International Super Saturday Weekend

If there are two things certain in this profession, they are simply:

1. Events build the business, and
2. Your efforts the last two months of the year will set up your entire 2013

Check the Events Calendar on CieAura site...

For more information about CieAura - check out the 3 min video in the top right panel here.

Only Speak to People Wanting to Speak to You

Why bother speaking with people not wanting to speak to you?

Over the years I've found it boring, frustrating and highly unprofitable to speak with people not looking for a business and not looking to speak with me.  What a difference when you can speak with only those looking for your business - not any business - YOUR BUSINESS.

Learn how we're doing it with Jonathan Budd's simple, effective training:  http://CompanyTraffic.MyBizFastTrack.com

You'll learn how to capture only those looking for your particular company - genius!

Leadership Series 3 of 3

Can We Really Manage Time?

We left off in the 2cnd of 3 Leadership Series with a great quote from Robert Kaplan. 

John Maxwell wrote a great new book called Leadership Gold.  If you have not read it yet, iet’s a must and is on our recommended book list at www.chrisprefontaine.com.  Let me give you one of the Chapter Titles: “Don’t Manage Your Time – Manage Your Life”.  I thought this was a perfect time to insert this as we kick off this Leadership Series because it sets up a foundation for us.

Two thoughts for you: 

1.   Time is an equal opportunity employer.  Everybody gets 24 hours a day but not everyone gets the same return on that same 24 hours.

2.   There is no such thing as time management.

“But Chris, you’ve talked about time management in the past.”  I know I know – now it’s time to move things to a deeper level!

See – time management is an oxymoron.  It can’t be managed.  It can’t be controlled in any way.  Regardless of what you do, it’ keeps moving and this is regardless of whether or not you’re moving or standing still. 

·      No one can save minutes to use tomorrow

·      No one, no matter how smart, can create new minutes

·      No one, no matter how wealthy, can buy additional hours

Do you every hear someone say “…I need to find time to…”.  Well, they should stop looking shouldn’t they?  There’s none lying around.  Ok, so if you cannot manage your time, what can you do?

Manage Yourself!

One of the biggest things that separates successful people from the unsuccessful is how they use their time.  They know where it goes, they constantly analyze it and they constantly ask themselves, “Am I getting the best use out of my time?”  One of the signs I have in my office (on an index card) reads “IS WHAT I AM DOING RIGHT NOW MOVING ME CLOSER TO MY GOALS?”

How do you personally judge whether something is worthy of your time and attention?  Since we started out with mentioning John Maxwell and many of my Leadership ideas come from him, below is a system John uses – a three step procdss – to manage his time most effectively.  I have found it to be a great check system:

Step one:  Rate the task in terms of importance.

Critical = 5 points

Necessary = 4 points

Important = 3 points

Helpful = 2 points

Marginal = 1 point

Step two:  Decide the task’s urgency.

This month = 5 points

Next month = 4 points

This quarter = 3 points

Next quarter = 2 points

End of year =1 point

Step three:  Multipoly the rate of importance times the rate of urgency.  Example: 5 (critical) x 4 (next month) = 20.

This will help you place your top 5-6 priorities in their place at all times.

Bermudians Earning Thousands in 1st 30 days!

Congratulations to Saadia & Detroy Bean for achieving over $4000 earnings in their first 15 days and Lane Martin for reaching $500 average weekly check.  We are helping so many on the island create financial stability and lifestyle flexibility.

STAY LOCAL - EARN GLOBAL

If you are Bermudian you can take control of your finances NOW.  CLICK HERE FOR 2.56 MIN INTRO and if you'd like to be included in this amazing core group, Fill this out workathomebermuda.

Work Environment

It's an interesting profession when you can work with who you like haying out with, where you like haying out and when you like to work.  Kim and I spent an action filled 3 days with our Bermudian friends and addressed just under 100 people. 

Think real hard about where you're spending your time and with who as you only have so much of that precious asset left!

