The Comfort Zone

The Comfort Zone

 

I used to have a comfort zone where I knew I couldn’t fail.

The same four walls of busy work were really more like jail.

 

I longed so much to do the things I’d never done before,

But I stayed inside my comfort zone and paced the same old floor.

 

I said ‘it didn’t matter’ that I wasn’t doing much.

I said I didn’t care for things like diamonds, furs and such.

 

I claimed to be so busy with the things inside my zone.

But deep inside I longed for something special of my own.

 

I couldn’t let my life go by, just watching others win.

So I held my breath and stepped outside to let the change begin.

 

I took a step and with new strength I’d never felt before

I kissed my comfort zone “goodbye” and closed and locked the door.

 

If you are in a comfort zone and afraid to venture out,

Remember that all winners too, were one time filled with doubt.

 

So take the step, get started, and then with joy you’ll shout:

“I’ve learned my lesson now – when in doubt I will reach out!

 

I’ll do the things I felt were hard, and make my dreams my own.

And never again will I be kept prisoner inside a comfort zone.”

Protect Your Health; Project Your Wealth For 2015

Products are the Business: Paulette tells us about flu season and the great timing of an Activate Special, now being offered 2 (capsules or drink mix) are under $20. She tells us about those savings and the advantages of this super Melaleuca product. If you are in an occupation where you have a lot of contact with the public, these special and other products that Melaleuca offers are a must.

Incentives ($1 memberships) and the Signed Planner end at midnight, the Director based incentives (including tickets to Convention 2015) continue until the end of the month. Paulette and Ed, then go into detail about January Launch and its importance to all of us. Remember to BE ON TIME or you may not get in, because this is a “simulcast” to 77 different locations across the country.

In the business development segment, Paulette begins with a conversation about the conversations you should be having during the Holidays. Ed gives us some examples of how to use those interactions to lead to appointments in the future. Be proactive about wishing your customers and business builders a Happy Holiday and thank them for all of their support (then invite them to Launch).

Get your mind thinking about success in 2015. Begin with a personal inventory of YOUR 2014. Did you “get ‘er done?” No matter…accomplish your new goals with “clear strategic intentions”. “Develop daily, weekly and monthly goals, then and only then, will you reach your long-term goals and achieve your WHY’, Ed tells us.

Paulette will be adding the: 10 things you can do in order to establish effective goals, to the blogspot. Review them. Copy them. And DO them. She and Ed review them for us right here. Paulette ends with a provocative and motivational poem about “getting out of your comfort zone.”

Next week, there will be no Leadership Call. Instead, there will be a SPECIAL webinar with Cisco Holland. He’ll be taking us through a complete overview of the Make Green Go Green system. In it he will be sharing the many attributes of the system and how it can change your future and the future of the team members, with whom you should be sharing it. From all of us, Happy Holidays to all of you. Make the New Year Green.

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How To Set Goals

WRITE THEM DOWN

 

If it is not in writing, it is not a goal.  Write with your own hand (no typing.!) Science: your hand writing down your goals in the “I will” tense, signals it to act to fulfillment.  Writing crystallizes thought and thought crystallizes action.

MAKE THEM REALISTIC & BELIEVABLE

If you don’t believe you can achieve it - you won’t pay the price necessary to reach it.  GUIDELINE: Aim high – not out-of-sight, but just out-of-reach.

 

 

MAKE THEM PAINFULLY SPECIFIC AND MEASURABLE

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” Guideline: If you can’t quantify your goal – with numbers and dates – it isn’t specific enough. 

 

BREAK LONG-RANGE GOALS INTO SHORT-TERM DEADLINES

Short-term goals (daily, weekly, monthly) Mid-term goals (by June 30^th) Long-term (by the end of the year)

“Divide-and-conquer” - immediate victories keep momentum/commitment level high.

 

ANCHOR THEM TO A STRONG WHY

If your “why” is strong enough the “how” figures itself out. What deep-rooted, in-your-gut reasons do you have for wanting this to happen?  

IDENTIFY POSSIBLE OBSTACLES & A PLAN TO GET AROUND THEM

Plan ahead. Develop the “bring-it-on” mentality.  When life pushes and resists – push back. 

 

IDENTIFY WHO YOU WILL NEED TO WORK WITH

No one is an island.  Mavericks will not win here.  Mission statement is designed for teamwork.  Assemble your team.

DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN

“Setting a goal is not the main thing – It’s deciding how you go about achieving it & staying with that plan”.  -- Tom Landry

Set business hours and stick to them - Don’t confuse activity (tension-relieving) with action (income-producing) 

CONNECT – SET APPOINTMENTS – PRESENT – FOLLOW UP/COACH

 

STOP PROCRASTINATING & KIDDING YOURSELF..!

“If you want to keep on getting what you’ve got, just keep on doing what you’ve done.”  Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.  Develop a “do-it-now” work ethic.  If not now, when?

 

MAKE THE DECISION AND THEN COMMIT WITH RESOLVE 'NO MATTER WHAT’

 

Step out of the prison of your comfort zone. 

