I take Network Marketing, the profession, the industry, the skills, the people I meet, those I work with and mentor….. all very passionately and seriously. And for those who just drop by, read a bit and then go their way, they never see the ‘lighter side of Jennifer’, the woman with the sometimes bizarre sense of humor….. so I’m going to show you a little of that side today……
It all started when I wrote an article on Facebook comparing the Network Marketing Hunter to the Network Marketing Farmer, which also happened to fall in about the time of my birthday. Then two things happened to birth this post.
1. Dean Cameron made a great comment comparing the Hunter vs Fisherman (a Jim Rohn concept)
2. I expected to get a book from my wish list for my birthday.
You know what they say about expecting and receiving, if you throw a bunch of things out there and don’t state clearly and specifically what you expect, you may not receive exactly what it is you were expecting.
I did indeed receive a book for my birthday. The title is "To Hell with Fishing" by H. T. Webster and Ed Zern. If you’ve never heard of either one of these gentlemen, do not feel bad. The book has a copyright dating back to 1945.
I received this little treasure from my mother who had come back into possession of it after my father passed away in 1997. Seems it was given to her father, he passed it to my dad and now I am the proud recipient. In the note she sent along with the book, she said "I meant to give this to you a couple of years ago, but it ended up buried in a box. It just bubbled back up, so I am sending it along now. ENJOY!"
Too coincidental for me: the Hunter vs Fisherman comment. getting a book about Fishermen… I figured there had to be a message in that book for me. So, the Sunday before my birthday, I sat down and started reading "To Hell with Fishing", which was really written for the non-fisherman, the one left at home, left on the shore, or drug along for the "fun" experience.
OK, let’s be done with the HOW I got here today and get to the point.
Frankly if we Network Marketers observed some of the things we have done from a non-network marketer’s perspective, we’d have to laugh. I am sure we can be very comical.
I’m going to share a few, what I thought were, humorous insights from my birthday book. It is your job, should you accept the mission, to think "Network Marketer" instead of "Fisherman".
Sooooooo – Lighten up, laugh a little and we’ll get back to being serious tomorrow.
Much to MY surprise… not all fisherman eat fish, so there is the dilemma of what to do with the ‘catch’…
"Some fisherman try to palm off their catch on kindhearted friends and neighbors …"
We Network Marketers also get pretty consumed in our passion to share our opportunity/products/services with the world….
" … .. This gives the Fisherman almost 12 hours a year to shake hands with his wife, introduce himself to any new members of his family who may have arrived in the meantime, drop by the office and check the mail, get caught up on a little sleep before it is time to start again …."
"On rare occasions the fisherman might almost pass for a normal member of the community…… His friends are encouraged when they hear him talk about something other than fish, fish, fish"
"When fishermen come home from a day’s fishing empty-creeled (I think that means empty-handed) and you say well, where are the fish, ha ha, they say look, bub, …. there is more to fishing than catching fish."
"The only difference between big-game fishing and collecting old millstones is that millstones aren’t slimy."
OUCH ! I probably could have gone without including that last one –
Oh, and if you are thinking I should stay in Network Marketing and forget a career as a comedian… not to worry – I am way ahead of you on that one.
~Jennifer Fisher
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