Before I do allow me to share with you all a little bit of back ground on Madonna. We all know her to be a dancer, impresario, producer, singer, actress, entertainer and artist. For her money comes second and creation comes first. Always has and always will. What is less well known is the fact she is a successful business woman. So successful she has had senior professors at Harvard Business School beat a path to her door to learn the secret of how she was able to sell 1,500,000 copies of a $50 book in a matter of days.
Madonna is also a successful publisher, music mogul, TV Executive, merchandising magnate and Film Producer. She is one of the richest women on the planet and every inch the self made tycoon. She's been able to achieve all this and later this year she will celebrate her 49th birthday. Absolutely inspirational considering she started as a girl, barely 17, arriving in New York to study dancing with only a fistful of dollars and some big, massive dreams.
Now lets go back in time to the late 70's. Some of you will remember a big European disco hit called 'Born to be Alive' by Patrick Hernandez. Well that song grossed over 25 million dollars and made a Patrick Hernandez a major Disco Star. Well Patrick and also his two managers Belgian TV producers Jean Van Liew and Jean Claude Pellerin arrived in New York looking for dancers who could sing to be back up for Patrick as his voice wasn't that strong.
Madonna attended those auditions and ended up being chosen as the one from 1500 other hopefuls. Madonna merely 20 years old then found herself in May 1979 moving out of an cockroach invested apartment she shared with another dancer in Greenwich Village onto a plane headed for Paris. She borrowed $15 bucks from a dancer friend and left with big dreams of coming back to New York a huge success.
Well as is the case in most good stories, our heroine had some challenges, as we all do when building our own businesses and things did not turn out as Madonna had hoped. Patrick, Jean and Jean Claude were far more interested in partying and reaping their rewards of their success rather then getting on with their next project. After only a couple of months it became clear to Madonna that the production was not moving quickly enough for her, so she decided to leave, and decided she wanted to sing and told Patrick before she flew home in July,'Success is yours today, but it will be mine tomorrow'.
Now think about that for a moment. 'What an attitude!
What fascinates me about this story is a few things. The first being that Madonna who was only twenty years old at the time had the guts to leave. The courage to cast her disappointment aside and instead be inspired by Patricks success. She could have as most people say, Oh this is too hard, I'm never going to make it, who am I kidding, I'll never be as good as so and so and throw in the towel at the very first hurdle - not Madonna.
Madonna possessed the ability to see time differently from most people. I believe this is key to her success and also key to succeeding with your mlm business. Like Madonna it is key to be able to see beyond your current circumstances and instead see yourself in the future, where you want to be.
Madonna also had an unbreakable sense of her own destiny. She never wanted to be like most people (sound familiar) and even when she was living on popcorn and butterscotch sundaes she would tell people she was going to be somebody one day. If you add to this the ability she had to be inspired by the successes of others and do the same it will give you the emotional strength, the emotional intelligence to bounce back from countless disappointment and rejection to get where you want to go as well.
Our Home Based industry has a lot in common with the Entertainment industry. We have our superstars in our businesses too. Sometimes it can be tough to realize that every successful person started some place less than where they are today. In fact we all started at ground zero and success, especially outstanding financial success takes time, years and years even like it did for Madonna. So when you see someone qualify for the next level in your company or when you see someone breaking records. Be inspired. Be empowered. If they can, you can. Every disappointment, every challenge Madonna faced and over came helped give her the skills she needed to be where she is now. It's no different with us.
So next time you see excellence in action why not allow that to inspire you too? Why not allow it to empower you to do the same, to carve out your own unique place in this world with your business. Why not embrace the same attitude as Madonna and look your superstars in this business square in the eye and say with conviction and pride, 'Success is yours today but it will be mine tomorrow'.
Why not? The decision is yours. And myself I choose to be inspired every time.
Retired 6-Figure MLMER, and recent first time Mother Cristina Munoz, now manages TheQuoteDiva.com Newsletter and keeps her finger on the pulse by marketing programs which involve no sponsoring or having to provide customer support. Learn more about Cristina right here
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