Late Night Dougherty
Nov. 2014
It is midnight at my kitchen table, and my husband is watching CNN and finishing his dinner. We’re two days away from the annual turkey bloodletting festival, and I feel myself coming up with excuses to slow down. This is unacceptable because I still have work to do this month. So I’ll share with you what was going on in my head, my own little internal self-talk which turned into team talk and holiday thoughts:
Don’t let that “Oh it’s a holiday, I should relax” theme be an excuse. There are 5 days left in the month. So bath yourself in the feeling of why you’re doing this business and know that the world is meant to be an abundant place, not a skimpy place. Feel now the way you will feel after you have achieved whatever your success is. If you can feel it, you will have it. Take that with you along with the pies.
While you’re mingling with your family, (and my family is loco in a good way), guide your emotions and keep them in a powerful place. Be the captain of the your own woo woo tug boat and gently nudge your thoughts into your own private harbor of joy. Take your family with you. No drama. And be on the lookout for people you don’t expect to need what you have.
Suggestions for you guys– what you can do right now: Send samples with your friends who are visiting family for the holidays. Even if they’re not consultants. Let them take a product bag. Every friend that’s going to be with family is a portal to a whole new vein of people. Spread your products around. I put together a bag for a friend to take to Miami to do facials with her grandma and aunt and cousins. The products aren’t doing me any good sitting in my drawer.
And then yesterday, I was at the car wash, which I had planned as an hour I could leverage into new business. But I see that the ten or so other people, all men, who are waiting, are glued to their devices. That’s a bummer. Plus, I can’t believe the Universe is okay with me spending an hour watching cat videos.
Then I notice a young guy–twenty or so– two seats down. A low table separates us, and on it sits an enormous can of Red Bull. He has ear buds in and is tapping his fingers against his knees. I know he is a musician. I catch his eye and say, “Excuse me. Is that your Red Bull?” It is, and I ask if he is a college student. He is. So I tell him that in my humble opinion I don’t think Red Bull is the best way to get energy. When I discover he is a local college student, who is living off of his dad and not happy about it, I take him over to my car, pop the trunk and show him my traveling basket while the car wash guy works on the tires.
So I’m all pumped up about the kid, and race home to enter his contact info onto my prospect list, but when I get there, the garage door opener is dead. I feel myself pulling together a wad of hate, but I manually stop that thought process and tell myself no, no, no, this is intentional, it will be revealed, the garage door didn’t break because you’re a bad person, it broke in the flow, so just chill and park on the street.
Then this morning, the garage door guy comes over. He looks haggard and tired. Older than the last time he fixed the thing. He says he can’t keep doing what he’s doing. Too exhausting, but times have been hard for him. Today, I see actual pain in his eyes. His back hurts. It occurs to me that I can help him. I told him that I’d bought a retirement business. And the business will be paying for the new garage door opener we need Goddamnit.
He says that’s nice for me but he can’t do anything else in this world except install garage doors. “You know how to take a shower, right? Your wife has skin, right?” So leaves with an open mind and a sample for his wife. And yes, I do have to spend $500 for a new garage door opener, but it’s worth every cent if I can help him and his wife get over accepting the thought that being poor and old is their only choice. That’s not what this country is about.
All I’m saying is we have a gift, and if we share it, the gift becomes a business. So step away from your mind and throw yourself into the world and ALLOW your business to happen. It’s super fun!
Step aside and let your business exist. We’re all doing sooooo well. Can you feel it? You’re all doing one on ones and parties and calling people for personal phone shopping and using every bit of your time to the max.
One thing before you get on the road– read personal development books/audio EVERY DAY. Go on www.dsa.org. You’re going to be around a lot of people and you need to be able to walk the walk about this profession. Don’t waste time on haters, but be able to speak about and defend the industry and its historic place in our American economy to all challengers. This is democracy at work. This is capitalism at play.
Start conversations with “Do you know what’s going on in network marketing?” Be an Ambassador, be a revolutionary. It takes courage to choose the road less travelled. Everyone who decides to make a difference in the world is uncomfortable when they work out the language to present their cause. Imagine Gloria Steinem figuring out how to burn a bra gracefully. Imagine MLK practicing “I have a dream.” Who knows where he started with that. Did he just wake up one day and say, “Hey, ya know what, this race thing is bullshit.” So go be an activist, even if the only world you want to change is your own. Know that we have our hands on a huge force field of wealth and clean products. We’re golden, you guys, and I’m so grateful for all your energy.
I am AVAILABLE 24/7 for you. I’ll shove myself away from the table to help or I’ll call you right back. Let’s flip this month on its butt and love it into blissful, plentiful BOUNTY.
Peace and love and wealth in all ways. B.
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