Six in Six!

I know it has been some time since I posted on this blog.  But better late than never. There is no better timing than now.

I just received an email from a good friend and great leader. He talks about how he spends roughly 6-10 hours a week working his network marketing business (AdvoCare). Hence the title of this post. Six in six.
So what does that really mean.  All you need is 6-10 hours a week to legitimately work your business and you can be on your way to six figures or above.  A matter a fact my buddy I received the email from makes almost six figures a month.

So here is the email I got.  Let me know your thoughts.  Please feel free to share.

"6- 10 Hours per Week"

During a recent 1-on-1 appointment, I was upfront with a gentleman about the realistic time investment required to build a business of substance here...

When I told him "6-10 hours per week", I noticed a sigh of relief, a sense of "I can do this"...

And he especially lit up when grasping the concept of building a team of people also committed to the "6-10 hours per week" steady approach - that was something he could authentically present to his friends and family...

This is a man who owns a business, wife is a chiropractor, 2 kids involved in sports... a full plate already...

If I blast him with a rant about how on fire we are as a company, team, etc, and about all the upcoming events he needs to attend, I'd lose him...

I've always fed one bite at a time... especially when recruiting men... 

Don't get me wrong, I was direct and on purpose about the power of our company and my desire to lock arms with him. But to attract the high upside, high quality people we want - they've most always already got a full plate of life, so we must be passionate, but not overwhelm.

This also is a matter of style... some leaders have a motor that just doesn't stop, which works for them! Our approach is a bit more relaxed and methodical, thus it's typically what we attract... probably a good thing when thinking about building a stable, long-term business...

IF YOU MUST HYPE OR MANIPULATE SOMETHING TO GET IT, 

YOU'LL HAVE TO HYPE AND MANIPULATE IT TO KEEP IT.

Indeed, there will be seasons of pressing, riding momentum, rockin' to the next level... all good things. But if our business success and fundamentals depend upon a raging fire and constant 60 hour weeks, one would have to question how sustainable and, just as important, how attractive that is to the high upside parent watching you.

Your new person typically won't/can't grasp the scale of what it is that we do, the bigger concepts of serving the many, pressing to Diamond, etc. Those are things we can let them experience and decide for themselves over time. If they fall in love with the bigger possibilities of Advocare, then yes they can decide to put in the 40 hour weeks for periods of time as they stretch for the full 

Advocare experience that's possible.

What attracted us was the steady commitment of our sponsor Patrick, and the relaxed intensity of the Mark Leitgeb on a 3-way call - Mark had been doing the business for 10 years (back in 2004) when we first met he and Jaci, and they were still chuggin' along at a pace that seemed doable to us... even though they weren't "on fire", they were putting' in their 6-10 hours per week.

Are you? 

And are you attracting that to your team?

From the beginning, we've had a vision of building a team of solid people who'd be here for the long term - all putting in their 6-10 hours per week, attending major local events, and Success School 2 times per year, mixed with some seasons of pressing.

We've attracted that fruit because we've done those things and planted those seeds. So can you.

-Matt Warren

Lots of great teaching points and nuggets from a great leader.  I will be posting weekly on this blog.  So feel free to post comments, suggestions on topics, or anything else you would like to hear.

Enjoy the week!

Become Greater!

-CAP

Bear Chases Man During Weekend Workout

For this weekend workout I decided to add a video for everyone. Since it is summer and the weather has been nice I decided to do a lot of our weekend workouts outside.

Check out the Video Below for the weekend workout and be sure to repost and share with your friends. Subscribe to our You Tube Channel for more workout videos coming.

Weekend Work Out.

Dynamic Warm-up
20 Hill Sprints

If possible race up the hill with someone.  In my case I used our dog to chase us up the hill.
It is good motivation, plus a great workout for both you and the dog.

Ab Finisher

Upper Abs  2 sets.
Straight Leg Crunch    25/12 reps
Feet Up Crunch           25/12 reps
Tall Sit up (weighted)  25/12 reps

Lower Abs

Reverse Crunch     25/12 reps
In-Outs                  25/12 reps
Jack Knife             25/12 reps

Enjoy the workout.  Be sure to share the video and give it a thumbs up.

www.ImprovingLivesDaily.com

-CAP

Happy Fathers Day (workout video)

To all the Dads out there we want to wish you a happy fathers day.  So for this week’s weekend workout we gave DAD a few options. Check them out below.

