WOOHOO! It is Friday! Typically, weekends are not my favorite days of the week. I start my 3 days of “work“. What I do get excited about is FOOTBALL! For those that know me, this was something new when hubby came into my life (15+ years ago). When we were both off on Sundays, it was the thing we did. Now, he is usually at work and I am racing home on Sunday to catch the end of a 1PM game and get ready for a 4:30PM game….
Opps… I “squirreled” just a little…
So, are you on a team? Or were you ever? Growing up, I was not on any sports teams. I was on the Yearbook and I would consider it an amazing team. On the other hand, my daughter, Belinda, was on a sports team from the time she was about 6 years old. We or I should say she did gymnastics, field hockey and was an all-star cheerleader. I am grateful for those years because it taught her many lessons she might not have learned being an only child.
As a single mom, Belinda and I were a team. Hubby and I are a team. So, whether you think of it in those terms or not, all of us are a part of some team.
If you have your own direct sales business, maybe you have a team of women under you but I can almost guarantee you have a team above you.
As a member of a team (any team), you are very special to the other members. In direct sales, the women under you feel safe enough to have YOU as their sponsor and to have YOU as the one guiding them. WOW! Please, do not take it lightly. I know I don’t.
I am going to focus right now on your team in your direct sales business.
Make sure you get to know each person. Find out her ‘why’. Learn about her life. Care about her. Connect with her. Legitimately join her on this journey. She NEEDS you and is dying for you to guide her. Don’t let her down. This is one of the most important aspects of your job/business. The women on your team came to you, sought you out, trusted you and are excited about something with YOU. Be a part of their life, jump in to it full force. Be there for them. Don’t let them down.
On the flip side, don’t hold their hand every step of the way. Guide them to the available resources. Give them a solid foundation to start on. Share your wisdom and knowledge. Encourage their desire to learn more, how to have fun, how to get in the groove of THEIR business and help them figure out what gets them stoked. Your business and their business will be totally different, It is a BEAUTIFUL and exciting thing,
Remember to work with her – you don’t work for her. Walk along side her, don’t pull her behind you. Lead her down the path SHE wants. 
It is so not about you or what you want – it is ALWAYS about her. Make sure she knows how much you care.
What other teams can you apply these words of wisdom to? Share with us what kind of team you are on….
Have a ThirtyOne-derful day!
Hope Wissel 