STL, Forum Guru
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This is where leadership starts. Period.
Did the title catch your attention? There's a real life story behind this title and a lesson to be gained by any of us.
The Story Behind the Title:
Many years ago now (wow--time flies!), I was involved in a network marketing opportunity. This was well before SFI. In fact I had done VERY well with it until some lawsuits emerged due to alleged unethical practices by various leaders in the distributor field in the late mid/late '90s. In spite of that my belief and confidence in network marketing remained strong--which is why I joined SFI. I learned from many extremely successful leaders in the industry--met many of them. In my early days I listened to some audio tapes and there were a handful that had an incredible impact on me. You guessed it, one of them was called, "Don't Be A Thumb Sucking Pinhead." Wow that title was strong! In fact, some people offended by it. I initially was when it was handed to me. But, I listened to it and immediately did some self analysis which made a huge difference in my life--and of course with my business ventures.
The Basic Lesson:
The basic lesson here is an attitudinal one. Attitude is a dynamic that affects the course of our becoming successful. It affects what we do, what we say, and our perspective in any given situation. In short, we must be able to handle, deal with, and discuss objectively our situations without being negative. I also learned a long time ago, "It's not what happens to you; it's how you handle it." In our business community--the SFI Forum, our Stream, our GroupMailers--beware negativity as it will kill your business!
In as much as "winners never quit and quitters never win," so also is the fact that, "whiners never win, and winners never whine." If we discuss change and air our concerns, is it negative? It depends how we discuss it? People look for leadership. Leaders are people with answers--and when they don't have the answer they have proper posture--an attitude comprised with confidence when uncertainty arises; faith when they aren't yet sure of an answer; and courage that encourages others in times of winning and struggle. While you can be as successful as you'd like; you CAN'T be successful in a big way if the size of your attitude, faith, and courage is blown away with adversity. A fundamental principle we must remember is that out of every adversity is a seed of greater benefit. Whiners never see that seed; winners do. Adversities are the stepping stones to greater heights and greater achievements and the steps and reactions found in leadership reflect this principle.
In short the principle lesson is we can either suck our thumbs over things that happen, or changes that take place, or we can choose to stay focused. The head of pin--a pinhead--is small. It doesn't grasp the bigger picture. It won't see the seed of greater benefit in adversity. Faith is to deep of a concept and dynamic for a pinhead to embrace. So--it whines, it complains, and spews out negative, and unless something changes, it quits never realizing the potential of greater successes. A winner finds growing opportunities in life. With growth comes fruitfulness, results, and prosperity. Sure, there are defeats, disappointments, setbacks, struggles, obstacles, and adversities experienced in the process, but the results between growing and keeping the bigger picture compared to the results of being a (yes a) pinhead are extremely different.
Some Practical Applications:
Why would anyone want to build SFI with you if they see you complaining about your commissions, the rate of success in your sponsoring efforts?? There are people in this business who are successful with SFI--you won't find them in the Forum or elsewhere complaining, whining, or being negative. PERIOD! When say you sponsor large quantities of people and you don't get any movers--YOU are doing something wrong. Yes, this is a numbers game. AND YES!!! We can improve our numbers if AND ONLY IF we take charge of our own marketing efforts while acquiring and applying activity knowledge. So, when you post like that--you defeat yourself!
---How can you approach it in a non-negative way? Like this: "Hey--any suggestions on how to improve my sponsoring efforts or improve my team building efforts?"
Do you see the difference? I'm NOT complaining, whining, or spewing negative. I want to have a DD badge like anyone else...but I welcome the challenge of having to work harder to earn it....WHY? Because rising to challenges forges greater leadership qualities AND causes the income to rise in the process!!!
The Forum is no place to air out dirty laundry--go upline with it or by some of TC Direct's Naturals ;-). It's not a place to emphasize minimums--keep that within your own team. The Forum or any other communication venue is not the place to complain about commissions:
You want more money? Learn how to market our products--
HEY! There are people in SFI who are TC Top Sellers! Don't tell me you can't sell products!
You want more money? Don't complain about it here, no one on your team will want to put money into their SFI business with you.......
Learn how to be effective in sponsoring active people who are willing to produce sales by learning from you as to how to generate retail sales and through purchasing some products themselves, and then teach them to sponsor others like themselves! Their are SFI affiliates who do this. You won't catch them complaining or whining--they're busy growing thei business!
Negativity is an energy stealer, its a team-stopper, a defeat promoter (it promotes or "grows" our defeats), a dream killer, and again--if you have to get it out follow this rule: Throw up (go Upline with it); never throw down.
YES! We can talk objectively about changes, about our challenges. We can admit we are facing problems--but let's approach in an inspiring way--in a manner worthy of being followed by others. We can share our disappointments and ask for encouragement without making it an airing of dirty laundry..... Right?
Winners think big, they think in perspectives and concepts. Pinheads can't even grasp that sentence because its too large of an ideal already. Try to understand and grasp what I'm saying. It'll make a huge difference in your SFI business--in your life! :-)
And for your sake and everyone else's--Stop Negativity.
Go Diamond!
--Hal
Did the title catch your attention? There's a real life story behind this title and a lesson to be gained by any of us.
WARNING: This post contains no sugar coating, though it's not my intention to offend anyone.
