Action is a great cure for many areas of life and it certainly applies within the MLM business.

Let’s get something straight. There are many network marketers who take action and get nowhere and this can be put down to bad training, outdated recruiting methods, an non-supportive upline and bad business model.

The latter is obviously a major factor but even when everything is laid out in a step-by-step manner unless someone takes the initiative and puts it into practice then nothing will happen.

Makes sense, if you do nothing then nothing will happen. But the truth is, many network marketers don’t take action not because they don’t want to; it’s simply a case of getting stuck in that transition period between learning and doing and believe me, it’s real.

Too Much Information?

Someone starts a network marketing business and is given a ton of information prior to and at sign up. The scenarios are two-fold and include:

1. They take a look at the information and suddenly get that feeling of urgency and realize they have a business and need to get cracking - that is, if they don’t take action then no one else will. These are the type of people who everyone wants in a downline.

2. The other possibility is someone starts a MLM business and starts to go through the information. When they’ve finished it they look for more and ask their upline for more and so the paralysis analysis cycle begins.

The truth is, the majority adopt the second scenario and part of the blame could be laid fair and square at the feet of their upline but in the end, a person has to see the big picture and realize the importance of setting up their own financial independence.

An alert sponsor or upline will know this and have in place a system which includes both action oriented education as well as theory. Too many sponsors get excited just seeing their downline reading a book on network marketing.

The Cause And Effect Principle

To many, this is a form of taking action but in reality, it’s simply more stalling tactics. Of course, if someone doesn’t want to make the next move which can translate into positive results then there’s not much one can do.

It’s the old theory of cause and effect; whatever you do today to build your MLM business will resonate into something positive sometime down the track. Once you understand the basics of network marketing you are good to go.

Continuous learning is just an excuse used by many to say they are not ready to build their network marketing business and the truth is, they never will be.