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bessnfloyd
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Posted: Sat Mar 31st, 2007 03:33 am |
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From a Tupperware manager:
Someone once said, “The only thing constant is change.” The direct sales industry is certainly no exception.
Change can be exciting. It can be a new line of products, or a new promotion to share with our customers and it is always easier to be in touch with them when we have something new to talk about, right?
Change can also be upsetting. A favorite product is discontinued. A new product line is incorporated that is nothing like what we traditionally offer. A policy change from Home Office means you have to do things differently. A `hot shot' from another part of the country transfers to your town and decides to do business in a way that is different than you. A product is advertised on TV for a sale price, and you cannot offer it on sale at this time.
When change occurs you have basically two choices.
(1) Embrace the change, adapt, stay positive and keep moving forward.
W(2) Whine, complain, stomp your feet, write emails and gossip to others about your frustration.
I know, I know, I am simplifying things. I can hear you already…”But you don't understand - this is different…I have been SO WRONGED.” And maybe you have been. Maybe that change from home office is something they don't realize will affect things in the field so negatively.
However, the choice is yours and we encourage you to pick your battles wisely. You can, potentially, waste huge amounts of time getting hung up on things that, in the big scheme of things, really don't matter all that much. And the worst part of it is, the negativity you feel will fester and grow into something really ugly and unproductive. It has the potential to spread like a virus throughout your organization and that is NOT what you want.
The thing about change is this - the only thing about change you can control is the way YOU react to it, and that choice is yours and yours alone.
If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out to a financial desert and there let you choke on the dust of your own regret - Jim Rohn
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Bess W.
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