VISION and GOALS

This past Friday's leadership training we covered the important topic of VISION.

How is Vision different from Goals? A vision is what we "see" with our minds - who we are and what we have. A vision is vastly more powerful than goals because with a compelling vision comes positive emotions. These emotions can provide the motivation to stay consistent, disciplined, and work the business week in and week out.

Goals, on the other hand, measure progress. Goals are stepping stones on the path to making our Vision become reality. Goals are important because they keep us accountable and honest with ourselves.

If your goal is to be a Gold Director in two years:

1. You will personally sponsor about 30 people.

2. You will enroll 1-2 people each month for 24 months.

3. You will present USANA to 6-8 people each month.

4. You will invite 5-10 people each week to take a look at USANA.

5. You will approach/invite 1-2 people each day to take a look at USANA.

So don't kid yourself. If a week just passed and you invited 1 person to take a look at USANA, don't expect much to happen with your business. Make sense?

You say, "that's hard approaching all those people..." Yep, it can be hard. (It gets easier.) But what you're doing now for work is hard, and you are going to be doing it for a long time. So just get at it and get the "hard" out of the way. It's much more painful building this business slowly than quickly.

Most leaders have both written goals and a written Vision Statement. For help understanding what this is, I recommend Lynn Allen Johnson's CD "The Rest of the Story," and her books "Getting Out of Your Own Way," and "Vision." Also, "Mach II With Your Hair on Fire" by Brooke; and "7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness" by Jim Rohn. Og Mandino's books "The Greatest Secret," and "The Greatest Salesman." Most of these can be found at www.unitogether.com. Mandino's and Rohn's books can be found on Amazon.

The essence of a Vision is: Write it --> Visualize it --> Feel it

With the strong feelings will come motivation. Without motivation you have nothing.

Let's face it, we all have challenging weeks building our USANA businesses. Without something really important that we're fighting for, we're likely to quit. With a strong vision that fills your heart and mind with good feelings, you'll be invincible.