MLM Recruiting – The 5 Biggest Reasons People Struggle in Recruiting

Many people are saying it’s the times. The economy. That it’s harder than it used to be. That people have changed.

Many reasons I have heard over and over.

In reality, people are people, and always will be, and few things ever change. But there seems to be something I have noticed that is happening that can kill your recruiting in MLM. It seems to be happening more to the folks that have been in MLM for a while, than the new folks, and it’s hurting a lot of paychecks.

There seems to be a poisonous lack of belief in what folks are doing. There are 5 basic reasons why folks are struggling today when recruiting in Network Marketing, and it doesn’t matter who it is, male or female, or how successful you have been or have not been.

Here are the 5 reasons that folks are struggling today:

• Its easier to believe that it won’t happen than it will.

Many folks fall into the trap of believing what won’t happen instead of what will. And many are sabotaged by the easier route and effort of believing that it won’t.

I call it the path of easiest belief–the path most take in this industry. And through life. It’s easier to hang onto the excuses that we have and believe that recruiting won’t work, than taking the time to grow ourselves into the level of belief that attracts success, vs repels it. And when you have that kind of belief, your prospect can feel it radiating from you and your voice and presence.

Are you taking the easy route?

•  It’s easier to believe what is considered normal than abnormal.

Success is abnormal. Only the lucky few ever get to the top. And if you do succeed, it’s abnormal. You are going against the grain.

I prefer to call it “growing against the grain.” You must grow beyond those people that are holding you back. Recruiting is a process based on communication, and your belief and conviction of that communication, and what is considered normal in life. It’s easier to believe in normal, than what is considered abnormal.

•  It’s easier to believe what you have been told a lot, than told a little.

“You will never do it.”

“It’s too hard.”

“Recruiting is bugging your friends.”

“You don’t have what it takes.”

“Recruiting and MLM is waste of time.”

“When are you going to get a real job?”

That is what we all hear. But what we need to hear is: you can do it. You have what it takes. Listen to those who have succeeded, not those who have succumbed.

•  It’s easier to believe in others than you.

When we are recruiting, we believe that others are smarter than we are, more educated than we are, and more savvy than we are. It impacts our recruiting tremendously.

We have many people who influence us, who we care about. But here is the million dollar question: Can they take you to where you want to go in MLM? Or can they stop you from going where you want to go in MLM? Both answers are called a clue!

•  It’s easier to leave than believe.

Most folks don’t stay at what they do in life, and in network marketing.

Why? In recruiting, we take this leaving belief and habit with us, as we see most folks leave their success path. It’s easier to create an excuse, than to keep going and create a new belief. And we fall prey to that in MLM.

Are you recruiting prospects with an exit sign in your eyes? Deep down, are you expecting that you will eventually leave this industry, because it’s easier to leave than believe? Do you honestly doubt it will work? People feel first, and then hear. What are your prospects feeling from you? A solid hard core belief in what you are doing? Or a solid path of easiest belief that they are turned off by?

Believe that recruiting is easy and recruiting will be. Believe that is it hard–and it will be. Believing in recruiting may be a little hard for you now, but it is a whole lot easier than struggling through life–the rest of your life– just to be what is considered “normal.”