Fluff and Skirts

I've found a new pet peeve, LOL. However, there is a happy ending. ;-)

I'm all for the education on positive thinking and self improvement because as a network marketer, the learning curve never really ends until you breathe your last breath. I was told that once you make the shift of becoming a student of life, opportunities to learn and grow stronger pop up everywhere and never cease. Let's just say that after a few days ago, I'm a believer. :-)

I recently purchased Mike Dillard's Magnetic Sponsoring booklet and was very excited to get the book and started reading it as soon as I opened it. Half way through it, I thought, "Oh no, FLUFF!!" And "skirts"! But I thought, "now wait a minute, let's give the whole book a chance, maybe I just haven't reached the nugget yet." Ok, I kept reading.

Just to clarify - Fluff is a bunch of stuff to heighten the emotional excitement that leads up to the final "aha!" or nuggett/gem of knowledge. Skirts - as in skirting the issue or around what the answser really is without ever coming right out and saying it. There - Fluff & Skirts.

Back to my story, I finished the book, which was a very well written and put together as far as the layout, layman terms, and professionalism of the physical book itself. BUT...........I felt deflated. Don't ask me what I was looking for in it because I don't even really know but possibly, maybe some techinique or system spelled out 1-2-3 boom. Something where as soon as I put the book down, I could walk over to the computer and implement the idea/technique and hopefully got the same results as he did. Not happenin!!

Part of that disappointment was from not just this book but other e-books as well that was full of Fluff & Skirts too. Gosh, are they all like that???? They tell you that if you read it, you will get the same results as the author, or you can use the idea TODAY, or your profits will soar within a week, or you won't believe what will happen to your bank account, and then...........you have to buy the course or go to the seminar which costs thousands of dollars. Or, the answer you're looking for is written in riddle format. Of course, people who really need this information can't afford it and will be too broke to implement a peice of it because you have to do the whole pie in one shot! If I was making my millions, would I need the course???

Now, you see how this became my new pet peeve right? And how overwhelming that emotion was for me? This must have been my highest point of anger or lowest point of disappointment because it overshadowed what I was supposed to learn from the book. First "AHA!" there. ;-)

So, I decided to wait a couple of days and just forget about the book and get back to feeling good again. I sat here at my computer having my coffee wondering what to do next. It was at this point it hit me (2nd "AHA!" here, a big one too!) what I was supposed to learn from the book.

I'm NOT supposed to be looking for a sure-fire bullet technique to run off with and succeed. Uh-uh, not this time. I'm supposed to figure out what I'm good at or feel like an expert in and promote that rather than my business or products. Does being a good Mom count??? LOL But really, in all seriousness, I don't know what I'm good at, never thought about it before except I can talk your ear off on the phone about whatever. ;-)

Then I had my 3rd "AHA!" moment. Well, more like a "DUH!" moment. What am I good at?? TRADESHOWS!!!! Oh yeah, I love them and almost got them down to a science. :-) That will be my next project in the works. And guess what? There won't be any Fluff & Skirts in this e-book, that's for sure! Techniques 1-2-3 galore. :-)

I looked over at that book again on my dining room table and thought, "You little bugger, you got me to think outside the box and deep down inside to come up with what I was looking for." Thanks Mike Dillard. :-)

Just in case you want a few "aha!'s" too - http://candlepassion.magneticsponsoringonline.com.
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