It can take some time to build a team, how long is different for everyone. One thing is clear though: the more people you talk to you, the faster it will grow. It seems fair to say that it takes 3-5 leaders to grow a huge organization. That means 3-5 people who have a burning desire to achieve their goals and won’t stop at anything.

Along the way you’ll also get a good number of part time people who contribute to your business in a slow and steady way and those people are critically important to your growth. Statistics show that the average person builds a home-based business to supplement, not replace their income.

A great analogy is the deck of cards. In every deck there are four aces. You start turning cards over, your very first card might be an ace. Or, you may have to turn over 15 or 20 cards before you get the first ace – in your deck or on your team. Your job is to have the focus and persistence to stay in the game until you find those aces. They are the people who build big, sometimes fast and who have the ability to change your life in the process of changing their own.

Lead by example – be upbeat, stay focused on your goals and spend your time talking to people about your business. Make a game of getting “NOs”. You very likely can’t get 25 people to say no to you without finding a few will say YES!

Get to the important questions quickly and weed out the people who don’t have an interest in changing their lives, at least right now. Always remember, it has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with them. It’s not personal! You have something of great value to offer and whether someone is ready to see that, ready to act on it, well – that’s up to them. Your job is to offer it enough times to enough people to find the ones ready to make things happen.

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