At this point I knew we should spend some time together and re-create the entire situation. I asked him if we could meet ASAP and he agreed. I decided to do what networkers do, meet at a coffee shop because of the environment, and it always seems like everyone is doing their own thing, I knew we’d have a level of privacy (although many of the people there are Networkers looking for an opportunity to give a compliment and have a ‘Me-Too’ moment with anyone they can touch). He told me his sponsor told him some things he needed to do to become a better distributor. At that point I asked him what did he mean by becoming a better distributor? Did you ask him right then for clarification? He looked at me, smiled and said I know Mr. T you would have asked him but I didn’t feel it was important at the time because he was beginning to become a know it all and he was pi_ _ing me off!  

Well, we got right into the conversation and he delivered the goods! He told me...

I was home enjoying an audio training someone shared with me and I received a phone call from a young man who is a part of a mentorship group I chair. After exchanging the normal cordialities he began to share a story of his personal frustration with me. I could tell he was upset but I had no idea how frustrated he was until I listened to the tone of his voice. He said Mr. ‘T’, I want to ask you a question, what does It mean when you send your sponsor a message and they don’t respond?  Well I knew it was his frustration talking to me at this point, so I said to him; share with me just what did your sponsor not respond to? He paused, and after a few brief moments he said, “well, I don’t like it when my sponsor critiques everything I’m doing. I mean everything, Mr. T, every single thing and I’m sick of it. First of all he’s my sponsor not my Dad, he also needs to understand that I follow his sponsorship but I mentor with other...