January 13th, 2009

I have been having a bit of a downtime lately or this week. I don't mean to do this but I feel like I am currently only "functioning". I have to be at a thousand places at a time and I have no idea how to do this sometimes. I worked over Christmas, I worked over New Years, I am still working and won't have any vacation until next month. It has been so bad that I still have my complete leave of almost 6 weeks for 2008 AND - since it's 2009 - another 6 weeks saved up.

I have been waiting for 6 months that they start the swim classes here again. Since my son nearly drowned in Texas last summer I had him registered with the swim classes as soon as we got back to Germany.

Now, as if this wasn't a bad time already, swim classes are starting this sunday, every single sunday for 3 months at 8 AM. I was always looking forward to the weekends to have one day to get some rest and sleep in. So, after swim class this coming sunday I will have a couple of hours to rest before I go back to work at 7 pm, nightshift. They really could have waited til Spring. It's negative ten degrees out here every single day...yuck!

I know, I know, I am not complaining, we all have a package to carry on our shoulders, I just need some vacation real bad so I can have some time to sort my priorities again and then maybe get some rest.

I did make a contact yesterday, it was over the phone but it's a contact. This person called from California because he wants to buy one of my websites (I have no time at all for it) and he asked me what this My Power Mall was about. So...I quickly sorted my mind and told him it was a shopping rebate system that allows Non Profit Organizations as well as Businesses and Individuals to raise funds for whatever purpose they believe in. I also have told him about the three different types of Malls and what you can do with them. He sounded very interested so I sent him a follow up mail with more information and all the website addresses: BPP, Boot Camp and my blog address.

I also am successfully following up with one of my Team members. The only thing is that he is very busy at the time so I am waiting until he is ready to work MPM :)

Ok, i will be back soon updating again.

January 12th, 2009

This update is a bit late, I had to work last night sorry...

When Ginny asked us today what we had learned so far at the Boot Camp and what it is we still need improvements on I really did not know what to say. I do know that I have learned not to take rejection as serious or personal as I have before. People really do have different reasons why they don't reply or call back right away, why they don't look at the business site or pass on My Power Mall. This is something I have learned but still need to learn more. I just love listening to Ginny. When she talks she so many times but my and others thoughts into words. I can actually "feel" what she is saying. I just wish I could talk the same way Ginny does :)

I do know that there are still many things I need to learn and/or improve. You can't make a professional out of someone in 60 days but you sure can open their eyes to certain aspects such as that people are scared to take this one step towards My Power Mall or that they are just made to be an employee working from 8 - 5 without ever having the intentions to change anything in their lifes.

Another thing I still feel a bit uncomfortable with is approaching strangers. I still have this bad feeling in my stomach just thinking about it and I know I need to change this but this will take a bit longer than I thought.

I still have looong ways to go, I know I do, but I sure hope all the efforts will pay off one day :)