You see, there are tons of folks who will try to get your ear, perhaps opening up with some "sob story" or specially crafted commiseration tale. Apparently, this is to get you to spill your guts and tell of your problems - then, out of the blue "BAM" the sales pitch comes hard-and-fast "really, that's too bad, but let me tell you of a special program I have to solve all of your problems!" - then this is usually followed by a price.
Not long ago, someone tried this on me, and told me of a personal financial tragedy and the tough rows they've hoed - how they were working their way back to financial independence. So, I explained, good for them, and that, well, indeed, I hold the "adversity builds character" motif myself.
You see, as I told them, I can recall eating top ramen in college taking 33-credits in one-semester, running 10 miles a day (hard) for track, and running my company. I can remember 17-hour days with no days off for 20-years straight building my company, sometimes wondering if the latest risk I took was really going to pay off or if the game was going to end. The intensity so great, half paranoid, half driven to find every little detail to tip the table to opportunity - literally willing events in my favor and agreeing to never give up. It paid off.
Now then, I'd say this; "Good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people, and crap, well it happens to everyone."
So, press on! Have perseverance and never give up. When you do, you will outlast the game and win. I also believe in this motto; "nothing good in life is ever easy" with a corollary; "if it was, you wouldn't respect it, or value it anyway."
It seems the individual was setting me up for a sales pitch and wanted to befriend me online, not that I need any more friends, in fact, I'd like to someday reduce the load. Seeing the trap they were laying, I told them; sure, we can start a conversation, but if you are selling something, I am not interested, and in that case, I congratulate you for your sales methods, but condemn the lack of integrity to your approach of course, thus, if this is a real conversation, let's talk, if it's a sales pitch, let's not.
Anyway, assuming you are sincere in your contact, then indeed, of course, go ahead and pick a subject or topic, unlimited here, so anything is fine. Well, know I wonder what their secondary online technique will be, how they will attempt to subtly play it next. Stay tuned. In the meanwhile, remember, be careful online, and until you know; trust no one.
Lance Winslow has launched a new provocative series of eBooks on Future Concepts. Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank; http://www.worldthinktank.net/
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