'll fall a few times. But getting
back up is part of learning to be good!
Now if only we could teach our downlines how to skate backwards....
I appreciate you! Keep shooting!
David Ledoux
Author: How I Went From Welfare To Millionaire Without Winning The Lottery
http://www.ilovemlm.com/book/