Thursday, April 05, 2007

Learning to RIDE

Learning to ride a motorcycle is a wonderful experience! (NO, that's not me on the bike!) It's filled with emotions ... anxiety, anticipation, fear, joy, great joy, and even sadness when the ride ends. The most challenging part is training the mind and body to think and act differently that it's used to. Imagine all four limbs working together to bring a motorcycle to a complete controlled stop on a dime. Imagine training the right side of your body to function independently of the left side of your body. And, finally, imagine all of this becoming second nature, requiring no thought, just reactions.

It's like learning and new language and a new skill simultaniously!

Ironically, I put people through this same experience of emotions and re-training of the mind and body in each class of Certified Networker. I hear students say all the time, "my brain hurts!" That's a good sign because that's when you know you're learning something new. Like riding a motorcycle, this program stretches your mind and alters the way you have always been doing things.

Re-training the mind and body takes WORK, takes PRACTICE, takes COMMITMENT, and takes DESIRE. Anything less in learning a new system for referral marketing will not produce the results you desire. Anything less for me and my bike will not produce a safe rider. In either case, for me, that's not an option!




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