Making the Shift by Darren Hardy: Key Points & Notes

During the past few weeks, I’ve listened to Making the Shift by Darren Hardy several different times. This is quite perhaps my favorite “mindset” training I have ever listened to, especially for new entrepreneurs and new network marketers.

What I would like to do in the paragraphs below is just share a copy of my NOTES from listening to this training. Some of these are quotes from the training. Some of these are my own insights. I hope you enjoy the information as much as I did.

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**Notes from Making the Shift by Darren Hardy**

The number one key to wealth is owning your own business.
It’s normal to have doubts and fears when you are first getting started in a new business.
All successful people were newbies at one point in their career.
Your mind will play tricks on you to give you a solid justification as to why you should quit the business.
The business you’re trying to build; thousands of people have already done it successfully.
You really can change your life in three to five years.
Everyone in MLM has the same opportunity, a level playing field. The only factor is YOU.
Without knowing your why, the how does not matter.
Willpower will fail you. You need WHY power.
Your WHY will keep you going through the tough times.
When the reason is big enough you can overcome anything.
Everything you’ve worked hard to accumulate up to now is useless. Your education, experience and awards will hinder you more than they will help you.
Network marketing is not about what you can do, it’s what you can model and replicate with thousands of others.
The beauty of our industry is that you can earn 1% from 100 people’s efforts rather than 100% of your own efforts.
You want a simple system so anyone with any education from anywhere can do what you do.
You will struggle more with what you need to unlearn than what you need to learn.
Most people who join our industry come in and try to complicate it by doing it their own way.
Forget everything you know, be teachable and learn everything you can! Trust and plug in to the system.
You don’t want to do all of the work. You want the system to do all of the work.
Use the tools, don’t be the tool!
Being your own boss sounds like a dream, but most new entrepreneurs struggle with the lack of structure and poor time management skills.
Never mistake activity for productivity.
Always start your business part-time. This business is designed to do part-time for a few years before doing it full-time. Going full-time too soon is often the kiss of death.
Work full-time on your job and part-time on your fortune! Profits lead to fortune!
$1,000 per month part-time will change most people’s lifestyle.
One of the greatest recruiting tools is the money you make part-time.
When you make $1,000 full-time no one wants to hear your story, but when you make $1,000 part-time everyone wants to hear your story.
Share your vision with your entire family so they know why you are doing what you are doing and tell them how they will benefit.
Set your boundaries, set up your home office and only work in your home office.
Have set business hours. Plan out your week each week and write it in your day planner.
When it’s time to work, work. When it’s time to rest, rest.
Once you set goals, you need a written game-plan to get there.
Goal achieving is an art form.
Network marketing is easy to join and easy to quit. When you join, you have very little money invested, so it’s easy to give up when things get tough.
The business isn’t the problem. It’s people’s lack of commitment that is the problem.
Commitment is doing the things you said you were going to do long after the mood you set it in left you.
Whatever business you join, be here ONE YEAR from now. Just sticking with it is more than half the battle.
Personal development means you must become bigger than your problems.
Most successful entrepreneurs fail three, four or five times before they make it big.
Quitters never win. Most people quit when the going gets tough. That’s why most people are not successful in life and in business.
Make a five-year commitment to your business.
Treat your business as a serious business and it will reward you accordingly.
Be patient, give yourself time to learn, figure things out, get good at it, and reap a harvest.
If you stick with it, eventually the Compound Effect kicks in.
Being an entrepreneur is often met with great antagonism, especially by friends and family.
Most people are not courageous enough to leave corporate security to work for themselves.
Your friends want you to quit and come back to the pack to justify their own actions.
Don’t ask for advice from people more screwed up than you are.
What you are really sharing with your prospects is YOU, not your products or business opportunity. You are in the attraction business.
Your prospects evaluate you more than they do your business opportunity and products.
Your reputation is more important than the words you say.
Success is something you attract by the person you become.
For things to improve you must improve.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your business. The more you grow the more your business will grow.
Turn your car into a mobile classroom. In the time you spend driving you could earn a PhD in leadership, sales, or entrepreneurship, just by listening to CDs and audio courses.
Be careful what you put into your mind. Garbage in, garbage out.
What you think about comes about.
Read something educational and inspirational every single day.

About the Author

Darren Hardy is an author, speaker and editor of Success Magazine. Although I have never met him personally, I have tremendous respect for him. You can visit his website here.

Final Thoughts

There you have it folks. These are my top takeaways from Making the Shift by Darren Hardy. I hope you enjoyed the information. Which idea listed above resonates with you the most? Leave a comment below to let me know what you think. I look forward to hearing from you.

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