The Power of Association in Network Marketing

Foreign. My YouTube family all over the world. This is super dad. All right, this is Padman, Senati Raja, guys. And all I can say is I am back. I know I have not been uploading a video, I think for eight weeks on my YouTube channel. So guys, here I am, no excuses. Life just became a roller coaster ride, okay? In a positive, exciting way. And I'm making so many videos. And after I complete all my videos I turn around and look, did I make a YouTube video today? And then I realized I have not. So today I made it a point. Finish a lot of my calls and I am here. Focus on my message to all of you, the entrepreneurs who chose the greatest industry on the planet, network marketing, to freaking achieve financial freedom somewhere along that journey. Alright guys, so welcome back to my YouTube video please. Oh what am I supposed to say? Subscribe, click on the bell and comment. All right? And I want this to be my legacy channel to whoever and maybe my kids one day will watch it and say, okay, that's what my dad did for a living. He just got in front of the iPad and made videos. And hopefully more and more people benefit from it. Alright guys, so today I want to talk about something very important, all right? And this lesson I learned from my mentor in upline very early in my journey of network marketing because I joined when I was about, I started my entrepreneurship journey when I was very young. I was 22, just out of law school, barely had any work. And I told you earlier and you know, at 22, life is beautiful. You're having all kinds of fun, okay? And then I heard these words, alright, that the people you surround yourself with are going to rub off on you, okay? Now don't get a wrong idea. It's simply a saying that means you ultimately, unknowingly, subconsciously, whether you like it or not, you become very similar to the people you surround yourself with. And this term is called the power of association. Remember this term, power of association. Power of association. Power of association. It simply means who you associate yourself with, alright? Basically you become them. In a nutshell, if you grow up with criminals and you surround yourself every day with criminals, it's scientifically proven, unless you change them or they're going to make you into a criminal. This is a simple concept, but very powerful in this journey of entrepreneurship in building your network marketing business. So my mentor told me that Patnan, if you want to be successful, who should you surround yourself with? Common sense, successful people. If you want to remain positive, who should you surround yourself with? Positive minded people. All right? If you want to grow, who should you surround yourself with? People who want to watch you and help you grow. So that's a simple concept of power of association. Now the mistake people make in this journey of entrepreneurship or network marketing, firstly is very simple. All right? Think about it, okay? Most networkers are normal people like me. So we have a life, we have friends, we have social activities, we live in a community or a country. And then we decided one day to sign up, buy a product, become an entrepreneur in a great network marketing company, alright? And you started your journey. And then when you go to a networking community or network marketing community, these are certain types of people, these are go getters, these are dreamers, these are warriors, these are people talking about the future, the vision. And you spend time with them in the trainings, in the systems, in the living rooms and dining rooms of the world, or coffee shops, or the Starbucks or the whatever shop. And you sit down and you spend time with them and you're hearing words like vision, dream, plan, targets, change your life, grow up. All right? Ultimate destination of financial freedom. And then you go back home and you chill with your other friends who are not networkers and they talk about what's the government doing? Our life sucks. All right? That guy is having an affair with that girl. This guy is a loser. Did you see the latest YouTube video? All right, Netflix, this is happening Blood. Did you see I bought a new T shirt that I kind of fought. Did you hear about that guy? You know, and whatever positivity that rubbed off on you when you were in this network marketing association, power of association is erased by the negativity of the other environment. Now don't misunderstand me. I'm not telling you to disown all your friends because they're negative. I'm telling you decide where you spend more time. Alright? So if you spend more time with your network marketing family, like minded people who are talking about stuff that is going to get you to financial freedom, that's going to help you grow, evolve, right? Then spend 80% of your time there. 8020 rule 20%. You still have to hang around your relatives and you know, neighbors and friends, I guess. So I did not. Let me tell you what I did at 22. Not at 22, exactly 22 to 24. I was still a reasonably in all kinds of associations declaration with honesty. At 24, I woke up one morning and I realized, why am I not progressing fast enough? Okay, I am a like minded, positive, crazy dreamer. But then I also spend time with the Negative association, okay? And I realized that everything I benefited from the positive association got erased in the negative association. And I kept going back to my upline and mentor and telling him what's going on? And he said, you haven't made the decision, right? I said, okay. So one morning I woke up and I am an extremist by nature, okay? I have to do things like fanatical, extreme. I don't believe in this balanced life and balance thing. If I want to go for something, I do it 100% or zero, all right? I don't know whether it's the right way, but it seemed to have worked for me, especially in this industry called network marketing, okay? So one morning I woke up and I cut off all my ties, all my connections to all the negative zones, okay? All the negative associations. I cut off all my ties. And I just stayed focused all my time with this group of great networkers, great uplines, my mentors, and I spent every single minute of the day with these people. And then I realized my positivity was growing and growing and growing. My evolution, my change was more powerful. I started to see unbelievable positive and better results, bigger commissions, unbelievable results. And then I realized that this concept of power of association is very powerful. So my advice to all of you, my beautiful, beautiful networkers, entrepreneurs around the world, choose carefully who you spend time with. Choose carefully how much time you spend with who. And my sincere advice, if you belong to a network marketing organization, a team, there's bound to be a lot of activity. And I know somebody made a comment the other day and said, oh, but network marketing is all about presentation, dreams and this and that. I want to have some fun. You see, you're in the wrong network marketing organization. I've been with this organization today, my family, for 24 years. I've never had this much fun in my life. Guys, network marketing is fun, but it's positive fun. It's value added fun. It's growth fun, all right? And we do whatever normal people do, but we do it with the right people. So if you want to succeed, if you want to grow in network marketing, remember these words, power of association. Make sure you associate yourself large amount of time, larger amount of time, largest amount of time with the right people in your organization, in your network, Positive people, dreamers, people who empower you, people who uplift you, people who help you stay stronger on what is potentially beautiful but still difficult journey to financial freedom. And you reduce and reduce and reduce your time. Maybe don't do it like me. Cut off everyone Immediately you reduce, reduce, reduce your time with all these negative zones or negative associations and come back to the positive association. And then your checks will grow, you will grow, you will feel better about yourself. And whatever you're sacrificing here is not a big deal. Because whatever you did all your life up to now has not made you into a US dollar millionaire. But if that is your dream, that is your goal, then go and hang out with people who are going to get you to that goal. And stop hanging out with people who are going to stop you from reaching that goal. And waste your life and waste your time and you die one day. Fair enough. Is your greatest memory cannot be sitting down in the coffee shop talking politics of the government and this and that and all that. Your greatest memory should be one day going up on stage and sharing your story. Or providing the best life for your family. And fulfilling your dreams and making it into a reality. So who you spend a lot of time with, you become them. So be very careful who you spend time with. Choose your association wisely. But ultimately you are a product of your power of association. So think carefully. Make the necessary sacrifices. Find a great group of networkers. Your upline, your downlines, your team, your family. They will become family. I promise you like me and mine today. And you spend time with them. And that's your growth. So be careful who you hang out with. Be careful how you spend your time. Because everything has an impact on your network marketing success journey. So this is Patnan Senathiraja. Finally back with this YouTube video. And I will do whatever I can to keep making this. You know, people have to remind me sometimes. I love you guys. And please, you know, I hope these videos I'm making on YouTube benefit you guys. You are a networker today. You have made the best, most unbelievable decision in your life. If you found your dream. Congratulations. Now don't let anyone steal that dream. Pay the price. Whatever the price is, be consistent. Never switch off. Presentacion, Presentacion, Presentacion. And I promise you, one day you will be speaking to thousands of people and telling them your story. But to get there, hang out with the right people. Love you guys.