EnergyRICH® Entrepreneurs know the massive power of creating a network and they do not take it for granted. There's a true understanding about the value of connections made through genuine, authentic, heart-felt conversation.
Sadly, so many entrepreneurs shy away from creating connections and building a powerful network because they question whether they even have something of value to share; or are afraid of what would actually happen if a person wanted to become a client; or worry about being ready or measuring up if someone actually does send business their way ...
So how do you create a "network" for your business in a way that's easy and feels good?
It all begins by having a conversation. And you begin this by opening your mouth. And in this conversation you share about yourself and your business very genuinely - not in a way that's over the top, not in a way that's shameful and hiding, but in a way that is filled with joy and just real grounded acceptance about the power of the service that your business provides. Then you tell another person and another person and another person...
By doing this not only do you activate the power of conversation and connection, but you activate the value of your business for yourself.
Just think of how many times perhaps you've been willing to tell someone about a good movie you saw or a really good book you read or a great bargain on a piece of clothing that you got some where. And that, maybe - just maybe -
you'll share that more willingly than you will share your business.
Am I right?
Now take a moment to think about that and you can begin to understand just how much sense that does not make.
If you're experiencing some of the things that I was experiencing when I was first in business - where I didn't want to seem pushy, I didn't want to seem sales-y, I was embarrassed, I didn't know how much was too much. I really had the belief activated that to talk about my business was arrogant, that to talk about my business was rude.
Yikes!
Now as I look back, I can literally remember - I might not remember their name, but I can remember what they looked like; I can remember the event that I was at or the moment that I was talking to someone and I said - nothing. I said nothing.
And I think of all the opportunities that were lost and I do not want to see that happen for you.
So what, perhaps, are you afraid of? What is keeping you from sharing the value of who you are and what your business is and what you're here to offer? Are you afraid of rejection? If that's the case, then let me tell you that even if someone says 'No, thank you' or 'No right now' or 'No, that isn't for me' or 'No, I don't know anyone', that's only in the moment.
And yet in the next day, the next week, the next month, or even a year from now, they might think and remember a conversation they had with you, or when you're really truly activating the power of connection, you'll stay in touch with them anyway because it isn't just about whether they can give you business or not -
it's about the business of connection through conversation.
So you stay in touch with them; they join your online community or you send them a note every once in a while or just drop them a line to see how they're doing. And then that next day, that next week, that next month or year or even more, they hear someone or something changes for themselves and they think, 'Let me get in touch, because now I am ready' or 'Now I have someone to send to you..'
Would that even have the possibility of happening if you didn't say a thing? No. No, it would not.
Would that even have the possibility of happening if you didn't value your network and every soul who's a part of it? No. No, it would not.
So you choose to develop your network, a sacred network, a priceless network and you develop it through a series of conversations. You develop it through a series of genuine, authentic, joyful, willing to connect conversations, and you do this by focusing your conversations on the other person - getting them to talk about their lives and business, literally asking questions and paying attention to the answers, and then responding.
As you do this, you can take this up even another level...
EnergyRICH Hint: You can take this up a notch by focusing your part of the conversation on ideas, on concepts, on things of a positive nature, on giving, on something that you want to share with the other person whether it has to do with your business or not. You hear something that they said and you say, 'Oh, that makes me think of an article...' or 'Oh, that makes me think of so-and-so...' or 'You really need to read this book...' 'I know this would really make a difference for you, or I have a sense it would, and I'd really like to share it with you...'
and then the connection has been made through conversation, and that conversation is now in a place where it is able to continue and continue and continue.
You will see this come back to you and waves and waves and rolls and rolls of abundance, because you have activated the power of conversation.
You have activated the power of possibility.
Again, very different than if you say nothing. It's the difference between a moment in time that then just dissolves and disappears and the ability and possibility for a lifelong relationship, for a lifelong exchange, for lifelong support.
It's the difference between closed energy because you are afraid, because you're activating lower-level energies, and
the difference from open, expansive energy that opens up the door to possibility after possibility after possibility after opportunity after opportunity after opportunity.
Your EnergyRICH® Call To Action
1)
Commit to at least one powerful, connected conversation
where you intentionally meet someone you've never met before - in the next 30 days. During this conversation you listen to them, you focus in on them, you allow them to talk about their lives and their businesses, you ask them questions, you pay rapt attention to their answers, and then you respond.
2)
At the end of that conversation, I want you to exchange information. Take their card, take their number, get their email and let them know that there's something you'll be sending them. Maybe it's a book or an article or someone else they can connect with that would be of benefit to them.
3) Follow up immediately - within 24 hours.
