Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

What I learned is that there is a lot of work so far to do in a business. Even one that is basically set up for you.

This week I went to two meetings at Arbonne. It was pretty good because not so much of what they taught, but definitely in what others had to say. It made me realize to not take things personally when no one shows up at your party but instead persevere. There is a saying out there, "when the going get's tough, the tough get going." I don't know who's it by but the point is that you must learn to build a back bone. You need to humble yourself and ask for help when you need it. You need to be prepared for rejection. Rejection will come. It will come in droves. But the people who make it on top, continue to persevere regardless of how many No's one gets. You must always be learning from what does and does not work. This is the way of the business man.

So today that is exactly what I'm going to do. My first party is next week. I have maybe 2 people coming, none of whom will probably buy what I'm selling. They are just there for moral support, but you can't give up. You can't.

I almost made the mistake of buying everything at once when I know I don't have the loan or the funds, but I'm not going to give up on it. My dad spoke to me the other night and it made a lot of sense on to how to approach this business.

Let me tell you something. Network marketing is hard, but it's worth it. I was talking to my sister the other day about major retail corporations. It's really disgusting when you have to work for a company that does some pretty bad things to the environment. There is usually only one owner who makes a living off the people below. In network marketing, you actually get what you put in. I see so many of my friends complaining about how they hate their boss, how they hate their hours and work for a company that hurts the environment. When I look at the two systems, I see that there is a positive side to network marketing. Yes there are the risks, and the person who runs the business takes the risk, but there is a lot more opportunity. The bigger the risks the greater the opportunity.

The reason why network marketing gets such a bad rep is because of the scammers out there who really are taking advantage of the system and are selling ideas. Ideas don't work. Products do. Business do. I mean if you could get away with having a company that sells ideas in the capitalist economy then people would lose faith in that system, but you can't.

Anyway talking to my dad, and thinking about it, things make a lot more sense now. The work is hard, but I'm up for the challenge and if I fail, at least I know that I tried and I learned many things on the way.