Have you become a “Jack Of All Trades & A Master Of None“, when it comes to business? About 1 year ago, I wrote a blog posts on “Jumpers“, a name I’ve coined for people jumping from one business opportunity to the next. Here we are 1 year later and things have changed a little, but not much.

How many business opportunities have you been involved with in the past 12 months? Many have been in at least 3, some have been in 6. Don’t get me wrong, multiple streams of income makes sense and it is a beautiful thing, but being involved in too many things at one time keeps your focus off track. A new business opportunity hits the internet every week, so there are far too many for you to be involved with all of them, chasing the dollar.

Jumping from one opportunity to the next (every 2 or 3 months) can cause:

• Loss of focus on the previous company, especially when trying to build 2 companies that offer the same product/business.
• Loss of leadership values. Ask yourself, “Would you follow someone that is a nomad in the industry, chasing one dream after the next”?
• Confusion amongst your team. If you’re cross building your team into different companies, how can they trust you’re fully committed to either one?
• Time management issues. It gets complicated being on 3 different company conference calls on a Thursday night. Each week you’ll miss valuable information from somewhere.

I’m speaking on this from my own experience, because I was doing the same thing years ago. I was going from one opportunity to the next “chasing” the dream, while spending more money out on membership fees than I was bringing in on some months. I started to watch how the top leaders were marketing & managing their business time. Yes, many have more than one business, but they stay grounded in one of them long enough to produce positive results, before moving on to another.

I see so many people today doing what I was doing, some even promoting a new company every 2 months. From experience, it’ll only drain you and keep you from getting where you really want to be, which is financially free, without having to chase the dollar. Keep in mind, if you continue on this trail, you’ll find yourself being a “Jack of All Trades & A Master Of None“.

Do you know of any short success stories on entrepreneurs?
Before you answer that…what defines success to you? In my opinion, success can be financial, spiritual, a mentality change or overcoming a health issue. Success can come many ways to many people but what is your success story? I can share my short success story in network marketing because it’s something I do and something I enjoy. Success to me is also being able to walk away from a job and be a full time father, continuously earning residual income from my successful home business. I can share with you the people that I have helped to become successful and about  being able to be in control my own time…..that is success to me…that is my short success story.

Too many times people write numerous articles or stories about what someone else did. That’s their success……what is yours. It’s great to give praise to someone on their success but at the end of the day, they’re probably thanking you for the free advertisement. I’ve told stories of many other successful people that I personally know….not focused on people that earn “x” amount of dollars and have 2 rings that I’ve never even spoken to. I know that the successful friends that I may speak of can share my story to people they know. What do people say about you?

Sometimes we get wrapped up in sharing someones story, just to get someone into our business. The problem with that is, we forget to share with them how long that person has been doing the business and that everyone realistically won’t accomplish the same. We forget that even though Tom and Louis did it when they started 7 years ago, it’s not as easy as it appears. Develop your own short success story so that people can look to you when they need advice or success tips. Focus on how many people you have personally helped and in doing so, they can share your short success stories on entrepreneurs.