TALK IS NOT ALWAYS CHEAPWritten by Chris Bradford and Brande McCree
Recently a member of our organization (let's call him Bob) had a hot prospect. Bob had spoken to this prospect several times. And, Bob and my partner, Brande, met for over an hour in a private chat room explaining products and opportunity. The prospect was ready to go and was going to sign up next day. That night, Bob told his wife Suzie (name changed to protect guilty), who is also his partner, about prospect. Suzie was beaming with excitement. As soon as she could, Suzie got on-line and went to introduce herself to prospect and welcome him to organization. A conversation ensued, and when done, Suzie had talked prospect out of joining organization. Suzie was embarrassed, and worried about what Bob would say at her dispersuading prospect. It certainly was not her intention to do so. She wanted sign-up! But it just turned out that way. She couldn't think of anything in particular she said that was wrong, it was just that by time conversation was over with, prospect was no longer interested. What did Suzie do wrong? The only mistake Suzie made was to contact prospect to begin with. The guy was sold! He was ready to turn loose of
| | How to Overcome the Fear of Success (Yes, there is such a thing)Written by Dennis Eppestine
Our minds work in wondrous and mysterious ways, don't they? The power of imagination is both a blessing and a curse. All greatest inventions have come about because of power of imagination. Think of respected inventors of 1800's and you just know - they imagined their success before they achieved it. But on other hand, imagination can paralyze a person with fear. Walking down a deserted street at night can really get that imagination working overtime. And who hasn't imagined some horrible fate happening to one of their loved ones, when they aren't home on time? Every new thing we do has a measure of fear involved along with joy and excitement. Yes, even success. Along with excitement, there is an element of fear when we imagine great success. It might be a fear of others depending on you. For example, you create a great new product, employ thousands of people, and then something bad happens and all those people are out of work. Or say you create an information product. Well now everyone expects you to be an expert, right? That's just too much. What if they ask you something you don't know?
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