An angry email.

“You pompous idiot! How dare you suggest networking tips to me. We have a system in our group that works. We don’t want our group doing anything else!”

Somebody was having a bad day.

Who? Me.

I didn’t pass on networking tips with the intention to offend her. But apparently I did offend her. I certainly didn’t feel good about ruining her attitude.

Thinking of solutions here.

Solution #1: Ask the lady to please unsubscribe to these networking tips. That seems easy enough.

Solution #2: Explain that I am not here to tell her or the group how to run their business, or to interfere with their system. But for every step in the system, such as closing prospects or icebreakers, we will need some words and techniques. I pass on what works for me and others. They can choose which techniques they want to use, so each step of their system works better.

We did not have to force ourselves to wake up. We were not grumpy, tired, or unenthused. We couldn’t wait to get dressed and go play with our friends. Weekends were awesome. We lived for weekends! All week long we thought about our upcoming weekend.

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The diet products salesperson.

“Hi, my name is Mary Jones. I sell the Slimmer Body Diet breakfast drink and I live right here in Hometown, Texas. I show people how to lose weight just by changing what they have for breakfast. They just drink delicious milkshakes for breakfast. No more gym memberships or starving or counting calories. My ideal customer is someone who wants to lose weight, but is too busy to exercise and cook organic foods. Oh, and it is perfect for overweight children too.”

The cosmetic salesperson.

“Hi, my name is Heather Lee. I show women how to find and use makeup that works for them. I live here in Hometown, Texas. All women use makeup, but they sometimes end up buying makeup that doesn’t match. I can fix that. My ideal prospect is a lady who goes to work daily, wants to look good, but doesn’t want to spend hours messing around with makeup.”