Social Media Training

The first part of a several series training between Ryan Harris and Cisco Holland is posted below. 
This is a very beginning level training, starting with concepts and a couple of how-to's. Some have asked for the recording so here ya go!

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7486476080573035010

The next segment of the training is this Wednesday night at 7:00 PM EST.

Please register : https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5023478774991883009

With 2014 Coming To An End, Re-dedicate Yourself For 2015

Products are the Business: Recent headlines give Paulette cause to point out that all of Melaleuca’s products are Phthalate free. Paulette tells us the dangers, to women and unborn children, plus a whole lot more about this additive and the horrors associated with it.

December incentives re exciting, but we will, realistically, only have about a week left to take advantage of them, because of the upcoming Holiday Season. $1 memberships, until Dec. 22, will NOT be extended. A 2015 Planner, signed by Frank Vandersloot is yours for 2 quality enrollments; get 2 more and receive a NIKE designer running top. If you advance to Director for the first time, your advancement bonus will be $200 (instead of $100). If you develop a new first time Director, you’ll receive a FREE ($200 value) ticket to Convention 2015.

Cisco Holland joins Paulette and all of us today, because Ed is unavailable. The business development segment begins with Paulette discussing the importance of attending Launch (in only 18 days) and Cisco points out that we should be doing business with businesses that do business with us. Paulette and Cisco, then, talk about Jim Rohm’s “The 5 Keys to Develop a Plan for Success in the New Year.” They discuss each one, point by point, in some detail. This is valuable information for us all.

Finally, Paulette and Cisco talk about the three things that can make you a success in the New Year. (1) They speak, candidly, about the learning about and the using of Social Media and Social Marketing. (2) Becoming mature enough to risk and invest in your business, using the MakeGreenGoGreen subscription as an example. “You need a system to succeed.” Lastly, (3) Challenge yourself to raise the level of your game in 2015. Melaleuca is an incredible opportunity that is available and doable to everyone and by everyone, as a business. Recognize that opportunity for what it is. She (Paulette) and Cisco give you all the ways that you can make 2015, THE BEST YEAR EVER.

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Paulette Honors Frank and Cisco Talks About Honor On The Internet.

Products are the Business: Limited time special on Simply Fit products. Paulette talks about 2: Simply Fit Popcorn only 1.05 per bag. Paulette explains why Melaleuca’s is different, and other reasons to try it. Simply Fit Snack Bars are also part of this discussion, and Paulette tells us that the 3 Bar Pack is a very special buy (save 20 cents per bar).

Paulette then talks about the honor of working with Frank Vandersloot, our Founder and CEO. Then she quotes from the publicity release announcing his recent (2015) Horatio Alger Award. Congratulations, Frank.

$1 memberships are available until Dec. 22 and they will NOT be extended. Bring your new members to Launch, and then Ed tells us why. Additional incentives include, 2 new enrollments get you a “Frank” signed 2015 planner; 2 more gets you a Nike running top. Become a new, Director and receive a 2x advancement bonus and if you develop a new, first time Director and get a free ticket to Convention 2015 (a $200 value).

The business development segment talks about NOT repeating the same mistakes, as a business builder and the coach of other business builders. Learn from those mistakes, that EVERYONE makes. Ed tells us to get better at our presentations, because we are in the presentation business. Paulette and Ed share an anecdote about Tom Brady and Bill Bellichek. Learn to ask the right questions and many of the ways are addressed, right here. Most of your enrollments want to win and Ed tells us how to tell them from those who don’t. He and Paulette, then go through Ed’s personal inventory that allows you to find out where your, and your personal enrollments problems may be. A great coach takes the time to help their team and make them into great coaches, too.

Cisco Holland then joins the discussion with a short recap of the recent MGGG training webinar, which, he tells us, is posted here on the blogspot and will remain there for one week; then it will be moved to the back room of the marketing section of MGGG. Cisco then talks about the dangers of spamming abuses on our system and the consequences he calls “e-mail jail”. Understand what the dangers are. This Wednesday, he will conduct some social media training with Ryan Harris the link is right here.

Launch is in 25 days and Convention 2015 is only 164 days away. Plan now and you will benefit later in 2015.

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Recipe for White Chocolate Cranberry Popcorn - YUM

1 Bag Simply Fit Microwave Popcorn [either flavor]
3 oz. white chocolate
1/4 cup dried cranberries

1. Pop Simply Fit Microwave Popcorn.
2. Spread on large cookie sheet.
3. Place white chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl - microwave 40 seconds.  Stir. Repeat until chocolate is fully melted.
4. Using a spoon, drizzle thick stripes of melted white chocolate over popcorn.
5. Sprinkle dried cranberries on top of popcorn.
6. Let sit for 30 minutes to allow chocolate to set. 

Place in a serving dish or divide into small gift bags for neighbors and friends.

MakeGreenGoGreen V3.0

Training on 12/3/2014 on the latest features built into MakeGreenGoGreen. We start off with the new look of the front page.

