Strange title I know but I want to get you thinking about
this. Have you ever "really" watched squirrels and what
they do day in and day out? Well, it's actually quite
interesting. At least I think so.
Squirrels seem to have a genetically innate sense of what
to do in life. They get up early in the morning and until
dusk they are out foraging for nuts. Not unlike those of
us in Network Marketing and MLM. We too are always looking
for the quality "nuts" available to us.
Oh! You say. But squirrels don't have to deal with
rejection like we do. To that I say ah ha! But they do
experience rejection. How many times have you watched a
squirrel foraging around in your yard, hopping from one
place to another, and always digging their little holes?
They are of the positive mental attitude that they will
always find a nut in just the next hole.
Watching the squirrels you will see them dig their little
holes, stick their fuzzy little nose in the ground and come
up with......................nothing! What do they do?
The same thing we do when prospecting. They disregard the
outcome and move on, optimistically; to the next hole they
will dig. OK Craig! What about rejection after talking
with a prospect?
Well I'll tell you. Many times the squirrel will actually
find a nut in the ground, probably buried by themselves
earlier or by another squirrel. They pull the nut out all
excitedly, sniff it a few time, chew on it a little bit and
realize......................this nut is no good anymore.
Blah! Been in the ground too long!
Now that is real rejection from the squirrel's point of
view. All of that work hunting, digging, sniffing, and
chewing, for what, a smelly no good rotten nut. Bummer!
We are not unlike the experience of the squirrel in Network
Marketing and MLM. Always searching, prospecting in our
many ways, only to talk to a promising prospect/lead and
they won't answer our next phone call or email. They just
disappear into the "Prospect Protection Program."
How many holes does a squirrel have to dig to find a "good"
nut? I don't know. I do know they don't whine; go back to
their nest and quite. They just keep on going, day in and
day out, constantly looking for that "good" nut.
Our outlook should be as positive and optimistic as the
squirrels in your own yard. Day in and day out we should
prospect and talk to leads. Examine each as and unique
individual and determine if they are a "good" nut or "bad"
nut. And keep taking positive forward action.
As with the squirrels, we will even need to place nuts and
prospects back on the follow through list as they're not
ready for what we are looking for in a "good nut." So the
next time you're prospecting or calling leads, think of
your neighborhood squirrel and don't quite.
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Craig Mattice is totally disable working his Vitamark
International network marketing business from his home
office in Richmond, VA USA. His works have quality
content, personality, humor, and are all personally
written.
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