I am being lazy with this post…but it is still a very valuable article because it comes from no one other than…

 

Tom “Big Al” Schrieter!

 

Tom creates amazingly funny and simple trainings for all network marketers, no matter what stage of business building we are in.

You can sign up for Tom’s free newsletter at www.FortuneNow.com.

This training is one of Tom’s favorite topics How to Talk to Prospects.

 

I’m sitting across the prospects’ kitchen table. They are afraid to make a decision. They’re thinking:

“We don’t want to make a mistake.”

“What if we make the wrong decision?”

“Let’s think it over and delay any decision until we have to.”

“What if we fail?”

“Maybe we should just take our time thinking about this.”
And they’re thinking . . . and thinking . . . and thinking. Oh, if they would only make a decision, any decision, it would be wonderful. I could go home. They could get on with their lives.

But no. That would be too easy. The prospects insist on torturing themselves with indecision. They don’t realize that “not making a decision” is really making a decision to keep things just as they are.

 

For example, the train is pulling into the station. You don’t know if you should board the train or not. So you think, think, think . . . and soon, the train has already left the station. Your indecision actually made a decision:

You’re not going to be on that train.

You and I know this. Our prospects don’t.

Our prospects don’t realize that when they delay making a decision about our business, they are effectively making a decision to keep their lives the same.

And keeping their lives the same is okay. It’s just that they should be consciously making that decision.

 

 

So here are a few questions that you can ask your prospects. They’re innocent, non-aggressive questions. These questions will help your prospects make a conscious decision on what is best for their lives.

1. What will happen if you don’t join our business?

Of course the answer is:

“Nothing.”

But you don’t answer that question. Let the prospects mentally answer that question for themselves. They’ll probably be thinking this:

“Life will be the same. Tomorrow will look just like today. We’re going to wake up early, commute to work, come back late, grab a quick meal, watch a few minutes of television and go to sleep. Yep, we’re going to get this routine over and over again – until we’re too old to work.”

Not a very pretty picture, is it? Now if the prospects choose to leave everything the same, if they choose to avoid your opportunity . . . that’s okay. They are making a decision. And that’s all we ask.
Try some of these to see if one fits your style.

2. If you don’t start your own business now, do you see yourself always working for someone else?

3. What do you think will happen next year if you decide not to make any changes this year?

4. Do you think your job routine (five days a week, two weeks of vacation every year) will ever change?

5. I see that you’re kind of stressing out about risking a change in your daily life. Why not just relax and enjoy your life as it is?

6. You don’t have to make a decision to start your own business tonight. Instead, you could simply make a decision to not start your own business and keep your present job routines.

7. You know, you might be thinking, “My daily routine isn’t so bad. Maybe I’ll keep living this way.” And that’s also a good decision. Do you think that might be best for you?

 

 

All of these questions remind our prospects that the pain of their problems won’t go away by postponing a decision.

So make it easy for your prospects.

Remind them to make a conscious decision about their futures.

And remember, this technique is rejection-free.

We’re not attached to the outcome.

We’re not responsible for the decisions they make in their lives.

We’re only obligated to give our prospects the choices.

The rest is up to them.

 

Isn’t Tom fantastic?!?

Another great benefit of getting Tom’s Newsletter, is knowing where he will be in the country so you can catch him at one of his seminars.

Meeting Tom in person and learning from him face to face is an experience you cannot do without!

See you there!

 

Believe in Your Success, I Do!
Karen
mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com

Just like the popular cartoon character, Shrek, we are like onions.

 

 

“Ogres are like onions, we have layers.”

 

 

Our personalities, our inner selves, are made up of layers, like an onion has layers.

As we work on our personal growth, we focus on different issues, major and minor, as they surface in our layers.

Our issues are not settled in our psyches in a chronological fashion.

We deal with old feelings, events, insecurities and hurts…what we call our baggage…on a very personal level.

It is all about our readiness.

Personal development (or self help) is just that, personal.  As you, the individual, work on your self and overcoming your old baggage, you will work on your issues as you are ready to at the time.

 

How do you know you are ready to work on something?

You will see it for yourself!  Whatever you are not ready to deal with, will remain invisible to you.

Then, as you keep working on your personal growth, different layers of your onion will be peeled away, and you will begin seeing issues you didn’t realize were there.

One of the best actions I have taken in my personal growth is in joining the Mental Cleanse.  I know I promote this group a lot, but it is with good reason!

 

I have been through the mental cleanse about 3 or 4 times.

I came to the place where I felt I worked as far as I could with the mental cleanse, so I stopped participating.

I still did activities to work on my personal growth.  I read motivation and self help books and I participate in other trainings.

These actions have all contributed to helping me peel back more of my layers until I was ready to see the next major issue holding me back in my success.

As I spoke to one of my mentors about my revelation, she told me to do the mental cleanse again!

Well, of course, I thought it would be a waste of time, after all I have participated so many times before!

But after talking with my mentor a bit, I knew the wisdom in her advise. 

So, today I will be on the mental cleanse call and I will speak up and participate.

 

I want to invite YOU to join me!

 

It’s easy, just go to http://www.30daycleanse.com/ 

 

• sign up for the free program

 

• download your free copy of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”

 

• read 1 chapter each week, you can start at any time anywhere in the book, so do the chapter we are currently on

 

• write your personal thoughts from the chapter, your “lesson”

 

• submit your lesson to the email address provided; if you do not want Michael to share your lesson with the others, include that in your lesson.

 

• also, when you are ready, send me a copy as your personal mentor to mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com 

 

• read the weekly email Michael sends out and read the selected lessons

 

• join in on the mental cleanse group calls, every Wednesday at 3 pm and 5 pm EST @ 1.218.936.3890, PIN 300300#

 

• participate in the conversations when you are ready to crack open your personal change 

 

 

I look forward to seeing you there and sharing the experience of peeling away the layers of our personal growth!

 

Believe in Your Success, I Do!
Karen
mentor.karen.j.miller@gmail.com