A Special Price On Provex CV and Some Special Changes On MGGG

Products are the Business: Provex CV is a $5 Savings Special. Paulette tells us about the uniqueness of Provex CV, as it stimulates the release of nitric oxide to keep our blood pressure regulated and increase oxygen & blood flow. She tells us how important that is and much, much more.

Exciting December incentives are covered in depth and you are encouraged to listen to the first of the month call as Frank and Darrin talk about them all and the exciting new global headquarters.

The business development segment begins with Paulette and Ed reminding everyone that 40% of all Corporate Directors opened their accounts in December and Ed tells us the reasons why.

Paulette explains why December can be a tough month to stay in balance and she gives us some tips to make sure you do. Critical activities are on-going, they are not a single event - especially Critical Activity #1 - the Contact List. 

Cisco Holland joins the call and tells us about new changes in the MGGG system site and why they have been made. He provided a link, so many were able to view as he explained some of the changes. Among them: the ability to link directly to social media, article marketing and sharing, and your own personal webinar ability, all of this at no additional charge above your MGGG subscription. This is very, very exciting stuff.

Cisco will be doing a training webinar Wednesday eve at 9p (EST); the link is here on the blogspot. In Ed’s words, “if there ever was a time to share the MGGG system with your team, Wednesday night’s webinar is the time.”

Cisco concludes with a comment that using the system is now streamlined to the point where it will allow you to use your contact system to it’s full potential, allowing you to grow at rates never before possible. Launch is in 32 days and Convention 2015 is in 171 days.
The time is NOW.

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MakeGreenGoGreen 3.0 Training Webinar Link

Big announcement this week-- MakeGreenGoGreen website has been re-designed. 
The new site will help you capture new contacts, provide you with better tools to present and give you a refreshed look for your online presence. 

Please join Cisco Holland Wednesday December 3rd at 9:00 PM EST to learn more.
Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7598861561855691265
Webinar ID: 141-543-115

This is an online webinar that you will listen to through your speakers on your computer, all participants will be muted.

Leadership Connection 12_1_2014

As announced on today's Leadership Connection, next Monday Cisco will give us a visual tour of the changes to the MakeGreenGoGreen system.  If you want to see them please preregister at Registration URL:https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1872808413911227394
Please note that your audio and call in information for next Monday's call remains the same 212.990.8000 2075# Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Big Savings From Melaleuca and Big News From Cisco and MGGG

Products are the Business: Check out the Black Friday Specials on the Melaleuca website. Paulette gives us some examples of great savings and then tells us about Phytomega and how it has worked for her. She reminds us that her complete product presentation, about Phytomega is in the back room of the Make Green system.

November is coming to a close, so work with your October enrollments and THEIR $1 enrollments (up to 20). It is also the end of the $500 guarantee for new, first time Directors and your $100 donation refund for helping them become one.

In our business development segment, Paulette waxes nostalgic and wishes everyone a great Thanksgiving and reminds us to use the holidays to touch base with friends and family and remind THEM, that you are still aggressively involved in your Melaleuca business, without being aggressive. No pouncing. Paulette shares some comparisons of other professions and the income that various Melaleuca statuses provide. Ed provides us with some great (and comical) anecdotes that support these comparisons.

Then Paulette shares a story about Ed’s recent “WHY” session, which was really a “why your why is your why” session, Eddie says, with a laugh. “People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.” Some really great dialogue is here for you.

The members you enroll in December will be some of the best you will ever have, so end November with enough energy that you can carry it over to December. Cisco Holland then “takes the floor” to share some coming updates and upgrades to the MGGG system. You will, definitely want to hear about these changes that will include, things that save you money and things that will save you time.

www.weeklylc.blogspot.com will allow you to visit our information center and share with your team. January Launch is in 39 days and Convention 2015 is only 178 days from today. Make your plans, NOW.

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Melaleuca Creates Great Savings; You Create Great Resolve

Products are the Business: Paulette tells us about a great special, Sei Bella Foundation and Primer. It is only $35.50 for both, which is a savings of $13.50 from the regular price. Then, she explains about the size of this industry for these products and the whys and hows of the Melaleuca advantage over the competition, as only Paulette can do.

November’s inspiring incentives continue, which means that all of your October enrollments can enroll up to 20 members in November for only $1. Also continuing is a $500 guarantee for a new first time Director. For helping, you have the opportunity to receive a “pay it forward” bonus for a Holiday donation, when you share your story with Melaleuca.

In our business development segment, Ed and Paulette talk to us about the importance of resolve. Ed says, “Without resolve, you will go nowhere.” Paulette uses some e-mails to trigger more discussion. Part of resolve is the understanding that you must emulate the behaviors of the status to which you aspire; that includes leadership and an inventory of your own leadership. A quote from Frank Outlaw was shared by Paulette, which gives an insight to developing resolve that all begins with your own thoughts.

Then Paulette and Ed review the things you must have the resolve NOT to do, if you want success in your future. Learn to avoid the people who DON’T avoid these negative thoughts. They also talk about the very important process of staying in balance and not allowing yourself to fall into, management mode. Control only the things, which you are in control of and nothing more. Great discussion of things you will want to hear.

