It's about getting better and better

This is another good article from Gary,

Greetings,

There are many things to learn about this business as a person gets started.  The products, the compensation plan, getting appointments, giving presentations, following up, and of course becoming the best leader you can become.  There certainly aren't any secrets about how to build a great future with this company but there are some basic fundamentals and anyone who invests the time and effort and is consistent as well as persistent will experience success.  

There is a article in yesterday's Minneapolis paper with the following headline.

                                        Zimmer: Playing best way to learn

Mike Zimmer is the Minnesota Vikings head football coach and is considered one of the best coaches  in the NFL on the defensive side of the game.  In football they have a complex playbook, very specific plays done a very specific way, they watch lots of video,  have meetings every day.  Coach Zimmer says in the article, "I really think you learn best from playing."  Football is a highly skilled sport and the only way to develop the skills is by playing. 

In our business we have CD's, DVD's, loads of information on the Shaklee web site, webinars galore,   regional conferences, and of course the annual conference, and many people to learn from.  All are very important and add to learning this business.   But if a person wants to grow their monthly volume, have  new people coming in every month, increase their income, they have to get in the game and what this means to me is talking to people, getting appointments, giving presentations, etc.  The more skilled a person becomes the easier the business becomes.  Skills are only developed by doing not only learning.

We are all independent contractors in this business.  We are not employees.  What this means to me is  we are responsible for our personal development and well as for improving our skills.   We should have a check list for ourselves so we can evaluate our efforts.  How many appointments did I have last week?  How many appointments will I do every week?  How many opportunity presentations did I do last  week?  How many new people came into our business?

Learning the business is important and developing the necessary skills is vital for growth.   How are you doing in each area?

Enthusiastically,

Gary Burke