What's Your Excuse?

Mine was having the grandkids for the summer, business was blooming, I had a magazine to produce and distribute, two new websites to launch and a myriad of other “reasons” for not moving forward in my new Mona Vie Business.

I mean, I signed up and was all gung-ho to start recruiting and spreading the word about the health benefits of Mona Vie as a product and the business model that has made many people rich in the short time it has been around.

In all fairness, my husband has been the gung-ho one. He has been actively sharing the message and the JUICE with anyone and everyone who is interested. He has been going to meetings in town and hundreds of miles away, he’s got the business cards and all the right stuff to promote Mona Vie to our circles. And in fact, he has done just that. He gives out at least 4 bottles of the wonder-juice a week, not to mention Success from Home, the magazine that shares stories of dozens of folks who have already “made it” in this business. In fact, yesterday we attended a birthday party one of our neighbors hosted and got to talking about Mona Vie with a few of the other guests. Two were interested ~ one from the business standpoint and the other from the health standpoint.

The first one started a postal store business and business is really bad. He and his wife have invested almost $150,000 in the past two years and have yet to turn a profit! Of course, that is pretty normal for many businesses especially with the state of the economy these days. However, you don’t have to spend any where near that to start seeing a return on your investment with Mona Vie. Many of the people I have met who are now Diamond Distributors didn’t even spend $1,000! Yes, there are ongoing costs involved including the monthly cost of buying 1 or 2 cases of Mona Vie. But today there are very few ways you can invest so little to make so much! The possibilities truly are endless.

The second person we spoke to was having hot flashes and night sweats and I told her that since being on Mona Vie mine are almost completely gone. It is TRUE! And when I do have them, they are not nearly as intense as they once were. When I started getting Hot flashes I had to quit doing public speaking because they were so unbearable. About 2 or 3 months after being on the Mona Vie the symptoms are so mild that I am the only one who notices them. No more Power surges, more like mild electrical currents that flow from time to time. So we gave her a bottle to try. I am confident they will help her and when they do, we will have a new customer.

That’s what it takes. Finding people to buy and people to sell. That’s what makes the potential for massive success a reality.

So today I recommitted to the business. Because the product is excellent and the business model works.

Let me tell you about the business side of direct sales. To be a success you have to follow their tried and true model. Everyone who does it the way the other top produces does is a success. That’s why they provide distributors with all the tools to succeed, CD’s, books, action plans and more. In fact, we purchased their Maximum Action Plan (or Map) book during one of the meetings we attended (distributors can also download the MAP book for free from their sites). The MAP is a 10 Step Pattern and Calendar outlining all the things a distributor should do to succeed and reach their financial goals. Now I have to tell you, no one “makes you” do anything in the book, but as I mentioned earlier if you follow it and do what the other successful distributors have done, your chances of making lots of money and reaching your goals increased exponentially!

The very first thing in the MAP book is a one-page outline with a fill-in-the blanks goal sheet for your business. It is important to write down what goals you want to achieve and by what date you want to achieve them.

I recently had the opportunity to interview Linda Ware, author, master motivational speaker, corporate trainer and coach. She spoke about how to get everything you want in life when you set Power Goals and achieve them. Power Goals are based upon goal setting and the laws of attraction. I will be posting the link to Linda’s Interview in the next few days.

No matter what business you are in the best way to set yourself up for success is to set realistic goals that are in alignment with your values and life’s mission.

If you are struggling financially, your business is not producing what you need or expect, maybe its because you are not setting the right kind of goals or worse, like me you’re making excuses.

Maybe you’re blaming the economy, the media, your staff or even your marketing. Most, if not all of these excuses are really products of your belief system. Because they are really more in control than you may imagine.

Next post I’ll talk about the 20/20 vision for success and share the sponsoring tips outlined in the MAP book.

By the way, here’s an interesting video by CBS Channel 6 in Orlando talking about Monavie lowering your Cholesterol backed up by a study from Emory University (thanks to Kerri Aronoff my first Sponsee for sending this to me).

And Kerri has a great blog she started to keep track of her journey as a new Mona Vie distributor. I think you will find it interesting and you may even be able to relate to it as did I. It’s called: OGirlie

To learn more about the Mona Vie Business, visit JUICE WHO.

If you have any questions or would like to go to a distributor meeting in your part of the world, call me at 954-625-6606 and I’ll hook you up!