Visit the WeeklyLC blogspot (information center) often for information and updates. Launch is in 46 days. Have you planted the seed with your intended guests? Convention 2015, as hard as it is to believe, is just 185 days away. Are you saving your Starbucks money?

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Laundry Horrors and Leadership Dreams.

Products are the Business: Paulette uses one of today’s lead stories to zero in on the safety of using the Melapower laundry system to avoid the horrors that 111,000 families have experienced this year, with their children being hospitalized (and in one case, worse), when they ingested traditional alkali based laundry products. If you’re not talking to your enrollments and team members about using Melapower… you should be.

Don’t forget, all of your October enrollments are now your November enrollers and they can enroll up to 20 new customers for $1, until the end of this month. New, first time Directors are guaranteed $500 in their December check. And you can get $100 extra when you make a charitable Holiday donation and share your story with Melaleuca.

Paulette clarifies some of the CORE bonus details and she and Ed discuss all of the changes in some depth. Valuable info. Our business development segment continues by providing us with an examination of the 3 Stages of building this Melaleuca business, from Stage I - the desire for change, Stage II – the battle to change you, and Stage III – the knowledge that you will succeed. It also touches on some of the leadership skills you will need to navigate each stage. Paulette shares some motivation from no less than Abe Lincoln and Zig Ziglar.

Ed tells us about the day of his own enrollment and some shared commitments of those with whom he enrolled and he and Paulette detail the importance of emulating the behaviors of those who are in positions that you intend to rise to. Lots of good analogies from both on how to play the role to get the part you want to play. If you have ever been, even a little, discouraged, you’ll want to hear what they have to say.

Visit the Leadership Connection information center, often. At www.weeklylc.blogspot.com, so you can share timely info with your team. Launch is in 53 days and Convention is in 192 days. Ed suggests throwing $5 a day that you save from not drinking that Starbuck’s coffee, into a jar and you’ll have nearly $1000 to offset Convention 2015 expenses.

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A Very Brite Special and Some Very Bright Insight.

Products are the Business: Paulette tells us about a special price: $12.80 for a special product: Lemon Brite Dishwashing Liquid. It is a three pack special in your choice of 4 scents AND it includes special packaging, plus a really cool dispenser. She, then, goes on to tell us all of the attributes of this fine Melaleuca product, including the fact that it contains none of the dangerous formaldehyde of the competitive products.

November incentives include up to 20 $1 memberships through November for your October enrollments, a guaranteed $500 bonus for those advancing to Director for the first time. Ed contends that this is a great reason to recontact your long time customers (1s) and revisit Melaleuca as a business opportunity. For those of you who are benevolent (and we all should be), there is an offer from Melaleuca for $100, when you share a short video illustrating the details of your giving over the holidays.

Our business development segment begins with an explanation of some new changes in the compensation plan, including Leadership Bonuses. Paulette shares some information on how to accumulate leadership points. Ed tells us just how easy that is. “It is important, Paulette says, to choose carefully those who you are going to spend time developing.” Then Ed and Paulette discuss some changes in the R.I. (retention index) requirements. Hint: it ain’t as tough as it was. How do you score CORE bonus and Double CORE bonuses? Ed and Paulette explain it all, so pay careful attention. “Focus on the goers,” they say and Paulette gives us some examples.

Finally they talk about the details, and importance of, doing a quality enrollment and they go through the 6 step process of doing, just that. Look for a six part series of e-mails, if you are an MGGG subscriber and don’t hesitate to share it with those who are not, if you think it will help them reach their goals (and it will).

January Launch is only 60 days from today. Be sure to attend and take guests, as there is 100 pounds of belief to gain. The belief is in YOU, Paulette points out. Who will you share it with that day? Convention 2015 is only 199 days away. Plan now and don’t miss it.

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Product Results and Professional Recommendations From Arizona ELC

Products are the Business: Today’s products segment is quite unique. Instead of a product, Paulette shares some answers wonder about, after a new product is launched, how is it received? Paulette tells us the reasons and results of many of the new products introduced in 2014, in a recap of some comments from Scott Hollander at the recent ELC meeting. Melaleuca is keeping its’ product line fresh, relevant and contemporary and the results prove it.

$1 memberships have been extended through Halloween and your October enrollments can use them through the end of November. A great way to get your new business builders off to a great start.

The Business Development segment is a review of some of the perspectives from the recent ELC meeting (largest in 29 years) in Arizona and Ed and Paulette share them right here. Things like: the development of leadership is a long term proposition, you don’t really have their WHY, until there’s a tear in their eye, learn to approach with a “helping” mindset, the importance of their why AND yours, Belief, success and knowledge can unlock your own reticence. There’s a lot more that you should hear from Ed and Paulette and it’s only a click away.

