Why successful people hang out with successful people
by Greg Milner on 24/07/08 at 1:57 am
At a seminar I gave on Monday in Brisbane, a salon owner took me aside after my talk and complained bitterly about how ‘tough things were out there’ and accused me of mis-representing the ‘true situation’ by only featuring stories about successful salon owners.
“The way you talk,” she said, “you’d think almost every salon owner is making money, when in fact the reverse is true. Most are scraping by week to week, or going broke…and I’m one of them!” she huffed.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
“So,” I told her as gently as my white knuckles and clenched teeth would allow, “you’d prefer to get this newsletter every week and waste your time reading sob stories and failure reports – of which there is ample supply - rather than actually finding out what works, from successful people who are actually doing it?”
She looked at me blankly, shocked and speechless. So I filled the gap. “And then, poisoned by tales of woe, you go to work and pour this toxic gloom and doom all over your staff like a sticky dark syrup… is there any wonder you’re having a miserable time?”
She shook her head and stormed off in a huff, a little dark cloud over her bowed head. Needless to say, this lady was not one of the dozen or more salon owners who joined our Inner Circle marketing and mentoring program that day.
So, in the interests of both rubbing the poor woman’s nose in it, and bringing some more light and inspiration in your life, here’s yet more compelling evidence that with the right tools (eg, the Toolkit that all Inner Circle members get) AND the right attitude about success, you too can mix with it with the Inner Circle members whose videos appear below.
And remember, it really is true that your income is an average of the income levels of your ten best friends and closest associates. What does that tell you? Hang out with successful people, not self-declared and self-perpetuating failures.
Drum roll please, for the Recession Busters!!!
| IC member Sandy Mott of Lunatic Fringe hair salon describes how her salon takings have leapt by over $100,000 in ten months…. | Rebecca Skehan of Gaia Hairdressing tells how she joined Inner Circle before opening her doors…. and her salon sales have increased steadily from day one, in spite of the ‘recession’, the weather, a change of government, Paris Hilton or any of a million other excuses for failure…. |
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A post by Greg Milner The odd idea, a bit of prodding, a nudge here and there, a little fun, and the occasional dose of brutal reality. Greg is co-founder and CEO of Worldwide Salon Marketing, a writer, direct response marketing consultant, specialist marketing systems adviser and coach. He (sometimes) accepts private consulting clients. |
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