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There Are 2 Types of Belief and You Need Both

by AndreaBlom
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Belief is an important role in building your business.

Without belief in your primary network marketing, direct sales, or any other type of opportunity; you are bound to hop around from company to company, or simply give up over time.

There are two types of belief, in my opinion.

Belief in your company and belief in yourself.

Believing in your company is important. These are things like your vision, your products, your services, your compensation plan, your company owners, etc... If you lack belief in what you are promoting - people see that. People will catch on when you talk to them about your company.

Be sure you are going to a company conference or two to get a good 'feel' for what you are getting in to. Confidence & belief will be determined rather quickly.

The other form of belief, is belief in yourself.
This comes in the form of confidence. Confidence comes from training. Training comes from education. Especially when starting out, pick ONE marketing vehicle (Facebook, Youtube, Blogging etc) and master it to ensure effectively getting your message out there and building a list.

The MORE training you go through; the more confident you become. The more confident you become; the more belief you will have & the more action you will take. Plain and simple.

Build your skills; build your business.
#belief #types
  • Profile picture of the author Dain Supero
    Good points and I agree with pretty much everything except the confidence in yourself part.

    1. You're absolutely right in saying that confidence in one's company is a must. If you don't believe in your product (if you won't buy your own product), nobody else will. For those in a business ownership position, you build this confidence in employees via a corporate or business culture with values such as product excellence, innovation, customer satisfaction. Any employee coming into a company that upholds these principles will, to use the old proverb, naturally come under the fold and think/behave accordingly.

    2. Confidence in yourself comes from competence. As you said, training is an important part of this, but it's only the first step. Many employees and in fact coaches get stuck in the train-till-it-rains mentality. To repeat, training is important but it must always be paired with relevant and timely action.

    I teach my clients a model of self-development that loops through 3 stages: Learn, Plan, Act. Training would go under learn, from which one would form a definite plan for improving sales, then act on it and gather feedback for a subsequent LPA loop.

    The more accurately you learn/train, the better your plan, the more likely your actions are to be successful. In other words, the more you act, the more competent you become. The more competent you become, the more confident you become.

    The above distinction might seem likely a trivial one at first, but first glances are often just that, first glances. This shift in mind-state have led to a meteoric rise in performance and results for both my clients and for me. Perhaps they will help you in your work as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author AndreaBlom
      Originally Posted by Dain Supero View Post

      Good points and I agree with pretty much everything except the confidence in yourself part.

      1. You're absolutely right in saying that confidence in one's company is a must. If you don't believe in your product (if you won't buy your own product), nobody else will. For those in a business ownership position, you build this confidence in employees via a corporate or business culture with values such as product excellence, innovation, customer satisfaction. Any employee coming into a company that upholds these principles will, to use the old proverb, naturally come under the fold and think/behave accordingly.

      2. Confidence in yourself comes from competence. As you said, training is an important part of this, but it's only the first step. Many employees and in fact coaches get stuck in the train-till-it-rains mentality. To repeat, training is important but it must always be paired with relevant and timely action.

      I teach my clients a model of self-development that loops through 3 stages: Learn, Plan, Act. Training would go under learn, from which one would form a definite plan for improving sales, then act on it and gather feedback for a subsequent LPA loop.

      The more accurately you learn/train, the better your plan, the more likely your actions are to be successful. In other words, the more you act, the more competent you become. The more competent you become, the more confident you become.

      The above distinction might seem likely a trivial one at first, but first glances are often just that, first glances. This shift in mind-state have led to a meteoric rise in performance and results for both my clients and for me. Perhaps they will help you in your work as well.
      Excellent points! I wholeheartedly agree. Education is nothing without action to follow it. It all comes full circle: First, you learn. Then you act upon what you've been taught. The results of your actions will then educate you farther, leading to wiser, more profitable actions in the future.
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      • Profile picture of the author Dain Supero
        Originally Posted by AndreaBlom View Post

        Excellent points! I wholeheartedly agree. Education is nothing without action to follow it. It all comes full circle: First, you learn. Then you act upon what you've been taught. The results of your actions will then educate you farther, leading to wiser, more profitable actions in the future.
        In general, maintaining a healthy self-image and constantly improving/strengthening it via visualization is another great way to cultivate self-belief. I think this applies even more so in marketing and sales, where our performances are fairly dependent on our perception of ourselves and our abilities. Maxwell Maltz expands on this in Psycho-cybernetics, quite possibly the greatest book written on the role of self-image in self-belief and success.
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  • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
    I agree belief is important. Believing is important, but it is even more important to prove your beliefs by taking action in advancing your goals. It is one thing to believe you can make six figures a year and just hope it happens, it's another thing to believe you can make six figures and begin taking massive action towards that goal.
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  • Profile picture of the author Cloudcandy Sales
    Fantastic points by AndreaBlom I agree to it. In life if have the education that is not enough you should also have the ability & know how to implement that things in your life.......
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Trujillo
    Without belief you are never going to advance toward your goals. Belief is the absolute foundation to your success. Without belief you will question yourself , you will question your actions, and you will believe everybody else's opinion about what your dreams are , that you "won't" make it or that it "won't" work. You've got to BELIEVE in what you are doing no matter how difficult it gets, and no matter what it takes to manifest your dream. If you take action every single day, and you go out and work on yourself, you in turn will build up confidence to go out their and make it happen! You have to get on that bike first, and fall off it a few times, before you get good at it!
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