Or you can always try the workout in this video.  Its only 2 minutes and 50 seconds.  I have a feeling most of you guys will end up doing this one.

If that is not enough you can always finish the day off with this workout.

50 push ups

100 squats

25 push ups

50 squats

1 mile run

Hope everyone enjoys.

Have a Great Day!

-CAP

www.ImprovingLivesDaily.com

A Reflexion on Success

Today I have a very special guest post by a good friend and mentor, Terry Paulson.  He shares many of the common mistakes we make with building an AdvoCare business and ways to simplify/correct them along your journey to success. I am sure most of us have done some of these things or find our own path to success.  However, if you seriously want to improve your live check out the post below. 

A REFLECTION ON SUCCESS

This post is directed towards business builders.  We love and respect the people who have joined AdvoCare to use the product and those who have chosen to build the business at the hobbyist level yet participate in larger business building events.  So as you read this, please understand this post is for people who want to build an income that will pay consistently at the gold pin level and above.  The key word being “consistently.”

We all try to invent our own success system at first.  Most of us have gone through life with the ability to figure out shortcuts.  I know I have and at first I applied this to AdvoCare.  After a while, we all learn that there are no shortcuts in AdvoCare.  Here is how we usually learn this lesson: great pay period (pay period = pp), poor pp, okay pp, awesome pp, okay pp, okay pp, okay pp, poor pp, okay pp, good pp, okay pp, great pp, okay pp, okay pp, poor pp. 

We usually resist exactly what we need to do the most.  As we look around at successful people, we say to ourselves, "We/I do not need to do that."  Or, "I/We are going to build our team differently."  But as we to resist what we need to do, we are working through our warm market and introducing people to a watered down version of AdvoCare: A financial opportunity where we are sharing potential of the AdvoCare opportunity but not the truth of what is required to achieve success.  In some ways, the presentation is: “Please join so we can make money off of you because you don’t really have to do a lot of work to succeed.”  When the truth is, AdvoCare is very much a work program.  This might not be done purposefully or with malice.  But after a while we are so desperate for people to join our team we do not want to share the reality of what is required to succeed.

As others build an army, we look back and see that we have very few people who are willing to follow us.  Finally we arrive at the moment of truth: “What do I/we really need to do to succeed here?”

The number one success equation in the world is service to others leads to greatness.  When we find a way to serve, everything changes.  That requires sharing AdvoCare and being willing to teach, mentor, and lead using a system of success that allows other people to have success.  For most of us, including me, that requires submitting to the wisdom of those who have gone before us.  This requires taking that proud person and locking him or her away so that we can approach this business with the mindset of humilty.

Now instead of helping 10 people change their lives through AdvoCare in a year, we are going to teach, mentor, and lead 10 people to change the lives of 10 people.  At the end of a year, instead of changing 10 lives, we are not going to be responsible for changing 100 lives.  To achieve this, we have to realize one very “simple” concept: Simplification equals duplication.  In order for an army to duplicate your efforts, things need to be simplified.  If everyone is inventing their own success system, duplication is not likely to travel from one generation of distributors to the next.

But here is the other key to the Success System: People will do exactly what we do.  Good and bad.  If we teach a system of success that is based on poor choices, the people we have shared AdvoCare with will do exactly the same thing.  If we teach a system of success that is based on healthy and empowering choices, the army of people that we are leading will do exactly the same thing.

Here is the distributor triangle of success:
1. 2 on 1s
2. 3 Way Calls
3. Mixers

Here is the corporate triangle of success:
1. The Rookie Bonus Earners (RBE) call
2. The Champions in Action (CIA) call
3. Success School 

Here is the greatest thing about the AdvoCare Success System:  It allows us to do things instead of think about things.  Everything rises and falls based on action.  There is a deep sense of freedom and relief that occurs when we submit to the system and take action instead of thinking about the job we hate, the debt we owe, the time we are missing out on with our loved ones and the deep emotional void we live with because we feel like we lack a purpose or the ability to achieve our true potential outside of our family.

People do exactly what we do.  Would you like to achieve at least gold pin income consistently with AdvoCare?  The average gold pin distributor in AdvoCare earned $39,518 last year. 

What would you do when you achieved Gold?  Would you make the push for Ruby?  How about Emerald?  What about Diamond?  The great thing is, in AdvoCare there is no limit to what you can earn. 

