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"You'd be a total loser if you give up on yourself."

That's what they tell you in network marketing. "This is the best business ever." "You'd be an idiot to quit."

And clearly, this is coming from people who believe what they're saying. But here's the thing: the business pretty much works with or without you—especially if you're at a low pin level. It works on attrition. They know a certain number of people are going to leave after a certain point. They can predict when that's going to happen. The business really does work on a whole bunch of people buying products every month and doing nothing else in their businesses.

So are you a loser if you quit? Are you a loser if you give up on yourself?

Here's the thing: I never gave up on my dreams. I may have said, "This business isn't right for me." I may have said, "This other opportunity wasn't right for me either." But that doesn't mean I gave up on myself. I didn't. And I didn't give up on my dreams either.

There's usually a little bit of processing and adjusting that happens after you let go of something, or you pivot, or you decide to quit. But if you've got an entrepreneurial spirit in you—if you're someone who wants to accomplish something, if you're ambitious on any level—you're going to come to the same conclusion I did.

I looked around and said, "Well, I'm still alive. My heart's still beating in my chest. And I've still got dreams. There are still things I want to accomplish."

So what's my alternative? There are no alternatives. I'm not going to stop striving towards my dreams. So what are the alternatives? There are none. I'm going to get my feet under me. I'm going to get back up. And I'm going to get to work. I might do it through another vehicle. I might try another way. I might seek another model. But the bottom line? My dreams are alive. They're not dead. I haven't given up on myself. And I haven't given up on my dreams. So the only option—there is no alternative—the only option is to keep going.

At the end of the day, some opportunities are right for certain people. You basically just never know when the popcorn is going to pop. People pop at different times. They're ready to go, or they're not ready to go.

Don't worry about where you're at today. Simply look to the future to know what you want and allow yourself to become the person who can create that future.

In this post (and video), I share why you're not a loser if you don't join the "best business model ever"—and why the only option is to keep going. https://davidandrewwiebe.com/?p=28053