I was listening to a radio show, and the question was posed. If you could have as your marital counselor, one of two people equally wonderful, intelligent and committed, but one has gone through a divorce, and one has had a happy marriage since day one; which would you choose as your marital therapist?<\/p>\n
The answer was the one that has gone through a divorce. The people who have had a happy marriage from day one aren\u2019t in a position to be able to empathize with the pains that a marriage with problems goes through.<\/p>\n
The divorced therapist can understand marital problems in a way that no one else can. There\u2019s a familiarity with the pain and the complexities, with the struggle, the setbacks and the wanting to give up. There\u2019s also an insight as to how to help the couple in marriage get to where they need to go, or whether to truly move on.<\/p>\n
I can relate to that scenario, not only in marriage but in business. I\u2019ve been through a couple of MLM companies, and I\u2019ve noticed something. There are usually two types of leaders.<\/p>\n
1) The spit and polished leader who has the Midas touch \u2013 everything he\u2019s ever touched has turned to gold, he had unlimited resources, and he\u2019s a polished speaker<\/p>\n
2) The guy who\u2019s crawled through glass after failing over and over, and has become a success because he simply never quit.<\/p>\n
Who would you choose? Many people choose spit and polished without a thought. But, like the marital therapist, can he relate to the masses? Is he able to inspire and teach from his perspective?<\/p>\n
Most people get into direct selling because they\u2019re looking for massive change in their lives. They know there has to be a better way, and on paper direct selling makes sense, at least it does on those shiny power point presentations, and they give a good pitch at the god awful home meetings. (Note \u2013 home meetings can be useful and have their place; they\u2019re just not for me nor would I want to teach someone to do something I myself don\u2019t want to do.)<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, most people quit from impatience and frustration. In the end, the average person finds out they don\u2019t have the Midas touch that old Spit and Polish has. He can\u2019t relate nor empathize. He simply works the numbers.<\/p>\n
Now let\u2019s talk about the Glass Crawler, Crawl for short (anyone remember that movie character?) Crawl is a different type of leader. He\u2019s going to tell you his pain and his struggle. He\u2019ll share what he went through, the times he\u2019s failed, and ultimately the moment he succeeded. He understands what it takes to start from nothing with limited resources. He also understands, however, the level of commitment and the attitude necessary to succeed.<\/p>\n
He won\u2019t b.s. you into a pipe dream. Success is available to those willing to pay the price.<\/p>\n