Defeating the Giants
Recently I was asked to host a conference call by one of my
mentors in the company I work with, and he said that I got to
choose the topic! I thought, "great! Thank you for the
confidence, but what in the world am I going to speak about?" I
needed to be encouraging, especially about an upcoming incentive
vacation being offered by our company, (a seven day Alaskan
cruise). How was I going to help motivate these people,
especially when I was having trouble motivating myself? What
could I say that would encourage them?
It actually took me until the day of the call to come up with a
topic that I thought worth sharing, and only because of the
sermon my pastor had given at church that morning. The topic was
about courage in facing the giants in our lives. Yes, it was
based on the story of David and Goliath, and how David found the
courage to defeat the giant who was looming in his life,
affecting his kinsmen, and blaspheming his God.
I thought that it really didn't matter what a person's spiritual
belief was, everyone would have something to gain from these six
principles that I learned that morning. I added a few extra
things to make it more applicable to our networking business,
but the message is essentially the same.
1. Make sure you have the right motives. Do nothing out of
selfish ambition. Make sure you are putting others first, and
find the right motive for your business. Helping others means
putting their interests at the forefront, not your own.
2. Put your confidence in God/Your Maker, not in yourself.
Psalms 121:1 "My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven
and earth." Believing that your Creator made you who you are and
helps you each day is one of the core beliefs that a person in
network marketing or in any business should hold close to their
heart. Let Him work in you.
3. Stay with your strengths. Let God use you as you are, don't
try something new and different every week or each new plan that
comes on the scene. Stick with your strengths, and grow them.
This doesn't mean that you shouldn't grow and develop new
skills, but to stick with your core strengths and grow out from
there.
4. Always, verbally give recognition to the One who created you
and gives you strength. The One who made you who you are and
gave you your gifts. You are special. Always be thankful.
5. Move forward, move toward that giant. Don't run away from it,
attack it quickly. Think about procrastination, don't do it. If
you have to do something, do it early in the day so that it's
done and out of the way. Then you won't have it hanging over
your head undone waiting to be done the next day. So make those
calls early while you are fresh.
6. Finish the job. Don't quit when you begin to see success.
Don't quit until the success is achieved. When David defeated
Goliath, he didn't just expect the stone to have killed him,
when Goliath fell to the ground. He finished the job, by pulling
Goliath's sword out of the scabbard and finishing him off. Read
1 Samuel 17:1-52.
As a parting thought, before you go and as you go on each day,
pray. Pray over yourself, pray over your family, pray over your
team. You can use a prayer like this, "Lord please give me/my
family/my team the courage to do what is right each day." With
the courage to what is right, we will have the integrity and
strength to move forward and be the success that we were meant
to be.