Also touched on, is the wisdom of disciplining yourself into an approach a day. “If you will do that… a quality approach everyday you will get the job done, Ed says.” Part of getting the job done is attending (or viewing) the January Launch. Use it to invite everyone you can, even your customers (1s). Lives change everyday, Paulette points out, so you never know when a customer can become a business builder. Ed and Paulette both share stories about “pouncing” and hesitating too long to pull the trigger on a prospect. Develop a sense of urgency without going over the top, they say. Speaking of sharing, Ed relates the point that Melaleuca is a company (and organization) with no secrets; we share everything we know. MGGG.com is a perfect example that we are willing to share what has made us successful.

Information and webinar schedules and details are here on the blogspot at www.weeklylc.blogspot.com. Convention 2015 is 206 days away, so make your plans, now.

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Improving Your Memory And Improving Your Business.

Products are the Business: Paulette relates an experience with a referral about the Melaleuca memory and brain support product, Unforgetables. Her referral was suffering from “brain fog” and the story about it and the product background that Paulette tells is, well, …unforgettable.

Our incentives of $1 memberships ends tomorrow, unless we hear differently, Your October enrollments, though, can open $1 accounts until November 30th, after they have viewed the Foundation Video. Use a reminder call to them to “mine” for additional referrals for yourself.

We were “graced” with a special guest in our Business Development segment. Wendy Rose joined us and talks about the things that led to her own fairly recent enrollment. Wendy has been a “wellness” consultant for over 35 years, so she had to be sure that the products were of the highest quality. Once she was, she was full speed ahead. She had a slow start until she made one simple change that, she says, can’t be overestimated. She “wrote” down her business hours so she and all around her would be reminded of them everyday. Wendy also tells us, that she develops her business the same way that Cisco Holland has told us so many times, she “makes her living; while she lives her life”. That’s how Wendy does it. Everywhere she goes and everyone she meets are potential customers. How’s it going? Wendy is currently a Director V and, she says, she WILL be a Senior Director by Convention 2015. Ed comments that Wendy’s commitment to those business hours made the difference between her SAYING she was in the business and her BEING in the business. Wendy’s is a fascinating success story and one that all of us can “duplicate”, so you should listen.

Finally, listen as Paulette and Ed review our “mail bag” and address some questions on: when to “bless and release”, when is it time to “lead”, and your own, personal “elevator speech”. It’s all really good stuff.

Questions for the Leadership Connection and about the advantages of having a system like MGGG, can be directed to: leadershipconnection@hotmail.com, for all other Leadership and webinar information go to: www.weeklylc.blogspot.com

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Take Out The Spots That Get On Your Clothes; Take Out The Tools When Something Gets In Your Way.

Paulette opens today’s call with minutes of conversation to diffuse any panic there is out there about Ebola. If you have any misgivings or misconceptions or no conceptions at all, you will want to listen to her analysis.

Products are the Business: NEW Instant Pre-spot Stick (stain remover) is today’s feature. It is pocket sized and powerful and it’s only $2.25 (product #7625). Paulette tells us all about it. Incentives of $1 memberships continue for 8 more days. Let them help you build your business. Remember, those you enroll in October, can use $1 memberships to enroll others through November, if they watch the Foundation Video.

Paulette then shares, in the form of a “mail bag” review, some key answers to some very important questions that you must be able to answer, for yourself and for your team. Things like, recruiting a surplus and not stopping at 8 for Directors, focusing too much on products and not showing enough passion for the business, itself, and, the overall importance of the 48-hour strategy session. It is all great information to have at hand.

Then Paulette reminds us that net working is work. It is not net sitting or net e-mailing. It is net WORKing. It is a coordination of tools, personal, social, on-line and listening tools, used effectively. Your “elevator speech”, your business hours, and your WHY, should always be at the top of your mind and at the tip of your tongue to use at a moments notice, because you never know when opportunity will knock.

Ed shares how Dave Crescenzo drills down on his teams’ WHY, so as to create a “real” passion for it that won’t let them “quit”. Ed says, that Dave is the best at it that he has ever heard and he heard it again when Dave presented at the recent “Lead” meeting.

Paulette wants us to learn to re-focus in a world where technology creates a lot of “white noise” and distractions. Ed suggests that Makegreengogreen.com can help by providing a duplicatable system that will help your team and your business grow. Paulette tells us that you can subscribe by clicking on www.mggglc.com. Go Green and you’ll never go lean on leads or on leadership!!

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Stress Is Not Good For You Or Your Business

Products are the Business: From time to time, Melaleuca will offer “seasonal” products, Pumpkin Spice GC Control is one of them, so it will be available for a limited time. Paulette tells us all of the good things that GC Control does and all of the bad things it helps us avoid and control. It is surprising, but it will only be available in the “pumpkin” months (then you can return to the other yummy flavors).

Incentives this month are a wide range from $1 memberships (til the 21st) and October enrollees can enroll others at $1 through November, if they view the Foundation video and, Paulette reveals, a Courtside Leadership incentive for Directors VI and above that could be a “slam-dunk” for you. Listen to hear all the details.

