Open the Door
I just heard this story at a “Master Your Influence” training and I instantly messaged my friend and told her they were talking about us! There was a mom and daughter selling chocolate cakes to the neighborhood to earn money for the daughter. They knocked on the door to a willing buyer. The buyer sneaked a $100 bill in the middle of 9 $1 bills when he payed for the $10 cake. He quickly shut the door and turned off the light hoping that they would leave and later find the money and be grateful. It didn’t work out that way. The mom looked at the money closely and started knocking on the door wildly. The buyer did his best to convince the seller to take the money. The seller just couldn’t justify selling a $10 cake for $100. It didn’t feel honest, it felt like charity and so on. Eventually the buyer explained that he wanted to give this gift. They had a goal to earn $100 and it just happened sooner than expected. At this same training we all had the opportunity to put a “Vision Board Entry” on a big wall at the training event. The instructions said; Write