Defining Your Team

Recently, I was blessed to receive a few sessions of business coaching from the amazing Michelle Pippin at Women Who Wow.com. She pointed out early on that it's just as important to be very specific about the type of person you want as part of your team as it is to be specific about your plan of action and goals.

One of the biggest challenges in network or multi-level marketing is recruiting a downline that is willing and motivated to work. Of course, the sponsor must take responsibility for training and supporting their team members and that will be discussed in a later blog. The Law of Attraction, positive thinking and just plain goal setting all have the result of bringing us what we want when we have a clear vision of exactly what that is.

These are the qualities I am looking for in my team members:

• A vision for your life. Are you willing to do more to be more and have more?
  
• A positive outlook. Do you see life as an adventure and experiences as lessons to be learned?
  
• Resilience. Can you bounce back after disappointment? Can you see past mistakes or failures as the things that have made you who you are today?
  
• Persistence. Are you willing to work for little or no pay for a while toward having a big payoff someday?
  
• Commitment. Nearly 80% of new distributors in network marketing quit in their first two months. Can you make a commitment to yourself to keep going no matter what, or do you quit when you don't see results fast enough to suit you? (Also known as patience and persistence).
  
• Team Player. Do you have to do it your way, or are you willing to listen and share tips and resources for success of the team as a whole?
  
• Self-discipline. Can you focus on what needs to be done to be successful and then do it?
  
• "Follow-up and Follow-through" Can you nurture your business to help it grow? Do you have the integrity to do what you say you're going to do, both to yourself and others?
  
• Ownership. Are you willing to take 100% responsibility for your own success?
  
• A Caring Ethic. Do you genuinely want to help people achieve their dreams?
  
• An Attitude of Gratitude. Can you see opportunities as a gift from your spiritual source?

You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people. You can’t broaden a man’s vision if he wasn’t born with one. ~ Will Rogers

This is not a get rich quick scheme. This isn't Ralph Kramden, Inc.; some flighty, hare-brained scheme. There's a huge market for these innovative products and it's growing every day. In 1962, research statistics showed that the percentage of obesity in America’s population was at 13%. By 1980 it has risen to 15% -- by 1994 to 23% -- and by the year 2000 the obesity progression in America had reached an unprecedented 31% Source: American Sports Data, Inc.. I just saw a full page ad for a bariatric surgery (gastric bypass, lap band) clinic in this Sunday's newspaper. This opportunity is a real business that requires ownership and work. If you want to sit at the computer posting affiliate links and surfing traffic exchanges all day, this is not for you.

As I've mentioned in other posts, this is not my first time at the rodeo. I'm grateful for what I've learned from my past failures and for what those experiences bring to this table. I've never felt like I was "taken." I take responsibility for my part in my lack of success. I'm grateful to be given the opportunity to learn from the best, people with a proven track record of success. I'm committed to giving this at one year to eighteen months before measuring my success and to run my business as if it was my only source of income.

Compared to my past ventures, this company could not have made it any easier to succeed. Take a look at your past accomplishments before answering the above questions. You'll probably find that you do have at least some of those qualities. If you do and are willing to improve the ones that are lacking, start your business.

Do It Today

Related posts:

• The Right Opportunity, The Right Time
  
• Another Plus To This Business
  
• I've Found My Niche

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Another Plus To This Business

I get more and more excited about this opportunity every day, especially when I compare it to other opportunities that I've failed at. One of the main reasons that I gave up too soon was that other companies had fees or sales requirements that those who have no extra money of their own to invest in their business can meet just starting out. I have learned that to succeed in any business, you have to give it your all for at least a year, probably longer. Last time I looked, statistics indicated that most new businesses fail within the first year. This is probably because people can't afford to keep going until their business gets going - and with proper care and feeding, almost any business will get going eventually.

This is not an issue with this company. Distributor fees are annual, not monthly. This confirms for me that the company does want everyone to succeed. And this not a new company. It's been in business for enough years to have already built itself from being a novelty to increaasing in popularity. The next step is "household name" and it will be there very soon.

When I presented this to someone recently, she said that she felt that the billionaire behind this company was going to take her money. I restrained myself from asking why she thought that he would need her money. Instead, I told her that she was right to be cautious because there have been MLM companies that made their money by selling training materials, but this is not one of them. I pointed out that this company operates exactly like the big, well known companies that are not scams: Mary Kay, Amway, Herbalife, Avon, Stanley Home Products and more.

I probably won't approach this person again. As my upline and I recently discussed, if someone doesn't have vision and can't see the opportunity now, they'll never see it. My goal is to build a team, and I really don't want anyone on my team who doesn't have vision for their life. They won't benefit anyone else on the team and their negativity will drag us all down when our goal is to be on the way up.

I've learned that as a representative for the company, you are literally in charge of hiring and firing. Michelle Pippin at Women Who Wow.com taught me that when we are designing our goals and vision, we also need to be just as specific in defining the type of person we want on our team.

Whether you're interested in taking a look at this opportunity or have signed up for another MLM or direct sales company, I hope you'll follow my blog. I intend to keep posting helpful advice and resources for anyone who has vision.

If you haven't visited the site or didn't spend much time there, I encourage you to make a few visits and take your time looking around. Think about it for a few days or weeks if you need to. If you've tried before and failed, compare it to your past experience. If you have the vision I'm looking for, I want to welcome you as a member of my team. Even if you've "failed" before, you owe yourself another chance. This just might be the right business for you. Click on the link below to start your business.

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Business Coaching - Juggling Goals vs. Juggling Tasks

I just ran across this great blog article by Russell Bishop of the Huffington Post and wanted to share:

Of course you have multiple things to do. That's a good thing. In fact, if you didn't have multiple things to do you might be coming near the end of an active life. Even if you've lost your job, and I know what that one's like, you still have multiple things to do.

More accurately stated, you have multiple goals you are seeking to accomplish, each of which requires multiple tasks in order to complete.

Can you hold multiple goals at the same time? Of course you can.

Can you work on multiple goals at the same time? Of course you can.

Can you work on multiple tasks at the same time? Well, that's another story.

Read the full article here:

How Multi-Goaling Beats Multi-Tasking Every Time

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Obama's Plans To Help Small Business

Just a quick Saturday post - looks like some very positive changes are on the horizon, even if they will take some time. I especially like the fact that small businesses will be able to count losses back for the past five years instead of two, since it generally takes at least five years to become stable.

Obama Vows To Help Small Businesses

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