I am sooo excited!  Bob surprised me and we are about to take a transatlantic cruise for our birthdays.  I love cruising!  And I will have 7 days crossing the ocean to spend writing and developing some new training as I enjoy the ocean breezes as we cross the ocean to Spain. I  love that I am still available for coaching and talking to all of you through emails and FB.  So this is the time to ask me questions to help you in your business. You can do it on FB in a post, private message or email me at ilene@ilenemeckley.com.  I would love to hear from everyone who is reading this post!

Can you imagine what it felt like to cross the ocean in a little tiny boat, with no communications compared to today?  As much as I love cruising , I can share with you that I have been asking everyone who has cruised across the ocean, how is it?  Are you ever nervous being in the middle of the ocean?  Yes, I even have anxiety, questions, want reassurance too.  I will not let those feelings keep me from the experience and please don't let that ever happen to you.  There are alot of experiences for you to work alongside family and other activities you love to do.  I am about to do that with my husband , Bob!

Spring is officially here! Who remembers the song, "Zippity doo dah, zippity day, my oh my what a wonderful day!  Plenty of ______ ( who remembers this song) heading my way! " Besides what is heading our way as stated in the song, what else is going to be heading your way in 2012 as a result of a successful business----I know that you can be the best sharer about your business ever and there will be so much heading your way!   Could it be a new leadership title, helping develop new leaders, incentive trips, prizes from your company, attending national convention, packing up for our September cruising to success training (you don't want to miss sun and training , do you...on a cruise with lots of business builders from all over the country and me), more income to give you and your family more choices for 2012-2013, and the wonderful feeling you will have because you have learned how to DESERVE Dreams, Experiences, Success, Energy, Rewards, Value, Enjoyment ---everything heading your way. Your Zest for your business will give you the rest!  Who is ready to share with all our closest FB friends?  I am looking forward to reading your posts about what is heading your way.  Do be shy!  Shout it from the roof tops( or FB).   Can't wait to hear from you!
I am so excited about my theme for 2012 seminars!  I hope you will message me to get more information about how I can visit your team. We have developed programs for the smallest teams to the largest teams.  

Top 10 Reasons to pick up the phone and start dialing this week!

10. It will not bite.

 9. It is so much lighter than you think.

 8. Alexander Graham Bell will be proud of you.

 7. It really feels good knowing you are doing something for
     your business instead of just thinking about  doing
     something to grow your business.

 6. There are people waiting for an invitation to join your
      team or host a party.

 5.  People are starved for customer service.  How would you
      feel if someone called you and said, “One of my focuses
      is customer service this year and I am calling to see how
      I can help you in the coming year.”

 4.  The only way to become comfortable with making calls is
       to be uncomfortable first.

 3.  If you don’t ask, it is an automatic no.

 2. “If you help enough people get what they want, you get what
      you want.”

 1.  You can be happy and proud of yourself whether or not they
      join you, book a party or buy something because you  are a
      professional sharer who works from the heart.

Have you asked  consultants, "What would you like your business to do for you and your family in the next three months?"  It is impossible to coach someone who has not made the decision even to play.  It can be very frustrating to want success for a player who hasn't made the decision to be successful.  Have you let a new consultant know that a successful business is not built based on the people you know today? Do you let them know that you want to teach them how to share their business with others in a non-pushy way?  Are you doing these things on a regular basis so you can be confident in expecting it in others?

Businesses have to be open to be successful. Are you going to be open for business today?  Were you open for business yesterday? Are you going to be open for business tomorrow? Are you allowing people to walk in and out of your business just like you enjoy doing when you are at a mall?

Think about your last trip to a mall.  I bet there were occasions when you walked into a store and someone greeted you saying, “May I help you."  There were times when you said yes and times when
you said no.  There were times when you wished that there was someone around to offer to help you.  Businesses are open for people even when they do not plan to make a purchase.  Can you imagine
someone saying, "I am going to have to ask you to leave.  It appears you will not be making a purchase today."  Or, can you imagine someone greeting you at the entrance to a business and saying, "Are
you planning on making a purchase today?"  You say, "I am not sure."  Then they say, "Then we are not letting you in." Businesses have to be open and let people in to be successful.  Start talking to everyone.  Become a professional sharer about your company.

Excuses will keep you in "Stuckville"

Excuses will also help you to continue to create more – ANT's (Automatic, Negative Thoughts). There are so many excuses that can keep you from sharing your business.  My wish for you is that you decide to choose to eliminate all excuses this week and that you choose to think only those thoughts that will Spring you forward to help others with your business.

I have spoken with, coached, and guided others to move beyond their excuses.  The only way you will move beyond your own excuses is when you make the decision to do so.  If you are more invested in staying stuck in your excuses than you are in getting rid of them and allowing yourself to step out of your comfort zone to be able to share your business with others, then you will continue to use your excuses that will keep you in "Stuckville".   You can choose your thoughts.  Excuses are thoughts you think, thoughts that you believe are “reasons” for not doing what you know you need to do.  You are the one in control of your choices and you choose what you think and create in your life.  As long as you choose the excuses though, you will stay in the land of inaction and "Stuckville".

My wish for you is that you decide to choose to eliminate all excuses this week and that you choose to think only those thoughts that will move you forward to help others with your business.

 My father often quotes Abraham Lincoln.  Here is a favorite: “I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow”.

What will you do this weekend to plant a flower where a flower should be?  Is there someone you know who needs to hear about your business opportunity?  Maybe this person is in fear of losing a job or has already joined the unemployed.  A mother with young children needs to earn extra income for her family, but a traditional nine-to-five job is not an option.  A retired man is seeking to accomplish more in his life.  A young woman wants to earn money to pay college tuition.