I CAN NOT BELIEVE IT!!
I am not officially a Ruby with It Works!
Let me just be real with all of you as to why this is such a huge deal. I am not a sales person by any stretch of the imagination. I couldn't sell a naked person in Antarctica a jacket; I am that bad. Not even joking. I am a people-pleaser by nature. I do everything to meet their needs most times at my expense. So, like I said, this is a BIG deal. I wanted to take some time and share my journey with you. The good, the struggle, and the awe.
So when I started this journey, I wasn't even thinking about becoming a distributor. It was more of this red headed health nut wanting to help get all my fruits and veggies in during the day. Hello Greens on the Go. That was all it took and I was hooked. I started to feel so much better each day I took them and new there was something different about this stuff. It was doing so much for me that I tried other products. And fell in love with each one I tried.
I started to think about becoming a distributor but kept telling myself I couldn't do this; I wasn't cut out for it. I would never be able to reach any sort of high rank, let alone sign a customer up. Some how my best friend was able to get me to just commit and take a step of faith. And what a step of faith it has been ever since. I made a goal that all I wanted was to be able to pay for my gas each month since I had a full time job. And the first month I did that. I signed a bunch of customers right out of the gate. I was pumped I was excited! I hadn't been able to sign a distributor but figured it would come. Then the next month, I signed up maybe two more customers still paying for my gas for the month, but still no distributors. I started to get nervous. I figured maybe all I will ever be is a distributor and thought that was alright because at least I was paying for my gas. I knew I was shy and talking to people wasn't a forte for mine.
That next month nothing. No customers. No distributors. But STILL paid for my gas for the entire month. That is why the fear set in; I thought I had exhausted all my resources. I wasn't really sure what to do next, but held onto the hope it would turn around.
The next 3 months it was the pretty much the same story, I think I signed one customer in that time frame, BUT my gas was still being paid for each month. I think that fact kept me trusting God and knowing that I could do this. I hadn't failed yet; I was still making ends meet. That didn't ease the fear or panic that I was feeling. And if you are in the place right now: I FEEL YOU. I know that moment of panic you are in, that dark place you go to thinking it won't work for you. That you are watching other people on your team succeed and you look at yourself and feel ashamed your aren't making it happen. I know. I was there and some days it does come back and sits in the back of my mind.
That being said; we are now at the 7 month mark. I started to overcome my fear (not by Mt Everest standards, probably more rather large hill standard) of talking to new people. I start opening up more in hopes that I would be able to succeed just once. I managed to sign a customer that wasn't a friend and then it happened: distributors. I got two distributors!! Not much but for me it meant a TON. It was such a great feeling then from there it took off. I have managed to talk to more people and those distributors have really hit the ground running. They are blowing me out of the water, and this time I am ok with it. I know that it is alright for them to do better than me because we are a team. And we all are there to help each other out.
It may have taken me 8 to 9 months to get to this point, but it was worth the wait on this one. I am amazed out how things work out. I can't even imagine it getting any better than this. I had the realization when I double promoted that now I will be making an average of $600 a month!! I will be able to change from just paying my gas to paying a loan payment!!! I will be able to pay my loans off that much faster now. Not only that but I am also blocked in for Emerald which would be an average of $1,000 a month! I never dreamed that I would ever be in this position. I didn't think I would have wait it takes. Those 3-4 months of nothing had me second guessing my choice. I am still in shock that I have accomplished this. I still can't believe that I have the chance to keep going further. I am excited to see what can happen and what God has in store for me. To see how I am going to continue to grow as a person and the fears I will be able to overcome.
Am I still afraid? Absol-freaking-lutely. Do I still doubt myself? Some days yes.
Am I going to give up? Not by a long shot.
I encourage you to find the path that fits you best with whatever area of life you are in. You are made for greatness. Don't you for ONE second think that you are not. We don't all have to be a sales person. Some of us are just better suited to dig in the dirt of life and find the gemstones.
Blessings,
Ali
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