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THE INNER GAME OF NETWORK MARKETING I-COURSE
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NOTE: To get the most out of this I-course you can use both your
eyes and ears, reading and listening to the same material at the
same time. This is called "Super Learning" and it's a proven way
to deepen your memory and comprehension. Here's what you
need to do:

Step 1. Go to:
http://www.greatestnetworker.com/is/id=19918/learn1

Step 2. Choose the Audio File of "The Inner Game of Network
Marketing" that matches the Lesson you're reading. Then simply
read along with what you're hearing.

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DAY 2. The Inner Game of NetWork Marketing
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Stop Trying Harder

One of the first mistakes people make when they begin to play
the inner game is to do the same things they've always done when
playing all the other games they've ever played. After all, it's
worked before . . . right? So what's the very first thing we do?
Try harder.
      
There are two problems with this: For one thing, there's the
word try itself. It just doesn't make any sense. And second is
the notion of trying harder. 
      
First, let's take on this business of try. 
      
Simply put, there's no such thing as try and, I can
prove it to you. Right now, stop whatever else you're doing and
reach out and try to touch the return key on your computer
keyboard. Go ahead. Right now. Try. . . .

So, how'd you do? 
      
Do you see you either touched the return key- or you didn't?
Yoda was right when he instructed Luke Skywalker, "Do or do
not. There is no try."
      
Okay, we've just nailed the idea of try, now how about harder? 
      
Let me share a story with you I learned from Dr. Price
Pritchett's superb little book you2:

I'm sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Inn, a peaceful
little place hidden back among the pine trees about an hour out
of Toronto. It's just past noon, late July, and I'm listening to
the desperate sounds of a life-or-death struggle going on just a
few feet away.
      
There's a small fly burning out the last of its short life's
energies in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of the
windowpane. The whining wings tell the poignant story of the
fly's strategy- try harder.
      
But it's not working.
      
The frenzied effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically, the
struggle is part of the trap. It is impossible for the fly to
try hard enough to succeed at breaking through the glass.
Nevertheless, this little insect has staked its life on reaching
its goal through raw effort and determination.
      
This fly is doomed. It will die there on the windowsill.
      
Across the room, ten steps away, the door is open. Ten seconds
of flying time and this small creature could reach the outside
world it seeks. With only a fraction of the effort now being
wasted, it could be free of this self-imposed trap. The
breakthrough possibility is there. It would be so easy.
      
Why doesn't the fly try another approach, something dramatically
different? How did it get so locked in on the idea that this
particular route, and determined effort, offer the most promise
for success? What logic is there in continuing until death, to
seek a breakthrough with "more of the same"?
      
No doubt this approach makes sense to the fly. Regrettably, it's
an idea that will kill. 
      
"Trying harder" isn't necessarily the solution to achieving
more. It may not offer any real promise for getting what you
want out of life. Sometimes, in fact, it's a big part of the
problem. . . .
      
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a
different result is one common definition of insanity. If you
aren't having, and doing, and being all you dream of in your
life and work, trying harder clearly isn't the answer. Doing
things differently is.
      
So, how do you begin- to do things differently, I mean?
      
Take inventory. Look at each area of your life- your
relationships; your partnerships; your career; your finances;
your health; what you do for fun; and your progress in terms of
your own personal growth and development- look at each of these
things and ask yourself: "What's missing . . . ? What's missing,
which, if it was part of the mix, would guarantee that I have,
do and be all I desire and deserve . . . ?"
      
"What's missing . . . ?" It's a great question.
      
And the answers are what we'll talk about next time.
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Please make the time right now to ANSWER the questions below.

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Step 1. OPEN a NEW e-mail addressed to:

I-Course2@infogeneratorpro.com
(aol users type address into a new letterhead)

Step 2.  CUT and PASTE the questions into the email.
Step 3. TYPE your Answer, either TRUE or FALSE, after each
question.
Step 4. SEND the email to the specific email address listed
above.

A prompt Reply will come right back to you with the correct
Answers and Today's Exercises.

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5.  In the movie Star Wars, Yoda instructed Luke Skywalker,
"Keep trying." 

6.  Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a
different result is one common definition of insanity.

7.  If you aren't having, and doing, and being all you dream of
in your life and work, doing things differently is the answer. 

The "Inner GameŽ" is a registered Service Mark of Timothy
Gallwey and The Inner Game Corporation. Used with permission.
Mr. Gallwey is the author of The Inner Game of Tennis, The Inner
Game of Golf, The Inner Game of Work, and may be contacted at:
http://www.theinnergame.com
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