Like Mark Yarnell,Bill worked through numbers.

(*) Jason Boreyko, now president of New Vision,told this story recently. When he was a distributor in Matol, he signed up 50 people. He heard a lot of "Nos." on way to those 50. Jason took one man, who he knew would be terrific in business, to lunch, told him about business and man said "No." Jason took man to lunch again next month and told him updates. Once again man said, "No." Jason sent him some more information and took him to lunch again next month. And again man said, "No." That went on for six months. The seventh month, something had changed for man, and he said, "Yes." That man made Jason over one million dollars. Jason also worked through his numbers.

(*) According to Richard Poe in "Wave Three", while starting Amway, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel, America's eleventh richest people, recruited 500 people. 495 dropped out. The five that didn't quit built Amway. All $7 billion of Amway's business was built under those 5 people. Jay and Rich had to work through their numbers. There are many similar stories.

Here's lesson: Your success is directly related to degree to which you are willing to work to find others like yourself who are committed to succeed. Mark Yarnell's odds were 1 out of 200. Bill Britt's were 11 out of 1200. Jason Boreyko's odds were 1 out of 50. Would you be willing to go through 200 people to find 1 who will make you $50,000 a month? Or go through 200 people to become a millionaire? Or hear uncounted "No's." to sign up 50 people to find a million dollar person? I hope you will.... It's easier when you know odds up front. But here's catch: You have your own set of odds and you won't know what they are until AFTER YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.

So if you've gone through 50 or 100 people and you haven't found 1 serious person yet, you can either give up and assume business doesn't work, or recognize that you are working though your own numbers.

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This story applies to everyone of us! I don't know what my umbers are yet but I will know soon. Are you willing to find out what your numbers are? Keep up good work & keep faith!

Be a self-motivator and continue moving forward towards goals you want and deserve.

4. Get to know where you are submitting your personal information to. Do a WHOIS via http://www.whois.sc to see who webmaster is, when domain is set to expire, where host is from, etc.

5. Use forums to your advantage. Ask other members what their experience is, do a search through BeenPaid's forums and popular forums like: GetPaidForum.com and GPTBoyCott.com read information on programs both on bad and good side and decide if that is something that you want for you.

6. Finally use your common sense. The damage that has been done to this industry by influx of programs with dishonorable intentions is on rise. Sustainable programs cannot compete with their ad pricing; advertisers are spending their dollars wherever they can find low rates; sustainable programs aren't getting advertisers for these reasons; members are joining these lemons and promoting them all while forgetting about tried but true.

You can end this vicious circle but it starts with you making better choices. And if you've joined one of these programs, it's never too late to quit ;)

(c) 2005 Patricia Taylor. All rights reserved. This article can be reprinted freely as long as author bylines are included.