CLICK HERE TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT

Leadership Series 2 of 3

Leadership Series  2 of 3

Ok – a few days ago we left off with the Leadership Series introduction and I was about to give you some questions to ask yourself because, as I mentioned, it all starts with the person in the mirror.

In order to properly assess your performance and stay on track, you should step back and ask yourself certain key questions.

The first question is:  What is my vision and priorities.  In other words, what do you see and how are you going to make it happen?  In the day to day hustle bustle, leaders often fail miserably when it comes to communicating their vision and, as important, in a way that helps those you’re working with determine where to focus their own efforts.  Oh, by the way, if you’re not running a company – you’re still a leader somewhere to someone!  How about your household?  How about your local club?  Get the idea?  Your value, for example, in a Network Marketing company (and thus, your check) is directly related to your ability to add value and lead.

So, here some are some key questions related to vision and priorities:

• How often to I communicate a vision for my business or life?
• Have I identified and communicated my top three priorities in order to achieve that vision?
• If someone was to ask my team members (employees, distributors, partners, Joint Venture partners, etc.), would they be able to clearly communicate the vision and priorities

Now, if your vision is not clear, there are zero strategies that will work and it will be virtually impossible to prioritize things correctly. 

Here’s a proper sequence for you to think through:

1. The Vision
2. The Strategy
3. Prioritize

For example, I am in the process of sprinting for a new rank advancement and have assembled a group of 5-6 leaders I believe can do the same in a big way and have communicated the vision.  Along with that vision we are all super clear on the strategy and priorities to execute and hold each other accountable.  Point is – 1, 2 and 3 are all necessary.  1 cannot go without 2 or 3…and 2 and 3 cannot go without 1.

A thought from Robert S. Kaplan:

A common pitfall in articulating a vision is a failure to boil it

Down to a manageable list of initiatives.  Culling the list involves

Thinking through and then making difficult choices and trade-off

Decisions.  These choices communicate volumes to your people

About how they should be spending their time.

We’ll continue our discussion on leadership in a few days…

Bermuda Launch

Kim and I have worked with the Bermudians for three years and they are all amazing people.  The group that has been assembled in the last two weeks, however, is quite amazing.  The first night was a social meet and greet followed by a training Sunday morning at 11am with 20+ core Retailers in the room.  Sunday night they packed the room with 40+ people at 4:30.  This week will be quite the week for Bermuda.

 Tomorrow morning at 9am we will present to 15-20 pastors that the Bishop has sent a letter to endorsing CieAura and then another evening meeting.

Fantastic group in Bermuda.

Congrats Saadia & Detroy Bean and Lane Martin - terrific launch.

 Congratulations Detroy & Saadia Bean for hitting Four Star in First two weeks and 1st 2 weeks earnings in excess of $4000 and #1 in the company out of 56 Countries!

Show Me The Formula

I speak and train over and over and over again that what we do is duplicatable.  Why doesn't everyone have the same result then?  Well, those willing to follow the formula certainly are and those that aren't willing...well, they just are not - period.

Congratulations to Saadia Bean, owner of Family Intimacy Center on the beautiful island of Bermuda for achieving Four Star and climbing her way up the bonus scale.  She will be another to break the $3000 mark within 30 days and the 2cnd on island to break $1500 in 1st 30!

Predictable and with certainty when you follow the formula!

There are many formulas, but check your daily activity against this proven daily formula:

• Study marketing 15-30 minutes daily.  We are marketers.
• Connect with 20 (or whatever # supports your goals) people per day.  Does "connect" mean talking about your business necessarily?  NO - connect, grow your list and then the timing is right, help them challenge or problem.  
• 10-15 min meditation daily.
• 10-15 minutes of mindset studying, reading or training including affirmations.

If you are struggling, frustrated or even at the top of your game looking for a better quality income that gives you options, learn more about CieAura - CLICK HERE and then get back with whoever your contact is to learn more.

Unless You Think it's a Poor Investment...

...invest in yourself.

