The Meeting AFTER The Meeting

Have you ever gone to a Business Opportunity Meeting, or even a live event like a seminar? I have been to many over the course of my Network Marketing journey, and will continue to do so!

Have you gone to one of those meetings or events and most (if not all) of the information is basically the same? Did you think it was a waste of time? If so, then you have completely missed the purpose of attending these!

Let me give you a couple of tips about attending BOM’s or events:

1. Arrive early

2. “Show up”

3. Stay Late

Now, let me explain each one in more detail, so you can understand the significance.

1. Arrive Early – When you attend a meeting or event, it’s always a good idea to arrive early for a few different reasons. First of all, it makes it way easier to meet the organizer as well as any key speakers. You want to do this, and need to do this, so that they are familiar with you. It gives you a chance to get some one on one time with them, and might even be able to help them out in the future! (*Just as a side note, I arrived WAY early AND took the initiative to speak directly with a few of the people that were speaking that weekend. Not only did we have a nice conversation before the event even started, I was invited to tag along while they went to lunch!) Second, better seat selection. You want to sit up front and center as much as possible. Not only does it help you stay attentive, your “placement” will allow the speaker to actually see MORE of you. Third, it allows you to greet others as they are coming in, thereby showing YOU as a leader! Many of them might even ask who you are and if you are affiliated with the speakers….

2. “Show Up” – Really BE there with everyone and everything that you are learning. Even if you’ve heard it 100 times before, there may be something new you learn; a different perspective. Show the speaker courtesy and respect. When you are a leader, and give your full attention to the person speaking, others will see that and do the same. Then, when it’s your time to be the speaker, you will get that same respect in return.

3. Stay Late – This might be one of the most important things you ever do (especially if you were not able to show up early!). Depending on what time the session let out, it may be time to eat . =)  If you are feeling particularly ambitious, you can invite THEM to eat with YOU! Even if they say no, it was still a nice gesture, and they may extend a personal invite to you. Hang around afterwards for as long as possible, without appearing like a stalker. It’s one thing to linger and loiter, it’s quite another to engage in useful conversation (or to help clean up). During the speech(es), you may have written some questions down. This would be a great time to ask if you can have just a quick second of their time to explain something further. Please be sure to keep it quick. Most speakers are usually very busy, but want to help you as much as possible. Thank them for their time, either way. By showing a genuine interest in the topic, they may even spill the beans on something outside of what was talked about earlier.

Did you catch that last sentence? You have just been to a meeting for the umpteenth time, only to stay a few minutes afterwards, engage in light conversation, and walk away with something that could potentially change your life!

This phenomenon in referred to as,

The Meeting AFTER The Meeting

A perfect example of this was the No Excuses Summit in Vegas earlier this year. I saw it, and participated in it! Never underestimate the power of putting yourself out there. Just those 3 simple things can make all the difference in your financial and personal future!

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This is one of those things I put right up there with Facebook and blog comments. Seriously, try it sometime! Besides, it’s a great way to make some AWESOME friends for life!

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Why Would Anyone Pay $500 For A Shirt?

Why in the world would anyone pay more than $20-$30 for a shirt? Walmart has some great ones on sale a few times a year, as does some major department stores! Certainly, I don’t need a closet full of overpriced priced clothes, especially in this economy.

Or Do I?

Mark Hoverson was one of the speakers at the now infamous No Excuses Summit in Las Vegas earlier this year. He informed the room of almost 1,000 people that he was, in fact, wearing a $500 shirt. It was not in any effort to make himself better than any one of us in the room that day. He actually told us the cost, so that he could illustrate a point. Mark said (and I’m paraphrasing here), “Your packaging matters. What you wear matters. Your external will influence your internal beliefs.”

Has someone ever told you that you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have? Same concept here.

Here are 3 quotes that you should burn into your subconscious – they are words to live by!

“If you’re not making money, it’s not the economy.”

“Your poverty isn’t serving anybody.”

“It is morally irresponsible to live in a poverty mindset.”

As if that wasn’t enough to get the wheels turning in your soul, here are a few more to explain further, and take you deeper into the rabbit hole, so to speak….

“You have to have Millionaire standards BEFORE you make that million.”

“Prosperity FOLLOWS, it does not LEAD.”

“You have to be COMFORTABLE with wealth before you can attract it.”

Write this stuff down, and put it all up where you will see it the most! Repeat these things OUT LOUD as often as possible to get it in your mind. Better yet, tell everyone you know about what you have just read. We need to change the state of our own lives in order to change our communities, our towns, our cities, our states, and our country. Now all this is not to say, hey, go and blow every last cent you have on crap you don’t need. Don’t take it there. It’s simply a matter of shifting your focus – not only being grateful for what you currently have (which will invite more good in!), but making different choices about how to get where you want to ultimately be.

Of course, most of the talk at this Summit was about business, though the quotes you have just read can be applied to every area of your life. So I want to give you one more quote just for the business mindset. This one really brought it all home for many of us…

“You’re selling ‘enhancement of life’, not just goods and services.”

Wow! Say that again, and REALLY let yourself feel those powerful words.

“You’re selling ‘enhancement of life’, not just goods and services.”

That statement alone, should change the way you view your business, as well as the way you promote it. If you’re only focused on the “compensation plan” of your company (or whatever the product is), then you’re not giving people what they really want – ‘enhancement of life’. Show them how it will make their OWN life better.

