Many speakers come to me and say, “I’ve tried everything to make sales on the stage and I just don’t know why people aren’t buying.”
And, you know what? Nine times out of 10 when I ask them to look at their own lives, there’s all this stuff that’s keeping them on the fence.
For instance… they’ve been thinking about doing a mastermind. They’ve been thinking about being in this person’s program or that person’s program. They’ve been thinking about painting their house, but take no action. They’re not making decisions. They’re not investing. And, yet these same people don’t understand why people are coming to them with interest, yet not investing.
You could almost call it karma.
I am proof positive when it comes to investing in success. Just look at the explosive nature of my business in the last few months. In a lot of ways the growth I’ve seen has resulted from the investments that I have started to make in myself.
When you step up and make an investment in yourself, you begin to look at things differently than you did previously, and you take bigger risks.
I’m sharing this with you so that you can reflect on your own life before you step on that stage or before you get on that tele-call and sell. Is what you’re expecting from others congruent with the actions that you’re taking in your own business? Think about it.
Your point is well taken; though I can also think of times where we make that financial investment based on ego rather than reality.
So, IMO it’s important to be clear about your true gifts, and invest accordingly. Money spent on our wishes and hallucinations is money down the drain.
I agree with you 100%, Lisa.
I’ve committed to taking my writing career to the next level and have been working hard to make it happen this year. It doesn’t always happen as fast as we’d like, but if we keep at it, we can definitely see positive results — if only in small increments.
Determination + Action = Success.