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Business Success with Women Entrepreneurs of Greater Sacramento

Business Success with Women Entrepreneurs of Greater Sacramento

Networking from Trust vs. Desperation

Have you ever met a desperate person at a networking event? They are easy to identify. Upon meeting you and maybe asking your name, they launch right into how great their product or service is and why you should buy it, use it or sign up with their MLM company. Understand, I will be signing up with a fantastic MLM company in the near future. I will not mention the name here. But I do want to share why I chose the company I chose after looking at dozens.

First of all, no one, and I mean no one from the company hounded me. Second, I was not tricked unto a phone call where the persons up-line mentor was then brought unto the call via"three-way" calling. Third, not one person tried to convince me that I should sign up by mentioning how much money so and so, "diamond" certified VP is earning. None of those things impress me, nor do they impress most other intelligent-minded entrepreneurs. But most importantly for me, is that this company shares my Christian values.

This applies to every business type. Whether you are offering a product or service, whether you work from home or have a brick and mortar building, whether it's a direct sales, mlm or network marketing company, does not matter. You must build relationships. You must genuinely care about the success and goals of others and most of all you must care about your reputation and brand.

When you are desperate, you do not have patience, faith or love. It is about you and what you can get, how quickly you can get it and how much you can get. That is networking from a platform of desperation. That is a platform of certain failure.

Have you ever been to a networking meeting and felt like you were at a used car lot? You felt yourself trying to avoid the pushy salesman? Only in this case, it was other business owners who were shoving their service, product or company down your throat – virtually choking you to death.
But they weren’t satisfied with that first attempt to choke you.

They followed up with an email or phone call or both. And they still have not learned what it is YOU are passionate about. They are desperate for a sale, client or recruit. They need the money bad. Real bad. They are under pressure from their up-line mentor, their business partner or themselves. Because they are desperate, they do not have the time to build a genuine relationship. This is how most people approach networking on-line and off-line.

When you come from a platform of TRUST, you have the time to build powerful and meaningful relationships. You have the time to listen to someone else’s dream,  goal, passion. Yes LISTEN. You have the time to care and love them. Yes LOVE them. You have the time to serve them. Yes SERVE them. You allow your relationship to unfold, to grow and to be a mutual blessing.

Building relationships takes time. and sincerity. You will give it the time if you TRUST. But if you RUSH, you will fail to build lasting relationships and people will avoid you like a “used car salesman.”  Trusting that every relationship you build will in one way or another bless your life personally and/or professionally as well as the other person, will reap you a harvest of loyal customers, referrals and recruits.

That is the "law of the harvest." You reap what you sow.  If at a networking event you sow a lack of sincerity, you will reap a steady stream of insincere clients, customers or recruits. If you sow seeds of love, giving and friendship (with no strings attached), you will reap the best of the best. You will find yourself surrounded by loving, giving and highly successful people.

You may not sell them your product, or sign them up for you MLM company or have them use your services, but perhaps, just maybe, they may become one of your nearest and dearest friends. Perhaps they know someone who is looking for exactly what you have to offer. Maybe the two of you will team up on some profitable joint venture. At the least, you both will have a made a new friend.

The next time you attend a networking meeting, make friends. Find out what the other people in the room are passionate about. Ask them about their goals and dreams. Try to help them reach a goal without expecting anything in return. Treat them how you want to be treated. Take them to coffee and do not slam down your comp plan, or hit them with how great your product or service is. Just share, love and give. Oh, and smile. SMILE a lot!

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Are you on track towards your goals? Well what does that mean? It means are your goals wriiten down, all of them, no matter how many you have. Write them down. Some you will accomplish this week, others this month, and still others later this year. Some will be accomplished years down the road.

What is important is that you declare them. I wrote my chidlren's book story 13 years ago, in 1997. Even thought it was rejected many times, I never gave up on it. I just worked on it off and on ver the years and now it is being published. WOW!

So now I am publishing TWO books this year. One for adults and now a picture book for children. Praise the Lord!

Get on board the GOAL TRAIN and see what wonderful and amazing places your journey to your goals takes you.

T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves Miracles - Accountablilty

For those of you are have and are reading my E-Book, "Ready, Set, Goals" this is the place where we hold one another accountable for ahcieving our goals, dreams and living our lives on Purpose.

We are also including weekly reminders, tips, accountability, plus additional exercises or projects and expert advice  through our newsletter, "The Goal Getters."

If you have not yet subcribed to the newsletter, do it now.

If you have questions please feel free to post them in the comment section below or email your questions to my preferred email address at  ajoyfulnoise14@aol.com

There are two ways to live life. One, as though nothing is a miracle. The other, as though everything is ? Einstein

Ready, Set, Goals - Day 12: The GOAL Getters!