Just in case you need a reminder: People are different – stop talking at the masses, and get personal. Get to know what they dream and fear. How else will you know how to BEST serve them?

In the end, it starts with your own mindset. If you’re not willing to put your money where your mouth is, why will anyone want to buy what YOU’RE selling?!?

SELL YOURSELF, not your product. Are you representing what they are looking for?

Leaders Don’t Chase!

Todd Falcone was one of the 19 speakers at the No Excuses Summit this weekend in Las Vegas. One of the things he talked about was that he didn’t chase prospects. If you left your information with him, or scheduled a call back, he’ll call you exactly when he says he will. No answer? You get a message. Maybe two. If you’re not serious enough about your life and financial future to pick up the friggin phone, he’s NOT going to keep calling!

I have read in many many many blogs about not “hunting” your prospects, but being the “hunted”. Now I know I haven’t read EVERY blog on this subject, but from all I have read up until now, NONE of them mention the following:

When you chase a prospect, you’re teaching them what they will have to do if they join you.

Nobody wants to work that hard! If you’re out there begging people to join your business, what do you think they are thinking when you do that? I’ll tell you: “Do I have to chase people too?” If your opportunity is so great, then let the other person be on their way if they say NO! Just be sure to ask for a referral….

Show your potential business partners how EASY it is, and the more success you will have. I promise!

So be very aware of what you are TEACHING them about the business you are promoting. Let them know that they will have your support and help along the way, to help them grow and reach the level of success they are crying out for.

Remember, you don’t have TIME to chase!

Some Will, Some Won’t, Some Wait, So What, NEXT!

It’s Not Writers Block, It’s A Complete Reboot!

The last three days can either be considered a waste of time and resources, or it can be the best thing that could have happened to me.

When you sit on your laptop, seemingly full of ideas about what to write, only to continue just sitting there with a blank stare (because you can’t get anything out), it can be quite frustrating. Especially disappointing when you have tons to do by a self imposed timeframe! Not only could I not write, I couldn’t think or function AT ALL. Zero energy. Just a feeling of…no feeling. It’s almost as if my brain just shut off, and my Universal energy plug was pulled from my entire Being.

So is it “writers block”, or something deeper and more serious?

I’m not a doctor, and I certainly haven’t played one on TV (though I DID want to be one when I was a kid!), but I do self diagnose on occassion. While diet is definitely an important aspect of health and well being, mine hasn’t really changed,  so I eliminated it (for now). Sleep deprivation? Possible…it seems my body does not function well on only a few hours of broken sleep, due to a one year old who likes to wake up in the middle of the night for at least an hour, in addition to Mommy consistantly going to bed late because she is up studying, and trying to build 3 businesses!

Physical issues addressed, I then turned to Spirit. It occurred to me that my “juice”, or life force, is way out of whack. Energy has to flow, and flow both ways. Being so completely focused on learning everything I can about all this marketing stuff, as well as computer stuff, while “working” the two businesses my husband and I are growing, and being a full-service Mommy, other important things can get pushed aside or overlooked entirely.

Remember, energy must FLOW, and flow BOTH ways.  Since I was ignoring the warning signs that I did not have my priorities in order, or that my schedule was just NOT working, there was no other place for me to end up….

Having a Life Reboot can be a good thing! It has been a long time coming for me, so I can’t really complain. Here’s the part that worried me most (and showed my just how “off the mark” I have been): My first thought was, “How will I handle all the information in Vegas in 4 days in this condition?” Ugh! Really? THAT was my biggest concern? That thought stayed with me all weekend, actually, so I know where my focus was in mind and body.

So where was Spirit? It seems I had forgotten my WHY. Not just my WHY for wanting to create Financial Freedom, but the True WHY – Why Am I Here?

Sunday afternoon I went to the bookstore – something to get me out of the house and attempt to clear my head and get out of this funk. No use, I was still in my funk, even today. But I bought two books while I was there – A Course In Miracles (textbook, workbook and teachers manual) and Neale Donald Walsch’s book “When Everything Changes, Change Everything”. Opened BOTH of these books today and read each one for a bit. WOW! It’s amazing how the Universe shows you information you need to get to the next level of your evolution…if you’re open. And I’m ALWAYS OPEN!

The information in these books is what I need right now, not only for living in general, but for growing my businesses – I know this for a FACT. It’s important to remember to feed you Spirit, while also pursuing your Earthly successes. You cannot have True Earthly success without Spirit, in much the same way that you cannot think without a brain!

What this experience is teaching me, is that my current “schedule” is NOT WORKING!! So what now? Time Management of course. Skillful time management. What I need to do is take into consideration everything that needs to get done, and just break it off into smaller pieces. Not only the things I need to do, but what can I outsource (give to someone else)? There is no way I will get everything done every day – not with any efficiency anyway. I will post my new schedule, once I get it figured out a bit more!

While there is “stuff” that needs to get done, and can pile up easily, there are other areas of my life that need to be addressed as well – A COMPLETE LIFE OVERHAUL! This experience is NOT just about being busy with work stuff. It’s about not so healthy relationships, health (or lack of), old dreams that need a little fine tuning or throwing out all together (we’ll talk about this later!), clutter in your house, office and/or car, EVERYTHING!

This will certainly be talked about in future blog posts, so stay tuned for updates!

Do me a favor and tell me what YOU’RE currently doing to keep it all in balance (family – work – spirit – health, etc).