Ever been looking for something in a store and not been able to find it and ask the person helping you where you might find it?  How do you feel when someone says “nope” without thinking about it?  They can hardly wait to turn away and “go get the next person.”  Or worse, they keep on trying to sell you what isn’t going to work.

What do you do if you’re speaking to someone who is looking for an opportunity.  They take a good look at yours.  Alas, they determine that you just are not in the industry that they want to work.  You might be involved in child literacy, or health and wellness and they were looking for something in communications.  You are simply not a fit.  What do you do?

Do you keep trying to interest them?  (That by the way is the real definition of pushy.  You don’t take “no” for an answer.  Closing someone to an activity or a definitive answer is good business - not pushy!)  Or do you suggest some things they might want to look for in a communications company.  Like strength of company or a solid upline with good systems in place.  Maybe you know someone in that industry you respect and can even refer them.  As Seth Godin who was the inspiration behind this post today says, “Your ego might not enjoy it, but in the long run, your organization will.”

In other words do you do your best for them regardless of the outcome for you at that moment? It is no secret (pun intended) that what goes around comes around.  But it’s not magic.  Do your best for people regardless of what the immediate outcome is to you and you’ll build a reputation of being a real ‘mensch.”

People will talk about you in your world - what do you want them to say?

If there is something your business needs and you know what it is - and you don’t do it….bug yourself until you do it.  Keep bugging yourself - and keep bugging yourself.  Eventually you’ll bug yourself right into the habit of getting it done.  But only if you bug yourself…bug yourself.

Are you a self pest yet?

How do you get people excited to do the business?  You don’t.  Your job is not to motivate or excite.  However your job is to care enough to understand why they are doing the business.  If you understand their why, you can stay in authentic conversation with them to help them stay focused on their own prize.

When we are focused on our own prize our excitement fuels our drive.  We don’t need someone to get us excited to keep us moving forward.

Then the Savvy Sponsor offers a system that drives their business …. and the people drive the system … fueled by their eyes on their prize..

How do you deal with your successes and failures?  I’ve met some people who are just as afraid of being successful (maybe more so) than they are of failing.  Why do these two things give us so much grief?

We use them in a non-productive manner.  We don’t use them for what they really are:

• signposts
• lessons

Your successes and failures are simply feedback from your experiences.  Experiences are what drive us through our day.  If you see them simply as feedback - I like what happened I’ll do it again…I don’t like what happened I’ll tweak or stop that activity and keep going you’ll be amazed at the kind of life you lead.

And it is all about the journey, Right?  It is all about the kind of life you lead.

If you pay attention to your experiences they will also alert you when similar circumstances happen again.  Only this time you’ll be prepared to deal with things differently.

Labels often stop us in our tracks.  They are so final.  Let go of success and failure as a label.  They are simply an experience.  Learn from them and change your behavior accordingly.

Watch your life swing wide open to the wonders of the world!