“I understand, Mary. We all have 24 hours
in a day, don’t we? Most people work eight hours. Then, they sleep about eight
hours. That leaves eight hours every day of what we can call discretionary
time. That means, we get to choose how to spend those hours. I like to call it
‘opportunity time.’ What I do with my opportunity time makes all the difference
in the amount of success I achieve in my life, don’t you see? A lot of people
who take advantage of the benefits our business has to offer only invest a
couple of hours a day in the business. They still find that they have plenty of
quality time left for family and other obligations. Why not at least consider
the potential gain you can get with a relatively small investment of time?”
By asking
questions as part of your response to “I just don’t have the time.” you are
getting them started agreeing with you. Of course, they’ll agree there are
eight hours of discretionary time. It’s simple math.
They’ll agree about
what you do with your time and once the ‘yes’ momentum is going, more often than
not they’ll agree to take a more serious look at your opportunity.
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