#I feel so stupid saying I do media literacy workshops though

[degenezijde]

Had a date with the local library because they're booking me for a workshop on media literacy. I asked if they wanted to have more of a connection between the library and my work's stuff (which is a video archive), and sure, they'd put up a book display with books on media literacy.

Great! Fiction and non-fiction, right?

Oh, no, just non-fiction? Why would we have fiction on display?

... because... fiction can help pupils... connect with real world issues... such as cyberbullying, grooming, online friendships, video games, or even dystopias ruled by all knowing computers??

Anyway they were absolutely delighted by this suggestion and would never have thought of it

[mybizarrenwmadventure]

June 2021

I've been derailed for a few months. Two months, since I started teaching English to a group of Senior 3 girls. I've been struggling to get my English teacher brain back in order again, and I feel like a newbie all over again.

Anyway, I purchased a course from Ray Higdon about 3 weeks ago, wanting to get back in gear and wanting to do the TikToks that I said I would do. He had just put out a new course called 1-minute influencer and it was priced at a point that was painful but attainable, so I got it. It also had a 30-day money-back guarantee, which I thought I was totally going to get because the course interface was less impressive than the Network Marketing Pro one by Eric & Marina Worre. Also, I saw that he was repurposing some old stuff from other courses/workshops, but I didn't want to judge till I went through it. So I've gone through at least 80% of it, and some of it is meh, and some are really good. I think it may be worth keeping the course in order for me to ILT (invest learn teach).

The company is running a really great promo right now, which has kicked my butt back in action. Mostly getting the current people to get on board (it's a bit of a no-brainer), and surprisingly, I got interest from Uncle W. which came out of left-field. He's been following the stuff on our big whatsapp group. So I called him today and explained it to him. I sent him info and he asked me to email him the pdf attachment cos his phone couldn't open it, which shows high interest. So we'll see. I've learnt to detach myself from the outcomes.

The detachment comes much easier because I now have my online teaching gig. So I think psychologically, it's good for me to be doing these 2 things together although it really sucks the energy out of me. I was toying with the idea of doing more teaching gigs but I'm scared too.

Anyway, this promo thing has been a good kick in the butt for me. I've been contacting new people, and I even tried cold-prospecting on FB. While trying to order a vege box service, lol. Just saw people on there asking for info and I decided to pick one and message the person, an international schoolteacher in Ipoh. It's good practice. The more I do this prospecting thing, the less awkward it feels. I just ask the question, and detach. If they say send, I send. If they say no, I'm like, ok. It used to crush me when they would avoid me or whatever. Just felt bad, even though I knew it was part and parcel of this thing called word-of-mouth marketing.

You have to go for the no's. Some guy early on in my personal dev quest was like, "no's are for losers" and I really believed it. Stupid thing to believe. Statistics don't lie. Even the best barely change the odds. I can't remember the exact figure but I remember BK saying something like 8 no's before you get 2 yes's or something. So the mindset shift is... love the no's because it's getting you closer to the yes.

So I'm still on this bizarre adventure, requiring me to do things that goes against my grain. Like talking to a lot of people. And then asking them to buy something. But I also realise that it's making me grow in ways that I wouldn't have otherwise.

Some days, I feel like ugh, I hate this.

Some days, I feel good about it all.

I like a lot about where I'm at, and the team I'm in. I wish I were a bigger contributor, but I'm doing as much as I humanly can at the moment. This company feels right for me. I want to make something of this, even if it's just a small slice of the pie. I don't know if I'll ever get to legacy level, maybe if I keep at it I'll get there when I'm 80. I dunno! I'd be happy if I could get a stable income. But as D says, "you need more bodies!" (more associates in the tree). She's left me alone for now. I'm really grateful that she just lets me be. I should drop her a note actually. Will do it now before I head to bed.

I also realised one very important thing. The hurdle I have to cross is not the people saying no, or fear of rejection (well, that was true and real in the beginning) but I'm starting to get used to it. I haven't even really gotten real rejection because I don't follow up well, and because of that, I don't even get to collect a rejection. I've decided to work on that for now.

To do: Always collect a decision. Then move on.

Another good one to remember: this business loves momentum. If the fire is constantly being switched on and off, the water will never boil. A slow boil will get me there, and not bursts of high fire.

My initial crazy 10 a day prospecting was killing me. I couldn't keep up and it was frazzling to my nerves. I think if I kept it to a minimum of 1 new person a day, every day, that I connect with, that would serve me better than 10 for 2 weeks and then hiding for 2 months afterwards because of how afraid I am to feel crazed.

Also, I'm going to avoid pitching close friends because their non-response and lack of even moral support makes me negative about them, which I don't like. I'm like, "why can't you just tell me no nicely?" Maybe they just don't know how to do it, so they just keep quiet. I do still feel it's rude to not just say something, anything, so I think to avoid feeling this way, I'll just forget about them. Not everyone's warm market is warm! I think I will do better with those I'm not so close with. And probably cold prospecting on social media, when I eventually get round to doing it consistently.

The problem with me and putting out videos is that I don't have a message. I don't know what I want to be known for. To be putting out value consistently requires passion about a topic. I don't currently have that.

At first I was fired up about ... I help people gain financial literacy! But that's something I have to actually put effort into learning and I can't at the moment because I'm putting all this effort into learning teaching English all over again.

I still like the financial literacy idea because it gels well with pitching a business opp, which is what I want to do. I'll get to it. I just have to make space for it. I think I'm getting more comfortable with the teaching stuff. I don't feel as stressed out as before. So soon I'll be able to do the financial literacy thing and start creating content around it.

Takeaways for today from Ray's training.

CONSISTENCY

MOMENTUM

BE A HUMAN