Trust Your Partners

Recently I was a bit surprised when making a recommendation to a client who has been with me for over 10 years to be told “I just don’t want to go into the unknown because of a good sales pitch.” Anyone who has read my site or worked with me for even a short amount of time knows I don’t give “sales pitches.”

Nor do I base my recommendations contingent on my income potential in lieu of what is best for my clients. I’m known for advising the reality of what it takes to reach one’s stated goals — whether they like that advice or not!

In addition, I have always been very clear that I don’t recommend strategies or products unless they have passed the sniff test. One of my primary methodologies for over a decade has been if I don’t use it for my own sites; I don’t recommend it to my clients.

I wasn’t insulted nor were my feelings hurt. I was a bit disappointed though. It seems to be a daily occurrence where, if I wasn’t confident in my knowledge and ethics, that I could be offended or insulted by those who feel because they pay me, that includes not showing any respect for my time and expertise.

I just thought it a bit sad that this was a person who apparently found it hard to deal with the unknown and had to relate it in this manner. Anyone, no matter for how long they’ve been online, knows there are unknowns with technology — there is no predictability ability. That’s simply the nature of this beast.

At a certain, point when you know you don’t know all that is involved, as was the case here, you need to trust your partners. Especially those that have already passed the test of time and have never given you a reason to think otherwise. If you can’t trust your partners; find new ones.