Mentoring an Upline and Downline
Who Deserves Your Mialisia Mentoring Time?
Heard a great quote over the weekend from the great Jim Rohn "Spend time with people who deserve your time rather than the people that need your time". Can sound a little uncaring at first, right? The principle behind it is just the opposite. A designer's personal care/interest in making the most of this opportunity will be evident by those who are putting in the consistent effort. As a leader, you must spend your time with those people who show their care first by doing their part. We often talk about the responsibilities of an upline to their downline, and these are real and vital. I wished we also talked about the responsibility of the downline to the upline mentors. Notice I didn't just say "upline". Your title or hierarchy level does not in and of itself make you a mentor or a leader. The focus of this post is regarding those that want to be mentored. Mentoring is a partnership and involves a two-way commitment to a process of improvement.
Think of it this way. You want to get stronger. You know going to the gym with a personal trainer can yeild the best results. The trainer is a pro, knows how to best develop muscles, knows how to really push you to lift weights that you didn't even know you could lift...getting you to achieve results you didn't know you could get . However, to enable this trainer to get the most of your workout you have to do your part. This involves getting your butt to the gym to show that you are ready to be trained. It shows discipline. It shows interest. It shows commitment. All necessary ingredients in order for that trainer to give you the best of his time and session. Telling her/him over the phone or on a Facebook PM may be a start but isn't enough.
In your direct sales business, you "earn" a Mialisia mentor's time by doing your part first. How:
1) You are plugged in to all the incredible training being offered. Most of the sales field questions were already answered or trained on. For example, if a new designer has questions about how to set up a fashion event, they better have already watched the two introduction videos . We don't want our trainers time to be spent saying the same things over and over. We want it to be by answering the questions you can't seem to find on your own after a faithful effort.
3) And finally, you must have a good attitude. The most repelling thing in life is not the smell of a run over skunk...it is the stench that comes from a negative or self-defeating attitude. A trainer may put up with you on the initial workout but she will never reschedule another session if the last session was all about whining about how far you had to drive to get to the gym, complaining about how much you sweat during workouts. I call all this Stinkin' Thinkin'
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Want more training, here are four incredible videos taught by Arianne on Fashion Event Fundamentals
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Want more training, here are four incredible videos taught by Arianne on Fashion Event Fundamentals
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