by davefullmer » 23 Apr 2016, 01:05
I just read (skimmed) through this thread and the thought occurred to me that a true mentor is someone who has been through the minefield and is willing to mark out the path for safety.
Just today, I was talking with a referral of mine who 6 months ago was ready to quit a month after he started. I encouraged him to be patient and learn the progam and this week I found out that in a certain task, he had found out what to do and I didn't know how to do it myself. It turns out that our upline (would you believe oldbuddy himself) showed him how and I had to catch up. We talked about how much he had learned and because of what he learned, he would never quit the program.
2 points I am trying to make here maybe 3.
1. A month with a new program is not enough time to test the program out. I believe 6 months is the minimum commitment to see if the program will do what you expect.
2. A mentor who is willing to help is essential. Oldbuddy has proven that to me. The lessons he taught me back in 2006 while in a now defunct $10/month program have served me well for all these years. Both in website construction and modification, and in the use of Autoresponders.
and the third maybe point is this. My referral told me today that what OldBuddy taught me and I was able to share with him is keeping him busy helping his referrals. He also told me that he was having fun.
What more could we want than to build an organization where our people are learning how to be leaders themselves and having a ball doing it. Talk about retention factors!
--- 23 Apr 2016, 01:10 ---
One more thought. People who tell me they can't refer need to understand that once they refer one person, they know how to do it again. All they need to do is practice and it gets easier.
I just read (skimmed) through this thread and the thought occurred to me that a true mentor is someone who has been through the minefield and is willing to mark out the path for safety.
Just today, I was talking with a referral of mine who 6 months ago was ready to quit a month after he started. I encouraged him to be patient and learn the progam and this week I found out that in a certain task, he had found out what to do and I didn't know how to do it myself. It turns out that our upline (would you believe oldbuddy himself) showed him how and I had to catch up. We talked about how much he had learned and because of what he learned, he would never quit the program.
2 points I am trying to make here maybe 3.
1. A month with a new program is not enough time to test the program out. I believe 6 months is the minimum commitment to see if the program will do what you expect.
2. A mentor who is willing to help is essential. Oldbuddy has proven that to me. The lessons he taught me back in 2006 while in a now defunct $10/month program have served me well for all these years. Both in website construction and modification, and in the use of Autoresponders.
and the third maybe point is this. My referral told me today that what OldBuddy taught me and I was able to share with him is keeping him busy helping his referrals. He also told me that he was having fun.
What more could we want than to build an organization where our people are learning how to be leaders themselves and having a ball doing it. Talk about retention factors!
--- 23 Apr 2016, 01:10 ---
One more thought. People who tell me they can't refer need to understand that once they refer one person, they know how to do it again. All they need to do is practice and it gets easier.