How do you handle it when people quit your team in Network Marketing?
It’s a question I get asked every once in a while and one that I’m uniquely qualified to answer because over the past 25 years, I’ve had hundreds of thousands of people quit my team.
On my journey to building teams of well over 1 million people, I’ve had just about every crazy scenario imaginable.
Admittedly, I’m not exactly what you’d call the ’sensitive type’ so it probably doesn’t bother me as much as some. (By necessity, I’ve developed amazingly thick skin) But I’d be lying if I told you it didn’t hurt at times.
You invest your time, energy and money supporting someone and then to have them not only quit, but bad mouth you on their way out so they can attempt to recruit people away from you… not the most fun experience.
Any time you’re dealing with large numbers of people, it’s not always going to be hearts and flowers. Today’s message may not be the most uplifting and inspirational one but it’s an important one.
I often get asked…
- Should I notify my entire team and warn them about this person who left that’s attempting to cross recruit?
- Should I do a call explaining to my team how our compensation plan is better than theirs or how our product is better than theirs?
- Should I go public on social media about it defending my company?
Listen, I know it hurts.
I know it pisses you off when this happens.
I know in many cases it’s just flat out wrong the way the person is behaving.
But hear me on this and never forget this lesson:
Energy flows where attention goes.
If you want your energy and your team’s energy focused on the competition, do all those things above.
Bringing attention to someone quitting simply gives them energy and power.
Remember these 2 words:
Purposeful Amnesia.
When someone quits my team, I do my best to forget about them. I put no energy on their departure other than I use it as a reminder to pour even more energy into building my own business.
“Going to war” against the competition only causes your team to lose focus from building your business.
I’m a MARINE so I’ve had plenty of times where I want to rip someone’s throat out and display it to the world.
I’ve had people who claim to be some of the most Godly and religious people in the world use their “ethics” to recruit away when I know the truth about their sins.
I could bad mouth them and reveal the truth, but that would simply be giving energy and power to them.
In the past 20 years I’ve been full time in our profession, I’ve had one simple philosophy…
Give no power away to those who leave.
By bad mouthing, attempting to compare, and mother henning my group to protect them from the “evil competition”, I’m simply giving power to the competition.
Instead of giving power away to the competition, pour your energy into building your own business, into building up your committed leaders and into production.
Here’s the way I see it and this is what I’ve taught for years…
If they leave, they don’t mean to stay.
Simple as that.
Matt Morris
Top Network Marketing Leader
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