Creativity is defined as, the expanding on one theme to create another. It is the making of the new or the rearranging of the old in a new way. The individual business model of every Multi-Level corporation has a life cycle. Of course the Amways and Shaklees have endured the tests of time. But most companies aren't so fortunate. The fields of free enterprise are scattered with the remains of many MLM ventures that boomed — and bombed. This need not happen to your dream.
Here are some ways to become more creative:
Trust Your Own Ideas
Groucho Marx once quipped,"I wouldn't belong to a club that would have me for a member." Who knows how many great ideas have been lost because a person assumed that if the idea was really all that great, it wouldn't have occurred to them. You have as much right to imagine as anyone on earth. Sometimes you have to go with your gut feelings.
Listen To Other People — But Not Too Much
Remember that everyone is influenced and conditioned by things that have happened since they were born. Because of their background, a lot of people tend to see more of what's wrong with an idea, than what is right. Funny how those people find their way onto committees. Most committees will neutralize 90% of what's right with an idea with the 10% that may present a problem.
Sometimes It's Okay To Imitate
We've talked so much about being original that it may strike you as strange for me to encourage your imitating someone else's idea. Clearly, conscience dictates that we respect the originality of a persons plans. But when it comes to Multi-Level Marketing, not a lot is original. In fact, most multi-level company product ideas as well as their marketing strategies, are considered communal. This means that they develop and evolve as the entire community of MLM companies determine a product need they can serve. The secret to success is recognizing the success principles practiced by others.
It All Begins With An Idea
Napoleon Hill observed: "Just as the oak tree develops from the germ that lies in the acorn, and the bird develops from the germ that lies asleep in the egg, so will your material achievements grow out of the organized plans that you create in your imagination. First comes the thought; then the organization of that thought into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
It's true that an idea is where success begins. Human imagination is the starting point of all human accomplishment. The creative thought always precedes the creative act.
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