Jay Veal's Blog – August 2011 Archive (25)

“A leader takes people where they want to go.  A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” 

– ROSALYNN CARTER

Early on our network marketing journey we must share information, sift and sort, until we find others who want to go where we do.  Over time, that leadership will duplicate. 

Challenge for today:

Call your teammates who want to…

“Have a talk with yourself.  Then have a lot more talks with yourself. Convince number one that you can succeed and you will succeed.  If you don’t believe in you, why should anyone else?” 

– TOM HOPKINS

Successful individuals remind themselves constantly that there is greatness inside them.  They review their specific written goals, the design for their lives, frequently each day.  They spend their time with others…

“To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.” 

– LOU HOLTZ

In network marketing, unpopular things that solve problems often involve constructive criticisms.  We must be willing to compassionately coach others in areas they can improve.  But we must also be willing to accept such criticisms ourselves.

Challenge for today:

Call 5 of your top leaders and…

“You can make excuses or you can make money, but you can’t make both.” 

– PRESLEY SWAGERTY

The two will never go together.  And if you try to prove this one wrong, you are just making more excuses!

Challenge for today:

Draw a line in the sand, as Presley also says.  Stand in the gap for your family.  Get after it today!  If not now, when?

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Where there is no vision, the people perish. 

– PROVERBS 29:18

I have grown to love this verse.  I have also come to better understand it.  So many people have settled.  They have traded their vision and their dreams for a life of mediocrity.  They are the living dead.

Challenge for today:

Share your story today with 5 people you have never shared it with.  Share how you have…

“One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” 

– KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR

Network marketing success requires leadership.  But without a team, not only can there be no leadership, but there can be no success in network marketing.

Challenge for today:

Recognize the team.  Send an email to your group recognizing recent promotions, new associates, and…

“A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” 

– ELBERT HUBBARD

The difference between success and failure, winning and losing, is tiny.  It is so tiny in fact that it is hard to quantify.

Challenge for today:

When you think you’ve made all the calls you can make today, make a few more.  When…

“The world is more malleable than you think and it’s waiting for you to hammer it into shape.” 

– BONO

Our thoughts are our realities.  Not fleeting thoughts mind you, but what we think about all the time shapes our existence.

Challenge for today:

Keep a written vision for you and your reality on a small card that you can carry with you.  I laminated mine.  Read it upon rising,…

“I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not.” 

– LUCILLE BALL

Amen!  There are two types of pain, the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.  The pain of discipline is temporary.  The pain of regret can last a lifetime.  I would agree with Ms. Ball that it is easier to forgive ourselves for having attempted and failed, than to have not attempted at…

“There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them.” 

– CLARE BOOTHE LUCE

Many people enter network marketing when they have exhausted all other options for solving their problem.  For others, they are sick and tired of being sick and tired.  For both groups, network marketing offers a ray of hope, where little or no hope existed…

“Rather than asking how to do something, ask how to do something for a million dollars.” 

– ANONYMOUS

Attitudes like dreams should be big!  Not offensive mind you, but as big as we can muster.  If something is worth doing, it is worth doing in a major way.  After all, this life is not a dress rehearsal.  There are no “do overs.”  Make it count!

Challenge for…

“The very essence of leadership is its purpose. And the purpose of leadership is to accomplish a task. That is what leadership does–and what it does is more important than what it is or how it works.” 

– COLONEL DANDRIDGE M. MALON

The task is freedom from financial worries and owning our time.  A leader never shows doubt, worry or fear.  A leader always shows single-minded focus for the task at…

“Teams share the burden and divide the grief.”

– DOUG SMITH

As a team we share in our successes and we lift each other up in times of strife.  When aligned as a unit with a common goal, the team is stronger than sum of its parts.

Challenge for today:

Schedule a meeting or conference call with your leaders or entire team.  Celebrate and recognize the…

“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” 

– WALTER ELLIOT

Perseverance is our ally against failure.  It is a critical part of not only our long-term success, but our short-term, daily success, as well.

Challenge for today:

Focus on each objective on your daily to-do list separately today.  Persevere by completing each…

""Think simple" as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.” 

-- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

One’s principles are, indeed, the foundation for success.  Principles like honesty, integrity, and a servant mentality.  When principles like these are integrated with a positive attitude, focus and a never quit work ethic, success is…

“Managers do things right; leaders do the right things.” 

– PAT CROCE

As we begin to build a team an interesting phenomenon occurs.  We tend to get lost judging the team’s performance, when in fact, the focus on self is more important than ever.

Challenge for today:

Avoid “management mode.” Instead of calling your teammates, pestering them, or “telling” them what they should be…

“The key to motivation is motive.  It’s the why.  It’s the deeper “yes!” burning inside that makes it easier to say no to the less important.” 

–  STEPHEN R. COVEY

Outside the challenge of overcoming rejection and working consistently and persistently over time, the actual physical actions necessary to build a network marketing business are easy.  It’s easy to pick up the phone.  It’s easy to…

“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.” 

–  SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL

Our attitude can make a profound difference in any situation.  That said, it would make sense to check our attitude often.  We can control how we feel and we can get better and better at it with practice.

Challenge for today:

Evaluate your attitude upon rising today.  Decide, just for today, to keep you…

“Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. 

– MARIAN ANDERSON

It’s really simple, just like most aspects of network marketing.  Lead as you would want to be led. 

Challenge for today:

Be the leader and sponsor you would want to be sponsored and led by.  Write down a list of qualities and actions…

“A championship team is a team of champions.” 

– UNKNOWN

Champions attract champions.  Remember, network marketing is a business of attraction, rather than promotion.  You must be the first champion before you can lead a team of champions.

Challenge for today:

Are you performing like a champion?  Your team will model your actions and activity.  Want them to make more calls?  You…