Do It!

What Are You Selling?

"What are you selling?"

I know it is a bit crude, possibly rude, but I get a lot of phone calls where we have to go through the "beating around the bush" dance for a few minutes and I am always friendly about the question and not necessarily closed-minded. I ask within a few seconds, "What are you selling?"

And I try to let the folks on the other end of the line know that I don't think "selling" is a dirty word.

I just want to know.

Is it an idea, a product, a service, or a "gift?" Do they want an appointment, a commitment, or an opinion? I want people to know that they have a legitimate self-interest in calling me and that I know it and that it is OK. It makes for a honest conversation. Even if their self-interest is the sense of satisfaction in doing a good thing, let us put our cards on the table.

I don't need to know their profit margin, but I know that they cannot stay in business without one and if they cannot stay in business, I don't want to do business with them because their after-care will soon dry up. I want to spend my money with people who know how to make a fair profit.

Does that make sense?

I need to process this call quickly because I am probably in the middle of another project, perhaps even a bright idea that will never pass through my mind again and needs to be captured, interrogated, and released.

Win my goodwill by respecting my time. I am inclined to give both in an atmosphere of mutual respect.

Maybe you are selling an idea. That is good. You will be measuring profit differently. If you are selling?the gospel, it may be out of sheer gratitude for what you have already received and love for humanity. If you are selling a social or political idea, your motive may be that you really believe society will be improved and your family's life will be better if I adopt your way of thinking.

Let's cut to the chase. I have no problem with the fact that you are selling something. I have a problem with you denying it.

And don't be surprised if I try to sell you something while I have you on the line.

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Do It

What is that on your heart?

Is it just another attachment,

Or is it part of the whole?

Can it be severed as part?

An incidental detachment ?

Or must it remain as your very soul?

I think it is more than you know

More than you suspect

More than you can part with.

I think it is ebb and flow,

Something you must protect,

That which you must daily start with.

It is - Is it not, your dream?

It is that essence you embrace,

That core of being driving you on.

It is the radiant, pulsating beam

That neither time nor trouble can erase.

It is what keeps you striving when hope's gone..

You are a dreamer, fashioned with purpose.

You are a schemer, designed for greatness.

You are a believer, infused with boundless hoping.

Live your dreams surrounded by the circus,

Under the big top with crowds predicting a fate less

Wonderful than what you know as groundless coping.

Reality is what you dream.

Activated by what you do.

Empowered by who you are.

You are far more than what you seem.

Your reach extends beyond your view.

Do it now and you will go far.

God be with you as you dream and do.

Just a thought to encourage you to embrace your God-given dreams with your God-given resolve, passion, and love and go for it.

I am cheering for you today.

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