It seems that nearly everyone I know suffers from seasonal allergies. Prior to moving to Arizona, I did not.
When I moved to Arizona, everyone I met advised me, “If you don’t have allergies now, you will within two years.” They were right!
Some people believe that if they live in the desert, they won’t have allergies. Wrong! Here in Arizona, pollen is carried by the wind, whereas in California, for instance, most pollen is carried by insects from plant to plant, therefore fewer for us to breathe in. Plus as the population of Arizona has increased non-native plants such as olive and mulberry trees have been introduced to the area, causing problems for sensitive people.
The symptoms of allergic rhinitis can be very mild to severe. Those with Asthma especially suffer from seasonal allergies.
The most common symptoms of allergic rhinitis include: sneezing, runny or stuffy nose, watery eyes, itchy sinuses, throat, eyes, or ear canals, ear congestion and postnasal drainage. Less common symptoms may include: headache, shortness of breath, coughing, or wheezing.
There are many prescription and over-the-counter medications available to treat allergies, and there are also many natural remedies. Neti Pots, saline spray, LOCAL honey, Hepa filters (for indoor allergies), which have proven results for many – but not all people. There are also supplements such as spirulina, eyebright, and goldenseal, and bromelain that some people say relieve their symptoms. Because supplements are not standardized nor are they FDA approved, check with your doctor before taking them.
There are many indoor allergens as well. Those who suffer chronically from indoor allergies should keep their home especially clean. An estimated 50 million Americans are allergic to everything from dust and dander, to mold and mites.
Every home has potential allergens, but there are five that trigger the most indoor allergies:
· Dust can be made up of many things, each of which can trigger indoor allergies. Tiny bits of plants, skin, soil, insects, food, fibers, and animal matter can all be part of dust.
· Dust mite droppings are the most common trigger of allergy and asthma symptoms. Dust mites can live throughout our homes – in carpeting, rugs, upholstered furniture, for instance - the most concentrated amounts are found in our beds. They live on human dander (dead skin flakes). They must have high humidity to survive. (I was curious where dust mites come from, so I looked it up. They occur naturally and can appear in nearly all homes. The higher the humidity is in a home, the higher the higher the concentrations of dust mites in a home. Dust mites do not drink water like we do; they absorb moisture from the air.
· Mold and mildew thrive in high humidity. Mold is most frequently found in places like bathrooms or damp basements. Mold and mildew shed tiny spores -- and it is these spores that trigger indoor allergy symptoms.
· For those with pet allergies, the cat’s or dog’s hair is not the culprit. The allergic reaction to pets is actually caused by a tiny protein in an animal’s saliva. Pet allergies can also be triggered by dander. Pet dander is sticky and light, so it will attach to our clothes, shoes and hair. Then it can be carried anywhere.
· Like dust, cockroaches can be found nearly everywhere. Again, it isn’t the roach itself that triggers the allergic reaction. The potential allergen is a protein found in the cockroach’s droppings.
When I was young, I don’t remember so many people having allergies. Was it not recognized/diagnosed as frequently, or could it be that the allergens themselves have increased along with the population?
Do you have allergies?
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Do Not Allow Your Barber to Pull Your Teeth
Dental Discount Plans are Gaining in Popularity, and
Dentists Love it!
There are millions
of Americans with some type of discount health plan cards. The plans are rapidly increasing in popularity. There are also health discount cards that can
save people money on many of their health care needs. In this particular post,
I am addressing only the Discount Dental Plan Cards.
There are many
companies that offer Discount Dental Plans today at varying costs and with
different discounts. My company, Xpress
Healthcare is growing their membership dramatically. (We only operate in the USA.) Xpress’ Dental Plan is only $19.95 per
month/per FAMILY! Several other
discount benefits are included in the Dental Plan, but as I mentioned, I am
writing only about Dental Plans right now.
More dentists
are contracting with Discount Dental Plan companies every day. There are two great benefits to the dentists
if they accept discount cards. 1) They
likely will gain more new patients; and 2) They are paid on the day of
service. Unlike with dental insurance,
there are no claim forms to file, and it doesn’t take weeks for the dentist to
get paid since plan members pay at the time of service.
Dental plans
appeal to individuals, families and businesses, because they offer discounts on
nearly all dental services, including cosmetic procedures, which are usually
not covered by traditional dental insurance plans or Medicare. Procedures such
as crowns, caps and veneers are often not covered at all by dental insurance,
but if they are, the patient will still have to pay a large percentage of the
cost out of pocket.
