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Michael Angel Martin

A Disturbing Flashback…

Every week I hangout at Starbucks for a couple of hours during my daughter's theater class.

And believe it or not, I actually get a lot done there.

Must be all that coffee aroma that gets my brain neurons firing.

Anyways, last week I'm standing at the counter, waiting for my triple espresso grande caramel macchiato, as I hear the following exchange between the baristas…

“Would you rather clean the bathroom or sweep the floor?”

“Umm, I think I'll do the floors this time.”

Good choice buddy, I would have picked the floors too 😉

And my almost knee jerk reaction was to jump in and say…

Are you open to doing anything else?

In fact…

I often find myself thinking this every time I'm at the store, the mall, the airport, the car wash or anywhere else I go.

Even though it's been a very, very long time since I've prospected anyone like that.

But I've done it for so long, that these disturbing flashbacks will probably haunt me forever.

Why do I say they're “disturbing”?

Well, if you've done it enough times, ‘ya know what I'm talking about.

You prospect a guy (or a gal) behind the counter, and they say – Yeah, I am open.

So you get their number.

Then you call them back and set up an appointment.

And you get all excited as you count the monee in your head, because you're gonna do this 10 times a day, and recruit all these people and you will be rich before the year is over.

And you're going to prove all your relatives WRONG, that you're not crazy for doing this thing.

And then…  7 out 10 times they don't show up.

And the 9 out of 10 that do show up, look at you like you've got a third eye as you explain the system and that they have to pay to join.

And then somewhere in there, there is that rare person who is the one percenter, if you ever get to them.

Now, I know, I know there are exceptions.

Mike Dillard was a waiter at PF Changs.

And I personally know a whole slew of people who were waiters, carpenters, mechanics, bouncers, etc… and became obnoxiously wealthy.

BUT…

You will have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a stud (or a studette) doin' it this way.

You see, people who are destined for greatness, may be working a dead-end
J-O-B temporarily… but they are out there searching and looking.

And the only way you can get to them without losing your sanity, is to create a system that attracts these kinds of people to you.

Now if striking up conversations with strangers at Starbucks is your thang, more power to you.

But if it's not…

Try attraction marketing instead.

It's a heckuva lot less stressful and IMO… a much more productive use of your precious time.

Until Next Time,

michaelmartin

 

 

 

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