OUR attitudes are among the few possessions that are totally ours and can never be taken from us. Houses and cars come and go, but our values and attitudes are with us forever. It is only when we continually exercise control over our own attitudes that we can manage external circumstances. Real change comes first from the inside and our behavior naturally follows. Without this personal realization, people often become depressed in their first year of networking.

There's a natural tendency to feel personally rejected when a relative or close friend decides not to participate in your business, or to take it as a personal insult when someone whom you've spent hours supporting and training, decides to quit the business for no obvious reason. More than likely, those . events will occur, but it is up to you to determine how you react to them.

 No one can successfully perform the tasks necessary to succeed when he is depressed, especially in a business in which success results more often from attitude than ability. Many people fail simply because of their attitudes. And as we pointed out earlier, it is virtually impossible to convince people to change careers if you don't show them your enthusiasm and joy.

We can't expect others to join us in business if it is obvious to them that we are less than satisfied. Always remember, enthusiasm is contagious. In our own recruiting, we freely express excitement and effervescence as key tools in convincing others to join our business. Our prospects can tell how excited we are while many of them know their lives are boring and routine. We make certain at some point in our presentation to say, "In our business if you aren't having fun, you're doing it wrong!"