Your Business is Like A Treetop Adventure

Hello! If that title didn’t catch your attention, nothing will  To explain this one, I have to tell you that my children and I (and one girlfriend) went yesterday and did “A Treetop Adventure”.    It is an obstacle course and zip lines that is suspended in the treetops. If that sounds scary to some of you, […]

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Goals and Dreams

TGIF!!! Well, it’s Friday again and I know everyone is looking forward to a relaxing weekend with family and friends!  But as we go into the weekend I would like you to give some thought into a subject that was covered in a conference call I was on yesterday. Everyone has goals and dreams that […]

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Sales & Recruiting 101

Good Morning, As we begin our new week, I must admit I have given a lot of thought to the problems people seem to be having in building a customer sales base and recruiting. It is something that in our Avon business, we must always be aware of, but sometimes I think we actually overthink […]

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Following Directions

Let me first point out that it is Tuesday night, not Tuesday morning!  I had to get out of the office early this morning and realized that there was no way I could possibly write even a halfway intelligent word in the timeframe that I had. Unfortunately, tomorrow is looking like it is going to […]

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Praise to Success

I am starting this morning with something that has been on my mind since Friday!  I received some very high praise Friday from someone whose opinion means a great deal to me.  I found myself thinking about it over and over for two days so I decided that it warranted writing about this morning. I’m […]

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Awesome Conference Call!!

Happy Friday!!! I imagine that every business these days has the dreaded “Conference Call”.   Once again I have to admit that I have never been a huge fan of conference calls.  For some strange reason I have always believed that I had so many more important things to do with my time.  Wow!  What an […]

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Incentives – To Try or Not to Try!

Good Morning, In the sales world everyone is familiar with the Incentive programs that companies put out on a regular basis.  Having been with Avon many years, I have seen a multitude of wonderful incentives put out for reps and leadership alike. To be perfectly honest, I have never been one to pay much attention […]

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Personality Challenges In Leadership

For all of you that are in Leadership, I imagine you have noticed all the many different personalities of the people in your downline.  For some reason this has really been on my mind lately.  Whether it is an Avon Representative,  a Unit Leader, or a customer, the different personalities that I see on a […]

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