Are you truly inspirational? Pay attention to one little simple thing and inspire yourself and others to life changing success!
by Daniel Wood, General Manager
was successful before trying to build the business, Melaleuca would have failed and thousands upon thousands of people would be living worse lives. From Nelson Mandela to Winston Churchill, Mohamed Ali to Mahatma Ghandi, Albert Einstein to Oprah Winfrey, Edmund Hillary to Donald Bradman. Their accomplishments and everybody else’s all started with a reason why! Why are you doing Melaleuca? Do you want to change your life? Do you want to help other people? Perhaps you want to remove the toxins from Aussie and Kiwi homes? Perhaps you want help retirees live a comfortable life? Maybe you want to help mums stay at home with their kids? Or perhaps you want to help people earn real incomes and transform their lives by achieving Senior Director? All that really matters is that you know why you are doing this and that you feel passionate about it. Think big and share your reason why, you’ll transform your life and the lives of many others! With hope of success, Daniel
“Do you want to sell sugar water all your life or are you going to come with me and change the world?” That was in 1983; today Apple has transformed the PC, Mobile Phone, Music and Television industries; and created the App and Tablet industries, in the process becoming the world’s largest company —Jobs started with a ‘why’ to change the world and it’s hard to argue that he didn’t succeed! At Melaleuca, I often hear leaders say, “I haven’t achieved success so how can I show other people success.” It’s as though we feel dishonest or fake when trying to help people earn an income with the business opportunity. It tends to be a real eye-opener when I point out to them that even the most successful people were unsuccessful once-upon-a-time. It's okay if you don't listen to another thing I say; if you understand and act on this next point it will have a more profound effect on your business, your income and perhaps on your life than anything else I could ever say. Here goes: People follow your dreams and your absolute belief that you will achieve them. It makes no difference whatsoever how successful you already are, perhaps a relevant example will help to explain. In 1985 Melaleuca was a tiny company with just eight products and one employee. It had a strong purpose and that employee believed with all his heart that Melaleuca would be great. Today, you, me and more than a million other people are involved with Melaleuca. If Frank had waited until he
When people ask me why I’m passionate about Melaleuca; my answer to them is, we have the potential to dominate the direct sales industry in Australia and New Zealand. I’m not saying be number one in the industry, but complete domination. Hundreds of Senior Directors, thousands of lives enhanced and ‘Melaleuca’ a household name! We can make a living, even become really wealthy by helping other people. For me that’s a rare privilege. This is my 'why' and it inspires me every day! When I compare it to other things I’ve done, Melaleuca is better —much better. In other jobs I’ve had I felt like a small part in a big machine. I found it hard to connect my work with the success of the business. As a result, I did what I was told, chased meaningless numbers and looked forward to the weekends. ’If I don’t do it, I won’t get paid,’ this was my 'why’, in my previous jobs. I spent 40-60 hours per week, year-in-year-out to achieve a pay cheque —depressing, isn’t it? “People don’t follow you because of what you do or how you do it, they follow you because of why you do it,” says Simon Sinek, author of ‘Start with Why’. He also makes a distinction between leaders and people that lead, “Leaders hold a position of power or influence; those who lead inspire us.” As you can see, in the past I’ve been under the influence of leaders but at Melaleuca I feel inspired! It’s typical for great leaders to start with why”. When trying to get the CEO of Pepsico, John Sculley, to join him at Apple, Steve Jobs immodestly asked,
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