Misery Loves Company

Yesterday I decided to go to the bar around the corner from my house to have a late lunch, early dinner. When I got there, there were only a handful of people at the bar.I have been going to this bar for about 8 years now so I know everyone that works there and I know a lot of the patrons. I sit down, say hi to those I know, order a drink and lunch and start reading my book.

My phone keeps lighting up and to my excitement they are leads popping up in my email. (I have a blackberry and get my email on my phone)

The guy across from me is reading the newspaper. The two guys sitting to my left are watching the soccer game on tv. The two guys on my right are talking, in very loud voices, about how bad things are and the economy, the usual negative talk.

I call the girl behind the bar over and ask her to do me a favor and buy a round for everyone on my tab. “Sure! No Problem! What are you celebrating?” she aks. “Nothing, just feel like buying everyone a drink.” I answer.

Here is where it gets interesting. While she is getting the drinks, the guy next to me looks over at me and says, “Thanks for the drink. I notice your phone keeps going off, you must be popular.”

“No, actually I have my own business and people are contacting me for more information.” I say.
“Wow, your own business huh? With the economy the way it is, it must be tough.” He says.

“Actually it is doing awesome thanks! Business is out of control.”

He leans back away from me and gets this real nasty tone and attitude and says, “How is it that everyone else is losing their homes, big businesses are shutting their doors, people are getting laid off, and your business is doing well. You’re telling me that everyone else is suffering and you are doing just fine?”

“Yes, I am thriving. The economy is not bad, it is just different (I quoted Brent from the visionaries call) and I know a lot of people that are doing far better than I am.” I said back with a big smile on my face.

He stopped talking to me, (which was fine because I didn’t want his negativity) and went on to bitch to his friend about me. He was mad at me for doing well, mad at me for being happy, and mad at me for not being a victim. Because I didn’t see things from his point of view and because I wouldn’t be part of his pitty party, he was actually hostile toward me.

You hear all the time at people being mad at someone because they are the downer or the party pooper but how do you like that? Being mad at someone because they are taking control and living their life full out.

And yes, I still bought him his beer. I was doing that for my benefit in the first place!

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It’s Been A While

Wow it has been a while since I have posted. Between moving, remodeling, adding dogs to the family, vacationing, and living an amazing life, I have not made the time to post to be honest.

I had an interesting conversation today and it sparked some things I have talked about previously.

Today was really my first day back working, if you call what I do work. I was talking to a man that had requested a call through my website, http://www.SuccessByPC.com .

When I called him for a brief interview, I asked him if he was serious about starting a business of his own. He said yes, he had no money right now to start a business, but he wanted the information for “when he was ready”.

I told him that I only spend time with serious people, and that in my experience when something is important enough to someone, a little thing like money won’t stop them.

He was shocked and started telling me about a recent experience at the dentist. He had horrible pain in his teeth, and it was going to take $2000 to fix, and when he weighed the pain with the cost, it was more important to find the money to fix it.

So I asked him, how much pain his current situation was causing him? “How uncomfortable are you?” He said uncomfortable enough to do something about it.

I went on with the interview call, he told me about himself and I asked him, “If there were no limitations placed on you, what would your ideal income be?” He said $2K a month. I was shocked and asked him if that got him excited? He said $4k a month would get him excited, but that the economy was just awful right now and no one is buying anything, etc. etc.

I told him that this opportunity was not the right one for him and wished him luck. He came back at me angry and asked why it wasn’t for him, and I told him that I only work with people who have a MINIMUM goal of $100K in the next 6-12 months. He again, said he watched the news and no one is buying anything, even big companies were shutting their doors.

I told him that I haven’t watched the news in seven years and last week alone our team had well over $50K in orders come in. That doesn’t even include the rest of the company. I gave him my website address and told him that when he was ready to take responsibility for his life and ready to make things happen, give me a call back. Less than 2 hours later, he had placed an order for $1500, a $1000 profit for me, but more importantly he took his first step in living his life on his terms.

Don’t let anyone or anything dictate your life or lifestyle to you. You create your reality. A friend of mine was saying just tonight that he doesn’t look at the economy as good or bad, it is just different.

So stop using the “bad” economy as an excuse for not living up to your true potential. Take aciton, take responsibility, and make things happen!

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Teri Elmendorf McLean

Home Office: 702-764-0709

http://www.SuccessByPC.com

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