"The pictures in your mind becomes the stories of your life."
Cody Bateman

I've been a National Sales Manager for OPEX Corporation, an international manufacturing company based in Moorestown, NJ, so I bring something to the table.

Here's how it works:

(1) What you think shapes the words you say, and (2) our words create images in our minds.

Stick around for the lesson.  I promise it can change your outlook.

Let's use my record in inviting people to join Active Rain as the example.  (The sales manager in my mind tells me I'm not doing such a good job at this.)  After all, in the year or so since I found this great community of bloggers...

• I've only invited 77 people to join Active Rain. 
• while Jeff Wilhems (Tucson, AZ) has sponsored 637 people into the AR Community!  (True!)
• Two thirds of my invitations were totally ignored.  (I'm just no good at sales.)
• I've only sponsored 29 people.
• Only four of them are taking it seriously.

That's the way most of us look at our accomplishments.  "I'm not so good at this."  "I should probably do something else."  "I'm not successful like so and so."

So we paint mental pictures of our reality.  We examine those pictures, and talk to our friends about them.  Pretty soon, discouraged, we quit and start all over again with something else.

Rewind the tape and start over!  "The pictures in your mind becomes the stories of your life."

Let's use different colors for the chart.  (Colors affect our perception, and as you've heard before, perception is reality.)

• Four of the people I've brought into AR have done a fantastic job at blogging and participating here in Active Rain.
• Those four account for 2,490 of my AR points!  (Newbies, you get 10% of the points your invitees generate.  Think of it as passive income you didn't have to work for.)
• 25 others have started out of the gate, and have contributed another 1,406 points to my multi-level marketing scheme.
• 48 never saw the value.

Since this is working so well for me, I'm going to spend some time today...

• commenting on the blogs of my four "Stars."  They're making me successful, after all.
• coaching the top two or three people in that group of 25 who "get it."
• inviting new people to join the Active Rain Real Estate Network.  I'm looking for more "Stars."
• painting a new picture in my mind.

"The pictures in your mind becomes the stories of your life."
Kody Bateman

I'm Mike in Tucson, your preferred Tucson, Arizona mortgage lender.

Think of me as your sales coach.  Feel free to re-blog this.  Call me to talk; I'll make time for you.