Be on a mission, but don't be a missionary

Mother Theresa was a wonderful person, and the world was certainly a better place because she was here.

However, remember that she was all about charity, and you should be about growing your business.

Don't hear me wrong. Community service and "giving back" are highly recommended, but when growing your business, remember to be on a mission, and not to become a missionary.

What do I mean by that?

Well, when you are growing your business, you should be focusing on doing productive, meaningful things that will help you increase revenue.

If you are expending valuable resources (i.e. time, energy, and money) on people and things that do not want to, or cannot help you generate revenue, you need to stop it.

For instance, some people that are network marketers spend a lot of time and energy pursuing people that have said 'no' to their products or income opportunity.

The person that says "I'm not interested" is not the one that network marketers tend to spin their wheels on. It is the people who say things like "I cannot do that," or "I don't know anybody," or "I can't afford it" are the ones that network marketers tend to waste resources on.

Let me tell you a quick story about two Greek oyster fisherman. Their names are Artemis, and Spiros.

Artemis was a very well-to-do oyster fisherman, while his long-time buddy, Spiros, struggled to feed his family.

One day Spiros asked Artemis if he could accompany him on an oyster catch so that he can learn his 'secrets'.

Artemis was more than happy to oblige.

So when they went to catch oysters, they got on their boat, went out to Artemis' favorite spot next to some rocks where the water is not too deep, and they both dived and got started scooping up oysters and placing them in their net bags.

They both caught a whole lot of oysters.

They got back to the beach, and Artemis started cracking open oysters like crazy looking for pearls. Those that didn't have pearls were cast into a large bins.

Spiros was amazed by how fast Artemis was going through his oysters. So, Spiros got started.

When he cracked open his first oyster, there was no pearl.

Spiros started singing begging and pleading with the oyster to give him a pearl.

While he begging and pleading, Artemis was busy going through his oysters. Artemis actually found a couple of pearls. Artemis was really excited about cashing in his pearls for some cash so that he can continue to buy nice things for his family.

When the day was done, Spiros was still pleading with the same oyster...

The moral of the story is that you have to keep going through prospects (oysters) to get customers and distributors (pearls).

Remember, some will...some won't...so what? Somebody else is always waiting.

Be on a mission to grow your business. Do not be a missionary to try to 'save' people who don't want to be saved with your product or your business opportunity.