Be Successful Here

There is a theory wherein there is not one but many universes existing. An alternate place of reality where a single person can have alternate destinies. One person can be exceedingly rich in one universe whereas that same being can be dirt poor on another. These universes are thought to exist since we have an infinite number of choices that will lead to an infinite number of outcomes.

This may sound like it came straight out of a movie, but it can give a person some time to think. For example, what if a person has been brought upon the choice to either risk his life to save another person from a burning building or not. Remember that the number of results can differ depending on his choices. He can rescue the person while remaining unscathed, or he has multiple burns and injuries in the process, or he can walk away and do nothing as the person burns to his death, or he can save the person but die in the process.

This is but an example, but relatively true. Now let us take a look at this theory in more business terms. For instance, an owner of a leading cash advance firm wants to start generating leads for their financial benefit. These firms are known to give out loans and other such services to other companies that are in need of extra cash for a multitude of reasons. Now again, these owners have a lot of options to choose from for their marketing campaign. Some of the choices offered to them may lead them to their desired results, while others can lead to their imminent downfall.

Owners of cash advance firms should not rush for their success as it can lead to undesirable results. They should, in fact, take a step back a bit for the meantime and take a look at their possible choices as to what will lead to their marketing campaign’s profitable conclusion or not. If one takes a look at marketing campaigns as a whole, there is only a handful of options that will truly bring about success. One such tactic that owners of these firms should take into high consideration in applying for their marketing endeavors is pay per appointment.

The pay per appointment telemarketing program is a prime method for many to generate quality cash advance leads and set meaningful appointments with them. This is an alternate solution to outsourcing to traditional telemarketing services.

Those who’ve worked with me as a coach, or have been in one my workshops, know that I tend to think in terms of “family systems theory.” What this theory suggests is that individuals can’t really be understood in isolation from one another, and that whether we’re talking about families of origin–or groups of people who work together–our behaviors can be understood in relation to the whole system.

There’s a ton that can be said about all of this, but let me just deal briefly with one aspect of how this looks.

The P.C.

Often, a workplace system has someone in it that is identified as the “problem child” (the “P.C.”); the person whose personality or behavior takes an extra measure of patience, tolerance, tooth-gritting on the parts of the other employees. Maybe you’re one of those other employees, and you dread interactions with this person, avoid them during breaks, or are secretly hoping they are looking for a job elsewhere. Maybe you don’t trust them, and you are suspicious of their motives.

You might hear people saying things like, “If P.C. weren’t here, this would be such a great place to work!” Or, “Unless P.C. gets fired, or moved, I’m outta here!”

And hey…let’s be honest…P.C. might really be an incredibly annoying, difficult, seditious, or high maintenance person, and the thought of “promoting them to customer” might feel really good! This can be the stuff of fantasies!

Systemic support

Here’s where family systems theory comes in. Systems theory says that the P.C.’s behavior can’t really be understood as continuing on its own momentum. Systems theory suggests that the only reason it continues is because it is being supported in some way by the system around them (of which you are a part, and in which you may be complicit).

“What?! There’s no way in the world I support P.C.’s behavior,” you might be wanting to retort. I hear you. That’s most likely what I’d say, too, and…by the way…have said several times in years past. However…

The responsibility thing

Every time we talk to someone else about P.C., we participate in supporting their behavior. Every time we blame P.C. for our own unhappiness, we support their behavior. Every time we ask HR, our boss, a co-worker to talk to them for us, we support their behavior. In a very real sense, firing the P.C. without having worked at more personally responsible solutions may give us temporary relief, but is a disservice to the P.C.