Thanks Usana!

Jen and I just got back from 4 days of royal treatment from Usana's home office in Salt Lake City, UT!

All I can say is, "wow!" Never in my working career have I seen this much GENUINE appreciation from a company.

They understand how hard associates work and truly listen to our needs and suggestions.

Aside from hanging out with the 3 new million dollar club inductees and picking their brains, Here's a little bit of what happened:
Thursday:
- Usana flies us out to Salt Lake City and greets us with Usana signs at the airport.
- We are transported to Park City Utah for a welcome reception and check into the resort
- Usana rents a tour bus and takes us for a private tour of the Olympic Park.
- Gold Medalist Derek Parra has dinner with us!

Friday:
- Stretch Limos pick us up at the resort to escort us to Usana Headquarters!
- We walk on the Red Carpet and through the doors of the office to be greeted by hundreds of Usana employees clapping and cheering for us (this was such a good feeling, and I was in awe).
- Private tour of Usana through the office, meetings with employees/ VPs, viewing the manufacturing facilities
- Limos pick us up to take us back to the resort for dinner w/ EVP Mark Wilson.

Saturday
- Development and leadership training in the morning
- FLY FISHING on the Provo River!
- Formal closing dinner

Sunday - Left Salt Lake City!
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I feel that all associates should experience this Gold Retreat, and my goal is to work hard to get as many people there as possible. Trust me, you HAVE to experience this. If you treat Usana like a business, you WILL experience this.

Below is a little slide show of our trip. Thanks Usana!

Why do people fail?

Its reality... when you have goals, there is a possibility that you will fail. Take for instance my boys, the LA Lakers. Their goal was to win a championship, yet they failed.

In Network Marketing, there is a possibility that you fail. But honestly, with hard work and some ambition and dedication, I don't see how someone can fail.

There are 3 reasons people fail in Network marketing

1) They don't go to training! - How can you learn how to start this network marketing business if you don't show up to train? Training is where you learn from people who are successful in this business. These are the people you should be listening to. I know its difficult, but one should NOT take advice from someone who has not been successful in Network marketing or let alone ever been involved in the industry. Imagine setting that goal to get in shape. You get all your workout gear, new shoes, new shirts, gym membership, and maybe even make a workout schedule.... and you don't even show up to the gym when you are supposed to. . . sound familiar? That's automatically failing.

2) They give up / stop -Imagine starting your gym workout for a couple days or even a couple weeks (like I have). You're all about going to the gym, you feel healthy, have energy, then one day you just can't go. That leads to not going to the next day, and the next day.. until you eventually just stop going. - In Network Marketing, if someone gives up or just stops....they fail.

3) They're not coachable/teachable. - Imagine going to the gym and seeing a real fit guy or girl there. You go up to them and ask them, "how do iyou do it? What's your routine?".... Then they start telling you about their diet, that they count calories, that they go to the gym 2 times a day, and run 3 miles a day. Yet this information they give you goes in one ear and out the other! You decide it sounds too hard or you want to do it your own way. - This image is so funny because the answer is right there in front of you, yet you don't wanna take it. Why would you not listen to someone that has experienced success? This person is setting themselves up for failure. In network marketing, you need to be coachable / teachable. DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL.


With the above 3 reasons, No wonder some people have such a bad taste in their mouths in regards to Network marketing!It's because many people have failed! It's because they themselves have failed. Maybe they encountered one of the above 3 reasons? I don't know.

But how to we get rid of that stereotype of Network Marketing. DON'T GIVE UP. TRAIN HARD. WORK HARD. BE COACHABLE... JUST SHOW UP.

I'm not going to give up and I won't let those around me give up without a fight. All those people who joined me in this business will not see me give up. Organizations crumble down when the person they look up to (or the person that brought them into the business) leaves the industry.

People don't understand that if you stay with ONE company long enough (that's a hard thing to do for most people in network marketing), you will be financially successful and be a top money making tier in that company.

My goal. One company. Four Years. $500,000 residually for the rest of my life. And that life will be a long one thanks to the health products of USANA. Cha-ching.

My first post

Welcome to my first Post!

I wish I started this blog from day 1, but I just didn't think of it until now.
Through the blog I hope to share my journey during my first year in network marketing and beyond!

I'm with a great company, Usana and am just completing my 4th month. Wow! What a journey it has been! I started with 2 people early this year and now I have 107 associates in my downline. And I was #2 in growing my business in the Nation! What's funny is that I don't know why people think that MLM's are "get rich quick schemes" because this has not been easy! I wish it was. There's been so many ups and downs, but I feel it is worth it. I want to work hard now for a 4 years rather than 40 yrs at a corporate nine to five job.

When I first hit Gold Director back in February, I was like a machine and was thinking, "done....what's next?" . . . Then a few weeks later I hit Ruby director (maxing out 2 business centers for 4 weeks in a row) "done... what's next?" My wife, Jen, and I were just rolling.

I still wanted to keep on going, but the Jedi himself, Mike Callejas, told me that the best thing to do now was solidify each leg and to get them going on their own....... I have found that this, by far, is the hardest part of the business.

My great friend "the prince" reminded me of Jim Rohn the other day, "if you help other people get what they want, you will get everything that you want."
That is such a great quote, and, as a leader, I have to remind myself of that daily. This business is so great that the ONLY way for it to work is if you help the people under you make their money!

Eventually, I will run into someone in my downline that WANTS to do the same thing I did (grow their business like a madman/woman). Its just a matter of figuring out who these new leaders are and getting those leaders to step up. And after growing the business in a short period of time, the next step is now figuring out how to maintain that growth.... that's by helping others below you get P-A-I-D.