Our business development segment is, among other topics, a discussion of stress and how to avoid it. Paulette and Ed, as always, share many “tidbits”, like the importance of laughter in relieving stress and the critical need to feel “uncomfortable” often while developing your Melaleuca business.

If you are out of your Comfort Zone you are persisting and persisting is pushing back against the negatives and that is always uncomfortable.

They also review 4 important ways to avoid and reduce stress. Ed shares the ways that your Melaleuca business can manufacture stress in a comical exchange with Paulette. But remember, stress is extremely unhealthy for your mind AND for your body.

One of the ways that Ed and Paulette suggest you can manage stress is by becoming a Level 5 leader. That involves seeking and coaching others to become leaders for you and for themselves. Takes a lot of the pressure off.

Convention 2015 will be taking place in 227 days. The most important thing you can do for your business is to be there! Another great thing would be to tune in to the Wed. 8pm EST webinar on using Facebook to help build your Melaleuca business. All that information, along with other webinar info, is all right here on the blogspot.

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Increase Your Body’s Immunity And Increase Your Business’ Solvency

Products are the Business: With the kids going back to school and the colder weather just around the corner, today’s product is Activate which builds your immune response for times like these. Paulette tells us about a current special buy. Get two boxes of powder, in packets, or two bottles of capsules, and save $4 on your order. She goes on to explain how Activate builds our immune system, particularly in times of stress, and promotes increases in white blood cells, our “little soldiers”, so much better than the competition.

Don’t forget, the new October incentives will be announced in the Wednesday call from the company next week. Look for a Melaleuca e-mail with times and details.

The business development segment is a discussion between Ed and Paulette that you won’t want to miss, if you are serious…really serious, about building your Melaleuca business. It begins with Paulette’s recommendation of a Book of the Month: “Create a Life You Can’t Wait to Live”, by icon, Zig Ziglar. “In it, Paulette tells us, you will find the spirit of Frank’s own 5 steps to success.”

Ed and Paulette then embark on a pointed discussion of those 5 points with details of how we can accomplish each. Believe me, these steps can’t be “skipped” and there are quotes and motivations included that each of us should execute, everyday. The “end game” is your own healthy, growing and willable Melaleuca business.

Paulette will be updating the October webinar schedule, later today. It will have times, content and connection information, so look for it and use it. Convention 2015 is only 234 days from today. It is important for you, and as many of your team that you can recruit, to BE there.

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Remember Your Memory and Never Forget The MGGG System Is There For You.

Products are the Business: Today, Paulette’s product feature is a really informative conversation about the importance of Coldwater Omega 3 and, specifically, Melaleuca Crème Delight. Alzheimer’s is constantly in the headlines and for good reasons, Paulette tells us because every :72 someone is diagnosed with this increasingly dreaded disease. As always, Paulette has all the facts for you.

If you have enrolled in Melaleuca in the last 90 days, you can get Pacesetter status (double your advancement bonuses) without purchasing the Value or Home Conversion Pack, just enroll 4 quality customers and view the easy to watch, “Foundation” video. Take part in CORE mentoring bonuses by achieving Director III, but you must do it this month.

Our Business Development segment is, to say the least, ENERGIZING. Paulette begins by telling us the importance of staying consistent in your efforts and avoiding stopping and starting, which is an invitation to being re-active with everything and everyone, Ed creates a challenge for all of us (even Paulette), call one of your existing customers, everyday for the next week and ask them to refer someone. Paulette and Ed agree that this “field of diamonds” is largely “unmined” by us all.

Paulette concludes by reporting the huge number of e-mails she is receiving from new and old makegreengogreen subscribers, saying they are getting actionable answers to their questions in the “Make Green University”. Then, Ed reads one to prove it. All upcoming DW and other instructional webinars are listed and linked, right here on the blogspot. 241 days to Convention 2015, the most important event in your Melaleuca life!

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Amino Boost, As You Exercise, Or As You Age

Products are the Business: Today, Paulette gives us a wonderful presentation and analysis of one of Melaleuca’s newest products: Vitality Elevate Amino Boost. She explains the differences between the “branched chain” amino acids in Boost and the amino acids that our bodies naturally produce and the added advantage of 3g of Glutamine. Amino Boost can help, whether you are a vigorous exerciser or are, simply, just an active adult.

The September monthly incentives include the opportunity to reach Pacesetter status without purchasing a Value or Home Conversion Pack and you can reach CORE mentoring while you achieve Director III in September. All the information and details are right here for you to share and benefit from.

Ed starts our business development with the re-reading of a recent MGGG e-mail that talks about the value of helping others and the difference it makes in understanding the discrimination between “selling”, which we don’t do, and “helping”, which we do. Paulette and Eddie, then speak in depth, about the Matrix and the importance of being scrupulous with the way you allocate the precious pieces of “real estate” within it. Paulette includes a great example of a challenge she had recently convincing an enroller, that premium placement of a new and energized 2, was not a proper way to reward his parents. The discussion is not only interesting, but also vital to your Melaleuca success.

