Before you choose an opportunity, understand yourself.
There are thousands of ways to try to make money online.
Thousands of programmes.
Thousands of products.
Thousands of strategies.
And every day, someone is telling you that their opportunity is the one you’ve been looking for.
But what if that’s the wrong place to start?
What if the first question shouldn’t be:
“Which opportunity should I join?”
What if it should be:
“What am I actually trying to achieve?”
Because the right path for one person may be completely wrong for another.
Your goals are different.
Your circumstances are different.
Your strengths are different.
Your weaknesses are different.
Your experience is different.
And the amount of time, money, knowledge and effort you’re prepared to put in is different.
That’s why YNMM starts with you.
THINK LIKE A MENTOR
If you walked into my room and told me you wanted to build an online income, I wouldn’t immediately hand you a list of opportunities.
I’d start asking questions.
What do you want your life to look like?
What are you trying to achieve?
Why does it matter to you?
What have you already accomplished?
What have you tried before?
What worked?
What didn’t?
What did you learn?
What are you good at?
Where do you struggle?
What skills and experience do you already have?
What do you need to learn?
How much time can you realistically commit?
How disciplined are you?
How hard are you prepared to work?
And how badly do you actually want the result?
Only after understanding those things would I start thinking about the best way forward.
Because strategy without understanding is just guesswork.
THIS IS YOUR STARTING POINT
You don’t need to know exactly what business you want.
You don’t need to understand online marketing.
You don’t need to have everything figured out.
You don’t even need to know whether network marketing, affiliate marketing or another online business model is right for you.
You simply need to be prepared to take an honest look at where you are now and where you want to go.
That’s what the YNMM journey is designed to help you do.
THE YNMM MENTORING JOURNEY
I’ve organised the core lessons into a step-by-step journey.
You can work through them in order, return to the areas where you need the most help, and use the exercises to start turning ideas into action.
01 — KNOW YOURSELF
Before building a business, understand the person who is going to build it.
Explore:
- Your vision
- Your goals
- Your ambitions
- Your strengths
- Your weaknesses
- Your values
- Your motivation
- Your previous successes
- Your failures
- What you’ve learned from your experiences
Start here →
02 — KNOW YOUR RESOURCES
Your plan needs to fit your real life.
Look honestly at:
- The time you have available
- Your finances
- Your existing skills
- Your knowledge
- Your experience
- Your personal network
- The technology you have access to
- The support available to you
You may have more resources than you realise.
Or you may discover that something important needs to be developed first.
Explore your resources →
03 — UNDERSTAND WHAT DRIVES YOU
Wanting more money is easy to say.
Understanding why you want it is much more important.
We’ll look at:
- Motivation
- Discipline
- Work ethic
- Consistency
- Patience
- Resilience
- Fear of failure
- Confidence
- Your willingness to learn
- Your willingness to keep going when things become difficult
Because starting something is easy.
Continuing when the excitement disappears is where the real test begins.
Discover your motivation →
04 — LEARN FROM YOUR PAST
Your previous experiences aren’t wasted.
Your successes contain clues.
Your failures contain clues too.
Instead of simply moving on to the next opportunity, we’ll examine:
What did you try?
Why did you start?
What happened?
Where did things go wrong?
Why did you stop?
What would you do differently next time?
The objective isn’t to dwell on failure.
It’s to make sure you learn from it.
Review your experience →
05 — UNDERSTAND THE GAME
Once you understand yourself, you need to understand the environment you’re entering.
How does an online business actually work?
We’ll look at the fundamentals:
- Finding an audience
- Identifying problems
- Creating useful content
- Generating attention
- Generating leads
- Starting conversations
- Building relationships
- Following up
- Making sales
- Serving customers
- Creating repeat business
- Building systems
- Measuring results
You’ll also learn about different business models, including affiliate marketing and network marketing.
The objective isn’t to convince you that one model is best.
It’s to help you understand how the different models work.
Learn the fundamentals →
06 — CHOOSE YOUR DIRECTION
Now we can start asking a much better question:
“What actually fits me?”
Not:
“What’s the hottest opportunity?”
Not:
“What’s everyone else doing?”
And not:
“Which programme promises the most?”
Instead:
Does it fit my goals?
Does it fit my personality?
Does it fit my available time?
Does it fit my skills?
Am I prepared to do the work it requires?
Do I understand how the business actually makes money?
Can I see myself doing this consistently?
That’s how you start making better decisions.
Explore your options →
07 — DEVELOP YOUR STRATEGY
This is where the influence of an old military principle becomes useful.
Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is fundamentally about understanding the situation before committing your resources.
The same principle applies to building an online business.
Know yourself.
Know your environment.
Choose your battlefield.
Concentrate your resources.
Don’t try to fight every battle.
Adapt when circumstances change.
You don’t need to be everywhere.
You don’t need to use every platform.
You don’t need to promote everything.
You don’t need to chase every new opportunity.
You need a strategy that makes sense for you.
Build your strategy →
08 — BUILD THE PLAN
A goal without a plan is just an intention.
Once you know where you want to go, we’ll turn that into something practical.
We’ll look at:
- Your 90-day objective
- Your monthly targets
- Your weekly activities
- Your daily actions
- The skills you need to develop
- The resources you need
- The numbers you need to track
- The obstacles you need to anticipate
And importantly:
What are you actually going to do tomorrow?
Because a strategy only becomes useful when it turns into action.
Build your plan →
09 — EXECUTE, MEASURE, ADAPT
This is where theory ends.
You take action.
You see what happens.
You measure the results.
You identify what’s working.
You identify what’s not.
Then you adjust.
Action → Results → Learning → Adjustment → More action.
You don’t need a perfect plan.
You need a plan that can improve.
Start executing →
10 — SCALE WHAT WORKS
Eventually, the question changes.
Instead of:
“What should I try next?”
you start asking:
“What’s already working, and how can I do more of it?”
That’s where systems, automation, duplication and leverage become important.
But don’t try to scale something that doesn’t work.
First find something that works.
Then improve it.
Then systemise it.
Then scale it.
Learn how to scale →
AND WHAT ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES?
They’re still here.
But they’re not the starting point.
Once you’ve worked through the fundamentals, you may decide that a particular business model or programme fits what you’re trying to achieve.
That’s when opportunities become relevant.
YNMM has identified a number of programmes, products and services that may be worth exploring.
But think of them as potential vehicles.
The vehicle matters.
But first you need to know where you’re going.
Explore the YNMM Income Builders →
YOU DON’T NEED TO HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT
Perhaps you’re starting from scratch.
Perhaps you’ve tried before.
Perhaps you’ve had some success.
Perhaps you’ve made mistakes.
Perhaps you’re approaching a stage of life where you want to build something different.
Wherever you’re starting from, the principle is the same.
Understand yourself.
Understand your destination.
Understand the terrain.
Make a plan.
Take action.
Learn.
Adapt.
Keep moving.
WELCOME TO YOUR NETWORK MARKETING MENTOR
This isn’t about finding the next shiny opportunity.
It’s about helping you become clearer about what you want, what you have, what’s missing and what you’re prepared to do about it.
You don’t need another person shouting:
“Join this!”
You need someone willing to ask:
“Why?”
“What are you trying to achieve?”
“What have you tried?”
“What is holding you back?”
“What are you prepared to do?”
And then:
“OK. Now let’s work out a plan.”
That’s what YNMM is about.
Your journey starts here.
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