V – Visualize how you want to be. Years ago I thought about selling Avon, but the idea terrified me. Ring doorbells and talk to people I had never met before!!! Encouraged by family and friends, I decided to give it a try. The first few times I visited my territory, I drove around the neighborhood for awhile and then went home and told my husband that no one was home. I couldn’t admit that I was afraid to ring that first bell.
My best friend Trudy was an Avon Lady, so I visualized myself as her. I cast myself in the role of a successful, outgoing Avon Lady. And that was the internal message I played over and over in my head when I started ringing doorbells. Now I wish I could tell you that I was wildly successful and made lots of money selling Avon, but that wasn’t the case. But what I learned about myself was priceless. I could talk to people I’d never met. I wasn’t completely comfortable doing it, but the people I met never knew.
Now I feel quite comfortable connecting with all sorts of people. I begin with a smile and then a brief comment on whatever is going on in the moment. Sometimes we continue the conversation and sometimes it’s just a brief, but pleasurable encounter, leaving both of us feeling good!
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