Work with the Willing

I’m in the middle of learning a difficult truth. You cannot help people who do not want to be helped.

In my line of work, the goal is to help people take back their lives, increase their finances, and fulfill their goals. Unfortunately, I am often left wanting it more for someone than they want it for themselves.

There always seems to be some grandiose excuse as to why going after what will be better isn’t a priority. The most recent excuse I have received is, I am too sick, I can’t even work at my real job! Ahem, that SHOULD be a driving force to take a closer look at what I do and help others do.

Last year I was sick for a week. Now I understand in the grand scheme of things this isn’t very long, but it still was bad. I couldn’t take calls, attend events, and barely wanted to get off the couch. It was a horrible sinus infection coupled with severe nose bleeds, (I’m talking horror movie coming out of my face bad), several times a day. During that week I couldn’t work, but thanks to what I have been able to build through Nerium, I still got a pay check. That’s amazing and life changing.

On a more personal note, when it comes to the people I do get to work with, I dedicate a lot of time to helping them and meeting them where they are. I love to invest in the relationship and truly get to understand them. So when I am forced to realize my desire to see them succeed is greater than their own desire to succeed, I am disappointed. At times I even take it personally.

Thankfully, I get to call the most level-headed person I know my husband. When I get frustrated and upset by scenarios like the ones I described, he is always there to remind me that everyone has to make their own choices. There is nothing I can do to help someone who isn’t ready to accept help and put in some work.

It’s definitely not a truth I enjoy, but it’s one I cannot wait to understand. Until then, I will work with the willing and be a light to those who aren’t ready.