Don't know
about you, but when I was in my early twenties it took a great deal of courage
to cross a dance floor and ask a beautiful girl if she would like a dance.
Again, if you
were anything like me the answer was a curt "No thanks", and you had
to make the return trip to your starting point - knowing that everyone watching
knew exactly what had just happened. I would imagine those gifted at asking a
girl to dance feeling pity for me, while those more timid than I just thanked
their lucky stars that it wasn't them doing the walk of shame and took another
sip of their beer.
But if not
that night, another night, I would try again and I kept on trying, as I expect
you did, until a lovely girl said yes.
Well that was
a long time ago, but the experience is still very valid today.
You see when
I ask members if they have tried inviting visitors by letter, or postcard, by
email, by text, or even asking people they know if they could suggest someone,
I more often than not get the reply, "Oh. I tried that once and it didn't
work".
Can you
imagine the number of unmarried men there would be around if they had used this
same principle when asking a girl for a dance, or even a date? She said 'No'.
I'm not trying that again!
So, why is it
that those very same people only try inviting a visitor once?
I guess it
comes down to a combination of fear, ambition, priorities and even credibility.
There was a
lot of fear in asking the girl of your dreams for a date. However, for most men
to have a beautiful loving girlfriend was something they dreamed about. And
other than football on Saturday, it was their only priority. There was of
course credibility at stake, as no-one wanted to be the only person without a
girlfriend.
So, if you
find it hard to get visitors along to your chapter, cast your mind back to
those days on the dance floor; for some of you it may have been just last week!
And instead
of trying to find a visitor using one particular method just the once, keep
trying until you succeed. After all, you know that if you keep trying you will
succeed.
And ladies,
this doesn't let you off the hook, as I'm sure you have your own example!
Good Luck.
