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Network Marketing Training – The Win-Win Proposition
Network Marketing Training
– The Win-Win Proposition
Network marketing is the only business I know of where training your business associates provides a complete win-win 100 percent of the time. One of the foundational truths of network marketing is that the better those you sponsor & mentor in the business DO in the business, the more money you both make.
How does that compare to other jobs, professions and businesses?
Training other employees in a J.O.B.
Think about what you do, or used to do before network marketing, to earn your living. A new employee comes on board and you are asked to train them. If you train them to do the job as well or better than you can, many times they will be promoted over you.
A friend recently called to complain about his current situation. To protect the innocent, he still works there, I will call him David.
For nearly a decade David has been the top sales rep at his solar company. In early 2012 his company asked him to allow new reps to ride along so they could learn what he did to be so successful at selling solar for residential customers. He was happy to do so because #1 he believed in his company and its products and #2 he had been told that the long-time VP of Sales was retiring at the end of 2012 and he was in line for the position.
I think you can see where this is going. David trained 6 reps in 2012 and several were given territories that were cut out of his territory. Because of David’s shrinking territory and because of his dedication to training, one of the new reps matched David’s sales totals in the final quarter of 2012. Guess who was promoted to fill the sales management position?
You got it, the new sales rep David trained. It’s not always a win-win to train and mentor other employees when you are an employee, too.
Training Employees as a Small Business Owner
If you are a business owner, think about what happens with your very best employees. You train them to do the jobs in your organization with the idea that the best and brightest will replace you in the everyday tasks so you can work on your business instead of in it.
What happens with those best and brightest? Many, many times they leave to start their own and competing business. The better you are at training them, the more you create your own competition.
It’s a short-term loss. It costs money and time to train your employees. Time you could have spent selling or doing other revenue generating activities.
A mid-term win. While they are still with you, they free your time up and make you money.
It is a long-term lose for you, because you now have to train someone else to fill their position or do it yourself AND they are directly taking business away from you.
Network Marketing Training & Mentoring
In Network Marketing when you train someone to surpass your own production you win because the volume they create is part of the volume in your organization, so you make more money. They win because they are able to succeed to a level they probably couldn’t have without your training and mentorship.
So its a true win-win when you provide effective network marketing training.
Training Available for Our Team
We have amazing and effective training and resources that begin with the industry leading BDS eApprentice online training program and includes both USANA corporate and our organizations program.
USANA Training
- BDS E-Apprentice Training – Best in the profession
- USANA corporate calls
- Wednesday Night Global Training Webinars
- Vision Tour
Team Dynamite Training
Our mentors, 2 Star Diamond Directors Tony & Tammy Daum, provide an incredible breadth of training and support.
- TeamDynamite.net Online On-Demand Training Videos – learn at your own pace
- REVolutionize Your Business Leadership Training – Live online training
- Growth & Leadership Training Weekend – Quarterly 2 day live online training
- EXCELLence Performance Coaching
- Personal Growth Seminars
- Super Saturday Seminar Training
Live On Purpose Intl Training
Prospecting Training & Google + Hangout Weekly Trainings
Upline Training and Help – Dr Norm and Barbara Dawson
From One on One Training to 3-way & Skype calls to local support meetings
Your success is important and we work to make sure you have all the resources you need to learn the skills you need and the training you need to become the person you want to be.
Come join us.
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We do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in, there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to contact us about the USANA products or the opportunity and tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
- Our Official USANA Website – richardburns.usana.com
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
The Real Value of Building a Network Marketing Business
The Real Value of Building an MLM Business
One of the biggest lessons you learn in Business school is the difference between Assets and Liabilities.
- Assets add money to your cashflow. Assets put money in your pocket whether you work or not.
- Liabilities cost money. To acquire, to pay, to lease or rent, to maintain, to insure.