My husband and
I both had dental procedures done last year.
With our Dental Discount Card, we saved about $1000 in 2013. The public
is beginning to realize that the low monthly fee could easily be covered by
their dental discounts even if they need only one procedure during the year. If they have a family plan – at no additional
fee with Xpress Healthcare – just getting their X-rays, cleaning and exams can
pay for the cost of the membership – sometimes many times over.
Using Discount
Dental Cards is simple. Once a member
joins (no one can be turned down),
they will locate a dental provider in their area using an online list. The member enters their zip code, and a list
of dentists in that area will appear. They
decide upon a dentist, schedule an appointment and show their membership card
at the dentist’s office to receive an immediate discount. Xpress Healthcare and some other companies
use the Aetna Dental provider network, so you know there are plenty from which
to choose.
The percentage
of discounts may vary based upon the member’s location and what treatment they receive. In general, discounts range from 15% to 50%
of the dentist’s usual and customary rate
(UCR).
Over the years,
those using the discount plans have grown from only individuals and families to
small businesses, large organizations, labor unions, colleges and more to
reduce the ever-increasing costs and to maintain satisfied employees.
The Affordable
Care Act (and Medicare) does not require adult dental care, so “Obamacare” does
not change anything when it comes to adult dental treatment for most people. In some States adult dental care is included
in their insurance, but not for the vast majority.
Uninsured
adults can, of course, choose to purchase a dental insurance policy;
however, dental insurance is expensive and has many limitations as to what it
covers.
Any dentist
will tell you that dental health care is vital to good overall health. In fact, tooth decay is one of the most
widespread diseases in the country. Using Discount Dental Plans, patients who have
neglected their teeth can receive treatment and learn good dental habits.
I’m sure you
can see that it is a win-win situation for both plan members and dentists who
accept Discount Dental Plans.
Discount
Plans are NOT insurance. They provide discounts at providers within their
contracted network. The plans make no
payments to providers.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Fire, an Amazing Phenomenon
While we watch and wait while the Brown Fire (burning near my
community) continues to burn, I began to wonder about fire and decided to do a
bit of research. (See my blog, “On Edge –
Again.) At nighttime, when we look
toward the fire, it is a beautiful sight, but at the same time frightening. It really is an amazing phenomenon.
Here are a few things I learned about fires.
A fire requires three elements to exist: a Heat source, a Fuel source, and an Oxygen
source. (I learned that in grammar school.) When these three elements come
together, a chain reaction occurs, oxidization (combustion).
Once a fire begins, it produces its own heat and draws air
into the fire. As the temperature rises, other materials may reach their
ignition temperature and become fuel for the fire. In this way, the chain reaction
continues. It will continue until one of
the elements is removed (cooled, starved, or smothered).
When weather conditions are dry and hot enough, brushfires and
wildfires, the conditions prepare the fuel (trees, brush, leaf litter, etc.) so
it will burn readily. Fires may be
caused by a natural (e.g. lightning) or be man-made (e.g. discarded cigarette)
source. It has been determined
that the one burning in my area was man-made as was the one in 2011.
A wild fire can create its own weather system. A large amount
of rising heat and air causes more air to be drawn into the fire, and can
create a rising vortex which builds upon itself, growing bigger and stronger.
They can jump around and change direction just like a regular storm tornado.
They can occur at a large structure fire also.
If a fire gets big enough, it can heat up the air in the
center of the fire so hot and quickly that it sucks in more air along the
ground. As the amount of air being
sucked in increases, the wind increases, further drying out the fuel along the
perimeter of the fires. In extreme
cases, it can actually suck in fuel. As
more air is drawn in, more oxygen is available for the fire to continue and grow
in size.
At this point, the fire becomes self-sustaining and will stop
only when it runs out of flammable fuel, or if people are able to stop it. These large, uncontrollable fires most often
occur in the more arid areas of the United States and other countries where
rainfall averages are very low. In areas such as these, the weather is naturally
dry with very low dew points. Combining
drought conditions with all of the other naturally occurring factors, a single
spark could ignite a fire.
Wild fires and brush fires are difficult to stop, because firefighters
usually cannot get enough water to cool the fire below its ignition
temperature. In addition, as I mentioned
above, brush fires create their own weather as they grow in size, causing the
air around them to become super-heated, preventing the water used by the
firefighters from cooling it down enough to be extinguished. In fact, the ground floor may harbor the heat
and embers keeping the fire alive.
