“The worst part is
that my friend started doing [enter business here] and she’s watched me try to grow this
business for six months, she’s never hosted a party for me, but she’s pushing
me to buy from her every day now.”
“Everyone invites me to their events for their business but
never comes to any of mine.”
“I shop with [enter business] all the time. I share their business with everyone, and I
send everyone to them. I sing their
praises all the time, but they have never, ever, not even once shared my
business, purchased from me, hosted a party, or come to an event.”
There are times when it feels like everyone with a business
is just focused on making sure you see them without ever paying attention to anyone else's business. When you’re feeling down about your own
business, these feelings amplify. I have
seen friends stop being friends because both of them started different
businesses and were so focused on themselves that they forgot about each other.
We all want our businesses to be noticed. We all want our friends and family to support
us in everything we do. We all want the
praises we sing for other businesses to be sung about us in return.
This rarely happens, and you can’t measure your success by
using the people who don’t shop with you as the ruler.
Every single day, even top earners in your company have to
wake up and make a choice. Do I work my
business today, or do I let yesterday’s failures lead the way? What do you think they choose?
If the very top of your upline spent as much time dwelling
on the people who don’t do business with her, would she be at the top of your
upline? Not at all. Does that mean she never feels what you’re
feeling? Absolutely not. Every person who has ever owned a business
has struggled with feeling unsupported.
Should you stop singing the praises of businesses you love
just because they don’t sing back? No
way! Just because your favorite local
business isn't doing business with you now doesn't mean that they never will,
unless you stop loving them out of spite.
Why don’t they return the favor?
There isn't a need right now.
Does that mean there never will be?
No. Keep singing, because when
they do realize a need for your business, they are going to remember your
connection with them and do business with you instead of someone else.
Keep working on the relationships you build with
other local businesses. Set the bar for
how you wish all businesses behaved and let that bar dictate your actions.
Stop focusing on all of the people who don’t notice you and focus on the
ones who do. You will see so many
businesses rise and fall around you. One of the things that makes businesses
fail faster than ice in a hot oven is focusing on the nagging negative like people who don’t support you, join other teams instead of yours, or never do
business with you. The businesses that succeed
roll up their sleeves and find the people who will support them, will join their teams, and will do business. Be the reason someone chooses to do business
with your company. Go out there and work
it.
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