It all begins with what has been referred to as the honeymoon phase. This is when people make the move to start their home business, usually a multilevel or network marketing company. The excitement is at an all time high. They envision making a lot of money and building huge down-lines.

This phase of network marketing evolution, whether through traditional or online methods, usually lasts about 2-3 weeks. People are feeling confident and are at the height of enthusiasm.

Then about 2-3 weeks in, people come to the realization that what they have gotten themselves into is actually a legitimate home business. There is work that needs to be done. At this point, you will find about 95 percent of these first time network marketers will move on.

It is the point where the honeymoon phase ends that the learning/integration phase begins. Here most people realize that they need to learn how their business works and begin to develop some new skills.

In the learning/integration phase of network marketing people will generally fall into one of three categories:

1. Information overload 2. Over thinkers 3. Learning into action

A large number of people will begin to take the reins into their hands and absorb new information. Overwhelmed by the tremendous amount of information out there, they become paralyzed into inactivity. Their home business will stagnate and fail.

In the second category, people readily shift from the honeymoon phase into a learning phase. However, the issue here is that they get stuck in this learning phase. They over think everything. They strive to learn all there is to know about their network marketing or multilevel marketing company and products. They spend all of their time trying to master marketing and very little if any time actually performing income generating activities. This is not the most desirable category to fall into either. Once again the home business will stagnate and fail.

The third category is comprised of the very few people who move into action immediately. These are the very people who rise to quick success. They are generally the top producers in any network marketing program they join. In this category you will generally find people who put into action the things they learn right away. These are the entrepreneurs who quickly move to the third stage of network marketing which is categorized by massive action.

This third stage is where major success occurs. This is where only about 3 percent of home business entrepreneurs fall. The successful entrepreneurs in this stage have their business' virtually on autopilot. They have devised a daily mode of operation that works like a finely tuned machine. This is the stage that all network marketers strive to be.

The bottom line is that there are three stages in the evolution of the most successful network marketing entrepreneurs. The honeymoon stage followed by the learning stage and then comes the massive action stage. The difference between being part of the 95 percent who fail early on and the 3 percent who make, it big is taking action.

Which stage will you be in?