I spent most of my morning Sunday studying more about online marketing and how to integrate that with my business.  Regardless of what business you're in, how much time are you dedicating to studying & learning about how to maximize your online efforts.  I spend at least 20-60 minutes daily.  Someone asked me yesterday what one of my frustrations is with the network marketing business.  My answer:  "The wierd thing is that everyone would LOVE  the income and lifestyle and all they have to do is learn it..and everything is learnable yet not everyone puts the time in!"

If you asked me as a coach - "What's the absolute best use of my time to learn this stuff?", I would tell you to immerse yourself in THIS UNSTOPPABLE EVENT.  Well you're thinking, "That may cost me a lot!".  You are your best investment guys, no cutting corners. 

If it's all new to you and you're just not sure and would like to get your feet wet, check THIS INTRODUCTORY LINK out and at least take a step forward.

I'm Excited...Now What Do I Say?

Too many of us get caught up in what we say to people about our business.  Try this:  just be an expert listener because when you listen you will always hear comments about:  Lifestyle, Finances or Health.  Once you do - help solve any of those areas for your candidate.  You have a gift - share it!

$14,000+ Monthly Residual Income?

Who's Interested in Creating $14,000+ monthly - Totally Residual?

Here's how:

I think EVERYONE would be open to creating this if they only knew how.

CLICK HERE to find out how you can be part of this project.

Newport Rhode Island

Before I take off to Orlando for a couple private meetings tomorrow with some amazing people, I was thinking that our core launch group in Rhode Island is getting together 18th October Thursday in Middletown.  Who do you know that would like to start a project that can add income to their monthly budget and not get in the way of what they're currently doing?  Yup, I think I just described 98% of the population!

For more information on attending

CLICK HERE

and someone will be in touch with you.

Power of the Organizer

As we are rolling into the last quarter, I got to thinking about the Power of the Organizer.  All successful people I’ve had the pleasure of shadowing, coaching or simply speaking to have one common thread – they are great organizers.  Organizers of resources, people, time, money, energy, etc..  Today more than ever the Power of the Organizer is much more important than a lot of other traits.  This is mainly because the cost of doing business everywhere has really increased:  the cost to pay help, to do mailings, etc…the cost just to operate.

Tom Monohan of Dominos Pizza was quoted saying “You know we could have 9,000 units instead of 3,000 units just as easily.  The only thing stopping us is we can’t get anybody to work to deliver the pizzas.” 

When I ran across that quote it made me think a little about all of the ventures that Kim and I have been involved in over the years compared to CieAura.  … some with only minimal to no results.  In the real estate business, for example,  we were teaching others what we know in the residential investment field.  We had 3-5 of us working on it and we were able to sell our services (coaching, really) to a few individuals and it was just OK.  Now, that sucked up inordinate amounts of time and resources and I would say we were not in the Power Organizer category. 

From 2008-2012 we built a team in 15 Countries that numbered almost 30,000 from all around the world that tirelessly worked on a common mission – that dwarfed anything that we had originally tried to do in real estate and other ventures.  Well, we cannot take all the credit for it and can only point to the team leaders and the systems that were in place - super organized and system driven.  It’s a game plan Guys that does not allow us to waste any resources whatsoever and remain extremely organized.  This is so systematic that when we left that company because of internal integrity issues with the management, we started replicating the same thing with a far superior company and in just 6 weeks have just under 1000 people in our organization in several different Countries.

See, the Power of the Organizer is not to be taken lightly.  When you look at your day right now, are you maximizing absolutely every resource…or are some being wasted?  Are you super organized?  Are you engaged ONLY in high payoff activities?  I.e. Real Estate:  prospecting, followup, listing appointments, etc..  In CieAura it’s sharing the amazing opportunity and the amazing product line in a  capacity that supports your goals (2/day, 3/day, 5/day), it’s presenting (1/1, 2/1, webinars, in homes), follow up, learning skills, etc..

Be the super Organizer and stay systems driven.