It was a beautiful day here in Silver Spring in more ways than 1. One of the most important ways will be the special topic of discussion in a few days! (Just wanted to build a little anticipation . . .)

On to today's message as promised!

Today we are going to discuss the important ins and outs of retention in your Internet network marketing business.

I get asked this question all the time:

"Daegan . . . I just got a new sign up how do I make sure they stay?"

I smile, partly because of my excitement for them but also in part because of how green this question reveals this new team member is.

Then I respond . . .

Some of what I am about to reveal may shock you and some of it will prove to be just common sense, so pay close attention.

Let me start by saying if I knew the definitive answer to this question I'd be a billionaire right now:)

On a more serious note . . .

I think one of the biggest mistakes that we all make as human beings in our daily lives is that we try to take responsibility for things that are truly out of our control and when they don't turn out how we expect we blame ourselves.

If we could each just rid ourselves of this unneeded burden I think we'd all live a much happier and fuller life.

I've fallen victim to this thought pattern myself and I receive emails from people that fall victim everyday.

We all do it.

In my case, in my last network marketing experience, I put out a whole lot of effort and cash out and didn't receive anything for it. I blamed myself.

I thought that it was ALL my fault when in reality my success or failure in this situation only partially had to do with ME.

I assumed that I just wasn't good enough. I was putting out all this effort so I thought how come IT wasn't working?

It must be me.

Well, the truth is it takes two to tango as they say.

My lead weren't biting not only because of me, but also because the business opportunity that I was leading them to was confusing and didn't appeal to them. (Which I didn't see at the time.)

Some of the blame should have been placed on the shoulders of the company and the way that I was taught to interact with my leads, but living the situation the natural assumption is to blame yourself.

I'll tell you right now if you're not having the sort of success that you want to have it's NOT all your fault, so let that big weight on your shoulders go.

I know your thinking. . .

"Daegan thanks for the input, but what does this have to with retention in your network marketing business?"

Well it speaks exactly to the question of retention in this:

Whether or not your new team member stays or goes it's NOT your fault. (Unless you actively make efforts to drive them away)

Think about it like this . . .

Every decision you or I make is OUR decision and no other person can change our mind once that decision is final.

If you choose to leave your current business is there anything that your upline could do to keep you once your decision is final?

Well it works the same way with your recruits.

Ultimately they make the decision of whether or not to stay or go.

There is no magic formula to retaining your entire team, but . . .

There are some things that you can do and since this email is getting long we'll talk about those tomorrow!

Tomorrow we'll discuss exactly how I respond to my team members who ask me:

"Daegan . . . I just got a new sign up how do I make sure they stay?"

And give you some important principles to apply to your own business.