Getting after your goals is personal. No one is going to succeed, triumph, overcome for you, but there are champions of success who will work along with you, encourage you and guide you. You have to be a Goal Getter!

Most people want an easy solution. Most people want something for nothing and so they end up with nothing worthwhile. Most people want the results of setting GOALS without actually setting Goals.

You have gone through these 12 modules because you are not most people. You are among the few, the determined, the committed, the triumphant, the asking, seeking and knocking.



“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:” Matthew 7:7

The formula it not mine. Jesus gave the formula over 2000 years ago.

Ask: first you have to ask for you want – believe you will receive it.

Seek: Do something about what you want – expect to get or find the answer.

Knock: The way or the opportunity will be revealed to you because you first asked and then sought (took action)

“For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Matthew 7:*

Most people stop right here. But there are other principles you must not ignore.



FAITH:

You must have faith. You must believe that your answer is on the way even thought you have none, zero, evidence that it is coming.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

The key to faith is belief. You must BELIEVE. Most people cannot or will not believe that their miracle is on the way, that their answer is coming, that the opportunity is about to manifest itself, that the door is moments away from opening-

So they sell out. They give up. They settle for the status quo. They sell their birthright. Their dream is negotiable. Don’t negotiate your dreams. Don’t put a price on your dreams.

You can put a time limit on when you want to achieve a goal. You can give a goal a date in which you want to reach it. And whether you accomplish your goal by that date or not, the important thing is that you keep going towards your goal even after that date passes.

With your dreams, you need to have more trust, faith and belief that God has it under control. Trust that you have asked, you seeking and you will find. Trust, believe and expect that the door will be opened.

Your goals are really LANDMARKS telling you that you are going in the right direction. Your goals are your map to your DREAMS. Your goals let you know that you are getting closer to your dream. Your goals keep you on target and moving forward.



SOW GOOD SEEDS

You also must sow good seeds. It is the “Law of the Harvest” If you want to reap (realize) your dreams, you have to plant seeds of faith, goodness, love, forgiveness, kindness, thankfulness, gratitude, peace, joy, etc. These are your SUCCESS SEEDS.

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7

Many people deceive themselves into thinking that they can reap good and great things by sowing seeds of strife, gossip, lying, cheating, spite, cruelty and yes even unbelief, worry, doubt, fear, blame, unforgiveness, etc. For most people this is again where they sell out. They sell their birthright, their dreams because they cannot or will not let go. Don’t let any of these be your price.

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.” 2 Corinthians 9:6

Your Outcome will equal your Effort. The point here is not that you Give to Get, but that you give bountifully no matter what the reward or benefit. But the cool thing is, you are going to benefit whether you want to or not. It’s God’s promise. It’s automatic. You cannot undo it.

You cannot Re-Negotiate the terms of this Law with God, and you cannot “out give” God either.


TITHING and GIVING

Now this may or may not be one of your key ingredients for success. But the richest and most successful people in history and today understand the importance of GIVING, especially TITHING.

They give not only of their time and talents, but also of their finances. This again, is where most people fail to understand why they are struggling to live their dreams, to have the abundant life that is their birthright. They have sold it for what they think they cannot or do no want to do- give ten percent in tithes. Tithing was their price – don’t let it be your price.

“Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. “ Luke 6:38



YOU HAVE GREATNESS WITHIN YOU ALREADY

I have not shared anything with you that you did not already know or have heard or read somewhere else. My GOAL in writing this series was to present some motivation, inspiration, projects, exercises and insight to get and keep you on track to your DREAMS.

We all need each other to keep us moving forward. Your comments, ideas and suggestions keep me excited about writing for you. My writing keeps you excited about living a triumphant life – I hope. Your living a triumphant life makes your family, community, city, country and the world more meaningful for everyone.

I touch or inspire you in a meaningful way. You touch someone’s life in a meaningful way, he or she in turn, pay-it-forward, and touch another person’s life in a meaningful way. I hear about it from someone and they touch my life in a meaningful way.

Exercise 14

You can start Paying It Forward by telling others about this Series.
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In this way we are all so busy giving to one another, we don’t have time to think about ourselves, and yet the blessings and miracles will start pouring in, so much so, that we will not be able to contain them. So we will give more, and more will be given to us. And we will give yet more, and more will be given us.

Are you getting the picture. Do you see why you cannot out give God.

God starts the whole thing off. By trusting, being thankful, and having faith in God miracles will begin to manifest in your life.

I understand that life can get to be a bit much and you can easily get side tracked. That is why I have made it possible for you to continue to stretch out towards your dreams through my newsletter, “The Goal Getters”

If you have not singed up for it yet, do it right now. Most people will try to go it alone. Even I have those who I look to for inspiration and guidance.

Each week you will get a reminder with motivation, inspiration, tips, etc. to get and keep you on track to your goals and dreams,

T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves Miracles

Here’s To Living Your Dreams!