12.30.07

ASK!

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:44 pm by Robin J. Elliott

I got an e mail from a new DollarMakers Member a few months ago. He said, “Tell me what to do, Robin - I’m ready and hungry. I need to earn and extra $3,000 per month within two months.”  I called him and told him exactly what to do, and to be honest with you, when I put the phone down, I didn’t expect to hear back from him, because that is usually what happens. I was surprised when he e mailed me consistently, every two days, asking questions and implementing the action steps, until he was earning $3,800 per month. It took him 9 weeks. He insisted on success and he followed instructions. Cream doesn’t have to be begged, bribe, or coerced to rise to the top. People who succeed make themselves noticed. They demand success. The ask, act and outwork everyone else.

Push yourself to the front. Climb the ladder while everyone else is still sleeping. ASK, and you will receive. Knock, and it will be opened. Seek, and you will find. Take the initiative. Ask successful businesspeople, “What do I need to deliver to you to get you to send me a check for a thousand dollars a month? What marketing and sales materials do you have that I can use? What training can you offer me? I’m ready to make this happen! In your experience, what do you suggest I do?” Communicate daily. Get to work before anyone else and leave after they do. When they make six calls, you make sixty calls.

Winners don’t have to be reminded to show up. They do it automatically. ASK: “What is it that you want more than anything else? If I can help you get that, what will you give me?” Then use the Joint Venture information you have to access the resources and results they want, and share the reward. Be proactive, positive, and productive, and you will be powerful.  Enthusiastic, goal-directed action gets results. When you sow, you reap. 

Jim Rohn has a wonderful way of explaining the parable of the sower. He says the sower was ambitious - he had big goals. and he sowed excellent seed - good quality. The first part landed by the wayside and the birds ate it. The birds represent the people who will distract the people you’re working with. You invite them to a meeting, they get all excited, but they don’t show up. They talked with a drunken cousin who persuaded them they were getting ripped off, so they didn’t come to the meeting. The birds got them. Don’t chase the birds, Mr. Rohn exhorts us, because then you’ll leave the field. Keep on sowing. In this case, keep on ASKING. Don’t get discouraged or angry - it’s simply the law of averages. It’s the way things work. Human nature. Keep asking.

Some of the seeds fell on rocky ground where the soil was shallow. They started to grow, but the first hot day they withered and died. People start working with you but they’re weak, so they quit at the first sign of difficulty and blame everyone else. No problem, you keep on sowing - asking.

Some seeds fell on thorny ground, and the thorns got them. The thorns are the little cares and distractions. “I couldn’t come to the meeting because it rained / my kid was sick / my wife wouldn’t let me / the dog got drunk.” Little things cheat them out of big opportunities. It’s just the way it is, Mr. Rohn teaches us - keep on asking and sowing!

Finally, some seeds fall on good ground. They always will, as long as you keep on sowing. Winners understand this, that’s why they keep on sowing. They never quit. Mr. Rohn tells us that some of these seeds that landed on the good ground brought forth 30%, some did 60%, and some had the capacity to produce 100%. Not all will do 100%, so let the 30’s do 30, the 60’s do 60, and the 100’s do 100%. The duds will lead to the studs. Keep on. Keep on asking.

Put your hand up. ASK. Ask until you get what you want. Make yourself known. Force your way to success. There is very little competition out there for winners. There are only three possible reponses when you ask: Yes, No, or a counter offer. That’s two out of three. Paul J. Meyer said, “What’s behind this door I cannot tell, but this I know, and know it well; the more I open, the more I sell!” ASK. Ask the right people the right questions and your victory is assured, my friend.

Robin J. Elliott www.DollarMakers.com

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