Finally, we were informed of many changes and updates to the MGGG system, all with the purpose of making this indispensable tool even more user-friendly and valuable to its subscribers. As an example, Cisco Holland will host a webinar, this evening at 9p on using social media, which will air live and be included into the target marketing tools, thereafter. All the info is on the blogspot.

There are 248 days until Convention 2015. Continue (or begin!) your planning, today.

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Sleep And Build Your Mind And Body. Focus On The Challenge And Build Your Business.

Products are the Business: Today, Paulette opens with the importance of “quality” sleep. Deep REM sleep allows your body (and mind) to repair itself. Getting enough sleep is an indispensable part of a healthy, vibrant life. Paulette shares the details of Rest EZ, our sleep-aid. She examines the ingredients and how they work (usually in about 2 weeks) to keep you on “top of your daily game”.

Incentives this month, new enrollments, setting Pacesetter that can be the traditional purchase of the Value or Home Conversion Pack or the alternative of 4 quality enrollments and the viewing of the “Foundation Video”. For your enrollments that are a bit tight, financially, this is a great way for them to double their advancement bonuses and save some money, too. Paulette then goes on to the CORE Mentoring bonuses and how they can change your financial success. This is a detailed discussion, so listen carefully.

Our business development segment focuses on keeping the business simple. Paulette shares how she used the 90-Day Challenge and Melaleuca’s Oligo products to build her, considerable, financial success. She invites us all to view her “Power Points” in the target marketing section of the MGGG system: “Why Do I Need Vitamins” and “The Power Of Oligo”. They will help you learn more about these products, as you share them. Use the 90-day Challenge and Oligo, as the “spine” of your business. “But remember, she reminds us, to keep it simple.”

www.weeklylc.blogspot.com is the communications center of the Leadership Connection. Not only is the replay of the weekly call on there for you and your team, but also you will find Value Tips and webinars, their subjects and scheduling.

It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the halfway point to Convention 2015 (May 14th). Get as many serious business builders to commit, now and join you, then.

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VALUE TIP OF THE WEEK: Loyalty Shopping Dollars

Hi there J

Did you know that you can now earn 50% MORE Loyalty Shopping Dollars just for opting in online and watching a short video??  YES – you can now earn a whopping 15% of your product points each month as long as you shop by the 20^th of the month--!!  

Anyone who opened their account after January 1, 2014 is already automatically part of the program, but prior to that you need to log in and opt in J  Be sure you do that today and start getting into the habit of shopping early each month.  With this huge amount back, we’re getting pretty darn close to free shipping--!!

Thank you again for shopping with Melaleuca and being my customer – I appreciate you.

Talk soon,

 

Scott Plans The Products That Make Our Business Plans Productive.

There is no Products are the Business segment today, because our very special guest is the guru of Melaleuca products and many will be discussed in his dialogue.

Incentives for this month are winding down, so if you are on the Pacesetter reset, finish strong by helping those reach Director, Remember, you still have that $1 membership available ‘til August 31, that should help you even if you are not on your reset program. Every quality enrollment (after your first two) gets you an additional chance to win in the new car giveaway contest. The more you have, the better chance you have.

Eddie is traveling today so we are joined by our third “All-Star” guest in as many weeks, Scott Hollander. Scott is the Chief Marketing Officer at Melaleuca. Now you know why there is no product of the week, with Scott’s extensive product knowledge, he is the product of the week.

Seriously, Scott shares some wonderful insights and surprising data on our all-new Elevate line of products which was targeted to attract younger people to Melaleuca’s family of customers and business builders. Scott tells us that Melaleuca has many more plans to develop products that will attract younger enrollments while not losing focus on our existing loyal customer base.

Scott goes on to share more specifics, like the incredible performance of our Learn to Earn program and how it has reduced attrition to nearly non-existent levels, how it has broadened product trial dramatically, and increased average order volume by double digit percentages.

“Believe it or not, Scott says, they have been viewed over 2 million times since their introduction.” Paulette points out that, when people know more about WHY the product they are using is working so well for them, they are more apt to be loyal and tell others about it. Scott tells us that the library will soon grow to 36 videos, up from the current 20-21. Great news, Scott.

Many more trainings are planned for MGGG as well and will be posted as soon as they become available on the LC blogspot, too. Check for them often.

262 days are left to plan for Convention 2015. It is extremely important to let your new enrollments know about this huge learning and growing opportunity, so they can plan financially and chronologically for this benchmark date.

THERE WILL BE NO LEADERSHIP CALL, NEXT MONDAY, HONORING THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY. Have fun and stay safe.

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Our Founding Father Shares Some Brotherly Advice

Products are the Business: The Essential Nutrition 2-Pack (page 30 in your Summer 2014 catalog) is today’s product. At a savings of $8 over individual purchase, it is a GREAT value. Paulette then speaks about the Coldwater Omega 3 product that is part of this combo that also includes the Vitality vitamin and mineral component which makes this package a powerful supplement to a healthy, daily regimen.

Incentives are still in effect for August, so take advantage of $1 memberships while they are available and enroll 2 new quality customers (that remain through December) and be entered to win a BMW 5-Series or a Honda Odyssey van. Your Pacesetter resets need to be helping your potential Directors before August 31, so line ‘em up and help ‘em up.

