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• Archive: vhttps://archive.is/wip/eCCWj $37 $12 - 31 Days to Adorable Best Selling Journal Ideas - Kristie Chiles I was talking to my son this morning and we pondered on the fact that if you can DO what you are GIFTED to do, AND make a living out of it to pay your bills at the same time...you are indeed blessed!So many people put in their "time" just to get a paycheck and dream their life away just wishing every day was Friday while watching the clock to turn 5:00 pm just to start "living" again.I remember how awful that felt...Most of us have worked jobs and for bosses while inwardly crying out "I wish I could set my own agenda on Monday mornings!"I believe you CAN "have your cake and eat it too" if you combine these TWO things:#1 - Your passion (this is that talent and gift that is God-given which makes it SO easy for you to "do a thing" that you may not even recognize it as a gift or talent).#2 - Learn how your passion/talent meets a cry of the marketplace as in SOLVING a pressing problem, or want.
• You want people to SEE your offer, and immediately try to "sell" themselves on how to buy it.And that is definitely the BEST way to "sell" for those of us who don't like to sell.I had a revelation this morning...okay, well, it's not all THAT new...but it's been a while since the thought really stuck and it is this:I'm NOT a born salesperson.
• I love to teach, but I hate selling.Here are two prime examples from my own life:I'm that Girl Scout who tried to figure out a way to make extra money to pay for theMoms' Girl Scout cookie orders who DID NOT pay me, because I couldn't drum up the courage to ask them the second time for the money owed my Girl ScoutTroop for the past cookie sales.
• Ughhhhh,...it was so painful.I'm also that 9 year-old girl who worked for hours on a small plastic loom, to make pot-holders to sell to my neighbors for extra income so I could go skating onSaturday.
• But I was way too cheap!