Did you know that there is another triangle of success in AdvoCare?  It is your own personal triangle of success.  I will go into this at another time.  But it has to do with attitude.  But going back to the concept, people will do exactly what you do – when you put the three triangles of successes together they are reflected by the team you have built.  And that reflection is a diamond. 

I think there are a lot of Diamonds out there.  They just don’t know it yet.

Have a great day, 

Terry Paulson  

The Number 1 Exercise for Results!

It is that time of the week again.  Time for or weekend workout.  This one is a bit different that other workouts.  But just as effective.

It contains the single most effective exercise that everyone should master and perfect. This exercise if preformed correctly can help with everything no matter what results you are looking for.

If you want to drop body fat... You Must do these!

If you want to get stronger...    You Must do these!

If you have knee pain....           You Must do these!

If you want more flexibility...    You Must do these!

If you want a firm Butt...           You Must Do These!

If you want to reduce injury...    You Must Do These!

If you want XYZ........              You Must Do These!

So what is this exercise?

SQUATS!!


Yes, That is it.

Squats work the biggest muscle group in your entire body.  So it is important to do incorporate squats. I'm not going to get into all the details on the science behind them  but i do want to give you a few key points in performing them correctly.

Now there are a few different variations of the Squat, but for the purpose of this Weekend Workout, we will stick with the fundamentals and just do body weight squats. Below is a brief description of how to preform squats.

Squatting Down

• Start from the hips – Bend at your hips and sit back into the squat. Imagine you are sitting down on a seat. The hips joint should always bend before your knees.
• Check your knees – Keep your knees out. Your knee joints should be pointing in the same direction as your feet all the way down. If your knee buckle in it normally means that the weight is too heavy.
• Keep your weight back – Keep your weight distributed towards your heel.
• Go all the way down – You should always aim to squat to at least parallel. Meaning, your hip joint needs to be at least parallel with your hip joint. The knees are designed to work in a full range of motion, so it is recommended to go below parallel.  In this case you will want to make sure the hip crease is below the knee crease. 
• Think about squatting up - On the way down think about squatting up. This will help to prepare your brain and make the upward movement easier.

Squatting Up

• Bounce off the bottom – At the bottom position of the squat your hip muscles should be tight – storing energy. Use this energy to help you bounce out of the bottom of the squat. Ensure that you are bouncing off the hips – not the knees.
• Focus on your glutes – When powering up out of the squat concentrate on squeezing your glutes together.
• Drive your hips up – Most of the power for the squat comes from the hips. Drive the hips in an upward motion.

Now that you know how to perform the squat correctly.  Time for the weekend workout.  You guessed it.  Squats.

In the workout you will preform 500 Body Weight (BW) Squats as quick as you can for time.  Without further ado, Here is the workout!

As Always...Be sure to leave your comments and times below!  Please share with your friends as well. 

www.ImprovingLivesDaily.com

-CAP

12 Concepts to Propel Your Success

I just wanted to take the time to share with you 12 concepts that were shared with my by some fellow co-workers. These concepts alone helped them propel their business to over $70k a month income. Maybe that seems a bit outrageous. Heck i think that is crazy to earn that a month.
 But you know what? 

If they can earn $70k a month I know I can earn 70, or 700, or $7000 a month. Everyones goals and reasons are different. But this just shows you what is possible. To top it off the Ferro's are not even the top couple in the company.

 There really are No Limits to how far you go.  It is up to you to decide.

 Here are the 12 Concepts below.

# 1  It never matters what THEY do, it only matters what YOU do

When building a team here you may find yourself criticizing them for not working.  The fact of the matter is, you lead the charge.  You go Spark 10 people today.  You have more mixers.  You go recruit more.  This is a Performance Based Opportunity, YOU GO PUT NUMBERS UP ON THE BOARD, EARN A BONUS, JUMP PIN LEVELS,  Get Recognized and your Team will Follow.

 

#2  It doesn't matter if your prospect buys into YOUR STORY, what's important is that you don't buy into theirs

When speaking to people about their life and trying to help them "Set a Higher Standard of Living for their Family",  it is important to not let them talk you out of your dream.  They may be trying to protect you,  maybe from scar tissue in the past, but YOU KNOW the credibility of AdvoCare, where the company is going and how well you will do.

