Networking with the Military

I left home at 4 pm CST. After 1 hour of driving and thinking of all the things that I will experience in the next 60 days I realized that I had forgotten ALL of my dress pants and jackets on hangers at home. Man that was not a good feeling. “What was I going to wear when I met professional people for one on ones and meetings” I thought.

I called my husband upset at myself for doing this and he told me to just go buy new ones. What a guy! All I really needed was a set of dress pants and shirt.

My drive was 3 hours to a Military Reintegration for Soldiers coming home from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kosovo. Tom needed to be there because he was one of these soldiers and I needed to be there because I’m the liaison for the CBHCO program for the wounded soldiers from Minnesota.

I spent 2 days networking with the families and Military officials within the state and program. I’ve met some great people and lots of contacts.

When soldiers come home from being deployed they are transitioning themselves back into the civilian world. It’s sometimes hard for them to go back to their jobs especially if they didn’t like their job in the first place.

So Tom and I visited with a few and qualified them for introducing our business first before we said anything. Only because the focus here was to get them thru this program and get all of their questions answered.

There was a sharp couple sitting behind us that we had fun with during one of our workshops. The soldier had gone back to his job and hated it and his wife loved candles. Tom said “great, you can work with us. We have no one in Austin and would love to work with you.” I gave them a business card with a french vanilla attached and told them to view the “presentation" on this site. The husband said “who knows this might be something I could do too.” They gave us their contact info and they know I will be calling them within a few days.

We had something in common with them and they want something different in their life.

You see the Military are trained to focus and get something done. There’s no fooling around! And many are over qualified for jobs when they come back because of the experience they had in their deployment. They are always open to a challenge.

Out of the many contacts I have from this get together there are 3 people that I will be contacting for a one on one presentation of our candle business. They all know what it is and look forward to finding out more about fundraising, home parties and 2 that I will be contacting for referrals.

The cool thing is that I feel that we were very productive even though we needed to be focused on the program also.

Tip: Have fun when you’re contacting people. Use humor to break the ice.

Dedication to Many

Well, I leave tomorrow for my amazing mlm success journey. Am I excited? You bet! There will be many great leaders coming from the actions steps I take in the next 60 days. Am I nervous? A little, only because I'm actually going to do something I've only dreamed of. It's like I'm "Leaving on a Jet Plane" only I know when I'll be back again. Remember that song?

Singing karaoke is surely out of my comfort zone, but that is the song I always sing. With a group of course! It reminds me that you need to put faith in something that may be unknown yet has a target. And that you'll get there, you just need to hold on. Weird ugh?

I'm packed and ready to leave for my first day of the 60 day journey. I'm committed to a Minnesota Military CBHCO program for wounded soldiers and this will be my first stop taking care of the families and making sure they know the resources that are available to them.

Of course I will be meeting, greeting and building relationships with them and qualifying them for my business. I'm on a mission and don't have time to waste. I'm looking for people like me that are self-motivated and know that it takes hard work to get what you want out of life. 3-5 years of hard work for me is the trade off to having to get a job a Wal-Mart when I'm 65.

I'm dedicating my journey to many great people that have helped me in some way up to this point. Whether it was just listening to my dreams and goals for my life, watching me change things a million times or even given me just some little tidbit of information that excelled my business and personal growth. You all are my heroes!

Thank you to my upline in my candle company for setting the pace and making tracks for us to follow...to my sponsor Kelly Wissink for giving me food for thought and believing in my capabilities...Stephanie Sterling, my brainstorming buddy...Tracey Russell for taking me on as an accountability partner, I love our monthly phone meetings...John and Lise MacFadden for being our best buds in and out of business even though we are crossline...Jackie Ulmer for holding the bar up high and leading us to greatness...I don't mean to forget anyone...you are all the best outside family that I've had.

Thank you Charlie Umphred, Bobby Scoccozzo, Carmen & Lynn Millozzo for the guts to follow your dreams, take action and never look back. If it weren't for you I would not be on this mission.

To my team...you have a special place in my heart because you have trusted me even in my ups and downs. You have inspired me with your creativity, going forward attitude and becoming my friends. I appreciate you!

And to the many great Industry trainers that I have followed over the years and that have educated me to this point...Randy Gage, Mark Yarnell, Doug Firebough, Todd Falcone, Jordan Alder and Jim Rohn.

To my dear friend, Dawn Rohlik...thank you for keeping me grounded, supporting me, taking care of me when I was sick and being my sister and friend. Heres to you babe! Love ya!

To my girls, Lindsey & Leah...thank you for putting up with your Mom's scatter brained ideas at times and for believing and supporting me. I love you! I still stay true to my promise to take may girls to Dublin shopping one day. I say 2 years should do it!

To my sons, Jesse & Jonathon...you both inspire me to be great simply because I'm competitive and I want to be as great as you are. Thank you for believing in Mom. I love you!

To my grand children...you are the reason I will accomplish my success journey. I love you!

And finally to my husband Thomas J...thank you for always being by my side, supporting me and giving me wings to be who I am. I love you!

So, join me on my journey and I'll keep you posted.

Cheers,

Susan

The Start of My 60 Day Journey

Wow! I have been in this gourmet candle company for a little over 4 years and it has been so much fun to learn, grow and stretch my limits beyond what I thought I was capable of.

Please join me on my "60 Day MLM Success Journey" as I call it, to even stretch further beyond what I know I'm capable of. We all have greatness in us, the only thing is that we stop ourselves from achieving this greatness with challenges that we go through day to day.

Now, I'm not perfect or an expert and I don't know everything, but I do know that it is time for me to quit dabbling around and just get into "massive action" mode to take my business to the next level. Not only for the financial freedom that Network Marketing provides, but for the satisfaction that I became the best I could be and helped thousands of people get what they wanted out of life.

I made the committment Wednesday August 13th, 2008 to run away from home for 60 days to massively build my business. My husband Tom will take care of our local business. I will be in Minneapolis, St Paul Minnesota area staying with family and friends. My products and business building materials are packed and ready to go.

Just have some last minute things to take care of and I'm off and running Friday August 22, 2008 to find 10 leaders in 60 days that will take Minnesota by storm.

I will post every few days my progress whether good or bad, so follow me and hopefully you will pick up even just one thing that I implement that will help you in your business or life in general.

Cheers,

Susan