Goals – here are five tips to help increase your odds of success.

1. Write it down! You’re much more likely to fulfill your goal of losing, say, 20 pounds, exercising more, and eating healthier foods if you put it in writing. Better yet, post your written resolution on your bathroom mirror, refrigerator, or some other prominent, frequently visited location where you’ll be reminded of it often.
2. Your goals should be specific, quantifiable, and measurable. Otherwise you have no way to assess whether you hit your goal.For instance, from #1 above, what exactly does ‘exercising more’ mean? Or ‘eating healthier foods’? Put some traction on your goals by defining what specifically you’re trying to accomplish. You could set your exercise goal as a 30-minute power walk three days per week. That’s specific and measurable. As for ‘eating healthier foods’… how about adding one more veggie than you’re currently doing for lunch and dinner? Define what that number is for you. You get the idea…
3. Get an accountability partner. It could be a spouse, friend, sibling, or even a son or daughter. Make a weekly appointment time to check in together and see how you are progressing on your set goals.The accountability partner should be someone you respect and admire and with whom you’ll be honest about how it’s going – and not offended that they’re even asking.
4. Set intermediate steps for big goals. If your goal is to lose 50 pounds, define when you could realistically lose it, and then set a goal for each week and month as road marks along the way. You’ll be encouraged by the progress. And success breeds success.
5. Schedule time to meet your goals. Write your exercise times into your planner. List your trips to the farmer’s market or wherever you plan to buy your veggies into your planner… so they become part of your schedule and therefore part of your lifestyle.

Now, take those easy 5 steps and apply it to your RBC business:

1.  Write down this leadership rank level in RBC – Bronze Director.

2.  Be specific, quantifiable, and measurable. Reach by May 31, 2010.  Need 67 people under each team on $150 auto ship.  Establish 6 associates (3 on each team)  with $150 auto ships in Jan.  (many of you already have this – they do not have to be personally enrolled).  Now, help each of your associates (once again no matter who enrolled them each get 2 in Feb. Help those each get 2 in March.  Help those each get 2 in April and then help those each get 2 in May.  You now have over 90 associates on each leg and are a solid Bronze Director.  Of course by teaching others to do the same you have many helpers to reach your goal.   You say your goal is bigger – no problem just take the next level and divide it by 150 to get the number you need.  Some of you already have one team with the volume so you can focus on just one leg.  The key in this industry is always teaching others how to be successful.

3.  To stay on track get a  accountability partner.  This can be team member or upline support leader.  Let them know what you plan to do by May of 2010.  It is your job to call them weekly and let them know how you are progressing.  If they do not hear from you then the odds of you achieving your goal drops dramatically. You must be honest about how it is going.  You may have a bad week once and a while and you need their support.  When you have a good week it will uplift your accountability partner as well. If you want your team members to stay on auto ship then follow up with them.  Help them to understand the benefits of the products and offer to share with their friends and family.

4.  Now, look farther into the future.  Set  intermediate steps for a bigger goal.  Let’s say it is earning $5000 a month.  We can help you break it down by monthly, then weekly.  Your success will breed the success of others in your downline and vice versa. You can set your own marker.  Your mark could be $10,000 to $100,000 a month and we can set up the intermediate steps to reach it in the future as well.

5.  When are you going to do this.  Schedule your time.  Block out your RBC time on your calender.  It may be 3 hours each evening.  Maybe it is Tuesdays and Saturdays all day. The more time you can devote to your business the quicker you can reach your goal.  You must find at least 10 hours each week, plus the weekly conference calls. It will then become part of your lifestyle. Don’t get caught in busy work.  Time contacting new prospects and team members by phone, email, and meetings is what counts.  Not doing what we call busy work.  Organize the office, make a presentation book, etc.  We want you to be organized but we are counting time actually building your business.

To your Health and Success

Ron and Sandy