Most wild land firefighters form fire breaks
in the land, allowing the fire to burn itself out. With structural fires, firefighters try to
protect exposures such as homes against any embers flying around.
Reading and learning more about fires makes me
appreciate the many brave firefighters even more than I already did. When everyone else is running FROM a fire,
they are running toward it.
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On Edge – Again
Those of you who have read my blogs for a while may
remember that a couple years ago, there was a massive fire in the mountains by
my home. The fire spread quickly, jumped
major highways, and burned many homes and business.
Over 7000 residents were evacuated from their homes, not
knowing if they would have a home to come back to. My husband and I were among the
evacuees. We were fortunate to have
friends who took us in the first couple days.
Then, they too were evacuated, and other friends allowed us to stay with
them. We were evacuated for a total of a
week. It was a very frightening time.
When we were finally allowed to go home, we really didn’t
know if our home was still there. As we
drove out toward home, we cried seeing miles and miles of charred trees and
bushes. A 100-year-old bar (part of the
“old west,” was burned to the ground.
We were among the fortunate ones. The fire burned to about a block from our
house and made a turn north away from it.
Our house was as we left it.
This past Sunday, another fire started high up in the
mountains – the same mountains, but in an area that had never been burned
before, so there is plenty of fuel for it to burn. I am sitting on edge, very nervous that the
fire will, once again, descend to the bottom again. I am tracking the news closely, and I am
posting the latest update below.
April 15 2014 - 9 am update
The fire has grown and has officially been designated a Type
1 fire. That is the highest fire designation.
A Type 1 fire means a national firefighting team will take over
management of the fire from the local Forest Service fire fighters, which
are a Type 3 response level team. Approximately 500 people will be arriving to
fight the fire by Wednesday along with other assets, including air support.
Overview: The
Brown Fire started on U.S. Army Fort Huachuca on April 13 and burned onto the
Coronado National Forest at approximately 11am on April 14. It is burning in a
bowl at the top of Sheelite Canyon.
Size: approximately
366 acres
Containment: 0%
Growth Potential: moderate
Fire Behavior: Active fire. Short runs.
Isolated torching with short range spotting.
Threats: No
structures are threatened at this time.
Objectives: 1.
Firefighter and public safety 2. Minimize impact to Ft. Huachuca Ramsey Canyon
and The Nature Conservancy 3. Appropriate suppression costs commensurate with
values at risk 4. Sensitivity to wilderness values and threatened and
endangered species
Tuesday's Activity:
Firefighters are being shuttled to the fire by helicopter where
they will construct fire line. Air tankers will drop fire retardant and
helicopters will drop buckets of water on the fire to minimize the fire's
spread and support firefighters' efforts.
Clay Templin's Type 1 Southwest Incident Management Team has been
ordered. Transfer of command will occur today at 6 pm.
Resources: Approximately
240 personnel are assigned including:
5 hotshot crews on scene -
Ironwood IHC Silver City IHC Mesa IHC Prescott IHC Gila IHC
Arizona State Forestry
Division Ft. Grant crew
Coronado NF crew 5 short
crew
2 Single Engine Air
Tankers (SEATs)
2 P2V air tankers
1 Very Large Air Tanker/DC
10 (VLAT)
1 Type 3 helicopter
1 Type 2 helicopter
(1 one Type 1 helicopter
en route 1 Type 3 helicopter ordered 3 Type 2 helicopters ordered)
1 Type 3 engine 2 Type 6
engines 2 water tenders miscellaneous overhead
Fuels: The
fire is burning at the upper elevations in brush and timber.
Terrain: steep
rugged inaccessible terrain.
Weather: A
Fire Weather Watch is predicted on Wednesday. Low humidity and high winds
combined with drought conditions will result in unfavorable conditions.
Questions That Make Me Say Hmmm?
How important does a person have to be before
they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
Why is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway...
Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural?
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Why, Why, Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four
billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my FAVORITE.........
The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
What disease did cured ham actually have?
Why is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours?
Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway...
Why is 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural?
Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him?
Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?
Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Why, Why, Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?
Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four
billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?
Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?
Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
Why do people keep running over a thread a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?
Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?
How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?
Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?
In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?
And my FAVORITE.........
The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you.
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Accidental Discoveries
Nobel prize-winning biochemist Albert
Szent-Györgyi said, “A discovery is said
to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.”
There are many items that we use today without
thinking about how they were created.
