Are you determined?

Last night as Faye and I were driving to Roger & Norma Olsen's home to watch the Super Bowl game we got into a conversation because of a question I asked. I was wondering what was it that I wanted when I got started in Shaklee.  I mentioned the words hope, freedom and having a future but Faye - who remembers details much better than I do - said, "When you went to bed you'd be talking about earning a bonus check for $3000 for one month and I would scoff at you because it seemed preposterous."

I had forgotten exactly what it was I wanted but Faye was right, I wanted to earn $3000 a month and I was determined not to allow anything to stop me from achieving that. I just asked Faye if it would be okay to quote her in this message and she just said, "It's the truth isn't it?" We both had full time jobs at the time and we were not earning $2000 between the two of us so of course $3000 a month to Faye seemed very farfetched.

More than anything I was very determined. I was focused. I was persistent. In my mind I wasn't going to allow anyone or anything stop me from earning that extra $3000 a month. I just asked Faye to check our records and we got our first check for over $3000 in my 27th month. What happened during that 27 months was I basically fell in love with this business and just kept doing the things I had done up to that point. I was having personal development and developing the skills I needed to build effectively and the majority of that time I was very part-time. 

Here is my thought for you today. What is it you really want from this business?  What do you want your business to look like a couple years from now? Are you determined? Are you persistent? Are you focused? I recall wanting to learn two basic things: what the basic fundamentals were, and a strategy for making it work. The strategy was really a process. What is your strategy or process? Figure it out. Talk to someone who has accomplished what it is you want to accomplish. You can make it happen. Make the decision.

Enthusiastically,

Gary Burke