alright, i’ve been inauthentic. i’ve been a fraud. you see, i started this blog under the cover of the “Capitalization Rule”. you know, that “Capitalize the first letter of a sentence, the letter “I”, and proper names thing they teach you in school and “they” insist on perpetuating.
so here’s the deal. i don’t like capitalizing anything. i don’t know when it started. it’s darn near an obsession. and i never, never capitalize in my normal everyday life ... not in business ... not in personal situations ... but i got the “Girl Gets A Blog Girl Must Act Grownup” thing going on Day 1 and faked it for nearly a week. so i’m going back to the way i am ... no caps ... except for those times emphasis is required at which point i may use ALL CAPS which i understand in internet etiquette is like yelling so if i yell into the little ears on your eyeballs at some point in the future please accept my apology now. and then get over it. or get off it. or just get far, far away from it.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Friday, July 14, 2006
Tip of the Day
Being a bit on the obsessive side of “organized” I have always diligently managed my computer files with intricate subdirectories and applied a rigid file-naming system. Example: in my personal documents I have subdirectories for “faxes”, “memos” and “letters” with subdirectories by year. Then I strictly name the files by date and content.
Pretty dry.
Pretty uninspiring.
So I just started a little somethin’ somethin’ to brighten the day ... to make me smile ... to get the creative juices flowing.
I’ve started naming my files with facts and adjectives! Woo Woo. Well, lemme tell ya, there’s a completely different feeling I get when I pull up files with names like:
“Most Amazingly Productive Keywords Ever” or
“Lori’s Fabulously Creative Advertising Ideas” or
“Brilliantly Inspiring Blog Thoughts” or
“Proud To Be An American Letter to Accountant about 2005 Tax Returns”
Rather than dry, crunchy file names like “Keywords”, “Blog”, “Ideas”, “2005 Taxes” ...
You get the feeling ... try it using words like “deserve”, “create”, “powerful” ... words that resonate with you. Words that make you feel good. It’s just a subtle tweak to yourself reminding you how wonderful, powerful and fabulous you really are!
Pretty dry.
Pretty uninspiring.
So I just started a little somethin’ somethin’ to brighten the day ... to make me smile ... to get the creative juices flowing.
I’ve started naming my files with facts and adjectives! Woo Woo. Well, lemme tell ya, there’s a completely different feeling I get when I pull up files with names like:
“Most Amazingly Productive Keywords Ever” or
“Lori’s Fabulously Creative Advertising Ideas” or
“Brilliantly Inspiring Blog Thoughts” or
“Proud To Be An American Letter to Accountant about 2005 Tax Returns”
Rather than dry, crunchy file names like “Keywords”, “Blog”, “Ideas”, “2005 Taxes” ...
You get the feeling ... try it using words like “deserve”, “create”, “powerful” ... words that resonate with you. Words that make you feel good. It’s just a subtle tweak to yourself reminding you how wonderful, powerful and fabulous you really are!
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Backseat Rules
On Sunday we spent 14 hours in the car with our 10 year old and our 3 year old driving back home to Colorado from the Texas Hill Country. The trip is about a thousand miles and normally takes a good 15 hours but thanks to the “Honda with an attitude” that passed us right in front of the “Braums Dairy” right outside Dumas, Texas (lovely, just lovely) we drove, um, a “little” over the speed limit through New Mexico. The elevated rate of travel plus the “potty-stops-only-when-you’re-in-pain” rule got us here a full hour faster. Yeah.
Somewhere around Eden, Texas (home of “Venison World” where you can purchase deer meat “homegrown in the Garden of Eden” ... wink wink) those of us who rule from the front seat instituted a new rule for those individuals residing in the back seat (in addition to the above-referenced “potty rule” enforced for the first time when the rear wheels of our Navigator exited my folks’ driveway Sunday morning):
IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT, IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT
This became necessary as young son became enraged at big sister, who dared to LOOK OUT HIS WINDOW. Big sister, righteously indignant, retaliated with the “big-giant-bug-eye” move that nearly drove young son mad from the constraints of his carseat. Thankfully they were strapped in to their separate corners. As you can imagine, there were lots of unnecessary words flying around the backseat ... for about a minute ... before the above stated rule was instated with authority.
IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT. IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT.
The rest of the trip was butter. Even the chain-smoking gas station attendant meandering through the gas pumps in Raton, New Mexico barely got our pulse up. The kids held hands and sang “kum bay yah” the entire trip ... okay, maybe not, but they DID share some beef jerky.
Anyway, Great Rule.
For Prospecting.
For Three Ways.
For Kids In The Backseat.
So remember this when you work your business today: Don’t chat. Don’t sell. Don’t gush. Just have a genuine conversation with someone. When you’re prospecting, remember, you’re simply evaluating their level of desire based on a very simple conversation. If you’re doing a Three Way, simply acknowledge the other associate by stating “Bob is entirely capable of answering your questions Jim, he’s simply brought me on the line to demonstrate the last step in the system to you” and then ask for their list of questions, which you will simply answer without any drama or embellishment.
Just confidence.
If you’re not already on the Three Way Support list consider demonstrating your leadership (even if it’s your first day in the business!) by adding your name today.
And remember: If it isn't necessary to SAY it, it's necessary NOT to say it!
Just ask my kids ...
Somewhere around Eden, Texas (home of “Venison World” where you can purchase deer meat “homegrown in the Garden of Eden” ... wink wink) those of us who rule from the front seat instituted a new rule for those individuals residing in the back seat (in addition to the above-referenced “potty rule” enforced for the first time when the rear wheels of our Navigator exited my folks’ driveway Sunday morning):
IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT, IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT
This became necessary as young son became enraged at big sister, who dared to LOOK OUT HIS WINDOW. Big sister, righteously indignant, retaliated with the “big-giant-bug-eye” move that nearly drove young son mad from the constraints of his carseat. Thankfully they were strapped in to their separate corners. As you can imagine, there were lots of unnecessary words flying around the backseat ... for about a minute ... before the above stated rule was instated with authority.
IF IT ISN’T NECESSARY TO SAY IT. IT’S NECESSARY NOT TO SAY IT.
The rest of the trip was butter. Even the chain-smoking gas station attendant meandering through the gas pumps in Raton, New Mexico barely got our pulse up. The kids held hands and sang “kum bay yah” the entire trip ... okay, maybe not, but they DID share some beef jerky.
Anyway, Great Rule.
For Prospecting.
For Three Ways.
For Kids In The Backseat.
So remember this when you work your business today: Don’t chat. Don’t sell. Don’t gush. Just have a genuine conversation with someone. When you’re prospecting, remember, you’re simply evaluating their level of desire based on a very simple conversation. If you’re doing a Three Way, simply acknowledge the other associate by stating “Bob is entirely capable of answering your questions Jim, he’s simply brought me on the line to demonstrate the last step in the system to you” and then ask for their list of questions, which you will simply answer without any drama or embellishment.
Just confidence.
If you’re not already on the Three Way Support list consider demonstrating your leadership (even if it’s your first day in the business!) by adding your name today.
And remember: If it isn't necessary to SAY it, it's necessary NOT to say it!
Just ask my kids ...
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