I’d like to share a few things with which we are all familiar that were
discovered or created by accident. I
acquired this information from a variety of websites. I hope you find this as interesting as I did.
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Silly Putty - In the early 1940s, General
Electric scientist James Wright was working on artificial rubber for the war
effort when he mixed boric acid and silicon oil. V-J Day didn't come any
sooner, but comic strip image-stretching practically became a national pastime.
Potato Chips - Chef George Crum concocted the
perfect sandwich complement in 1853 when a customer who complained his fries
were cut too thick, he sliced a potato paper-thin and fried it to a crisp.
Needless to say, the diner couldn't eat just one.
Penicillin - Forever enshrined in scientific legend, the discovery of
penicillin—a group of antibiotics used to combat a variety of bacterial
infections—is a case of dirty dishes. Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming took
a vacation from his lab where he was investigating staphylococci, known
commonly as staph. Upon his return, he noticed a strange fungus on a culture he
had left in his lab—a fungus that had killed off all surrounding bacteria in
the culture. Modern medicine was never the same.
Velcro - On a hiking trip in 1941, Swiss engineer Georges
de Mestral found burrs clinging to his pants and to his dog's fur. On closer
inspection, he found that the burr's hooks would cling to anything loop-shaped.
What if he could artificially re-create the loops? The result: Velcro. In the 1960’s, NASA was a notable client. The
agency used the material in flight suits and to help secure items in zero
gravity. It then became a space-age
fashion all its own.
Teflon - In 1938, Roy Plunkett, a scientist with DuPont,
was working on ways to make refrigerators more home-friendly by searching for
ways to replace the current refrigerant, which was primarily ammonia, sulfur
dioxide, and propane. Upon opening the container on one sample, Plunkett found
his experimental gas was gone. What remained was a strange, slippery resin that
was resistant to extreme heat and chemicals. In
the 1940s the material was used by the Manhattan project. A decade later it
found its way into the automotive industry. It wasn't until the '60s that
Teflon would be used for its most noted application: nonstick cookware.
Coca-Cola - The inventor of the Coca-Cola wasn't a shrewd
businessman, a seller of sweets, or a dreamer looking to strike it rich in the
beverage business. John Pemberton, a pharmacist, just wanted to cure headaches.
Pemberton used two main ingredients in his hopeful headache cure: coca leaves
and cola nuts. When his lab assistant accidentally mixed the two with
carbonated water, the world's first Coke was the result. Over the years, Coke
would tinker with the now-secret recipe. Pemberton died two years later and
never saw his simple mixture create a soft drink empire.
Kellogg’s Corn
Flakes - Who knew that one of America's first beloved
cereals was invented by accident? Will
Keith Kellogg assisted his brother, a doctor at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in
Michigan, with patients and their diets.
Responsible
for making bread dough one day, he accidentally left his main ingredient -
boiled wheat - sitting out for several hours. When he came back to roll the
ingredient into dough, the wheat became flaky.
Curious,
Kellogg baked the flaky dough anyway, creating a crunchy and flaky snack. The
flakes were a hit with patients, so Kellogg tinkered with his recipe and
finally settled on using corn as a main ingredient for the flakes. He launched “The
Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flakes Company,” in 1906, which eventually was
renamed the Kellogg's company.
Pacemakers - An assistant professor
at the University of Buffalo thought he had ruined his project. Instead of
picking a 10,000-ohm resistor out of a box to use on a heart-recording
prototype, Wilson Greatbatch took the 1-megaohm variety. The resulting circuit
produced a signal that sounded for 1.8 milliseconds, and then paused for a
second — a dead ringer for the human heart. Greatbatch realized the precise
current could regulate a pulse, overriding the imperfect heartbeat of the ill. Previously
pacemakers were television-sized, cumbersome things that were temporarily
attached to patients from the outside. But now the effect could be achieved
with a small circuit, perfect to tuck into someone's chest.
Anesthesia - Without this discovery, medical treatments would be a big pain -
literally. Although the true discoverer
of anesthesia is contested, the people who contributed to its development and
use were inspired by similar accidental observations. Crawford Long, William Morton, Charles
Jackson and Horace Wells all were associated with the creation of anesthesia.
They realized that in some cases, ether and nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
inhibited pain in people under their influence.
In the 1800s, anesthesia's founding fathers learned how this combination
affected people's perceptions of pain.