In Network marketing you are building a long term, residual income. The residual nature of that income makes your MLM business an asset and a big one. How big? To get a better idea of how big of an asset your MLM business is, let’s look at other assets.
What Are Other Assets Paying?
There are a number of investments that are typically thought of as assets.
- A CD in the bank
- Savings Accounts
- Stocks, bonds and mutual funds
- Commodities like Oil & Gas, Gold, and other precious metals
If they appreciate they will pay interest or a dividend that adds to your cashflow.
How much interest or appreciation are we seeing in those investments? A CD in the bank is paying about 1% today. A savings account may pay as much as 0.25% interest. The stock market has just recently caught up to where it was in 2007-2008. Treasury Bonds are paying between 0.76% for a 5 year note to 3.03% for a 30 year note. Oil & Gas, Gold and other precious metals have peaked and are on their way down. Gold has lost more than $100 from its peak in just the last 3 months. Silver hit its peak in 2008 and has been on a consistent slide for 4 years. Oil and Gas are down more than $50 from their 2008 peak and have lost more than 10% in the past 12 months.
So some investments are not assets at all as they are depreciating, losing money over time.
How About Real Estate?
We all saw what happened over the last 5-6 years in the housing market. In some areas of the US, real estate is worth half of what it was at its peak. And real estate will cost you money for your mortgage, upkeep, insurance, etc…
If your real estate is mortgage free and you are collecting rents then it can be considered an asset. Typically real estate is a liability.
How Big of An Asset is Your MLM Business?
My goal has been to retire at 65 with an income of $60,000 per year. So what would it take today to do that using the other assets we named?
- A CD? – $5 million in the bank
- A Savings Account? – $20 million in the bank
- Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds? – The average ROI of those investments to 2.0%, so it would take $2.5 million invested
- Oil & Gas, Gold and other commodities? – Unknown because they are depreciating currently.
- More importantly you have to already HAVE that money to invest it.
In network marketing, having a residual income of $5,000 per month is about the same as having $5 million in CDs, $20 million in a Savings Account or $2.5 million invested in Stocks, Bonds and Mutual Funds.
At that point your network marketing business is an asset equal to have $2.5++ million dollars invested.
Let me repeat that. Having a residual income of $5,000 per month is the equivalent of having $2.5 million invested!
Wouldn’t you agree that working to build your Network Marketing business to that level is creating a HUGE asset for yourself?
The immensity of that asset is what attracted us to this profession. Even if it takes five years to build our network marketing business to $5,000 per month by plugging away part time, we are creating an asset that is larger than we could by investing $175,000 per year for the next 14 years until I turn 65.
Others have built to that level of income in as little as 8 weeks and the average for those coached by our mentor is 18 months.
Let’s build that asset together!
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I do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in, there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to contact us about the products or the opportunity and tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Richards Update – Weight Loss & the USANA Business
Richards Update – Weight Loss and USANA Business Building
Interesting Experience
Some of you know that since moving to Albuquerque, I had suffered from asthma and allergies to the extent that I was taking one and sometimes two Claritin D 24 tablets per day to control the symptoms. Even with the Claritin D I was still having a moderate to severe asthma attack once to twice per month. Asthma attacks that kept me in bed all day.
Once Patty and I started taking the USANA Health Pak 100 that includes Mega Antioxidant, Chelated Mineral, Active Calcium and Advanced AO Booster in mid-September 2012, I had not had to take a single Claritin D nor had only had one mild asthma related incident. Even that one event was after not taking my supplements for 3 days.
Well, Patty and I built our own My Health Pak and added Biomega, Procosa and CoQ100, but we left off the additional AO booster that is in the Health Pak 100. We started taking that combination on December 30th.
After just 3 days of taking the My Health Pak instead of the Health Pak 100 I started having mild wheezing/asthma symptoms.
I went back to taking the Health Pak 100 yesterday to see how what effect that has on the asthma symptoms. Is that AO Booster the difference for me in terms of allergic reactions and asthma?
