HardWork The Key to a Successful Melaleuca Business
The Main Thing Stephen Covey always pointed out that “the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” At Melaleuca, the “main thing” for growing your business is enroling new customers. No other activity is as rewarding as enroling new customers and mentoring them to do the same. Fortunately, enroling new customers is not difficult. Very few people find that they can’t do it. It’s just that they need to find the time or make the time to get out and do it. It’s that self-discipline that seems to be the hard part for most people who see others succeeding but don’t quite get there themselves. Those who build big Melaleuca businesses have the persistence to put themselves on a rigorous regimen of enroling one customer after another. They spend their free time adding to their contact list, calling to set appointments, and introducing new customers to the products and to the business opportunity. That’s the “hard work” I’m talking about. Actually, it’s not “hard” – and very few people would actually call it “work.” Once they get
into the swing of it, it’s really a lot of fun! But for those who do not have a calendar or a plan of when they are going to work their business, make appointments to do presentations, and enrol new customers this week, the hard work seems to be getting themselves to go out and do it. Setting Goals So what is the solution? How do you discipline yourself to get out and get to work? My counsel is to first write down your goals. Sit down with your spouse and decide where you want to be ten years from now, five years from now, one year from now and where you want to be at the end of Fast Track. Then develop a plan to get there. Write it down! Make a commitment to yourself as to what you are going to do to make your dreams come true. Remind yourself that this is your life! You are alive right now! You can’t keep waiting until you can find the time. Life is passing you by! This is it! We all hope for a life after this life. We probably don’t know much about what the next life will be like. But we have this one
now. Let’s not waste it! Let’s make the absolute most of it that we can. Share your goals, commitments, and plans with someone else. We get more committed when we tell others what we plan to do. And then follow through! If you want to make your life the best that it can be, write down your goals and your personal action plan, and get to work. Don’t procrastinate any further! Call your support team and tell them that you are ready to go to work! Or you could wait until you have more time, but then nothing changes, does it?
A MESSAGE FROM CEO FRANK VANDERSLOOT
Hard work. It doesn’t sound very appealing. It’s old-fashioned and it surely is not considered romantic. But it is the key to almost every successful business venture. When people ask me, “What is the key to building a successful Melaleuca business?” I know they are looking for some profound statement or magic formula. But the answer is very simple. Clearly, all those who have created the most successful businesses have one thing in common: They are hard workers – very hard workers! And they are persistent! In our business, persistence seems to trump all other noble traits! People who keep going, never give up, and never quit, they always make it to the finish line! The good news about all this is that success can be had by every single person who wants it bad enough! There is no elusive “magic formula” that is attainable by the “fortunate” or the “few” who discover it! Success with Melaleuca appears to be an absolutely sure thing for those who persistently
“Those who build big Melaleuca businesses have the persistence to put themselves on a rigorous regimen of enroling work hard at the Seven Critical Business-Building Activities. The Difference Is Discipline It takes discipline to own your own business – deciding what hours to open for business and when to be closed for the day, etc. – especially if you are used
the kids go off to college. It’s a real test to see if they can get themselves out of bed each morning and discipline themselves to do their homework and get to bed on time so they can get adequate rest. Only those with self- discipline will make it. So it is also with Melaleuca. Only those who know where they want to go and discipline themselves to set aside time on a daily basis to work their Melaleuca business will reach their goals. To be sure, there are many distractions. In our world there are literally thousands of ways we can spend our free time. Working your business can always wait “one more day.” The fact that Melaleuca is a “part-time” business makes it even more difficult to stay focused. We get caught up doing things that seem more urgent (or more fun) in the moment. Yet it is clear that only those who are disciplined and stay focused on their goals will reach them.
Sincerely,
@FLVanderSloot
one customer after another.”
to working for a boss who has always told you what time to come in and what time to go home. It’s kind of like when
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JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER | EU.MELALEUCA.COM
JULY / AUGUST / SEPTEMBER | EU.MELALEUCA.COM
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