In 1844, Horace
Wells attended an exhibit and witnessed a participant injure his leg while
under the influence of laughing gas. The man, whose leg was bleeding, told
Wells that he didn't feel any pain. After
his accidental discovery, he used the compound while he removed his tooth. From
there, anesthesia's use during medical, dental and surgical procedures took
off.
The
Post-it-Note -
Its inventor, Art Fry, a now-retired 3M
scientist while trying to create a strong adhesive, instead ended up as an
adhesive that could be temporarily stuck to paper and other materials. Fry and others fiddled with the idea for
several years before the product went into full production in 1980.
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Who was David H. McConnell?
There may be a few of you who know his
name, but I was not among them until I looked it up today. I likely knew about him at one time, since I
worked with his company many years ago.
I gleaned most of the information for this post from: http://www.avoncompany.com/aboutavon/history/mcconnell.html.
In the 1886, it was
extremely unusual for a woman to have an opportunity to become financially
independent. It was at that time,
however, that David H. McConnell made it possible for women to earn money and
operate their own business.
The few jobs women had in the 19th century were
usually in the area of agriculture, domestic service and manufacturing. Women were paid only a fraction of what men
could earn. McConnell was able to
improve that situation greatly for many women.
David H. McConnell was the founder of Avon, originally named the
California Perfume Company. I was an
“Avon Lady” many years ago, and I have a collector’s item that says California
Perfume Company on it.
Mr. McConnell was a bookseller who sold books door-to-door. While working in this capacity, he observed
that his female customers were not especially interested in his books, but they
were interested in the free perfume samples he offered to get him in the
door. He created his own perfume
fragrances, which in itself was unusual.
Most of the women he encountered while selling his books were struggling
financially. From these observations,
this man became a man with a dream that enabled women a chance to own their own
business through an unusual method of selling that later became known as
“direct selling.”
His
very first representative he recruited for his new company was Mrs. P.F.E.
Albee. From the beginning, he set the
tone for his company to be family-oriented.
His positive spirit, guidance, motivational and incentive programs
helped to grow the number of
Avon representatives to 5,000 in only 13 years?
Today there are many companies that produce
great products and help their representatives to gain financial freedom, but
David H. McConnell was among the first.
Today’s Avon reps should be proud of their founder’s vision and what his
company has become.
“If we stop and look over the past and then into the future,
we can see that the possibilities are growing greater and greater every day;
that we have scarcely begun to reach the proper results from the field we have
before us.” David H. McConnell, Avon's
Founder
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Saturday, April 5, 2014
Excuses, Excuses…
So, you’re thinking about
leaving your network marketing business.
I’m sure you have a great excuse.
You’re not earning what you expected and there seems to be no progress.
Just in case you haven’t
thought of a legitimate-sounding reason for leaving without sounding like a
quitter, I’ll help you out with the ones I’ve been hearing for the decade I’ve
been in network marketing. Perhaps one
of the following excuses will be a good fit for you with your unique lack of
results.
Our products don’t sell in my
small town. This one actually works well, because the average person
doesn’t know that small towns have produced many very successful people in our
industry.
All my prospects tell me the prices
of our products are too high. Many people like this one. They have convinced themselves that the price
is the reason they haven’t succeeded in network marketing. For
some reason, they never seem to realize that there are many top earners in
their company who sell the same products at the same price.
My sponsor quit or doesn’t
support or train me.
Again, the vast majority of people have no idea that a huge percentage of the
most successful network marketers were not trained by their sponsor. Many sponsors don’t support their team members. So, go ahead and use this as a defense for
jumping ship. I imagine, however, that you know
that you’re friendly with your neighbors; you have a hair stylist, contacts
through social media, and many more.
If I spend time working on my
business, I find myself neglecting my children.
Many people join network marketing so
they can spend more time with their children and earn the money to better
support them. If you can justify
abandoning your business and appearing to be a better parent, go ahead and use
your kids as your excuse.
My family members give me no
support. Most network marketing companies encourage their
reps to start with their “warm market,” so most people will accept this
rationalization. I personally disagree
with that recommendation. None of my
family members work with my company, and I’ve never asked them to do so. But, hey, if you believe that is why you have
not succeeded, use this excuse.
Personally
I’ve never considered leaving my business even though I have had my own
challenges and ups and downs. You see, I
know that I can grow and grow my business until I reach all my goals. If you do not believe in yourself, then use
whichever rationalization you choose to convince yourself that is your
products, your company or your community’s fault, and that you are not
responsible for your lack of success.
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