CHANGED FOR GOOD by Darrin Johnson, Senior Vice President of Sales
One of my favourite Broadway shows is Wicked . Toward the end, the two main characters Elphaba and Glinda perform the song, “For Good.” The lyrics focus on how their friendship has changed them both, putting each on the pathway to her own destiny.
The Power of Relationships Extensive research shows that satisfaction in our vocations can be traced back to one question: “Do you have a best friend at work?” The research strongly indicates happiness is driven less by WHAT we’re doing, and more about WHO we are with. (Wellbeing: The Five Essential Elements by Tom Rath & Jim Harter, 2010.) I can immediately think of so many Melaleuca examples, but here’s one that comes to mind. Just over a year ago, I was honoured to have dinner with a brand-new team in Reno, Nevada, where I met North American Director 7 and speech pathologist Julie Smith and her enroller, North American Director 9 and kindergarten teacher Mandy Limbert. I met a few of their team members, and I was so impressed with everyone I met. I remember commenting to the group over dinner that relationships like these are the foundation of business and personal growth. Julie and Mandy shared with me how much they appreciated how North American National Director 5 Brooke Paulin had taken such an interest in helping them build their businesses. Both of them attribute much of their success to their relationship with Brooke. Here’s what Mandy recently told me about that relationship: “I’m not exaggerating when I say Brooke has changed my life. Brooke has been there every step of the way. She taught me how to approach, then flew to Reno to do my first in-home. She taught me how to enrol, how to follow up with customers, how to add names to my contact list, how to place people in my organisation, and how to watch a webcast with a guest. She taught me to dream and gave me hope for a better financial future that was almost dead inside of me at the time. She helped me find builders and did strategy sessions for them at first, then taught me how to do it.
Darrin Johnson Senior Vice President of Sales
Glinda begins, “I’ve heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason.” While she doesn’t know if it’s true, she sings, “But I know I’m who I am today because I knew you.” Elphaba responds, “Whatever way our stories end, I know you have re-written mine by being my friend.” The song ends with both women singing, “Because I knew you I have been changed for good.” I love how the lyrics put a spotlight on the power relationships have to transform our lives in profound ways. How the phrase “for good” is used to reference both personal improvement and a permanent change. Donald Clifton, psychologist and business executive, once said, “Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships.” At Melaleuca, the personal growth Marketing Executives experience from building a Melaleuca team is very real, and it’s driven by the relationships forged along the way.
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