5. The upline support team

Committed, caring, supportive upline leaders are crucial to your early and long term success. They should have training programs, supervision and support strategies and systems, and they should be accessible to you and your downline.

You owe your upline leaders nothing but gratitude for helping you succeed. They, on the other hand, owe you and your people their livelihood — their incomes and lifestyles.

They have an obligation to YOU, not the other way around.

Don't be afraid to ask for help — and demand to know their level of commitment BEFORE you decide to join them.

(It pays to check them out with other downline members, too, to learn the reality of their fine sentiments and promises.)

And be especially wary of upline teams who urge or require you to...

• join any kind of monthly books and tools program
   
• to sign up for high monthly autoship orders or
   
• to purchase expensive "starter kits" of products just to earn a higher first bonus or qualify at a higher rank.

Chances are that the real beneficiary of your heavy spending will be THEM, not you!