Often I get asked the question, What is the secret to success in MLM? I believe the major factor for success revolves around the prosperity law of persistance.
Calvin Coolidge wrote:
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The slogan "Press On" has solved and always will solve problems of the human race. When discouragement tries to beset you; when it seems as though your efforts toward success have been in vain, remember to hold onto the statement: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Jesus was describing the power of persistence when he declared: No man, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:62) In other words, when you realize that prosperity is your divine heritage, you should persist in claiming it.
The story of Jacob wrestling with the angel until the break of day shows the power of persistence in producing success. He vowed to the angel, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me (Gen. 32:36) The angel renamed him "Israel" which means Prince of God.
You can, like Jacob, become a prince of God through persistence. When you meet disappointment constructively, you can still go forward to the greater good. It's though by your refusal to give up, the years that the locust has eaten (Joel 2;25) are restored to you. Indeed, through persistence, so much good can be added to the present moment that it blots out the emptiness, discouragement and failure of the past.
If disappointment tries to side track you along the way, meet it as best you can and then just keep going. No negative experience can stop you for as long if you don't look back after such episodes. Learn a lesson from Lots' wife, who became hard and crystallized when she looked back. (Gen. 19:26)
Instead get you vision back on your goal, and begin moving toward it in whatever way seems most logical at the moment. If you have been sidetracked and can't do anything directly to work toward it, there are little things you can do that give you feeling you are moving toward it. Do them; they will just lead to bigger opportunities along the way. Just one step at a time, big or little, is all that is necessary. Take it and it will lead to the next.
You should often declare, (Phil. 3:13).
Forgetting the things that are behind, I press forward toward my goal
As Shakespeare caused Cassius to declare,
It is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Persistence is the keynote to realizing your hearts desire and to maintaining them.
Dwell often on the promises of Jehovah to Isiah:
I will go before thee and make the rugged places plain:
I will break in pieces the doors of brass,
and cuts in sunder the bars of iron,
and I will give thee the treasures of darkness,
and hidden riches of secret places (Is. 45: 2,3)
It can and shall happen, through the omnipotence of persistence, perhaps just when it seems least likely. Through persistence , you can be one of those happy, victorious people who not only chases dreams, but who catches them!
The persistent man also preserves long enough for his dreams to catch up with him.
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