So far, I've been keeping to regular contact with a couple members of my upline.  They're doing what they can to help me succeed.  I don't have an existing downline yet, as I am still really new to this whole thing.  Once my downline gets started I want to be just as motivating to them as my upline has been to me.  We're all helping eachother succeed.  This is a ladder where we at the bottom are being pulled up from the top.  Keep motivating your downline, its a good way to get us to be better affiliates.