Ed began our business development segment by introducing a VERY special guest, Melaleuca founder and CEO, Frank Vandersloot. Frank talks about the value of nurture and the importance of the Pacesetter to your success and the success of all of your enrollments.

He uses how Ed does his business and corn (don’t know if there’s a message there), as terrific illustrations of how significant it is for you to make quality presentations that include the “keeping it real” conversation with your 2s and 3s. Following it with the value of Pacesetter will make an exponential difference, Frank continues, in how your business grows and how your enrollments rise to Senior and Executive Director.

Frank says, “don’t blame the corn, until you’ve done your best job as a farmer” then don’t hesitate to find another kernel. Frank ends by congratulating Paulette on the incredible product presentations and product knowledge she shares on this call each week. (We might add: on the MGGG system, too).

There are extremely high quality Delivering Wellness overviews taking place, all week long. You will find the info posted here on the blogspot.

Convention is in 269 days. It will be here before you know it. Will you be there when it does?

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Accelerated Path to Director Outline

Remember this document is an outline, links to actually trainings may not work :) Accelerated Path to Director Outline (48 Hour strategy training) D3 in 75 Days with New Comp Plan Changes:

McKay Christensen: “Peak Performance and Performing At Your Peak”

Paulette is traveling, so she won’t be joining us. In her absence, we are extremely fortunate to be joined by Melaleuca President, McKay Christensen.

Products are the Business: Our guest, McKay, tells us about a product that has become his favorite, since it was introduced at Convention 2014, Peak Performance Pack. McKay gives us lots of facts and plenty of insight into this wonderful new product, which works for those who exercise vigorously, moderately or even seldom. Interesting stuff.

Our business development segment, today, focuses on a “quality” strategy session and its importance to developing a healthy business. Do you know all of the necessary elements? McKay begins with an analogy of Tesla Motors, a business that stumbled in its first year, only to recognize the need for a change, and change it did. Now it is the most highly rated (Consumer Reports and J.D. Power) automobile made anywhere.

Ed and McKay talk candidly about the thing that is missing, the thing that needs to change, in most of our Melaleuca businesses, a consistent and quality 48-hour strategy session (APD), after the homework lesson (both are available, automatically on the MGGG system). McKay relates some “difference in success” data and Ed mocks a conversation with a newly enrolled 2 (or 3). If you’re going to learn, who better to teach than Melaleuca’s 20 year President and Melaleuca’s top business builder…ever. The session ends, ironically, where it began with Ed and McKay calling for Peak performance in your business, by doing the 48-hour strategy session and doing it the right way.

Cisco Holland tells us that the MGGG strategy session automated document is now posted on the blogspot, along with all of the Delivering Wellness dates and times.

How are you going to top McKay? Frank Vandersloot will be joining us, as our guest, on the Leadership Connection call, next Monday. Why would you EVER miss that! 276 days “til Convention 2015. If you are serious about your business, Convention is as serious as the business gets.

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Clear Your Skin And Clear Your Driveway.

Products are the Business: Today’s product is Melaleuca’s entry into the 1.2 billion dollar market that is adolescent and adult acne products. Ours is called Clarity. The Clarity “system” is a summer special at $21.99 for the five products, a savings of $5. Clarity was preferred in “blind” testing by 4 of 5 (80%) of sufferers, who saw 87% improvement in their condition. Hear more about Clarity, the competition and the value.

There was an incredible amount of positive feedback about last week’s simulcast that was hosted by Cisco Holland, titled “Starting Your New Leaders With MGGG”. “There will, Paulette says, be more of them in the future.”

There was a huge incentive announcement over the weekend. One-dollar ($1) memberships have returned for August, along with the Pacesetter reset that has been amended to include an extended deadline of October 31 to grow your business by 25 or 50 customers. You still must develop your Director by August 31st, but this extension will allow you to focus on that DI in August. Great news. Want more great news? Listen to Ed and Paulette as the inform us of a “shocking” enrollment contest that offers as a prize: a $55,000 BMW or a $47,000 Honda Odyssey mini-van. Only 2 quality enrollments get you in, if that customer remains one through December. It’s all here.

In our business development segment, Ed and Paulette talk about those incentives and how they can be your tools to avoid a “lazy” August. Ed is calling everyone who has gone “dark” in the last 4 months to re-energize them with this news. Paulette urges us to explore our customer base (1s) for referrals. That re-energizes, too and it isn’t difficult, just listen. Ed tells us how important a good August is in launching us into the best Melaleuca months of the year, September, October and November. “You can’t wait ‘till then, he tells us, you have to lay the groundwork in August.”

Finally, Paulette encourages everyone to review “On the Green Scene” and find out more about Active and Passive attention. It will give you insight about how to manage yourself and your time as a resource to your team and your business.

It is now 283 days until Convention 2015. Attending can be the breakthrough in your business and your life. Can you find the time? Can you NOT?

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