Starting Small

By Brian Tracy

Start Your Own Business With Little Or No Money
I used to feel sorry for myself because I came from a limited background and I had no money. Then I found that nobody has any money. Everyone starts off broke. In fact, most successful people go broke or nearly broke several times during their lives. Don’t let this hold you back.

Learn How to Buy and Sell
I know people who started their business careers by buying things and selling them at flea markets and at swap meets. They learned how to buy and sell, they learned how to negotiate, they learned how to compromise. They learned how to pick products or services. Remember, the only way to triumph is to try. The only way to succeed is to fail and to learn through your failures. The only way to learn to be successful in business is to practice, practice, practice. And if you're not willing to practice, if you're not willing to put in the time to learn, then it is not possible for you to succeed in business.

Network Marketing
But if you are willing to put in the time to learn, remember about 95 percent of the working population in America have the ability to start and build their own businesses if they would only do it. Multi-level marketing is an excellent second income opportunity where you can learn vital business skills at low cost. Especially selling, organizing, making presentations, accounting, team building, negotiating, persuading, and communicating. Eighty-five percent of what you need to learn to be successful in business you can learn from running a successful multi-level marketing business.

Be Willing to Work Hard
Remember this, though. Leaders are always willing to do what is called dog work. They're willing to render humble service. They're willing to roll up their sleeves and plunge in. They never think of themselves as being too good for a job. There are an enormous number of people who are presented with second income opportunities who turn them down because they think that they're too good to do something like that. But the people who are thinking that they are too good are the people who retire poor. You'll find that leaders of all organizations are always willing to roll up their sleeves and to get in there.

Action Exercises
First, remember that buying and selling things is the essence of all business. Look for opportunities to buy and sell things on your own account. Visit garage sales or hold a garage sale of your own. Visit swap meets and negotiate with people with things for sale. Make it a game to learn these skills.
Second, start in a small business of some kind. Look for a second income or multi-level marketing opportunity where you can buy and sell on a small scale. Many people become wealthy starting off with virtually nothing in this way.


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