The Story Behind the Title:
Many years ago now (wow--time flies!), I was involved in a network marketing opportunity. This was well before SFI. In fact I had done VERY well with it until some lawsuits emerged due to alleged unethical practices by various leaders in the distributor field in the late mid/late '90s. In spite of that my belief and confidence in network marketing remained strong--which is why I joined SFI. I learned from many extremely successful leaders in the industry--met many of them. In my early days I listened to some audio tapes and there were a handful that had an incredible impact on me. You guessed it, one of them was called, "Don't Be A Thumb Sucking Pinhead." Wow that title was strong! In fact, some people offended by it. I initially was when it was handed to me. But, I listened to it and immediately did some self analysis which made a huge difference in my life--and of course with my business ventures.
The Basic Lesson:
The basic lesson here is an attitudinal one. Attitude is a dynamic that affects the course of our becoming successful. It affects what we do, what we say, and our perspective in any given situation. In short, we must be able to handle, deal with, and discuss objectively our situations without being negative. I also learned a long time ago, "It's not what happens to you; it's how you handle it." In our business community--the SFI Forum, our Stream, our GroupMailers--beware negativity as it will kill your business!
In as much as "winners never quit and quitters never win," so also is the fact that, "whiners never win, and winners never whine." If we discuss change and air our concerns, is it negative? It depends how we discuss it? People look for leadership. Leaders are people with answers--and when they don't have the answer they have proper posture--an attitude comprised with confidence when uncertainty arises; faith when they aren't yet sure of an answer; and courage that encourages others in times of winning and struggle. While you can be as successful as you'd like; you CAN'T be successful in a big way if the size of your attitude, faith, and courage is blown away with adversity. A fundamental principle we must remember is that out of every adversity is a seed of greater benefit. Whiners never see that seed; winners do. Adversities are the stepping stones to greater heights and greater achievements and the steps and reactions found in leadership reflect this principle.
In short the principle lesson is we can either suck our thumbs over things that happen, or changes that take place, or we can choose to stay focused. The head of pin--a pinhead--is small. It doesn't grasp the bigger picture. It won't see the seed of greater benefit in adversity. Faith is to deep of a concept and dynamic for a pinhead to embrace. So--it whines, it complains, and spews out negative, and unless something changes, it quits never realizing the potential of greater successes. A winner finds growing opportunities in life. With growth comes fruitfulness, results, and prosperity. Sure, there are defeats, disappointments, setbacks, struggles, obstacles, and adversities experienced in the process, but the results between growing and keeping the bigger picture compared to the results of being a (yes a) pinhead are extremely different.
Some Practical Applications:
Why would anyone want to build SFI with you if they see you complaining about your commissions, the rate of success in your sponsoring efforts?? There are people in this business who are successful with SFI--you won't find them in the Forum or elsewhere complaining, whining, or being negative. PERIOD! When say you sponsor large quantities of people and you don't get any movers--YOU are doing something wrong. Yes, this is a numbers game. AND YES!!! We can improve our numbers if AND ONLY IF we take charge of our own marketing efforts while acquiring and applying activity knowledge. So, when you post like that--you defeat yourself!
---How can you approach it in a non-negative way? Like this: "Hey--any suggestions on how to improve my sponsoring efforts or improve my team building efforts?"
This Business Works, People! I'm on the front line (a PSA) of a guy that has so many active PSAs that I have to "fight" (in a friendly way) to become a Designated Diamond. I'm not crying in a beer--or sucking my thumb!
Ain't it Great!? The business works and I'm on the same Generation Level as several other people obtaining real results!
Do you see the difference? I'm NOT complaining, whining, or spewing negative. I want to have a DD badge like anyone else...but I welcome the challenge of having to work harder to earn it....WHY? Because rising to challenges forges greater leadership qualities AND causes the income to rise in the process!!!
The Forum is no place to air out dirty laundry--go upline with it or by some of TC Direct's Naturals ;-). It's not a place to emphasize minimums--keep that within your own team. The Forum or any other communication venue is not the place to complain about commissions:
You want more money? Learn how to market our products--
HEY! There are people in SFI who are TC Top Sellers! Don't tell me you can't sell products!
You want more money? Don't complain about it here, no one on your team will want to put money into their SFI business with you.......
Learn how to be effective in sponsoring active people who are willing to produce sales by learning from you as to how to generate retail sales and through purchasing some products themselves, and then teach them to sponsor others like themselves! Their are SFI affiliates who do this. You won't catch them complaining or whining--they're busy growing thei business!
Negativity is an energy stealer, its a team-stopper, a defeat promoter (it promotes or "grows" our defeats), a dream killer, and again--if you have to get it out follow this rule: Throw up (go Upline with it); never throw down.
YES! We can talk objectively about changes, about our challenges. We can admit we are facing problems--but let's approach in an inspiring way--in a manner worthy of being followed by others. We can share our disappointments and ask for encouragement without making it an airing of dirty laundry..... Right?
Winners think big, they think in perspectives and concepts. Pinheads can't even grasp that sentence because its too large of an ideal already. Try to understand and grasp what I'm saying. It'll make a huge difference in your SFI business--in your life! :-)
And for your sake and everyone else's--Stop Negativity.
Go Diamond!
--Hal
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