Hello Emma,
Let me share my experience with you. I am very new to SFI. Just over 2 months. I got my first PSA recently. This person does not speak good English. I speak his language. Since then I have been on FB, WhatsApp and telephone with him. He is a slow learner. I need to repeat most of the stuff to him. Further, he uses an internet cafe in the small town he lives in to communicate. We are from India.
Sometimes, I feel I am overwhelmed. So what do I do? Do I give up on him. Initially I was over-enthusiastic and did his initial work for him as we were online. Now, it seems to me he is over-dependent on me.
What I am trying to say is we "should" judge the person quickly to decide the amount of time and the extent of efforts we put in for such persons. Now I have only a few downline members to handle. I will drown if I continue to spend this amount of time on all. So where do we draw the line and how?
I now find that multiple chats on FB is a nice medium to get down to effectively handle such situations. We should not give up on such persons.
After all "we can take a horse to the water, we cannot make it drink". SO what I find effective now is to guide them initially then when they seem to become overly dependent, I tell snapshot tasks and follow up on them. I question them as to the whys and keep track. This way I am able to gauge their interest and proceed accordingly.
So my take on your question is Yes, there is definitely a limit to the amount of help we provide. However, "there should be no limit to our availability to hear and guide them in their problem areas".
Cheers.
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Hello Emma,
Let me share my experience with you. I am very new to SFI. Just over 2 months. I got my first PSA recently. This person does not speak good English. I speak his language. Since then I have been on FB, WhatsApp and telephone with him. He is a slow learner. I need to repeat most of the stuff to him. Further, he uses an internet cafe in the small town he lives in to communicate. We are from India.
Sometimes, I feel I am overwhelmed. So what do I do? Do I give up on
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