POSSIBILITY BLINDNESS

Have you ever known someone who actually believed that every silver cloud has a grey lining? You know the type of person I am talking about, nothing is ever good enough, everyone is always out to get them, if you gave them a gift of gold they would want to know why it wasn’t platinum. They think that the whole world is working together simply to harm them. Just describing these people is making me negative.

The saddest part about these people is that even the people that want to help them the most are turned away because these negative people feel there is more to it than just wanting to help.

These people are handicapped with an affliction that 100% of the time is fatal to success, it is called Possibility Blindness. Whenever a possibility for success shows itself these people can’t see it. It goes totally unnoticed and disappears. The few times these people do catch a fleeting glimpse of a possibility they never act upon it because they are sure it is just another false opportunity placed there to make them fail.

This affliction usually starts as a small setback. It could be a customer saying no, or a boss giving constructive criticism. Upon hearing the customers say no enough times these reps start to EXPECT customers to say no. They stop trying to turn the no into a yes because they believe nothing they can say or do will make a difference. After enough time these reps stop making the sales calls all together because they know that every customer is going to say no.

As the disease spreads into other areas of the reps life, they become blind to opportunities other than business opportunities. They start to miss social opportunities, educational opportunities, and family opportunities. The only opportunities they don’t miss are negative opportunities. They never miss opportunities to tell others why they shouldn’t do things, opportunities to talk negatively to people who are succeeding in what they do, opportunities to tear down someone else’s hopes, and opportunities to spoil someone’s dreams.

After years of research, a cure for Opportunity Blindness has been discovered. It isn’t a pill or an injection. It doesn’t take any surgery or medical procedures at all. The cure is a heavy dose of positive influence. It can come in the form of reading, listening, seeing, or the hardest of all the cures, proving. This positive influence needs to be taken twice a day for at least 15 minutes each. The treatment needs to last for the rest of the reps life to assure never slipping back to a negative state.

There are some side affects to the treatment. The afflicted rep may break out in smiles. A large number of reps being treated see financial improvement. In a few rare cases reps have been seen talking in positive ways about their business and life in general. Although it has never been documented, some reps are said to have actually recommended treatment to other reps with Possibility Blindness.

If you feel that you may have been infected with or have been in contact with a rep who has been diagnosed with Possibility Blindness consult your manager or mentor immediately and seek positiveness immediately.

Possibility Blindness is the silent killer of sales careers. It slips into a reps mind over a period of time and isn’t noticed by anyone until it has become a raging infection of the mind. If you know anyone who fits this description, recommend they log onto this blog and start their treatment today.

The preceding message has been a sales service announcement supported and approved by the Training Buffet, Help Yourself.

Lorin