http://www.teamconnections.org/blog Life lessons from direct sales Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:45:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My youngest grandson came to visit last week.  He brought his parents and I think a good time was had by all.  But that’s not the point of this story.  We declared Friday as “Casual Friday,” for our home based business.  As you can tell from the picture, Hawaiian shirts ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/06/04/casual-friday-for-home-based-businesses/ On a weekly basis, The Ethics Newsline raises some intriguing questions and includes some fascinating statistics.  Recently they included the chart shown on the left with the caption, “Free Time Is More Important Than Money.” People familiar with direct sales would have no difficulty agreeing with the obvious conclusion that people ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/05/20/more-important-than-money/ About a week ago the DSWA closed its doors on the 2008 Education Celebration.  This was the first one that I have had the chance to attend and mind boggling clumps of gold could be found everywhere.  Here are the ones that caught my eye: Abundance thinking was made manifest.  The ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/04/29/important-nuggets-from-the-dswa-education-celebration/ I read (or at least skim) through hundreds of blog posts every day.  Sometimes the posts are on the same topic and it creates an interesting juxtaposition of events.  Such was the case recently. One blog I have mentioned before comes from Alexander Kjerulf, Chief Happiness Officer.  He was writing about ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/02/27/when-eyewitnesses-agree/ In the name of being pro-active, a lot of my coaching clients are starting to worry about the economy, unemployment, recession, etc.  I want to reach through the telephone, grab them by the ears, stare into their eyes and ask the real question:  “Do you know what you get when ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/02/25/what-me-worry/ One project I have been working on lately has involved a large number of working leaders in direct sales.  I'm talking about people who are the top performers in the top companies.  "Humbling" is a good word to describe the experience.  I find fascinating the common threads that are woven ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/02/22/leaders-learn/ About a month ago I was reading Seth Godin’s blog about a shortage of digital coaches.  I couldn’t help but laugh at the image of corporate executives trying to deal with social web ware from a traditional sales and marketing perspective.  I thought back to conversations with executives asking, “will ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/02/21/web-coaches-for-direct-sales-mavens/ Much of what sit out on the web is really what we can call “push out communication.”  I write; you read.  We often don’t see much reaction to it.  If marketers could figure out how to evaluate it correctly, we would probably have much more of this stuff because we ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2008/01/23/encouraging-dialogue/ If you haven’t taken the time to slow down and enjoy the seasonal opportunities, then I hope you will click on this video and spend the next 3 minutes and 29 seconds enjoying a very Merry Christmas. [youtube 2Fe11OlMiz8] http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2007/12/23/merry-christmas/ As I sat down today to relax, I came to the realization that it had been quite some time since I have added anything to this blog.  Given today's celebration, I decided it would be a perfect opportunity to offer an explanation.Realize that this is in no way a complaint.  ... http://www.teamconnections.org/blog/2007/11/22/thanksgiving-gratitude/