Time Vampires

February 25th, 2012 Published by: ClintAButler

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February 25th, 2012

The Time Vampires Are
Everywhere!
Forget about the zombie apocalypse for now, the United States
military actually has a plan drawn up just in case it actually
happens. But there is a viable threat to you that I have to make
you aware of. And no its not Edward there, but something far
more sinister. Its the freaking time vampires that are in your
life.
Time Vampires In Your Skype
You know what I am talking about. Its all those things that
I still attacked by these time vampires from time to time. I
keep you from working on your business on a day to day basis.
will be writing a post and someone will ask a question or make
This elusive little creature spreads like the plague all around
a statement in one of the eight groups that I belong and I
you. And more often then not you don’t realize that the time
just can’t help myself. I stop what I am doing and go read the
vampires have stuck you until its too late. But there is a
comment. Or worse yet, I end up chatting it up for a half hour
way to keep the time vampires safely away from so that you
really about nothing. The thing just beeped at me while I was
can accomplish some more important tasks, like making one
writing this, and yes I looked.
million dollars (say it the Dr. Evil way)
But if you just can’t live without having your Skype on that is
Unprintable Content (Video, Flash, etc.) ok. There is this cool little feature in the status setting called
Do Not Disturb. Your messages will continue to come in but
In order to defeat the time vampires you have to understand you won’t get distracted by the notification noise. Optimally
what leads to them. Overwhelm, Procrastination, Distractions while your doing something for you business your going to
all bring time vampires to your life. All of these bring the the want to just shut off Skype. But I understand that Skype
time vampires to your life and if you have the tools to defeat is an important business tool. So you really can’t kill these
them, you will have the tools to avoid the big three above. particular time vampires, but you can put a muzzle on him
when you need to.
Time Vampires In Your Inbox
You all know this particular set of time vampires. These time
vampires go by the names Frank Kern, Ryan Deiss, Todd
Falcone, David Wood, the list goes on and on. Now don’t get
me wrong all of these fine time vampires send out some great
information on their lists. That’s why we all signed up for
them. But over time you start following so many top producers
in our industry and what happens is we end up with over 40
emails in our inbox before noon. Yeck, when I wake up in the
morning and I already have 40 emails.
Plus you add in all the emails from Facebook, LikedIn, and all
the other sites that want to keep you coming back. Of course
that is when the time vampires strike. You end up spending
two or three hours a day reading your emails, checking out the

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Time Vampires On Your Browser
Time to kill the browser time vampires. They are called
Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIN, and forums. Don’t get me
Time Vampires On Your Phone wrong these places all have their purpose in life. I love every
These time vampires are the most dangerous for a network one of them and the traffic that they can bring when used
marketer. Have you ever called a prospect to interview them correctly. But, if you let yourself slip you will be one of them
to see if they are right for you? I hope the answer is yes. But for an hour reading stuff and chatting away before you even
during this call, the time vampires start talking to you about know it.
their business. Or worse yet, they ramble on about the latest
Use a timer when you get on these sites to keep the time
and greatest thing they signed up for and why its going to make
vampires back. Set it for 30 minutes, I like this amount of time
them rich.
because I have found I am both productive and can play at the
I feel sorry for these particular time vampires because I know same time. Plus after 30 minutes a day what else do you really
that 95% of them are going to fail at their business. I also have to do for your business on them. I know sometimes if I
know that I have the tools that they need in order to succeed. am not watching myself, I could end up spending two hours
But they won’t take me up on my offer, because their are star watching funny videos. That’s two hours I could have used to
struck. I don’t kill these time vampires because I truly do want write another blog post and call ten leads.
to help them. I simply get their attention, make sure they
There are many obstacles in your way when your just starting
are listening and tell them that “the purpose of my call is to
out building your network marketing business. Don’t let
interview you to see if they are the type of person that want to
the time vampires add too that list of reasons of why people
invest my time in.” That usually puts these time vampires at
fail. Don’t let them get in your way, because if you do you will
rest and more open to an effective and short conversation.
end up being one of the 95%. There is a way to get yourself
There is of course another version of this particular breed motived
of time vampires and they are the ones in your downline.
You have a team site with all the information they need to A 4 Step Way To Get The Time Vampires
get started. Its actually quite duplicatable and effect. You Out Of Your Head
know it works. But like any good upline would you call to Step 1
see how they are doing. What happens next will cost you
Be in a quite place by yourself with nothing else going on
an hour. They dump on you about how they couldn’t figure
around you.
something out. They ask you for your opinion on the latest and
greatest shiny thing they just bought. They talk to you about Step 2
the compensation plan for something they just signed up for. Close your eyes and think back about past moments in your life
But never once do they mention what they have done today that you were fired up, engaged, incredibly motived, or when
for their business. The stupid time vampires got to them. you were taking massive action. If you never have been in
You can slay these time vampires by simply stopping them those states, just imagine if your were.
mid-conversation by say “like I said when I called, I am
Step 3
checking to see what your progress is in the training. I can’t
really talk long because I have some work for my own business Take yourself back to that place in time. What were you seeing
to get done. If you run into any issues please send me an email around you? See the things that you saw at that time. Turn
or Skype me and I will address your issue as soon as I can.” on your ears and hear the sounds around you. What were you
hearing? What were the smells around you at that time? Feel
those feelings of what it felt like to be really really motivated.
Step 4
Grab ahold of that feeling. Use an “anchor,” meaning once
your in that state gently pinch your earlobe. Eventually your
mind will associate that positive feeling with you pinching your
earlobe and those feeling will rush back whenever you need it
most.



