Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Eat That Frog - Chapter 10 - Take It One Oil Barrel at a Time


  • Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.
    • Samuel Smiles
  • Crossing a great desert
    • Black barrels every 5km as marker
  • Discipline to take one step at a time
    • Go as far as can see, then you will see far enough to go further
  • Leap, and the net will appear!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Platinum Presenters - How To Find Leads For Coaches And Customers


  • How to find leads for Coaches and Customers, especially when you aren't a Diamond or Star Diamond yet.
  • Christine Dwyer
  • 100k team coaches
  • Announcements
    • Weekly calls changing in October to monthly calls
    • Newsletter goes out on Monday evening / Tuesday morning
    • Platinum Presenters Facebook page
    • "What is Beachbody Coaching?"
      • Quick short video (2.5m) - watched
      • Normal video (20m)
    • Getting started coach training coming out
      • Automatic videos sent
      • 10 days
    • Platinum edge Nov 7-9 in Dallas - I WANT TO BUT CANT AFFORD IT
  • Coaches don't want to be a sales person or stalker.
  • Different than home market business
  • We all offer some product or service
  • Difference is me!
  • Change mindset
    • Not about selling
    • Not about signing up coaches
    • Its about being a part of a lifestyle
  • 4 Areas
    • Nutrition
    • Exercise
    • Accountability
    • Build your own business
  • Speak to each person's need
  • Who is your market?
  • No leads
  • Social media not at start
  • Warm market? (what is this?) People they know at first
  • Her yellow pad had all her names
  • Social media takes time to grow
  • Tarah Carr - lived on military base
  • Scared to talk to people you know
    • It's no big deal
  • How to present so it is no big deal
  • Try to get 10 success club per month
  • Who do you see all the time?
  • Putting up videos keeps her honest
    • Nutrition
    • Exercise
  • Don't put up videos if not trained.
  • Maybe go get certified <- investigate
  • Not easy to get leads from social media
  • Build social media
  • People you see, People you know
  • Three C's every day
    • Content
      • Value, conversation, share, etc.
      • Pose questions
      • Consistent w/brands
    • Consistency
      • Post multiple times per day
      • hoot suite <- investigate
    • Connecting
      • Reply to content
      • Like their comments
      • Go to their stuff and like it
  • Make a list
    • Places I go
    • Things I do
  • Make a list of people in those locations
  • Make a list of stories
  • Think how to solve the piece of the puzzle w/person
  • Rule of thumb
    • Did you immediately say yes when asked to join Beachbody?  Most say no.
  • Plant the seed.  A flower will pop.
  • Impatient will only happen when you talk to only a few people.
  • "I don't need you" recorded call <- investigate
    • Should be passionate
    • I don't need you, but it would be great for if you would.
    • Don't need to beg
    • They need me
    • Have you ever considered?
  • Take the weight off that you don't need them
  • Get out of the habit of emailing about it
  • Focus on having more conversations.  Phone, personal
  • Follow up tips
    • Video
      • Don't you see you're already doing it?
      • Paint the picture
    • The person needs a decision
      • More time or pulling the trigger
    • Always ask for referral

NWC - 8/18/14 - Creating Coach Confidence


  • Search summit 2014 workshops
  • Recognition
  • $40k, now tripled.
  • 9 star diamond Emma Whaley
  • How introduced
    • Signed up to be a discount coach
    • Lots of kids
    • Needs Shakeology for the nutrition
  • Was there a turning point?
    • Had to cancel unless get more coaches cause couldn't afford it
    • No hot burning why
    • Diamond but dropped to ruby.  Needed to move forward.
  • Lost rank, which was a lack of confidence
  • Coaches are leaders!  Needs confidence
  • Why add coaching?  Why does it need to work?
  • This is MY business
  • I do, we do, you do method
  • Shared vision board
  • Business activity tracker
  • Accountability group around vital behaviors
  • 3 way message calls
    • Share what doing with the challenge
    • Gets up line involved
    • Gives credibility
    • Allows new coach also hear
    • Easier to invite
  • Find out goals to customize information
  • Give an opinion as a friend
  • Share, Solve, and Invite
  • Samples of scripts in back office
  • Sharing what you love
  • Team up helps
  • Don't be hesitant to reach out to other coaches
  • Biggest things
    • Strong why power
    • Feel valuable and confident
    • Stick with it
  • Don't reinvent the wheel, understand the wheel
  • Went from a NO family to a YES family
  • Take a hold of the day.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Eat That Frog - Chapter 9 - Prepare Thoroughly Before You Begin


  • No matter what the level of your ability, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.
    • James McCay
  • Create a comfortable work space
    • The most productive people take the time to create a work area where they enjoy spending time
  • Get on with the job
  • Launch toward your dreams
    • Get it 80% right and then correct it later
    • Be prepared to fail over and over
  • Take the first step
    • Assume the body language of high performance

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Eat That Frog - Chapter 8 - Apply the Law of Three


  • Do what you can with what you have, where you are.
    • Theodore Roosevelt
  • What are your three most important BUSINESS or CAREER goals right now?
  • What are your three most important FAMILY or RELATIONSHIP goals right now?
  • What are your three most important FINANCIAL goals right now?
  • What are your three most important HEALTH goals right now?
  • What are your three most important PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT goals right now?
  • What are your three most important SOCIAL and COMMUNITY goals right now?
  • What are your three biggest PROBLEMS or CONCERNS in life right now?
  • Answer in 30 seconds or less
  • Time management is a means to an end
  • Rule:
    • It is the QUALITY of time at work that counts and the QUANTITY of time at home that matters
  • Balance is not optional
  • Moderation in all things
  • Balance all the time

Eat That Frog - Chapter 7 - Focus on Key Result Areas


  • When every physical and mental resource is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously
    • Norman Vincent Peale
  • A key result area is defined as something for which you are completely responsible.
  • The big seven in management and sales
    • Management
      • Planning
      • Organizing
      • Staffing
      • Delegating
      • Supervision
      • Measuring
      • Reporting
    • Sales
      • Prospecting
      • Building rapport and trust
      • Identifying needs
      • Presenting persuasively
      • Answering objections
      • Closing the sale
      • Getting resales and referrals
  • Clarity is essential
  • Give yourself a grade
  • Rule
    • Your weakest key result area sets the height at which you can use all your other skills and abilities
  • Poor performance produces procrastination
  • The great question
    • What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?

Eat That Frog - Chapter 6 - Use the ABCDE Method Continually


  • The first law of success is concentration - to bend all the energies to one pint, and to go dirtily to that point, looking neither to the right nor the to the left.
    • William Mathews
  • Think on paper
  • Place A, B, C, D, E next to each item
  • A is defined as something that is very important, something that you MUST do
  • B is defined as a task you SHOULD do
  • C is defined as something that would be NICE to do
  • D is defined as something you can DELEGATE to someone else
  • E is defined as something that you can ELIMINATE altogether
  • Take action immediately.