 

#3  If your WHY is strong enough the HOW makes sense

A lot of people will ask, "How do you work the business".  You can't tell them HOW until you've moved their emotions by finding out WHY they would work the business.  Paint a vision of how their life would be different with an extra $3,000 - $5,000 a month residual income stream.  Remember, being a good Leader is being a great INFLUENCER.

 

#4  You can't take anyone where you aren't willing to go yourself

Are you going to Success Schools regularly?  Are you listening and putting new prospects on the Rookie Bonus Calls?  Champion in Action Calls?  Do you Register for the events early, read good books?  Your LANGUAGE will reflect what YOU DO DAILY.  The end result, MOVING PIN LEVELS AND BRINGING PEOPLE WITH YOU.  Adopt the mindset of, "YOU'LL QUIT ON ME BEFORE I QUIT ON YOU AND I'LL ALWAYS OUTWORK YOU."

 

#5  Money makes you more of what you already are

Your paycheck will rarely outgrow your personal growth.  You will not receive the riches until you put the time in learning the core values of this business and become a wonderful steward of money.  

 

#6  Sacrifice a little now so you can have a whole lot more later

Successful people know that in order to go up, they must give up negative things, people or events that don't move them closer towards their financial goal.  Put away the golf clubs, baseball bat and T.V. just for a while, and Make Earning Income and Being a Success the Priority.

 

#7  Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do

Success doesn't happen by chance, it happens by design.  Their are necessary traits embraced by those that have gone before us that we must duplicate.   Successful people work 12 hours a day in the beginning.  They get there early and stay late.  They read good books.  Set goals.  AND YOU CAN TOO!

 

#8  The best plan somebody had for their life got them where they are 

Remember, it's not AdvoCare we are sharing it's a New Health Plan or a New Financial Plan.

One of the gifts you'll learn through AdvoCare is to help someone design their future, to not settle for mediocracy, to expect great things and to not live a life of contentment.  Take them back to when they were 18, the goals and dreams they once had.  WHY DID THEY QUIT DREAMING?  WHY DID THEY SETTLE?   Help them identify certain Disgusts or Desires that will allow them to want to change.  

 

#9  Lack of Communication is the #1 reason people fail in direct sales

It only takes a few people to move your Army, but you must be in constant contact with them until they are ready to break out on their own.   How is your communication with your team?  Are they aware of the events?  Do they know about the calls?  Do you Recognize those working and doing well?  THOSE WHO PLUG IN ALL THE WAY SUCCEED.

#10  If your not going to fix it stop complaining about it

Nobody will follow a complainer.  Nobody wants to hear YOUR negativity, especially if you are asking them to follow you.  This was the biggest Concept in our business we made sure to change.

#11  We are a leadership development company disguised as a nutrition company

 The products lead to you getting into someones' life, finding out WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE THEY WANTED TO GO AND WHEN WAS IT THEY QUIT ON THEIR DREAMS or assisting them in continuing THEIR DREAM.  Your team will be comprised of Leaders who have taken back control over their life or in the process and who have a burning desire to help others do the same.   Leaders on and off the AdvoCare field.  Leaders who want to leave a legacy for their family and community.

 

#12  The greatest day of your life will be when you stop caring what other people think

Direct Sales was probably not on your bucket list, but we find ourselves in situations where it is the single finest opportunity to take back control over our lives.  Then, once you learn this business model there is no going back to the Corporate World.  You now have a CEO mentality for your career and YOUR LIFE.  

 

DO NOT LET ANYONE STEAL YOUR DREAM

 

ANYONE

 

 -CAP

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What it takes to Earn an Extra $1000/month. (Silver)

How would an Extra $1000 a month part time be beneficial to you? Would it help make a house payment, a car payment, pay for your kids extra after school activities. Whatever your reason may be, I just want to show you that it is actually quite simple to do without putting in to many hours. For those of you that know, I used to be an electrician. The last job I worked at I was working at a power plant and we put in over 70 hours a week. I knew I did not want to do that forever, but more importantly my job was coming to an end rather soon. Within 6 months of implementing some of the simple steps in the video below I was able to bring my income up to over $1000 a month. I think its important to know that I was working 70+ hours a week at the time and that it is very possible just by helping other people and sharing stories. Much like telling somebody about a book you read or movie you saw. So check out the video below and be sure to repost the blog to share with others. Most importantly TAKE ACTION! -CAP www.ImprovingLivesDaily.com