Comments on: What Makes You a Professional, Part 2

By: Warren Little

Warren Little — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:17:09 +0000

In my experience as a multiple six-figure income earner in network marketing, the outer appearance is very important however . . . what REALLY counts is who you are or are willing to become from the inside out.

Keep the great comments coming.

- Warren Little

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:47:26 +0000

Clothing consultants teach people how to dress and they know that certain styles of clothing have an effect on others. if they did not, woman would not be wearing the low cut red dress, and men who want to impress would not be heading off for the interview in a black suit. People choose their style of clothing for a reason, and people judge others by their clothing styles.
I could certainly go through my wardrobe and weed out my relaxed (read that as comatose) clothing especially as I am working full time on my business. When I headed out the door to go to work I was better dressed, and as I did my shopping on the way home, I was reasonably presentable. Some promoters for working at home, tell people that they can work at home in their pyjamas. I disagree with this, even for phone work as I find being dressed affects my attitude on the phone.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:44:48 +0000

Hi Dick,

Appreciate the question.

Seems as if my intro of the suit wearing slant caused a bit of a stir. I’ll go into more detail. I don’t hate suits, I have several very nice ones, but I must admit that I haven’t worn most of them in a while. That doesn’t mean I don’t go to hotel meetings etc. I wear a shirt and tie and slacks and I tell my prospects to do the same. I ask female prospects to dress as if it was their first day on a job they wanted to keep. I then explain that this was not so much for the occasion, but more so that THEY didn’t feel out of place at the actual event, however, they are always welcome to wear whatever they felt comfortable in. In other words, we mimic the settings we are in if we can.

I do this because by the time I invite them to the event, I have already shared several pieces of information with them about my business over 3-5 contacts and have a strong feeling that they may be a fit for my business.

If I can’t qualify someone this way, chances are they won’t get an invitation to a bigger event just yet. My days of throwing it all against the wall to see what sticks are long over. My view is now one of, “so many prospects, so little time.”

Three-ways, one-on-one, dvd’s etc I consider them all to be types of contacts before the invitation. As such, I’ve done them wherever and whenever convenient to me and the prospect, irregardless of how either one of us is dressed. Man, at that point, I’m just trying evaluate your suitability to become a future business partner of mine. A very good friend of mine, my upline, does a lot of his one-on-ones on his lunch hour. He’s a transmission mechanic and greasy fingernails never stops him. Chances are he’ll not be a mechanic for much longer unless he wants to be one. Integrity cannot be covered up.

Be adaptable,

Mike

By: Enrique

Enrique — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:27:13 +0000

You might be right but when Apple and Microsoft were in their infancy, the engineers and programers used to sleep in their sleeping back working over 20 hours per day.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:15:53 +0000

Hi Robert,
I beleive you and the article are correct… That feeling more put together and professional brings better results. So, we are back to the bigger social experiment question, does wearing a suit make you professional, or just a tie, maybe a jacket… or does it send the message of being slick? I think everyone can agree, that wearing shorts or tanktops is too casual, and walking around everyday in a 3 piece suit with cuff links and an ascot is a bit over the top.
So where is the center line?