Put Away Childish Things....

Published: Sun, 01/19/14

I am not one to use scripture in marketing...

And I'll be frank...

I am not a fan of those that do use
it in order to make mo.ney...

It just seems to WRONG to me.

But on occasion it will fall from my lips
during one of my calls because my heart
just gets  full and it tumbles out...

But to my best recollection I have never used it in
an email but today it just seems to right to do so...

And so...I am trusting myself and writing this letter

And saying something that I SO think needs to be said.

Last night I had a discussion with a colleague about
how I see another cycle of what I call "the flavor of
the week" going on.

Everyone running from one side of the playing field to 
another chasing the elusive dollar like a 5 year old
chasing a soccer ball.

Ever watch them...

They are so young they dont really know the game yet...

They just know to run after the ball and if they get
close enough..... KICK IT!


Ever watch a kid get a hold of the ball and 
accidentally kick it into the wrong goal?

And the whole crowd groans???

Can't you just hear the crowd now?

Well this is what I watch going on every day
out in the home business marketplace.

I watch figurative children running onto the field 
and chasing a shiny soccer ball hoping that they very well
might kick it into their goal and make some money
but because they have not stopped and figured out
the game they most often are kicking the ball into

THE OTHER GUYS GOAL

And make someone one else lots of m.oney.

Only difference is that no one is groaning in the
crowd for you cause everyone else is too busy either
chasing a ball too or counting the mon.ey you made them.

OUCH!

Diane...you are so freeken cruel sometimes!

You hit me right where it hurts!

Stop it.

Please stop it.

I want to go on in my childlike way hoping I somehow
just accidentally  kick the ball in and make my fortune....

I want to run around in circles listening to all the voices 
that are screaming from the stands...
 
(in my email and on all the calls and webinars I attend)

I am not sure which one of these voices is right so I will just
listen to them all in random order hoping that one of them
gives me direction that works....

I am scared...I am confused...

Its SO noisy...

And everyone is saying to do something different...

To run in a different direction...

And what's weird is that a whole lot of those people
are telling me to run towards THEIR goal...

NOT MINE!

Wait a minute...

Maybe something is wrong here.

STOP!!!

Just STOP!

******************************

Ok...sorry...

I had to take you there.

I had to help you realize what you very likely
are doing in your business  ....

And if this is not you..

Congratulations!

But if this is...

Get ready...

Cause here comes the scripture....

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,
I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

There comes a time in your career that a CLICK happens and all of 
a sudden the shiny objects are no longer alluring.

When a maturity sets in and you realize that in order to
go where you want to go...

YOU MUST PUT AWAY THOSE CHILDISH THINGS


That in order to meet your goals you must settle down and

DO THE WORK

And that it is not the program or the product but YOU
that will make your business successful.

The first two you can change...

But the latter you are STUCK with.

So then ...

Does it not make sense that what you need to invest in is YOU
and learning the fundamental skills of this business as opposed 
to chasing after every sexy deal, piece of software and magic 
training that you see coming down the pike?

What good are four gazillion leads if you do not know how to
communicate with them?

What good are 100 sign ups in a day if you lose 95 of them?

How will you ever create the residual income you dream of
if you never  stop and learn how to handle to ball properly?

And will that new program that you just joined REALLY save your
family  because they told you you don't have to generate leads,
you don't have to recruit, you don't have to talk to anybody etc.

Seriously...

THINK ABOUT IT.


Childish or not?

You don't have to do your homework, you don't have to clean your room,
you get all the ice cream you want and you never have to tie your shoes!


HELLOOOOOOOO


Never Never Land?

The Chocolate Factory?

Disney World???


When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child,
I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.


Is it time yet?

Is it time for you to

PUT AWAY THOSE CHILDISH THINGS?

Maybe not...

And if so ...

I totally understand.

But when it is...

Just reach out and let me know.


I will be here.

Just like I always have been.



With LOVE on this fine Sunday morning.


Diane