Imagine you have done a great consultation with your client.

Now she’s just where you want her—right in the palms of your talented hands.

It’s a magical moment when both you and the client are in that state called “rapport.”

Everything seems to be flowing. You’re being your natural self. See http://www.naturaltraining.com.

You know your work is going to be great; she’s excited and can’t wait to love what you’ve done.

Yet at that very moment when your client is saying to herself “I finally found someone who understands me,” you’re thinking, “Do I or don’t I?” “Do I or don’t I what?”

Come on now, you know what I’m talking about.

It’s ”Do I or don’t I do that retail thing?”

You see, at that very moment when everything seems to be good, when you’re so much “in the flow” you hear that little voice in your head. You know the one. The one whispering in your ear, “I know this is

the time to introduce retail products to her BUT…”

And bang just like that, in a flash, the magic moment is gone. You are out of the flow and what could have been a great service turns out to be only a good one. And good today is simply not good enough.

Why have you turned great to good? It is because you’ve come up against your retail resistance.

What is retail resistance? It is how you think about selling or taking it to another level, it is how you feel about selling when you think those thoughts about it.

As a human being your natural tendency is to rationalize or justify your behavior. That happens when your little voice takes over. Just like a skilled martial artist uses her opponent’s strength to her advantage; your little voice uses your natural tendency to defeat you.

So let’s be clear about one thing. Poor retail sales are not about the client’s resistance to buying. Oh no, they are about the professional’s resistance to selling.

Look at this list about professional salon retailing and see what comes up for you. Do any of them sound familiar to you? Do you operate from any of these as if they were the gospel truth?

• Presenting retail products leads to rejection.
• It probably won’t work anyway, so why bother.
• If I ask for the sale, it will sound like I’m begging.
• People won’t be interested in the products that I offer.
• Retail selling doesn’t work for this kind of service.
• Retailing just puts people off.
• I don’t have the time to retail and my business retailing is a complete waste of time and resources.
• Retailing is hard and expensive.
• Only salons and day spas with sub-standard services need to retail.
• People who retail are just charlatans or snake oil salesmen.
• People who retail are just the manufacturers’ drones.
• I cannot start retailing until I know exactly what to do.
• I’m not qualified (educated or experienced) enough yet.
• Retailing is a bother and an interruption to people.
• I can’t sell—it’s too embarrassing.
• I’m not good at talking and my clients won’t believe me.

The next time you hear that little voice whispering those “sweet nothings” in your ear, remember that it is a rapport breaker.

Just ignore it and do your own voodoo. That voodoo that you know how to do so well.

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