I will report back next week and let you know how I am feeling.
Here is my update on how the last week went in terms of weight loss and building our USANA business.
Weight Loss
It weight gain this past week. Put on 1.8 lbs. Guess it was too many family dinners and the requisite holiday cookies. I also only worked out once and took one walk.
Well there is hope for me and for you too.
The USANA Reset Challenge starts on Jan 7th and I am going take full advantage of it for motivation, training and discounts on the USANA Reset and Transformation products. The $200,000 in prizes, including 30 trips to Sanoviv Medical Institute, for just for doing what I have already been doing is awesome too.
If you would like more information on the USANA Reset Challenge : Destination Transformation you can take a look at the articles Patty and I posted on this blog:
The USANA RESET Challenge: Destination Transformation
and
Getting Ready for the USANA Reset Weight Loss Challenge
OR
you can take a look at the official USANA Reset Challenge page:
We hope you decide to join on this challenge and create a new you in 2013.
The USANA Business
Patty and I have been working slowly even through the holidays. We got a check this past week and looking forward to more in the weeks to come.
With the USANA Reset Challenge about to start we have a new PC that is going to be part of the challenge and more prospects close to committing than we have had at any other point in our business so far.
Now its about building up one leg to match the other so we can get checks weekly. I can see that happening by the end of January.
What I have learned
About Weight Loss
You cant have your cake and your weight loss too. Well mostly it was cookies and pie, but if you eat all the holiday cheer, you gain weight. I gained 1.8 lbs this past week.
I know what I have to do and during the Reset Challenge I will get additional motivation and some great discounts just for doing it.
Its time to get busy getting to my most healthy weight.
About Building the USANA Business
I have heard and also taught in the past that it takes 6 contacts on average before people take action to either join your business or become a customer.
That has proved true for Patty and I in USANA. People we spoke to more than a month ago are coming around and asking questions and signing up.
I have also learned how important it is to protect my attitude. From negative thoughts from me, from all the negativity in the media & social media, and from negative Nellies in general.
So, no more news other than the weather for me (10:17 – 10:20 PM on KOAT).
When I catch myself having a negative thought I clamp down on it and visualize myself achieving my goals. When people are consistently negative to me about this business or just about life in general I am limiting my contact with them. I am succeeding at this business and I am coming to understand that my real friends are those that are supportive and whose contact lifts me and Patty up.
We are meeting so many amazing people through this business and I am working hard to be that supportive and uplifting person I want in mine and Patty’s lives.
I do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in, there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to contact us about the USANA products or the opportunity and tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
A Holiday Follow Up to My Story
Follow up on My Story!
When We Started on USANA
When Patty and I started taking the USANA products on September 14, 2012, I weighed 247 lbs, got tired walking up a flight of stairs and was taking at least one 24-hr Claritin D per day and often two in an attempt to control my allergy and asthma symptoms.
Even though I was taking Claritin-D daily, I was having asthma attacks at least once per month that kept me in bed for the day That meant missing work and losing income. I carried an extra Claritin-D in my pocket at all times just in case one was not enough.
Because of my asthma problems and because of the type of work I was doing I was pretty sedentary.
I was 50+ lbs overweight, tired and had problems breathing most days.
What USANA Products Are We Taking Now?
Patty and I are currently taking the Health Pak 100 once per day each and a Biomega morning and evening. We are only taking the Health Pak once per day, because I found that when I take it twice per day I have so much energy at night that I cannot sleep. Taking the Health Pak with a meal is essential and Patty and I often eat at 7pm or later because of her work schedule. Once I take my vitamins it takes me 6+ hours for the energy surge to wear off enough for me to sleep, so I was finding myself going to bed at 1-2 am.
Patty and I are also using one Nutrimeal as a meal replacement and a Nutrition Bar, Go Nuts and Berries is our favorite, as a snack. We then eat our normal diet. Understand that our diet is low-glycemic because Patty has type II diabetes. For most meals that means half a plate of meat and carbs and half a plate of salad when we are home.