Now that the time vampires are quite its time to get to work Thanks for the great advice. It is truly a time saver and a great
by taking massive action. In know that the time vampires with time management way to follow.
show up again, they always do, but now you have tools to stop
them. Donna
Regards,
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Hello Clint, very creative and attention-grabbing post here! I
your keywords with your name if you have had 5 approved
can relate to many of those time vampires myself. It is SO easy
comments. Use your real name and then @ your keywords
to get on too many lists and pursue TOO much information – I
(maximum of 3)
think it happens to all of us. As you noted, you have to cut back,
Hey Clint, way back, and focus or you end up drowned in good intentions.
Lots of time vampires here..I can relate to each one Eldon Beard recently posted..Online Video Marketing for
Doing things one a time in a quiet environment is a good Home Business Success
solution. CLINT!!!! NICE!!! I absolutely love this article on slaying the
Time Vampires! Absolutely kept me glued to the bottom of the
Regarding the prospects and team members..30 min page. Thank you for these tips and the reminded to focus on
maximum is enough and yes as you said, keep the emails you what’s really important.
read..for the rest much love and unsubscribe Penny
Thanks for sharing buddy. Useful thing.
I know all about the time vampires and the time that I have Penny Turko recently posted..5 Habits Leaders Need to
wasted. Just by switching everything off and getting on with Succeed
what you need to do makes all the difference but it is tempting Great post Clint! I spent nearly a decade in direct sales and had
to open your email or check Skype while in the middle of 1,000+ Reprs in my district – many of them felt that it was
something. Thanks for sharing this great post. my job to be there for them 24/7 and went out of their way
Nice post Clint. I admit that I do get caught up in these Time to prove it by calling all hours of the day or night. The very
Vampires. They are hard to avoid sometimes. best thing I did came from a Bryan Clark seminar I attended. I
Kent Smith recently posted..Network Marketing: Diversify had three business lines – one for colleagues in the field, other
Your Contacts managers, company personnel, etc., a second for prospects
and the third was for my Reprs with very specific directions
Great post, Clint! I am working on dealing with my e-mail as far as my office hours, and the information I needed in
vampires right now. I’m getting to that point where I dread a order to be prepared to help them when I returned the call –
day where I can’t check my e-mail because of just how many and then I gave them 3 times during the day that I would be
messages I have to check when I get back to it, which leads to returning calls and asked them to let me know when was the
despair, which leads to the number on the inbox getting bigger most convenient for them. It worked like a charm.
and bigger. Slowly but surely, I’m getting rid of these e-mails marquita herald recently posted..What Would You Miss if You
that I don’t think I’ve ever read, and I’m using the stake that is Could Not Read or Write?
the unsubscribe button. You have some great tips to continue
Great post, I have read several post and seen a few videos on
on vampire slaying that work even better than Buffy
these same Time Vampires, I must say your’s has been the
Steve Nicholas recently posted..Know Your Role
most entertaining so far.
Awesome advice. There are vampires everywhere. It is up to
I really enjoyed it. I do a lot of those things you mentioned, but
each individual to clock themselves to see where they are
instead of putting up a Do Not Disturb in Skype, I go invisible
spending too much time on. I like things going Fast, fast, fast!
so no one knows when I’m around, They automatically think
So, I become invisible on Facebook, twitter, etc. I have them
I’m offline. I’ve also turned off my notification noise so I don’t
on, but what gave me this idea is that I kept getting pop-up
hear the skype pinging. That way if someone does show up
messages on Facebook, while I was syndicating. Now that’s a
that’s important I can reach them.
vampire. Hi how are u? I had to turn things off. I don’t want to
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get into chit chat while I’m on a time sensitive day.
DO YOU MEASURE IT?
They ARE vampires everywhere, I used to be stuck on
Facebook, but now I am healed lol. Clint,



I practice yoga for a minimum of 30 min. each and every day.
That seems to help to keep the vamps. away.

Very valuable for steps!


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