"Believing is Seeing"

"Believing is Seeing"

"Seeing is not Believing, Believing is Seeing!" is one of my favorite quotes and it comes from the Christmas movie, "The Santa Clause". Sometimes we have a hard time believing in things and we need to see something happen in order to Believe.

As a child most of us believed in Santa Claus until we became older and our friends who as soon as they had found out the truth were quick to spread the word to unsuspecting children who weren't quite ready to quit believing in the jolly man in the red suit who came every year to being us presents.

Your Direct Selling business is a lot like believing in Santa Claus! When you first joined your Direct Selling company you were excited and full of wonder and couldn't wait to begin! You didn't need to see results to believe you could find success! You knew very little about the business but you had the enthusiasm and belief of a small child. As a child you believed Santa would bring you almost everything on your list. As a new Direct Seller you believed you could really make this business work and achieve all your dreams and goals.

Along the way to success in your business you began to run into the "naysayers." The people who think they mean well (ha, who are they trying to fool). It's their job to tell you their is no Santa Claus, oops, I mean, "there is no way you can succeed in a business like that." Well intentioned friends and family members do their best to convince us to quit while we are ahead. Heaven forbid we keep on believing when no one else does!

"Believing is Seeing", is one of the most profound things ever spoken. When we believe in ourselves and our business and continue to do what needs to be done we will soon see the results! Here are a few helpful suggestions to help you continue to see your Direct Selling business through the "eyes of a child."

1. Go Back in your mind to when you first joined your company. Why did you join? What did you want to accomplish? Do you still have the enthusiasm and excitement you did when you first joined? If not, why not? Keeping focused on why you joined will help you stay motivated and excited all the time!

2. Rewrite Your Goals. Did you write down your goals? Did you create an action plan? Do you keep on track? What do you do when you aren't reaching your goals? Continually ask yourself questions and be honest with yourself when you are answering them. If you continue to make excuses for what's not happening in your business you never find a way to make it work! By the way, if you haven't written them down, shame on you! Take time to do it now. Don't under-estimate the importance of continually setting goals, writing them down and creating action plans to reach them. Every time your company announces a new contest, promotion, trip or other award you need to decide what you want, write it down and get working on the action plan you will take!

3. Listen to Motivational and Training Materials. It's not always easy to stand up to the negative people who are trying to get you to come to your senses. In fact these people will suck the life out of you if you let them. If find the easiest way to keep myself on the right track is "to pump up my mind" with good stuff. Over the years I've listened to Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Jim Rohn, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and many others. I exercise with my CD player and headphones and I take time daily to work on my "mental attitude."

4. Keep a "Good Things" List. I continually take time to write down everything I am thankful for in my life and in my business. Every great Hostess and party, every new recruit, every contest you win will give you something to celebrate! By taking time to focus on the good you'll have a lot less time to dwell on the pessimistic thoughts that have been passed on to you through others.

5. Control Your Thoughts and Keep them Positive. This is probably one of the hardest things to do. Staying positive in a negative world is like trying to keep your ice cream cone from melting. In order to keep from losing a single precious drop of that delicious ice cream we keep licking the ice cream. Every time we see a drip appear we lick it again! That's the same way you need to approach your thoughts and attitude. You want to keep from losing any ground and in order to do that you need to keep your thoughts positive. Every time a negative thought pops into your head pretend your are licking your ice cream cone and replace your negative thought with a positive one!

6. BELIEVE YOU CAN AND YOU WILL! As soon as you begin to believe that you can accomplish whatever you want to in your Direct Selling business you will be amazed at "how lucky" you will become. Things that once seemed hard will become very easy. You will create an abundance of bookings, sales, recruits, income or whatever you believe you can accomplish. Success will come to you naturally because you Believe!

So it really is just like the movie, "The Santa Clause", you don't need to "See to Believe " in your success but you do need to "Believe to See" your success! I believe you can be anything you want to be, but it doesn't matter what I believe, it only matters that you "Believe in Yourself."


"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe." Anatole France
"Enjoy the Ride!"


Darlene
http://www.watkinsonline.com/ddemell