develop and for each personal customer I needed to enrol. The kids got to pull a sticky note off the wall every time I achieved one of those. They had a great incentive, of course – we were going to go on a vacation together! So they wanted to rip off those sticky notes. “In fact, now they’re pretty quick to call me out when I’m not doing my work!” Make the most. Getting the results you want as you work from home will take some sacrifice on your part and some understanding on your family’s part. You’ll have to learn to set your schedule, show up for yourself, and do the right activities consistently. You’ll also need to be patient with yourself. “It was hard to live up to the expectations I had for myself working at home,” Jeanie Paige says. “I learned to get my ‘nonnegotiables’ done first so I could give myself grace if my day went crazy. One of the most important things you can do is allow yourself grace.” There’s no question: this opportunity to build a Melaleuca business is an incredible one indeed. As you take the time and put in the effort, you’ll find that the greater freedom you were looking for to be with your family – plus greater capacity to enhance the lives of others – will be within your reach. JC
at practice. If you’ve only got a little time, you’re going to use that time much more efficiently. Busy people get things done!” It’s probably no surprise that Kellee rarely uses her home office. She doesn’t want that space to be the only space where she can get things done. “If you have to have all the stars aligned – sitting in your office with everything perfect and quiet just to be able to work,” she explains, “you’re probably going to have more excuses not to work than reasons to just make it happen. “In fact, I always tell my team they’ve got an advantage when they’re busy. They’ve only got a fewminutes tomake it happen versus spending an hour thinking about making that call!” Find the fit with your family. If you work from home, whether it’s for your full-time job or your part-time Melaleuca business, you know that the lines between work and family life can often get blurred. It takes extra effort to set the boundaries so that you have the time to work undisturbed and the time to put the work down and be 100 percent present for your family. The key to getting your family’s cooperation is letting them in on what you’re doing. Show them what you’re doing. Tell them what your goals are! And find ways for them to contribute to your success. If they have a stake in what you’re trying to accomplish, they’ll support you all the way there.
“In my experience,” Jessi Harris says, “business builders, especially those with young kids, often feel guilty that they’re putting an hour or two into their business when the kids or their husband want their attention for different things. My response is help them understand . Sit down with your family at the beginning, plan your dream board with them, and help them understand that by allowing you to put in the time, and by everyone working together to help, you’ll all achieve your goals together. The whole family needs to buy into what you’re doing, because they won’t understand otherwise. “I encouraged one of my team members to do just that. She sat down with her kids and told them that she was working really hard to achieve Senior Director. And once she did, the promise was that they were going to Disneyland. She let her kids clip out photos and put them on her dream board. Now, when she’s going into her office, she can say, ‘I have to go work on Disneyland.’ And her girls get excited!” “When the kids are home,” Kellee Wip says, “the key for me is to set clear expectations. If I’m working, then I need that uninterrupted time. But I also schedule time that’s dedicated to helping them with homework or with challenges they may be having. I make sure that the kids and I have time to get everything done. “When I was making my big push to reach Senior Director, I actually had sticky notes for each personal Director I needed to
Enhancing Lives Facebook page. And I’m doing the Seven Critical Business-Building Activities too. My team holds scheduled work meetings twice a day. That’s my hour – reaching out, following up, setting appointments, adding names to my contact list.” Jeanie Paige’s daughters do competitive cheerleading, and she spends a fair amount of time shuttling them to their practices. “I maximize the time I have after I drop them off,” she says. “I’ll schedule my calls for then. I’m in the car anyway; why not be talking to someone?” “Many of my team members are building their businesses in the nooks and crannies,” Kellee Wip says. “Getting to the grocery store and making one call before going in. Standing outside the gym while the kids are
Scheduling what you know you need to accomplish during the coming week also helps you stay focused and work more confidently – giving you that “no excuses” mindset. “I have an accountability sheet,” Kellee says. “I complete it every single week to make sure I’m doing the activities I need to get done for my personal productivity and taking the time I need to spend with my team.” While Kellee doesn’t meticulously plan her daily schedule, she still builds very intentionally. “I look at my week: what do I need to get done?” she says. “Sometimes the work I need to get done will all happen on Monday and Tuesday, and I’ll have the rest of the week for other life stuff. Other weeks,
and your mindset is 10 times healthier. But the real power is in doing it consistently. We hear it all the time – consistency over intensity. Results come from those small daily habits.” “What works for you?” Kellee asks. “What works for your family? What’s going to make this something you can stick with week after week? Consistency is key. Whatever your schedule looks like, make sure it allows you to consistently do the Critical Activities week after week.” Build in the cracks. Even if your busy schedule doesn’t allow you to block out long periods of time to devote to building your business, you can still get a lot accomplished just by
I’ll do a little bit each day.” As Jeanie Paige or any other
successful Marketing Executive will tell you, you don’t necessarily have to put in long hours to build your Melaleuca business. You just have to maximize the time you do put
“The benefit of a Melaleuca business, of course, is that you
consistently using the breaks you do have the right way. “The amount of work that’s required every day to build your Melaleuca business is actually not a lot as long as you do it
get to schedule it around your life.” – Jessi Harris
in – and be consistent. Consistency makes all the difference. It’s like the interest earned on a long-term investment. Jessi Harris has a simple way of saying it: “Consistency compounds.”
consistently,” Jessi Harris says. “I don’t put in 12 hours
straight every day building my Melaleuca business. But I’m
working my business when I’m taking the dog for a walk because I’m taking a video and posting it on social media. That’s a daily activity for me – sharing my journey of freedom. “When I’m doing the dishes, I’m listening to something from the Melaleuca
Jeanie Paige agrees. “There’s a compound effect from the tiny things you do every day,” she says. “And at the same time, you just get better at doing them. Things that once took you an hour to get done now take 20 minutes,
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