Patty and I started walking 1.5 miles 3 times per week in early October once we realized that I was not having asthma problems.
Where Are We Now?
Today is December 27th, 2012
I have not taken a single Claritin-D since we started taking the USANA Health Pak. I still carry a Claritin-D with me, but it is the same one that I had in my pocket on September 14th. Over those 14 weeks I have had only ONE mild asthma incident and that was after not taking my Health Pak for two straight days.
I obviously have much more energy. LOL So much that I can’t take the Health Pak twice per day.
Patty and I have started doing a full hour work out once per week in addition to our walks. Stretching, 30 minutes of cardio, light weights & iso-kinetics, and ground work.
I currently weigh 226.4 lbs. I have lost over 20 lbs and that is through the two biggest eating holidays of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Recently I went out and bought a new pair of jeans that was a size smaller. It was the first time I had gotten smaller in over 10 years!
I am ECSTATIC! And I am not done yet.
The Next Step for Us
January 7th USANA is starting a weight loss challenge – the USANA RESET Challenge: Destination Transformation. With over $200,000 in prizes, this contest will provide all of us with not only the best products to manage our weight effectively, but training and incentives.
My goal is to lose another 30 lbs over the 12 weeks of this RESET Challenge.
Come join us!
Richard Burns
We do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in, there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to contact us about the USANA products or the opportunity and tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Richards Update – Weight Loss & the USANA Business
Richards Update – Weight Loss and USANA Business Building
My last post was 12/6 so this one is more than a little overdue.
Last Friday, 12/14, I took a 3 mile walk and on my way back home I was hit by a SUV that was leaving Estates at Tanoan on Eubank. The black SUV, driven by a woman who was on her pink cell phone instead of paying attention to her surroundings, was moving slowly as it left the stop sign, but it was enough to knock me to the ground.
To make matters worse as I scrambled to my feet and got out of her way, she drove off and screamed at me that I should pay attention to cars. So if you know anyone in Tanoan Estates that drives a black SUV with a plastic hood protector, please tell her to put down the cell phone and be more careful. Next time she may seriously hurt someone.
By the time I finished the last mile of my walk my hip was hurting badly and because of that pain I have not been very active until yesterday. Probably should have went and had the hip looked at by a doctor, but please don’t tell Patty that.
Weight Loss
On 12/12 Patty and I had Alfred “Koollaid” Watson, a personal trainer, come to our apartment gym and put us through a workout. He kicked our behinds, but we felt good the next day other than small aches and pains. We committed ourselves to doing the workout he showed us 3 times per week with a walk 2 other days.
Then I got hit by an SUV and all that went out the window.
I have gained 2.2 pounds since my last post. Patty is holding steady at about 10 lbs lost since we started.
There is still lots of great news on the weight loss front. Since we began this process 12 weeks ago I have taken almost 3 inches off my waist and went out and bought jeans that are a full size smaller. YAY!
Patty and I am slowly working our way back into exercise. We walked 1/2 mile last night and I got in a 1/2 mile walk earlier today. Hoping to increase that to 3/4 mile tomorrow or 20 minutes on the recumbent exercise bike.
The USANA Business
We have been slowly working on the business during the Holiday season without as much cold calls, but we have found that you never know who will be interested.
At Costco on Saturday I was purchasing jeans and mentioned to the cashier that it was nice to buy jeans a size smaller than the last time. She and the person doing the boxing asked how, so I gave them our card. It was incredibly busy or I would have taken more time.
As I was walking away one of the people selling the membership upgrades asked me if he could have one of our cards and he walked with us asking questions, so I got his contact information and set up a time to follow up with him.
At our apartment complex’s Christmas party we spoke with several people that seemed very interested including one that I dropped off samples too today. The apartment manager suggested we put flyers for the USANA Reset Challenge in the workout center.
