Monday, January 23, 2006
You Are Not A Loser
It is simple to understand that this is a volume based business, but what drives the volume? People, right? Being able to find and involve people that want to do volume and be a part of the business team is what helps a business grow. Hence, someone is going to have to talk to people to let them know a) what you're doing, and b) find out if they would like to do it as well. Here's the thing (and hopefully your upline has already told you this,) you are not looking for any one individual person. Therefore, someone deciding not to get involved with your business is not a "loser." Hopefully as you share this business with people, you do just that - share it. For those that understand and succeed in this enterprise, this business is the shortcut. To try and circumvent it even more by pushing people or trying to sell the business will usually result in you feeling like that person that just said "no thanks" is a loser.
The honest truth is that I don't want everyone to say "yes" and want to be a part of my business team. We need people that choose different paths in life so that all of society's needs/wants can be met. If everyone "got in" and got free, who would make cars? Who would deliver the babies? Who would manufacture products? I contact, invite, and show the plan with one focus: to check the person's temperature. In essence, I'm sticking a thermometer in their mouth saying "are you interested in more income?" "Are you interested in this opportunity?" "Do you want to do what you're doing for the rest of your life?" Etc. I am actually relieved when someone tells me "no thanks." It keeps me from being strung along by someone who really isn't interested and I can move forward. Building this business is more than just helping 6 groups maintain 7500pv for 6 months in a fiscal year. It, like anything worthwhile, takes a commitment to achieve success and is not a walk in the park. It's easier to build than trying to become a neurosurgeon, but it's not necessarily data entry, either.
People say "no" for a number of reasons, but the main two are timing and relatability. What about those two reasons would make someone a loser for declining the opportunity? Neither one. Had I been offered this business when I was 20 or 21, I probably would have turned it down - the timing wasn't right. Had I been offered the business by someone other than I was, I may have turned it down - the relatablity wouldn't have been there. Would it have made me a loser? Not a chance. The business in itself is simple and makes sense - buy from yourself, tell other people about it, learn how to build this type of business from the available mentorship program. It's whether you're at a point in your life that you want to commit to doing what it takes or whether the people offering the opportunity are people you see yourself wanting to work with. (I'll get into the difference between individuals who are in the business and the business itself another time.) What IBO's hopefully understand is that person that tells you "no" today, may be approached by either another IBO or you again in a year when timing is right. It's vital that you respect people's choices so that they have the right impression.
I don't think people would dwell so much on the person who said "no" if they were willing to talk to as many people as it takes to accomplish what they want. I've got my whole life to find 6 people that want to be business owners with this opportunity. There are now two gentlemen in the Winters organization that took 20 years to accomplish that. One worked for UPS and the other was a car salesman. I have no idea what they made in those jobs, or what they'll make as Diamonds, but I know neither of them goes to a day job anymore and they haven't for a long time. I would suspect that they'll make more as Diamonds then they did in their day jobs. Do the next hundred "no's" even matter? I've gone through a few hundred so far, what's a few more going to do? And if I see you and contact you and your response is "no thanks," I'll tell you I wish you all the best, I'll really mean it, and I'll move on.
OneIBO
The honest truth is that I don't want everyone to say "yes" and want to be a part of my business team. We need people that choose different paths in life so that all of society's needs/wants can be met. If everyone "got in" and got free, who would make cars? Who would deliver the babies? Who would manufacture products? I contact, invite, and show the plan with one focus: to check the person's temperature. In essence, I'm sticking a thermometer in their mouth saying "are you interested in more income?" "Are you interested in this opportunity?" "Do you want to do what you're doing for the rest of your life?" Etc. I am actually relieved when someone tells me "no thanks." It keeps me from being strung along by someone who really isn't interested and I can move forward. Building this business is more than just helping 6 groups maintain 7500pv for 6 months in a fiscal year. It, like anything worthwhile, takes a commitment to achieve success and is not a walk in the park. It's easier to build than trying to become a neurosurgeon, but it's not necessarily data entry, either.
People say "no" for a number of reasons, but the main two are timing and relatability. What about those two reasons would make someone a loser for declining the opportunity? Neither one. Had I been offered this business when I was 20 or 21, I probably would have turned it down - the timing wasn't right. Had I been offered the business by someone other than I was, I may have turned it down - the relatablity wouldn't have been there. Would it have made me a loser? Not a chance. The business in itself is simple and makes sense - buy from yourself, tell other people about it, learn how to build this type of business from the available mentorship program. It's whether you're at a point in your life that you want to commit to doing what it takes or whether the people offering the opportunity are people you see yourself wanting to work with. (I'll get into the difference between individuals who are in the business and the business itself another time.) What IBO's hopefully understand is that person that tells you "no" today, may be approached by either another IBO or you again in a year when timing is right. It's vital that you respect people's choices so that they have the right impression.
I don't think people would dwell so much on the person who said "no" if they were willing to talk to as many people as it takes to accomplish what they want. I've got my whole life to find 6 people that want to be business owners with this opportunity. There are now two gentlemen in the Winters organization that took 20 years to accomplish that. One worked for UPS and the other was a car salesman. I have no idea what they made in those jobs, or what they'll make as Diamonds, but I know neither of them goes to a day job anymore and they haven't for a long time. I would suspect that they'll make more as Diamonds then they did in their day jobs. Do the next hundred "no's" even matter? I've gone through a few hundred so far, what's a few more going to do? And if I see you and contact you and your response is "no thanks," I'll tell you I wish you all the best, I'll really mean it, and I'll move on.
OneIBO
