I was working with a person last week who told me he goes to be every single night feeling lousy because he wasn't doing what he said he would. UGH! That is deflating... and not conducive to a good night's sleep, either.
It turns out that this person had set a goal of making 6 new prospecting calls a day, but made only 1, or none. Then his old mind-tapes started playing and before he knew it, he was head-long into feeling lousy...and it was bed time. He kept the daily goal of 6, but consistently made only 1 , or none. Over and over...day after day. Consequently, he went to bed feeling lousy nearly every night. He was letting himself down.
Here's my question: Who sets your goals? You do. Who is in charge of picking up the phone? You are.
Here's my suggestion: Set attainable goals, have an accountability partner to help out and do what you say you're going to do. You'll sleep better, too.
AAHHHH! Yes, that sounds simple enough. So, why don't we do that??
Because of three little words: "old mind-tapes". Every single one of us is carrying lots and lots and lots of stuff in our minds... stuff that isn't helpful at all, stuff that defeats and undermines our best intentions, stuff that tells us we aren't good enough, that no one wants to hear what we have to say, that we might get yelled at or hung up on. And so we don't do what we tell ourselves we "should" and we go to bed feeling lousy because we didn't do what we said we would.
Sound familiar?
Let's begin to change that pattern, what do ya say? First of all, please set attainable goals for yourself. If you aren't making any new prospecting calls right now, set a goal of 1 a day for the first week. Then, if you are successful, increase to 2... don't go from 1 to 4: you'll be setting yourself up for failure. Be reasonable and be nice to yourself.
Next, before you make the one prospecting call, think about why you are building a network marketing business. See your "why" vividly in front of you. Feel the excitement of having whatever you are envisioning. FEEEEELLL how it will feel to have, be or do what you are envisioning. Get your energy high. Have a big smile on your face. FEEEEL happy, successful, prosperous... now dial the phone.
Your prospect will FEEELLL your positive energy. Your prospect will FEEELL your confidence and your smile. Your prospect will respond to what he or she is feeeeling from you over the phone... and you will go to bed feeeeling much better!
You deserve to feeeel good. Let go of feeling lousy. There's no pay-off to that.
Set realistic goals. Consistently do what you tell yourself you will. Work with an accountability partner. Raise your energy and smile a lot. Your business will take on new life, and so will YOU!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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