We also got a new Preferred Customer from one of my Search Engine Optimization & Social Media clients.
Most importantly, Patty and I qualified for a check this past week!
WOOOOT!
What I have learned
About Weight Loss
Consistent exercise, even if it is just the short 1.5 mile walk we had been doing, is critical to weight loss. We are really only doing the maintain phase, replacing one meal per day with a Nutrimeal shake, but that combined with the exercise we were doing had resulted in 22 pounds lost in 11 weeks.
Even if I cant walk as far this week because of the pain in my hip from being hit by the SUV, I am still going to walk daily.
About Building the USANA Business
As in weight loss, consistency is the key. Patty and I have committed to talking to 2 new people about the business every day and its paying off. We also found out that even small comments can lead to opportunities to share the business or the products.
I do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in, there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to contact us about the USANA products or the opportunity and tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Getting Ready for the USANA Reset Weight Loss Challenge
Decide! Commit! Believe! Achieve!
Richard and I are getting ready for the USANA Reset Weight Loss Challenge, a 12 week permanent weight loss challenge starting January 7th! For 12 weeks, you’ll get the motivation, tips, and support you need to transform your body and your life
Now is the time to get prepared.
USANA RESET
The USANA RESET weight management program is not a diet…it is lifestyle change to get healthy!
USANA scientists designed RESET™ to make losing weight feel easy, giving you a significant head-start. By following the RESET program, you can lose up to five pounds in five days.
Interested? Let us know…
Our Adventures
We are both excited about this and getting ourselves healthier. We had our first official workout today with Koollaid and he kicked our butts!! Thank you so much Alfred Walton for helping and believing in us!
For more information on the USANA Reset Challenge, Destination Transformation, or any USANA products contact us:
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Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
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Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- Patty’s phone number is 619-277-2824
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On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
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On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Why We Built Our USANA Blog on WordPress
Why We Built our USANA Blog on WordPress
Alot of people have asked me why we created our blog on WordPress, a free platform.
Some background on why they have asked:
Before USANA, Richard’s main source of income for the past 3 years was building and maintaining websites as well as SEO, Social Media and Content Marketing. So people are used to his websites being extremely professional and self-hosted.
So why did he build our USANA blog on WordPress, a free platform?
Two Words – Its duplicable
Anyone can sign up for a free wordpress account, choose a free theme, and build a blog all by themselves. You can build YOUR USANA blog on WordPress without needing money or a professional webmaster to build and maintain the site.
Sure, when you go Emerald or Diamond you will probably want to spend a little cash and have your site updated, but the biggest changes you will see us make are being self-hosted so Richard can do more with Google Analytics (which is free) and maybe going from a free theme to a $99 Studio Press Theme (Richard’s preferred WordPress theme family for his clients websites).
But we wanted to show that anyone can build a nice looking blog with all the bells and whistles for free.
The Key to Network Marketing is being Duplicable
The 1st people will think when you approach them about the business is “Can I do what she is doing?” Can they duplicate what you are doing?
The 1st thing your new distributors will ask about building their new business is “Can I do what my mentor is doing to build my business?” Can they train their new people like you are training them?
If they answer is no, they are not going to join you in the USANA business or they are not going to stick in the business.
So that is why Richard built this blog using WordPress.com. So the people in our organization will see that they too can do this.
We do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to tell us your thoughts. We appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- Richard’s phone number is 619-277-6495
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Richards Update – Weight Loss & USANA Business for 12/6/12
Richards Update – Weight Loss and USANA Business Building
I had several messages asking how I did last week, so I want to apologize for not getting this posted sooner.
Patty got back in town on Monday night and since then we have been busy. Thursday Patty worked a 12 hours shift and Friday I had 2 clients and working with Dr Norm Dawson on his social media and then we both attended a USANA Sense Spa Party. So… its late.
