I want to look at this as an two folded answer. It depends on whether you can invest time or money. If you have time and little or no money to invest it will take a long time to succeed but it is doable. You have to stay focused and endure the many months to come with very little commission until you have managed to build up your team and you will have to invest a lot more time than if you had the means for proper funding because every business needs an investment money to get a quicker result.
If you on the other hand have investment money to take the standing order for 1500 vp in the second month things will get a whole lot easier to succeed in FSI. Take also one or more shares of s-builder co-op to help you build your team and after three months of making it always to EA or Team leader which is absolutely necessary because it earns you matching points of your down line and csa line you should talk to your sponsor and ask him to start reassigning some good working affiliates to you if you think you are ready to sponsor them. Do not do it before you are capable of doing a good job as their sponsor. Duplication of your team is ABSOLUTE key to making the big bucks.
Generate-sponsor-duplicate are your key words for making it big in SFI and if you have the means to make a proper investments in your business things will move fast your way.
I want to look at this as an two folded answer. It depends on whether you can invest time or money. If you have time and little or no money to invest it will take a long time to succeed but it is doable. You have to stay focused and endure the many months to come with very little commission until you have managed to build up your team and you will have to invest a lot more time than if you had the means for proper funding because every business needs an investment money to get a quicker result.