Today's Tip
SUBJECT:
Summertime - keeping myself and my TEAM on track!
Summer can be a
challenging time for your home based business - especially if you are
someone with children who are now home from school. Whether elementary,
high school, or college aged having the kids around every day can present
a real distraction. Fold in nice weather and the lure of fun outdoor
activities and you have a potential recipe for major procrastination when
working from home.
“Taking the summer off”
is not always a good choice, especially if you consider that our business
has a 30-90 day cycle. Look at your calendar and you will see that if you
do nothing now, it will impact your fall (harvest time!) in a very
negative way.
So, how do you stay
motivated and help your team to do the same?
Sometimes all it takes
is a new challenge, something that increases your excitement level and
gets your juices flowing.
Set a short term goal
for yourself, or for yourself and your team. An example might be
recruiting or selling to a certain amount within a short period of time.
Get creative. Think about having a fun focus, like recruiting people who
are out of state or selling a particular number of a specific product;
anything that will give your goal a new twist.
Break your goal into
bite-sized (daily) increments. In other words, if your goal is to sell
$1000 in the next 2 weeks (10 days), then your daily goal is to sell
$100. Keep the goal in front of you and reward yourself for your
accomplishments.
Working on a specific
goal with your team can really makes things fun. Again, break it down. If
you have a goal of selling $10,000 in the next 10 days with a team of 10
- each individual must sell $1000 in that period of time or $100 a day.
Have them report daily to you and post the results in a daily email that
goes out. Don't forget the rewards. It can be something as silly as candy
(Smarties - you are so smart to have achieved today's daily goal)or
something bigger like a Starbucks or gasoline gift card. Let people brag
on their successes and post them to everyone via facebook. Then, when you
achieve your goal be sure to celebrate as a team.
The whole idea is to
use your imagination and creativity to build momentum and team work in
your organization.
We would LOVE to hear
what YOU are doing this summer to stay motivated and help your team do
the same. Won't you write and let us know?
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