OPO

      A long time ago I got involved with my first MLM. I didnt stay with it long, I was looking for something to help make more money on the side and just didnt work out well for me. But I learned one of the most important rules about MLMs through one of the leaders. He told me one day," Whatever you do in this company or any other, you have to watch out for one thing: OPO. It is the deadliest thing to any of us in business or in life." And what is OPO? Glad you asked.

      OPO stands for Other Peoples Opinions. All the "advice" your friends and family give you. All the hey bud, I know your wanting to do this but.... All the times that someone said you shouldn't do what your doing because..... Any time you call someone to share your opportunity and they say its a load of cow manure. When you go to your reunion and everyone asks what you doing for a living and then tell you that your stupid... You get the picture.

       So how do you treat the dreaded OPO syndrome? Real simple. Ignore it. Have nothing to do with it. Walk away from it if you can, and smile and nod your head if you cant ( keep in mind that your smiling because you know next year youll be making an extra $4000/ month and it wont be hard to keep that smile!).
Whatever it takes for you to ignore it and get through it. People mean well, and your friends and family probably are trying to give you good advice but at the end of the day it all comes down to what you feel. Its your life, you have to live it the best way that you can. No matter what everyone else thinks.

        At the same time, you need to remember what it is and try not to do it to anyone else. Be supportive of those around you and they will be supportive of you. If someone comes to you with something and wants you to look at it, look at it. Give them ideas on how to make it work for them. You don't have to tell someone your happy that they just won the UK lottery or Microsoft just messaged them about the global Microsoft lottery and their going to enter. You can use your judgment. But if someone comes to you from another MLM, take a look at it. If it doesn't fit in with what your doing, tell them so. And then give them ideas about what type of people it would fit in with. Both of you will be happier and your relationship will be much stronger.

       At the end of the day, all we have in this world to build on is our reputation. If everyone knows your a negative do nothing, no one will want to talk to you. If everyone knows that your honest and objective, they will break down your door to see what you can help them with. And when you have that opportunity, you can create more and more opportunities for yourself and them.