Ladies and gentlemen! Today we present you Mr. Benjamin Heyny another outstanding young MLM leader from Austria. So if you want to know how to “get things done” in network marketing despite going through a rough patch in life, what consistency means in business and why charity keeps our hero going – this interview is for you. It was a great pleasure for Ranking MLM to interview this bright and remarkable businessman!
The biggest fight you have to face is the fight against yourself. Interview with Benjamin Heyny
HELLO BENJAMIN HEYNY. THANK YOU FOR ACCEPTING OUR INVITATION. IT’S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE AT RANKINGMLM.COM!
BENJAMIN, I WATCHED YOUTUBE FILMS WITH YOU AND OTHER STUFF AND YOU STRUCK ME AS A VERY INSPIRING PERSON. HAVE YOU ALWAYS HAD THIS TRAIT IN YOU AND DO YOU THINK IT IS ESSENTIAL TO DO NETWORK MARKETING?
I think the seed in me started when I was 12 years old and I first time watched the movie “The Secret”. I just always knew I am meant to do more, everybody has dreams that are not giving to us by ACCIDENT. We have to have the confidence to go after our dreams, not only visiulise them but also to take action. I think network marketing is a great vehicle – one thing that people don’t talk to often about is the person you become through facing challenges and the personal development – this is worth more than money – as your income will only grow with your personality and your income stands in direct proportion of the amount of value you give to other people. And where else than in network marketing, you can duplicate yourself unlimited times and use the working time and effort of your organisation to give value to people – trough products and opportunity.
OK BENJAMIN, LET’S GET BACK IN TIME A LITTLE. HOW DID YOU GET INTRODUCED TO NETWORK MARKETING AND, HONESTLY, WHAT WAS THAT EXPERIENCE LIKE FOR YOU?
The first time I got to know network marketing from my mother when I was a child. I didn’t understand it but it fascinated me already that you can duplicate your time and effort and have unlimited people working on one vision as a team and have unlimited earning potential. My current company I was introduced when I was busy and slave of my work – as with 18 I became self-employed – but with 23 I was exhausted, had 80.000€ in debt, became father and didn’t know what to do – that was the time when I got introduced to network marketing as an adult – the first 4 times I even said no going to the first appointment, than I just bought some products that my sponsor would leave me allone and I tested the products later on. And after a few weeks as my life didn’t change I understood that for things to change I have to change. Mahatma Ghandi already said you have to be the change you wish to see in the world. As I was conviced by the products by them and by the founders I decided to start the business in October 2013.
HOW HAS BEING INVOLVED IN NETWORK MARKETING CHANGED YOUR LIFE, PROFESSIONALLY, PERSONALLY OR BOTH?
Totally. The first year I was just working hard every day like a maniac – at first many people didn’t believe in me and I got many rejections – but they didn’t know what I knew – never let the opinion of other people effect your own vision. After 1 year doing in average 10 meetings every day plus 5 presentations every week I’ve been debt free. Since than to know I became already a million dollar earner in my company. I didn’t had time for my daughter or family in that first year you have to make sacrifaces and you have to pay the price. But now I can do what I want, when I want, with whom I want and never have to worry about money again – its a feeling of total freedom.
WHY DO YOU WHAT YOU DO? WHAT IS YOUR DRIVE IN MLM, YOUR PERSONAL „WHY”?
I have more than one why. At first I just wanted to make money to pay my bills. Than I wanted to be a good example to my daughter and secure her. Than I saw how many peoples lives have been changed so I wanted to help people become their best version and believe in them. Than in around 2014/2015 one of my best business partners passed away – and I promised him to never quit – that kept me going and made me going on charity trips. I’ve built schools in Africa, Tanzania as well as in Mexico together with our team – so I got a new why – we started a project where we want to feed more than 1 million children in my organisation by 2025. We just hit the 100.000 meals mark – so in my team we donated more than 100.000 meals to children in need – isn’t hunger right now one of the solvable problems? More than 800 million people don’t have enough food – we all can make a difference.
“WORK SMART NOT HARD”. WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT?
No, I would say work hard and smart. Many people are focused on shortcuts, and look for strategies and analyse to much – I just get things done. Best shortcut in this business is to have a good mentor who is where you want to be. And than you just need to go out and do massive action – you can’t get the price, if youre not willing to pay the price – anybody who tells you, you don’t need to work hard to become rich, is lying – or won the lottery and will be broke soon after. There is always a price to pay – but anyhow with the right leader who had results – you can work hard and smart with the right system.
