How Talking To Yourself Can Lead To MLM Success

Do You Talk To Yourself?

More specifically, have you ever held yourself back, and finally given yourself permission to do something you always knew you could, but never had tried?
 

I’m the second oldest of 11 kids. Raised dirt poor and loaded with in home responsibilities. Inside the house, I was often in charge and able to help manage the house and kids. Outside, such as in school, I was super shy, poorly dressed, and hardly noticed.

We moved and I changed schools when I was 17, at which time I talked to myself. I decided I wasn’t going to be shy and unpopular anymore. At this point in my life, this was the hardest thing I had ever done.

I walked to school that first day with my heart in my throat. I put a smile on my face and held my head high.

During Spirit Week, I dressed up and went along every single day. On Opposite Day, I went so far as to even wear a bra backward, stuffing it well so I had 2 lumps on my back all day long. That was the turning point (partly because it took ALL my courage) and really got me noticed. From then on I was ‘cool’.

I spoke up when I had something relevant to add to the conversation, instead of holding my tongue. I joked with the ‘popular’ kids. I went out for sports (not a pretty sight), and put all I had into it. I went to my first school dance, at 17.

I can tell you with 100% honesty that NONE of that stuff came easy in the beginning. Inside I was screaming at myself, wondering what the heck I was doing. “Who do you think you are???” But I didn’t let that show, instead I calmed myself and pretended I was at home, and these were my family.

Did I change who I was?

I was still exactly the same person inside. The difference was that I was finally letting others see who that was. I was fun. I could be funny when I wanted. I was smart. I just never let anyone see those things before, well not many outside of my house that is…

That unlocked something inside of me. I soon found that people liked ME. All I was doing was being myself, out loud.

Have you ever heard the term “Live Out Loud“? That is what I started to learn that year.

What pushed me to this point?

I was so sick of the way I saw myself. I was tired of hiding who I was. I was suffocating myself and I was only 17! I looked around and really started watching people for about a year before I broke free. What made some kids ‘popular’ and others hide in the back of the room?

The shy kids were amazing people…  if they let you get to know them. The only difference was in their own head. They were all unique, but the ones who were popular let that show, the ones who weren’t… didn’t.

Behold The Beauty!

Let others see your beautiful uniqueness. Talk to yourself. Give yourself permission to shine.

You have so much to offer people. You have had experiences, and learned things from them, that others have not.

Are you so selfish that you would not allow others to learn the lessons from your stories, rather than have to suffer and learn them the hard way, on their own?

One of the most important gifts you can give someone is yourself.

Let’s look at a couple of examples. Mike Dillard struggled and overcame. What if he had kept the lessons he learned to himself, or only his team? But he didn’t, he gave the gift of himself to anyone willing to listen.

Look at some of the authors of timeless books, such as Dale Carnegie. Can you imagine if he had kept all those secrets to himself, or only to those who took his course? He gave the gift of what he’d learned to the world in books that (over 70 years later) are STILL changing & improving lives.

Why not you? You have so much to offer.

You know those times you hear a story, and you have the answer they are looking for…? Speak up! Share yourself with the world. You’ll soon find that the world will accept you and love you for it.

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