Early in the week...

Tuesday was not as productive as I'd hoped.  It was the last day of our $1 membership special and I was hoping to get 2 people enrolled in that but both had to postpone. :(


I did get several more referrals that I will be calling today. :)


There are a few new things on my ecomomteam website that I want to check out.  This is an awesome team!  I love how everyone is not only working for their own business but they are also working to help others on the team to build their business. :)  We've been told that new tools to help us in our business have been added, so I will go see what those are today and look for how I can make use of them in building up my business.


I do wish I had more patience.  I want this to grow fast - really, really fast.  I want it to get to the point that we can buy all we want right as we want it... but I'm not close to that point yet.  I just want it NOW!  lol  But it is growing, and the income from the little I've already done amazes me!  (and it's only "2 figures" - in the higher half)  Of course, my goal is something in the 4 figures category each month! lol   And I'm very sure it will be into the 3 figures for my 2nd month in the business.

Good Day!

Today was a good day!  


Everything was finally working... and staying that way! :)


I was able to connect with several people and I'm looking forward to a very busy week with presentations.


I've also been reading the July "Leadership In Action" magazine and finding inspiration and motivation for myself in being persistent and determined to make a success of this new business of mine.


There are things to learn - always we are learning, if we are alive at all.  For me, one of those things is to learn to hear "no" and not take it personally.  For so many years in my life I have taken it personally.  I am so used to everything being my fault that if someone tells me 'no' for some reason I think I must find a way to "fix it" so they will say "yes" - if I don't fix it then it's my fault that they don't want to do what I'm asking them.  It's like I'm just not finding the right way to do it - for them.  (I know, strange)


Anyway, the other day someone introduced me to the GoforNo website!  There are some really great ideas there!  Most of what they offer however will have to wait until I have the money for it.  So, we'll see how long it takes for that first.  


Listening to my kids go on about the trials they face when they are depending on others for transportation and spending money and other things... makes me all the more determined to do well in this endeavor.  No one should have to deal with abusive individuals, if they have a choice.  My success in this business will do a lot to help me and to help my kids get to the point where we do not have to deal with such people just so we can have some physical need met.


We WILL SEE SUCCESS!

Day 3 & Day 4

Day 3 wasn't too bad - the plan was mostly phone calls... continuing phone tag with many, but I did talk to a few people.  Unfortunately, I did not get any appointments set up.  :(  But I totally enjoyed talking to everyone! :) 


One thing I must continue to work is my own feelings of confidence, or lack thereof.  I'm one of those people who overthink a lot of things when it would be so much better for me to just go ahead and "do" a thing.  ;-)  Between that and getting sidetracked talking about all sorts of other things I end up not asking a person to do a presentation with me.  Most of the time we'll talk and talk and suddenly one of us has to rush off to something and after we've parted I think, "Duh, I forgot to see if they'd set a time for a presentation!"  So then I think there will be another time... but that takes time!  I shall have to work on my ability to just "do" - and set that appointment right off and then talk about all the other stuff going on!  :)


Day 4 was a total washout!  Nothing I'd planned to do really got done.  But a lot of other things did!  Day 3 had storms move in about midday, worsening with each round.  So, Day 4 arrived with tons of stuff to tend to related to the storm damages.  My phones are still not working!  (but Charter is on it! - just not saying how long it will take)  There were an assortment of other unplanned challenges to my day but they've been taken care of now.


I've been doing some digging into animal cruelty and animal testing... and I'm very happy to report that Melaleuca is totally against anything of this sort! :)  Yay!  I have more than one potential customer raise concerns about that and it's taken me awhile to find the right information.  A letter from the president and CEO himself arrived today confirming my research!


There are a few extra things added to tomorrow's agenda leftover from today's mayhem and I'll have to double up my efforts to set appointments!  Time's running out for the $1 special!  Forward going - don't think about what's done and over and unchangeable - just move forward - or as Dori says, "Keep on swimming, keep on swimming... "

Day 2

Day 2 has been busy!  I had 2 dr appts to do - one in town and one an hour away.  Inbetween I made a few calls for appointments - but only left messages. Got a text from a potential enrollment saying we'll maybe do that later this week.  Got two more contacts added to my list.


In my head I feel determined to make this a success.  In actual practice it's not easy fitting in the needed tasks with everything else I'm already committed to getting done in a day.


It's not easy being poor!

Goals - 173 days - 51 days - 20 days

Hi!


If you're coming here from my AllMyEarthlyBest blog then you know the plan! :)


If not, well here's the idea: 

Today begins DAY ONE for me.  Some will say I'm nuts; some will say I'm trying to do too much; some will say it's not possible.  One or two people I know will say, "Go for it!" and/or "You can do it!"  Those people I want to keep close to help me when I feel like what all the others have said is true!

This blog has at this point a small bunch of followers (mostly lurking, not letting others know they are following) that actually know me personally, in real life, not just online.  Some day there will be more I'm sure but for now, to those few who stop to read I invite you to share with me a journey that goes beyond going green and getting healthy as it has been seen so far since I started this blog.

I am posting some goals for myself and will welcome your support to keep me on track with them. :)  

Now that you're up to speed... here are my goals!

173 day goal: to be a Senior Director in my business!  This is big too!  The company has a plan they call Pacesetter that sets up your business goals to become a Senior Director within a year.  My team also has a plan; it ups the pace; follow that plan and you could become a Senior Director in 6 months!  Now, to add to that the company has just added an incentive to become a Director V (5) within my own Pacesetter time frame and they will give a bonus of $5,000!  I am in my first month for all of these potential goals!  173 days is what I have left to achieve them!  If I go for the Senior in Six plan I'll make Director V about halfway there (about 86 days)!

WHY do I want this?  One, for the money, of course, LOL  But two, and more importantly; achieving this success will release me from feeling dependent on others for the means to even have just a minimally simple life!

51 day goal: to have enrolled 20+ customers in my business!  That's what I do!  It's fairly simple - call people to set appointments for an overview of a healthier, safer, better way to shop and after they understand how it works then I enroll them so they can do it too!  Together we make a difference now in our homes, our lives, and our environments!

WHY do I want this? 20 customers by this point will have me on track to meet the 173 day goal.

20 day goal: to have enrolled 10+ customers in my business!  Same as 51 day goal but it's set to end at the end of July.  I already have 2 customers so I just need 8 more in the next 20 days. :)

WHY do I want this?  10 customers puts me well on track to meeting my goals!   Getting 10 every month right on through December will pretty much guarantee that I'll get to Senior Director by then.

Wondering why I'm putting all this out here in a blog?

Accountability for one! LOL

But also tracking and/or journaling the process or progress, lol.  

Maybe it will help others in some way or inspire them to do the same! :)