Article: Secrets of the Watermelon Man

Secrets Of The Watermelon Man

by John Colanzi

Have you ever heard the saying, "When the student's
ready the master will appear?"

Well the opposite side of the coin is just as true.

If you've spent any time online, I'm sure you
noticed that it's often hard to help marketers with
less experience.

Their cups are already full and they know just enough
to think they can make money their way.

You can either accept that fact, or loose a lot of
time, expend a lot of energy and end up pulling all
your hair out.

I like my hair, so I try to be patient and only work
with marketers who are ready to listen.

I'm just getting too old to waste my time engaging
in debate.

If you want to build an ezine, or grow a downline,
you must accept the fact that only 5 or 10% of
your contacts will ever do what it takes to succeed.

The watermelon man learned that the hard way.

There was an isolated village in the hills that had
never seen a watermelon.

One day just out of town a watermelon began to grow.

Seeing watermelon, the town's people came to the
conclusion that this odd looking green thing was some
kind of monster.

It didn't take long for the message to spread that
there was a monster lurking just out of town.

One day a stranger was traveling through town and
hearing about this green monster, asked a few of the
town's people to show him the monster.

When they reached the outskirts of town, he saw the
watermelon and began laughing. Trying to dispel their
fears, he ran up, cut open the watermelon and began
to eat.

Aghast at what they'd just seen the villagers ran back
to town and gathered reinforcements. They concluded
the stranger was an even greater evil than the monster.

Fearing the stranger they stoned him to death.

A few months later another stranger came to town and
after getting to know him the villagers told him the
story of the monster and the evil creature who ate the
monster.

Being an astute judge of human nature, the watermelon
man devised a game plan. Each day he would go out
to the watermelon and feign fear.

As time went on he coached the villagers into gradually
going closer to the melon over time.

Eventually he helped them to get over their fears and
break open and eat the watermelon.

He was smart enough to take his time and wait until
the villagers were ready to conquer their false
beliefs.

So if you truly want to help others, take a lesson
from the watermelon man.