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277 – October 4

A man arriving in Heaven got to ask God one question. He asked, “The world I left had so much poverty, disease and evil. Why didn’t you send someone to help?” And God answered, “I did. I sent you.”—Unknown

My friend, Gary Tharler, sent me that story. One day, he picked up a brochure advertising the “AIDS Ride across Alaska.” It changed his life.

Gary decided to participate in the ride. In order to do it, he had to devote most of his spare time to training himself to ride long distances on his bicycle. He trained for an entire year.

He said that Alaska was wild and majestic, and by the time he got there, he was well-trained for the miles and the hills. But no one was prepared for the weather. It was bitterly cold, and rained almost every day. The second day out was particularly harsh. They had to ride 75 miles and gain 3500 feet. After the first 20 miles, the temperature dropped, the rain turned to hail and then to sleet and finally, snow. He said that the advertised theme for the ride was: Impossible broken into I’m Possible. After that brutal second day, someone suggested a more fitting theme: I’m Popsicle. But they all kept going, lifting each other’s hearts and hands over the long miles, dedicated to completing the ride and raising money to stop a dreadful disease.

When Gary wrote all his supporters to tell us about his adventures on the ride, he said this: “It is so wonderful and fulfilling to challenge yourself to something over a year. Please, go ahead…proclaim something. Get out that screenplay, those tap shoes, those dried up oil paints. Go public with it. Devote sacred time to make it real. Be laser-focused and yet enjoy all that’s around you, ride through or over obstacles but remember your humanity. Be great. The truth is, you can’t miss.”

He wanted to raise $3,000. He raised $6,000. He was so inspired by this experience that he applied for and got a job working for the company that puts these rides together.

Thanks, Gary, for your willingness to put yourself on the line for others. Thanks for the call to others to do the same. Success is yours. Ride on.

Today’s Affirmation:
“I have the heart, soul, and ability to be of service to all mankind.”

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Dear Dolphins,

A friend of mine, Norah Walsh of Global Fitness, uses this line to begin her 30-second introduction at networking meetings – “How big is your ‘but’?” It always makes me laugh, and I asked her if I could tweak it to share with you…

Because I’ll bet you’ve heard a lot of BUTS from your clients.

You’re excited and happy and want to work with more wonderful people! You send dozens of emails and newsletters, post on all the Social Media and related blogs. You network and pass out brochures and business cards. You give away free samples by the truckloads: consultations, speeches, e-books, audio recordings, teleclasses, video series, introductory programs, conferences, etc.

Your services are great, your products are great, your marketing is great!

All your prospects acknowledge that…and they really want to work with you…

…and then they say it…

BUT.

“But I think I’d better wait until I have more money.”

“But my partner won’t let me spend the money.”

“But I have to get out of debt first.”

“But I’m spending too much money now taking care of my (aging parents/young children/pets)”

“But I have to get a new (website/brochure/computer) first.”

Believe me, I’ve heard every BUT there is.

So how do you CONVERT the PROSPECT into the CLIENT?!

You have to convince them that the FUTURE BENEFIT of your product or service is going to be WORTH MORE than the PAIN OF PARTING WITH THEIR MONEY NOW.

People can love you, admire you, think you’re great, and they’re really, truly, going to buy your products or services…”later”. Or “someday” or “as soon as…”

“Someday” is not a day of the week.

How long do you think they’ve been waiting for the extra (time, money, energy) to just show up “someday”?

Let me give you a tip:

More money or time or energy doesn’t appear in anyone’s life until they are willing to make the commitment to their next level of growth by investing money, time and energy in it.

But studies have shown that people are twice as afraid of losing money as they are hopeful of making money.

You have to be able to help your prospect to see beyond the NOW obstacle of not enough time energy or money to the FUTURE happiness where their problems are solved.

You have to give them COURAGE to LEAP INTO THEIR RICHER FUTURE instead of hanging back in their limited present because of their FEAR.

Can you do that?

For years, I’ve watched many wonderful people with terrific products and services avoid anything that even hints of SELLING.

Why?

Because people do it badly. SHARKS use hard selling to convince people to buy stuff they don’t want, can’t use, etc. like selling refrigerators to Eskimos.

Good DOLPHINS don’t want to pressure anyone into buying, they don’t want to bother people. So they make the opposite mistake – they don’t reach out to talk to people who are prospective buyers at all! But that’s TUNA behavior – waiting and wishing and hoping people find you and talk themselves into buying your products and services.

If you don’t know how to help “Your People” past the obstacles to see the benefits of your product or service, you are leaving them alone in their fear trying to visualize that you can help them get what they need and want. They have to make the decision alone without all the information you can provide to help them make the right decision.

And then it’s easier for them to just not make a decision and put it off until “later”…

Can you see that NOT talking with them about this isn’t being nice, it’s preventing them from making the leap to a better future?

Perhaps this is happening with your clients because you are doing the same thing in your own life.

What is it you want to do BUT your BUT is getting in the way?

If you’re happy with your current results, great! Keep on doing what you’re doing. I’m glad you’re happy, successful, and rich!!

But if you think you could be even richer and happier – I’ve got a program that can help you achieve results like these:

“You changed me – for the better. Where my business used to be 90% insurance paid, now it’s 90% full-fee private clients. I doubled my income in 12 weeks! Ka-ching! My clients and family love your books.”—Phyllis Chase, M.A., M.F.T., Radio Host, 310-402-8888, phyllischase.com

“You’re one in a million! I have changed radically in my thinking since being in your class. The results are so evident to those who know me well, even my parsimonious husband, who has noticed my new enthusiasm for being actively financially responsible, is seeing a difference, especially in my bank account.”— Janet Cargill, 360 Image Consultant, 90-310-2148, jcargillimage.com

You deserve to be paid – and well paid – for the wonderful work you do. And you deserve to have lots of time off to enjoy your family, travel, nature, leisure, and the good life at the same time. My life’s work is to help you get it!

Prosperity is a habit. You have to practice it every day.

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Chellie

Chellie Campbell is a Financial Stress Reduction® Coach and the author of The Wealthy Spirit, Zero to Zillionaire, and From Worry to Wealthy. She is one of Marci Shimoff's “Happy 100” in her NYT bestseller Happy for No Reason and contributed stories to Jack Canfield’s books You’ve Got to Read This Book! and Life Lessons from Chicken Soup for the Soul. Past president of the LA Chapter NAWBO, she was "Most Inspirational Speaker" by Women in Management and "Speaker of the Year" by the Association of Women Entrepreneurs. She does daily inspirational videos in The Wealthy Spirit Group on Facebook.

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