Congratulations to Barbara and Norm Dawson for achieving their first week of Emerald qualification! Next step is Diamond.
So here is my report.
Weight Loss
I lost 1 pound this week to bring my total to 21.6 lbs lost in 11 weeks.
This past week I have lots of excuses for not walking, but the bottom line is I only got in 3 walks. I think that is the big difference from last week. Goal this next week is to get back on track by losing 3+ lbs.
Or maybe I will gain a little weight to make my loss in the USANA RESET Challenge that starts January 7th that much more dramatic. LOL.
USANA Business Building
Last week I thought we had qualified for a check, but I must have been mistaken. Volume is there, but …
Not sure what happened. Have to place an order before the 14th, so maybe we will get it then.
Slow week on approaches, Patty did most of them, but this week I have rocked it out on follow ups. Seem to see a little momentum building and the calls are getting easier to make. That 500 lb phone is getting lighter.
Maybe its like weight lifting. The more I pick it up, the stronger I am getting so it feels lighter.
Our goals are still the same. Walking across the stage in August as a Gold Director. Going to have to pick it up and start contacting 10 new people per day.
What I have learned
Weight Loss
Consistency counts. Its more important what I do on a daily basis over time than what I do in any one day. I need to take a walk more often and be consistent in doing other exercise every day.
This week Patty and I have a personal trainer coming to show us what exercises to do to accelerate our gains in health and weight loss. One thing he told me already is that as I increase muscle tone that my weight loss will slow and we will be measuring fitness and size (waist, stomach, chest) as well as weight.
The USANA Business & Personal Development
The phone wont bite.
Most people don’t bite. (and the ones that do you don’t want to work with anyway.)
Its as important or more important to work on who you ARE than what you do. Read, listen and study motivating, positive materials daily. They will lift you up, help you think well of yourself and keep you going through the grind.
Like owning any business, building a network marketing business is not easy. It IS worth it. Stick it out. The compound effect will take hold and momentum will kick in.
I do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to tell me your thoughts. I appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- My phone number is 619-277-6495
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
Richard’s Update – Weight Loss & USANA Business Building
Richards Update – Weight Loss and USANA Business Building
Its been a good week overall. Both in terms of getting back on track for weight loss and for building our USANA business.
I spent Thursday, Friday and Saturday refreshing and reloading and then had a productive week. The only downer has been the death of one of my mentors, a man I respected immensely, Zig Ziglar. The quote above is in his honor.
So here is my progress report.
Weight Loss
I lost 3.2 pounds for a total of 20.6 lbs in 10 weeks. I am back on the weight loss pace to make my long term goal – 2 lbs per week.
Even with Thanksgiving and the requisite huge meal with family to start off the week I stayed on track by making good choices for our meals, drinking Nutrimeal meal replacement shakes once per day, snacking on the Go Nuts n Berries bars, drinking at least five 20 ounce glasses of water each day, and walking three times during the week.
My wife Patty will be in San Diego for the next 4 days, so one of two things will happen.
- Either I will just not eat much of anything because she is not here. Patty is an incredible cook and I have become totally dependent on her to cook.
- Or I will eat at least one meal a day at Blakes Lotaburger (mmm Green Chile Cheeseburgers) or some other equally fattening fast food place.
I am still focused on losing 2.4 lbs by next Thursday morning’s weigh in. Guess I am just going to have to walk every day. 🙂
USANA Business Building
Patty and I just qualified for our 2nd check! YAY!
Its not a huge one, but getting any size check shows progress and we will take all the wins we can get.
We are finding that what I remembered about the business still holds 100% true, it takes about 6 contacts with a person on average before they decide to join us in the business.
During the past week, last 3 days really, we have been prospecting mostly in our warm market and have invited a bakers dozen and had three presentations. Our results were one person who is ordering Rev3, one who wants to try some samples that I will deliver on Monday, follow ups scheduled for next Monday & Tuesday for people that have committed to watching the video, and one that said he had watched a couple of segments of the video and we could talk more the next time I bring a check in to deposit (yes, he works at the bank). Of course there were several NOs, but the positives far outweighed them.
