Pro$perity On A Budget

Have you ever had one of those days when everything just seems to be going your way? When all the planets seem to be in alignment for you?

Well so far I’m having one of those days.

I slept in this morning. My husband kissed me goodbye as he went off to work. I got up and made some coffee for myself and my friend who’s visiting from Ohio. We chatted a while. Then she took off to take care of some business.

Then I had some quiet time for meditation and journal writing while I listened to some music.

And then I checked my email. Amid the scores of emails already in my inbox at only 10:30 AM or so was an email from a fellow sound healer. Only her email wasn’t about sound healing. It was about her network marketing opportunity. My delete finger was itching and I almost deleted it, but then it hit me! Why not respond by sharing information about InVeStworks? I knew that I didn’t want to just respond in a tit-for-tat-you-spammed-me-so-I’m-gonna-spam-you sort of way. I truly wanted to share in a way that might make a difference for this person.

So I did. I thanked her for sharing her information and I also told her what I’m doing and why it worked for me. I invited her to take a look at my presentation and get back to me with any questions. And you know what? It felt great!

Then I was so happy with this new way of responding to spam that I emailed a couple of my InVeStworks partners. I heard back from one of them who wanted to know if he could use my letter himself!

Then another inspiration…How about sharing this with all the people I know in InVeStworks so they can be inspired and find new ways of responding, too? So I did that and now I am getting all kinds of responses from the people in our network that I could never have experienced if I hadn’t listened to that still, small voice inside that said, “There’s got to be another way to deal with this unsolicited marketing email.”

As for the colleague I got the original email from, realistically speaking, I’m sure she’s got an itchy delete finger too. But if she doesn’t, if she’s just a little bit open to what I shared with her, who knows?