What Happens to You is a Reflection of What You are Thinking

A director once told me her team was full of stupid people who didn't get how easy this business is. She swore to me she would never say that to them, in fact she praised them and gave lots of recognition. Unfortunately, her team started to dwindle and she complained all the more. What was happening to her team was a reflection of what she was saying to me and in her own mind, and though she said she never said it to them, they could feel it. Her team sensed her bad energy.

Your thoughts and words are powerful. Even if you don't say them out loud, your body feels the energy of them, positive or negative. People around you can sense the positive or negative energy. Others will respond to you based on the energy you are putting out.

What can you do for yourself today to shift your energy to positive?

More Office Organization Tips - Personal Time Tracking

Do you cringe at the thought? Tracking your time? Ah but yes - it's a valuable tool to help you be a better you in your business!

Record for two weeks all the actions you do from the time you get up till you go to bed. When you look back to review, color code your actions into family time, personal time, income producing, team building or team connection time, and office work. Where do you spend the most time? Is this helping you reach the goals you have? Do you see any patterns that are working or any that are not which may need to change. Perhaps you find yourself checking emails six times a day, washing a load or two of laundry, chatting on the phone, surfing the internet. You get the idea. When you see where you are really spending your time, you can see why you are getting the results you have, good or bad.

Based on what you discover and what you want to accomplish with your business, consider what you believe would be the best schedule for you. Set it, schedule it, and then track how closely you stick with it. Ask yourself after two weeks, what has improved and what still needs to be evaluated or changed. Then track it again. The more clearly you understand how you truly spend your time, the better you can manage your time. Granted I know it’s all easier said than done, but I have done it. Sometimes it takes the help of an accountability partner or coach to help you manage the time you spend in and out of your business. The benefits are worth it!

Office Organization Tips

Caterina Rando, Nicki Keohoho and 18 other Direct Selling experts, including me, are busy working on a fabulous new book coming out in the spring called Direct Selling Power. It'll be a must have for every direct seller and a book every leader will pass out to her team!

My chapter is Office Organization. I had a limited amount of space but know you'll still want the content I had to eliminate so I'll be posting it here in the coming days. I'd hate to withhold ideas that can make a huge difference in your business!

For directors and leaders with large growing teams, here's a quick tip for you to help ensure you don't miss any important steps in adding a new consultant to your team.

New Consultant Processing Form
When a new recruit comes into your team attach a New Consultant Processing Form to her agreement. A New Consultant Processing Form is a checklist of steps for processing a new recruit including:
-> Entered into database
-> Welcome note card sent
-> Welcome phone call made
-> Link to team website or team chat rooms
-> Welcome packet sent
-> Any other steps you take can be added
With a simple checklist your assistant can help ensure all steps are completed before a new agreement is filed away.

Single Daily Activity

What action could you take right now that would move you closer to your goals?
You have a choice everyday to act or not. By adopting the mindset that every day you will complete at least one daily activity for your business, you are much more inclined to grow vs. being haphazard in your approach.

So think about today... what can you do?
Write a thank you
Call a customer
Coach a hostess
Share the opportunity
Prepare your hostess packets
Review your company manual
Listen to a training CD or podcast

I challenge you to write out 30 SDAs so you always have ideas for working your business, even when time is tight.

What ideas would you add to the list?

Three Easy Ways to Work Your Business While on the Go

Are you in business or playing around? Do you recognize an opportunity when it's right in front of you? Here are ideas so you can be prepared for business when you are on the go.

Create a portable office in your car.
Include catalogs, business cards, recruiting brochures and packets, hostess brochures and ready made hostess packets, promotional DVDs, and other marketing materials you may have.

Learn as you drive.
Listen to training CDs to improve your skills. Download MP3 training from the Internet and plug it into your car to listen to as you drive.

Show and sell as you go! Can you take a few items with you for an impromptu party out of the back end of your van while you're at the ball diamonds? Do you have a case with product that is easy to carry with you in case your girlfriends at lunch are in the shopping mood? Wear your products or logo wear.

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now." ~ Napoleon Hill

What do you do to make your business portable?