Robin Early and Teresa Garrison both ran highly successful direct-selling businesses for years. Today, the two are the co-owners of a business called “The Success Factory.” Along with motivational and informational books and CD’s, they provide free e-mail tips! I received this one in my e-mail today and thought it was wonderful and wanted to share it with all of you!
Running your own home based party plan business certainly has its ups and downs, doesn’t it? Some days it seems like everything goes right. And then there are the days when nothing goes right, you’re down in the dumps and you feel like tossing in the towel.
Step 1. Dump up! Call your upline, tell her you need 60 seconds to whine and then get over it!
Step 2. Make a phone call to one of your favorite customers just to talk to a friendly voice and find out how her last purchase is working out (chances are, she’ll have nice things to say), THEN end your day on a positive note!
Step 3. Put on some upbeat music and dance around with your kiddos…the endorphins will work wonders for your mood
Step 4. Sit down and brainstorm with yourself. Figure out what’s working, what’s not, and how you can change it. You’d be surprised…sometimes making one little “tweak” can make all the difference in the world. (Here’s an example…several years ago, TSF found herself getting completely stressed out over getting prepared for parties. She found herself wondering if it was really worth it. After analyzing her pre-party preparations, she figured out that the source of the stress was preparing guest folders before parties. With small children, a trip to the printers and a block of time to “re-load” folders was nearly always a big challenge. The simple solution of just passing out order forms and catalogs at parties and having other handouts available on an “as needed” basis, made all the difference in the world and guests never knew the difference. So easy, yet a huge stress reducer! What small change can you make that will make a big difference?
If you’re having trouble getting to the source of your challenges, call a buddy or call your upline for help. Just remember to be solution oriented. The best thing about this business is that someone, somewhere has probably “been there and done that” in any given situation. There are lots of tips out there, it’s a matter of networking and reaching out. That’s what this daily email is all about. Do you have a challenge or a situation in your business you need help with? We’d love to hear from you…just like when you were in school; chances are, someone else has the same question too. Let us help! Send us an email at www.TheSuccessFactory.com and we will do our best to offer some advice (or at least post it and get some input from the rest of the online subscribers!