OK, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE STATS. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN NETWORK MARKETING AND YOUR CURRENT COMPANY? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE YOU PERSONALLY ENROLLED INTO YOUR COMPANY? WHAT IS THE CURRENT SIZE OF YOUR ORGANIZATION?
I started in October 2013, in Kyäni. I have personally enrolled over 250 people, cause I like to lead by example, and my total organisation has over 25.000 people in 30+ countries.
HOW DO YOU BUILD YOUR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL BRAND ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA?
Oh honestly, this is one of my weeknesses, my first year I didn’t even do one zoom/skype call – I did everything oldschool in person. Now we switched and work a lot online. I don’t do social media profesionally cause I don’t care about the amount of followers I have – I care more about the people in my team and how many I can help to unleash their potential and become successful. Most influencers are broke and it’s just a show off. I like to give people real values and to create the right culture. But of course I post some videos on Youtube, have some posts on Instagram and do stories, but I have people in my team who are far better with social media than me and recruiting only over social media.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE RECRUITMENT TECHNIQUES? PERSONALLY, ONLINE OR FROM THE SCENE?
My favoirte place to recruit is the airpline – I fly business class, so you meet good contacts – and in the plane people can’t leave, you can tell them as long as the flight goes about your business and products, right? Haha no, I do all three whatever happens – when you have a clear vision and you build the right personality life will open up opportunities and will lead the right people to you – no matter if in person, when you’re on the road, or in social media – you just have to be aware of and use every opportunity to share your product and share your business – every day consisstently.
BENJAMIN, I THINK THAT YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME IF I SAY THAT SPORT IS BASED ON ONE THING: COMPETITION. FOLLOWING THAT LOGIC, WE CAN SAY THAT WORK IS BASED ON EFFECTIVENESS, FRIENDSHIP ON TRUST AND ADVERTISING ON HAPPINESS, FOR INSTANCE. HOW ABOUT NETWORK MARKETING? WHAT IS THE ONE THING THAT NETWORK MARKETING IS BASED ON?
For me it is a relationship business. You build relationships, and you’re not only building a business – you are building other people and with those together you build the business. Also to become a leader you have to start to say no sometimes to your people and do not do everything for them – let them step up, let them develop, help them to overcome their fears and objections to grow as a personality – than they will grow their and your business.
Benjamin Heyny. I just get things done
BENJAMIN, YOU ARE IN YOUR TWENTIES IF I’M NOT MISTAKEN. SO IN YOUR OPINION, BEING SO YOUNG, IS IT AN ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE IN NETWORK MARKETING?
I was, I turned 30 this year, but I still look like 22 haha – it’s both – young people have more energy and use modern techniques or social media or so on more – but they’re facing rejection from older people who do not take them serious – and young people quit earlier and often don’t have the patience to build one vehicle and get the job done. So what I recommend is first never quit, don’t under-estimate what can happen long term. Second work on yourself – if you get the skills and personality you’ll have results and when you get results youre able to help other people get results and this way youll earn being a leader and the respect and authority that you need to build a big team. Also again work on your personal development – growing your personality will grow your income.
WHAT WOULD YOU CALL ‘MY BIGGEST SUCCESS’?
I think that I have not and will never quit. I have been to dark places in my life, I was depressed, I was broke and I have overcome that – and not only that I was able to inspire others and give them hope and confidence. I think to never quit and always keep pushing to become better is my biggest achievement, next to the 100.000 meals we donated to children in need – but that I didn’t do alone, my team did it. The biggest fight you have to face is the fight against yourself. If there is no enemy within and if you learn how to self talk and self motivate and self develope yourself, there is no limit.
DOES BENJAMIN HEYNY HAVE A LIFE MOTTO?
Outwork – outimprove – outlast – outstrategize – its not your fault when youre born poor, but its your fault when youre dying poor. Make sure that on your death bed you do not regret things you never did – live full and die empty.
HOW DO YOU SEE YOUR FUTURE?
Building a legacy, no matter how long it takes, feed one million children with our charity, creating millionaires, and inspiring other people to do more, dream more, achieve more, believe more in themselves.
THANK YOU FOR THE INTERVIEW!
Editorial staff
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