What I Have Learned
Weight Loss
3 steps forward, one step back is ok. Its about the compound effect of continuing to eat right, use the USANA products, drink enough water and exercise.
After 10 weeks I am on pace to reaching my weight loss goals and feeling more energetic than I have in years. Poor Patty is having to beat me off with a stick. 😛
During a 2 week time frame when nearly every person in Patty’s office and every relative I have come in contact with (and I have alot of relatives in Albuquerque) has been sick and missing time at work, I have not caught a single sniffle.
Building Our USANA Business
KEEP GOING!! Its not about a day or even a week. While the network marketing business is still the simplest path to prosperity in the history of capitalism, simple does not mean easy or fast. (Hat tip to Mark Yarnell)
Success in network marketing is survival of the fittest at work. Well over 60% quit in the first year, but the earning potential for those that stick it out is exponentially higher than anything else I could be doing with my time.
Yes the MLM business is slow at first for most of us, but its like a snowball rolling down a hill. An even better analogy is doubling a penny every day for a month. On day two you have two cents. On day ten you have just $5.12. After 3 weeks you still only have $10,000. But on Day 30 you have more than $10 million dollars. $10,737,418.24 to be exact.
Keep the effort up, keep consistent and keep going, and the payoff is huge.
I do hope you decide to join us on our adventure. Once that momentum kicks in there is no telling what peaks we can climb together.
Please feel free to tell me your thoughts. I appreciate the feedback.
- Our email is richardandpatty@gmail.com
- My phone number is 619-277-6495
- On Twitter – twitter.com/healthnfreedom or @healthnfreedom
- On Facebook – facebook.com/richardandpatty.burns
All my best,
Richard
Richards Thanksgiving Update – Weight Loss & USANA Business Building
Richards Update – Thanksgiving Edition – Weight Loss and USANA Business Building
Ok, I am more than a little angry at myself. Things have not gone as planed this week for whatever reason. I will spell it out in more detail as we go along.
Wednesday I was actually a little depressed. I am over it now and moving through the stages from depression, to anger to motivated to make sure it doesnt happen again.
So here is my progress report:
Weight Loss
I gained 2.2 lbs and that was BEFORE Thanksgiving meals.
Why? Patty and I only walked once in the entire week. Still drank one shake a day, but a combination of not eating the right things and too little exercise resulted in a 2 lb weight gain. GRRRRRRR
My goal is getting under 200 lbs and I am not going to get there backsliding one week per month.
Going to get back on it this week. Started out Friday with a shake and will eat a salad for lunch and a Go Nuts and Berries bar for a snack.
USANA Business Building
This one was even more frustrating than the weight gain because I thought I had flat out rocked it on prospecting. I made 96 phone calls to people I met at professional networking events. 84 new calls and a dozen follow up.
I got 32 people that answered the phone, 21 flat out NOs and 8 that had no time to talk. 3 said call back after Jan 1st, but really didn’t hear much.
I did have 4 people that watched the online Health and Freedom presentation on my USANA website, but I was unable to reach any of them to follow up.
Thoroughly frustrating.
What did I learn?
Weight Loss
Exercise, water, and salads are extremely important to weight loss and to blood sugar levels. Carbohydrates are the enemy of weight loss even if the caloric intake isnt as high as other foods.
The USANA Business
Sometimes its not about what you do, its about being congruent. So today and Saturday I am resting and recharging by listening to prospecting training and reading some things to help me figure out who I want to BE, rather than what things do I need to do. I figure that Monday to Wednesday I was doing the things I need to do. Now I need to make sure I was saying the right things and focus more on who do I need to be.
Please feel free to tell me your thoughts on that. I appreciate the feedback.
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