Listen "Stop Kicking The Can Down The Road Direct Sales Leaders"
Episode Synopsis
Hey leaders. Welcome to episode 84! I’m so glad you’re here. I truly appreciate you tuning in each week. If we’re not connected yet on Instagram you can find me @yourcrazybgidreams. And if you want to check out any previous podcast episodes you can find them all by category at crazybigdreams.biz/podcast. You can click on these links in the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/84. Ok, so today’s topic is really about taking action. I’m here to help you recognize where you may be avoiding action and invite you to act. Stay with me. There are times when we kick the can down the road. Right?! We’re avoiding something because it’s uncomfortable. It requires us to access parts of us that we don’t normally or don’t like to access. And by kicking the can down the road it means we’re just delaying the inevitable. We’re just postponing this thing we’re avoiding. Why? Because we hope it will just go away. We’re hoping if we ignore it long enough we won’t have to deal with it. Someone else will. It will resolve itself. It will be forgotten. I’m here to ask you to recognize this within yourself. Is there something or someone you’re avoiding or postponing? Are you giving yourself reasons or excuses why now is not the right time? Some of the areas even savvy, high-achieving direct sales leaders are kicking the can down the road are related to people in some way. A person, a teammate, a peer, and typically it has to do with a difficult conversation. There seem to be circumstances when leaders don’t want to hold some people accountable. Most of the time it has to do with their past relationship before joining in business together. It’s typically isolated to a select few people or even just one person. It’s a dynamic where they just don’t want to go there with the accountability or simply have conversations about their business and activity. It feels….uncomfortable. Can you relate? Is it easy to just keep kicking the can? Maybe in the moment. But it’s costing you a lot of energy. It’s costing the quality of your relationship. It’s costing the results of both your businesses. Here’s your invitation to stop kicking the can down the road. Stop avoiding. Many times, you simply need the right words to converse with this person. And other times leaders get more comfortable when they weigh the consequences and opportunities. I promise the advantages of communicating far outweigh any consequences. Especially when you approach this person with honesty and grace. Here’s an option for you to think about. Let’s say your person’s name is Alicia. Alicia, there’s something that I would love to talk with you about. I’ve been kicking a can down the road and avoiding chatting with you about this. I fear it’s costing us both results and a more authentic & genuine friendship. I don’t really talk with you much about your XYZ business because I’m concerned about how it will be perceived. I don’t want it to interfere with our friendship. At the same time, I know you joined because…..And I would love to help you with that. Take the next important steps and go to crazybigdreams.biz/84 for the rest of this episode and all the links.
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