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Today I was made aware how parents’ good intentions to keep their children safe, physically and emotionally, can really limit the development of their childrens’ networking skills.

As a home business coach, I train my business associates to keep asking until they are specifically told no, be persistence, follow up, don’t give up after the first try, and don’t assume a lack of response means no.

So why is it as a parent, we tend to teach our children the opposite?  Is it because we want to teach them manners, to be polite, not to be pushy.  Or is it because we want to spare them hurt feelings.  So in teaching them social etiquette, we are actually limiting their social networking skills.

Last week at our company convention, MLM trainer, Michael Clouse, also touched upon this when he asked the audience to recite the ending to these core beliefs that we teach our children -

“Don’t speak until … spoken to.”

“Don’t talk to … strangers.”

It continues to amaze me the things I learn from a six year old.  Young children just seem to have an innate sense of the skills that are instrumental in being a good network marketer.  But too many times those instinctive abilities are coached right out of them.

I found myself wanting to protect my daughter by encouraging her NOT to ask again when she didn’t get an initial response. But I had to stop myself when she began reciting the same coaching techniques I encourage in business.  She won out when she told me, “Mom, don’t assume a lack of response means no. I won’t know the answer is no until I call and ask again.”  Wow, she was right.

It would sure be a lot easier to be an effective network marketer and business coach if these valuable skills were not being coached out of us at a young age.  I am sure glad I have such a good teacher in my six year.  She reminds me to think differently and not limit her in any way.

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