“Leadership Development means matching effort with those who match effort with us.
—CHRIS NELSON
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now. We would talk every month and we goals and our activities that we have to put
always talked about personal activity and into balance.”
how to restart a business through personal Now let’s go back to the banks of
activity. Phil and Dave called me a few months the Salmon River for a moment. Just like
ago and told me they had made a decision that baby otter, we face difficult currents every
to go to work. We talked about where they day. Whether those currents are our chicken
wanted to start, and it came back to new lists, the economy, our neighborhoods, our
personal activity and new personal leadership warm markets or our relatives who tell us
development. They started with personal they don’t want to hear about Melaleuca, we
enrollments to build their pipeline and then have to keep getting in the water every day
they matched effort with those who matched or go hungry. Furthermore, if we don’t go in
effort with them. In the month of August, the water every day, it’s only going to become
Phil developed five new personal Directors more difficult to face those currents in the
and, to date, has had an increase of over 150 future. You have to be able to hold your own,
net Preferred Customers. In the month of and you have to teach your leaders to do
September his check was just under $22,000 the same. Set goals and then choose every
and he was a member of the Executive day to do activities that will allow you to
Leadership Council. achieve those goals.
Dave also started with personal activity
knowing that he needed a new pipeline. In
June, July and August he personally enrolled
11 customers. In the month of September he
developed five personal Directors (Dave said
if Phil could do that, he could too) and the
organization grew by over 200 customers. His
check increased by over $9,000, and he also
became a member of the ELC. Congratulations
to both of you for your success! I asked Dave
what the difference was, and he said it was a
decision. “I knew I could take control of my
business, and that it was always there for me,”
said Dave. “I have never seen anything that
gives us a future like Melaleuca can, but we
have to decide. It is a matter of going to work.
It has to start with us—the decision starts
with us, and the activity starts with us. It’s our
“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”—Author unknown
