Growing a Network (2)

You'd probably say the kind of duplication I espouse here is unrealistic. You'd say it can never happen. You cannot keep networkers sticking to a single business and leader through life. They will always look for another. And anyway, it is not growing a network. So, forget about duplication and just focus on recruitment en masse. So it's got to be big meetings to get a steady supply of downlines.

Well, that's how they've been doing networking, and it's not networking--it's pure recruitment. Big meetings are good now and then, but once it becomes the main bread and butter, it's nothing but desperation. It's tantamount to "hiring." And honestly, how many of the recruits really continue in the business? One or two percent or less. The rest stop and feel duped. Yeah, they do the business for a while but only to spend more than they earn, spurred on and hyped only by the uplines who are making it good on the far top. The rest are just used to create an impression of great quantity and for noise. Networking has got to stop being like this. This is not growing a network--it's growing an empire with a lone emperor on top with a few of his cohorts.

From 11 to 25,000 in 5 Years

I was amazed by the phenomenal growth of the communist rebels in the countryside in the 1980s in the Philippines. They started as a ragtag band of 11 young people who looked like they were yet on milk and never tasted wine. They had no office or company support or tools for proliferation. They were constantly in hiding and in grave danger. In 5 years they grew to more than 25,000, a growth of about 5,000 a year. They became a major threat.

How did they do it?

They had only 3 things: Undying idealism, strong belief, and duplication.

Duplication? Oh yes. That was the reason the government could not eradicate the revolution though they kept arresting and liquidating student leaders, labor leaders, and leaders of the armed front. When a leader was eliminated, another one like him replaced him. The military kept announcing the sure demise of the communist insurgency because so and so leader had been captured. It never happened. The movement continued and is alive to this day. They did it one on one, closely proselytizing their recruits and transferring their idealism, ideology, and spirits to them. There was a transfer of ideological DNA and a culture was developed. That's growing a network. Once you do that your growth will be firm and unstoppable.

There's got to be DNA transfer. It's that or nothing. Electoral campaigns can get large crowds of people but after the political meeting and election, it dies. People look for another party gimmick to be able to gather again. And they largely rely on handouts. That's rubbish.

DNA transfer creates a culture and an undying idealism that gets transferred intellectually and settled in the hearts. If the communists were able to do it without enjoying freedom and company support, why can't networkers who get company support and technology aid and all the freedom in the world? They should be growing a network that grows established and which lasts a very long time. The communist movement in the Philippines started in the 1930s (PKP) and continues to this day, taking some form of evolution (CPP), being flexible to changes to adapt to the times. That's growing a network.

We should grow a network, in the real sense of the term. A real network. A real network is founded on real and deep relationships, not just skin-deep, rubbish recruitment. A network is NOT an empire where an emperor reigns supreme. That's slavery. A real network is a fraternity of kindred spirits and intellects, committed to help each other, led by a company of selfless leaders who win by making their junior associates win.