Many of us were told by our Mom and Dad to not talk to strangers. This is very good advice when you are growing up and it becomes very bad advice around the age of 14 or the day you start playing team sports for many reasons. It is also around this age that many of us start to show a sincere interest in the opposite sex and if you aren’t willing to talk to strangers you are bound to remain lonely and confused. When you enter the world of being employed the problems multiply!
Zig Ziglar once said that timid salespeople have skinny kids and experience has shown he’s right. Whenever you miss the chance to meet someone for the first time, otherwise known as talking to a stranger, your world has the chance to expand dramatically. There are degrees of separation and meeting new people changes those degrees and that separation. We know that statistically each of us knows 200 people +/-. If you were to meet 1 new person per day and took weekends off at the end of a year you would know 450 people +/-. If you sell anything you are going to make a lot more money and impact a lot more people. Stay in touch with these people and remind them how you met, who you are and what you do. Do this frequently and with a purpose.
I know that as I have aged I need to make it a point to stay in touch with people more often. To start with I don’t know when they won’t be around anymore and most people are like me in that they get busy and prioritize in different ways… ways that don’t always work. These people you know matter and make life richer in more ways than one!
If you don’t have a plan to meet these 5 new people per week call me. We will design a plan and I will show you how to stay on top of that plan and what you can make out of it. My name is Steven Clauson and I coach people who either want to come out of the stands and onto the field or are there and want to maximize their efforts. Are you in the stands or on the field of play? Winners have to get out of the stands. Tired of getting your ass kicked? Call me at 916-230-0176 or visit www.stevenclauson.com