The CA2020 Core Team: Shameless Self-Promoters Part II

As promised in the first part of this blog, I am now going to share with you the reasons why people have issues with sales and promotion as stated by T. Harv Eker. Maybe you can relate to one or more of the following:

• Maybe at some point in your life, someone did the "hard" sell on you. Maybe they caught you at an inopportune time. Or maybe they wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Whatever it was, it's important to recognize that it happened in the past. Holding on to it isn't serving you today.

• Maybe somebody rejected you when you tried to sell them something. In this case, when you resent promotion, you're projecting your own fear of failure and rejection. Again, realize that the past does not necessarily equal the future.
  
• Maybe your parents taught you that it was wrong to "toot your own horn." Well, who's going to toot your horn if you don't? This is one of the most important secrets I'm going to tell you: Rich people toot their own horns loud and often. And they're very, very good at it.

• Some people think promotion is beneath them. I call this the high-and-mighty syndrome. Otherwise known as the "Aren't I so special?" attitude. This attitude says that if people want what you have, they should somehow come and find you. When somebody has this attitude, they think that what they have is so special customers will scour the land looking for it.

This is the hard truth: the marketplace is crowded with products and services, and even if yours is the best, no one will ever know if you're too snooty to tell anyone. If you have an issue with selling and promoting, take a look at your beliefs. Do you really believe in your value? Do you really believe in the product or service you're offering? Do you really believe it can benefit people? Then you have a duty--an obligation--to sell and promote it. Imagine, for a moment that you had a cure for cancer. Then imagine you met someone who had one. Would you hide it from them? Would you wait for them to read your mind before you granted them your secret? Or would you jump at the chance to tell them about this miracle that could end their suffering? The same is true with anything else you're offering. If you can add value to people's lives, you're cheating them if you don't do everything you can to tell as many people as possible about it.

Allow me to repeat my invitation in Part I. The Core Team is for people who believe in themselves and their value. The Core Team is composed of people who know that they deserve to be rich because they add value to other people's lives. If you want to get over this limiting belief, you are welcome to participate in our gatherings and be coached on how to make your value known to others.