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Jim Chao…
For those of you who don’t know him, he’s an online MLM leader who is making a six figure annual income online. Before I brag on him too much though, he’s only 22. Now, before you hi-tail it out of here because I’m promoting something or other, I’m not… I scored an exclusive interview with Jim where he reveals the secrets that moved him from failing miserably to having his first five figure month in 90 days. I don’t want to spoil the surprises he shared in this interview too much, so just let me say this. You’re going to want to stop whatever you’re doing and take 20 minutes to learn how this 22 year old internet super-star makes more than my Family Physician online. Here’s the interview:
I wanted to share some of the principles that I got out of this interview with Jim today, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments on what you got out of it.
The first thing that I got out of our conversation is that there is just a fundamental difference between the mindset of an entrepreneur and the mindset of an employee. Now Jim Chao didn’t talk about this so much, it’s just that some of the things he said got me thinking… He failed in MLM for YEARS before he had his major breakthrough. I failed for years, too before I started to learn the keys to wealth in the MLM profession. However, we BOTH kept at it, refusing to take bad advice at face value, until we learned what it took to start living the lifestyle of our dreams.
THAT’S the mindset of an entrepreneur. They have a vision and just keep at it. Contrast that with the huge amount of people who start a business, try it for a week, and when it doesn’t work they quit immediately. Jim Chao is a true example of someone who makes a commitment, decides, and then takes action until he makes it work.
Second, what I really got out of this interview was how important it is to connect with other leaders in the MLM profession. I don’t talk about this too much, but when I first got involved in MLM, it was with a company we all know of called Amway. Well, even though I’m not in Amway today, I still have great relationships with a couple of leaders in the company, and some of them have given me some great advice. One thing I was told when I first got involved “You CAN’T do this business alone. You can try, but in the end if you’re not connected with like minded people NO MATTER WHAT you do you’ll fall flat on your face.”
Sometimes, we pride ourselves a little too much in ‘owning our own business’ and we forget that Network Marketing is a RELATIONSHIP driven industry, built on the unified dreams and aspirations of thousands of people, all working together for the common prosperity of the community.
We NEED to connect. I do that by seeking out leaders, contacting them, and keeping in touch often. That’s one thing Jim Chao and I definitely have in common, we don’t expect LEADERS to reach out to us. We are proactive and reach out to them.
Well my friends, I’ve got to run, for the rest of the tips, be sure to listen to the entire interview, and share it with your friends! Jim Chao is an EXPERT on Facebook marketing, and if you haven’t listened to it already, I have an exclusive webinar that he did for our team, and you can visit this link to check it out:
Jim Chao’s Facebook Marketing Secrets
Remember, be sure to leave your thoughts below! I’ll see you guys on the beaches of the world!
Comments
John Parker, August 9, 2011, 09:30
Jim Chao’s story is truly inspiring. It’s amazing to see someone so young achieving such success in the MLM world. I appreciate the focus on mindset and the importance of connecting with leaders. Thanks for sharing this, David!
Emily Rogers, August 9, 2011, 10:15
It’s really motivating to hear about Jim Chao’s journey, especially his perseverance despite initial failures. The advice on building relationships in MLM is so valuable—I’ll definitely be reaching out more proactively from now on.
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Michael Brown, August 9, 2011, 11:00
Great interview! Jim’s emphasis on the entrepreneurial mindset versus the employee mindset really resonated with me. It’s a reminder that success comes from persistence and a willingness to keep learning and growing.
Sarah Williams, August 9, 2011, 11:45
Jim Chao’s success at such a young age is a testament to the power of dedication and networking. I’m curious to know more about his strategies, especially in Facebook marketing. I’ll definitely check out the webinar you mentioned.
Chris Johnson, August 9, 2011, 12:30
This interview was full of great insights. The part about not being able to do this business alone really stood out to me. It’s easy to forget that MLM is all about relationships and working together towards common goals.
Amy Davis, August 9, 2011, 13:15
Thanks for sharing this, David. It’s inspiring to see how Jim Chao turned his failures into a six-figure income. The importance of mindset and connecting with others in MLM can’t be overstated. I’m excited to apply these lessons to my own business.
David Harris, August 9, 2011, 14:00
I’ve been following Jim Chao’s success for a while now, and this interview really gives a deeper look into what makes him tick. His focus on mindset and networking is something I think everyone in MLM should take to heart.
Laura Thompson, August 9, 2011, 14:45
This is exactly the kind of content I’ve been looking for. Jim Chao’s journey is proof that age isn’t a barrier to success in MLM. I’ll definitely be listening to the interview again and sharing it with my team.
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Some people quit after a bad week. Some people don’t. That’s the whole ‘entrepreneur versus employee mindset’ distinction, minus the dressing up.
Gail’s summary is accurate, and it points at the actual weakness in the post’s causal story. ‘He persisted, then he succeeded’ is a single case, and the post treats the persistence as the explanatory variable without ruling out the alternative explanation, that most of the people who persisted the same amount without an eventual breakthrough simply never get interviewed about it. Survivorship in the sample is doing a lot of the work here that mindset is credited with.
Gail’s plain version holds up well, and I would add only one thing to it from where I sit. Persisting through a bad week is easier to recommend to someone with thirty years of working life still ahead of them than to someone my age, rebuilding at sixty-one, for whom every year spent persisting through a strategy that is not working is a year that cannot be recovered afterward. The mindset point is sound. Its cost is not the same for everyone being told to adopt it.
The advice to ‘connect with leaders, be proactive, reach out to them’ assumes a temperament that finds unsolicited outreach to strangers energizing rather than draining. I built what I have entirely through writing, without ever cold-contacting a single person I admired, and it worked because the writing itself did the reaching out for me. The post treats proactive networking as the only mechanism for connection. It is one mechanism, not the only one.
Anneke’s version sounds a lot easier than what the post describes, honestly, and I say that as someone who has four unlaunched projects because outreach terrifies me and I keep finding reasons to polish instead of ship or reach out. Though — actually, rereading what she wrote, ‘the writing did the reaching out’ still required finishing and publishing the writing, which is exactly the step I get stuck on. So maybe it’s not easier, it’s just a different kind of hard, and I’ve been telling myself it was the easy way out to avoid admitting I’m stuck either way, on all four projects, in exactly the same spot.
Small correction to add to Davey’s point: publishing isn’t actually the same category of action as reaching out to someone specific, even if both require overcoming a form of avoidance. One is a broadcast you control completely; the other depends on a stranger’s response you don’t control at all. Worth being precise about which kind of stuck you’re actually in, because the fix for each is different.