While shopping for some organic fruits & vegetable in a local grocery store the other day, I got to thinking. What we not only put into our bodies – but also our minds. This video is a simple reminder about what we also should be putting put into our minds. As network marketing leaders the idea transcends to just literal food to mental nourishment. So goes the leaders’ mind, so goes the teams’
Here’s a question. Do you even care about the mental nutrition of your team and business partners? Take a look and be inspired not just to eat differently (as we should) but to think differently, To speak and operate in a much healthier way.
NOTE: It’s actually this core belief and philosophy that transformed a miserably failing company from the brink of disaster to an internationally recognized and historic success. That little company’s name is Apple.
Principle One: Don’t Follow Your Customers; Lead Them Apple’s design process differs from that of most other companies. Traditional design research relies heavily on focus groups and customer feedback about existing products. Apple tends to place less emphasis on evidence than on intuition, under the theory that consumers can’t tell you they want a product or function if they can’t yet envision it. Instead, they need to be shown a superior alternative. Apple sees itself as being in business to create those revolutionary alternatives.
Principle Two: Temper Engineering With Art Most companies that try to operate like Apple fail. Often that’s because of who they tap to spearhead the creative process. High-tech devices are built by engineers — and often designed by them, too. Unfortunately, engineers tend to design products that they would want to use, which explains why a typical device is jam-packed with a hopelessly confusing array of features. Apple has succeeded by making sure its top decision makers all subscribe to the same minimalist philosophy. The result is that the most-used features of its devices — like the iPod’s famous scroll wheel — feel entirely natural.
Principle Three: Focus on the Few to Sell to the Many Instead of trying to satisfy every fringe taste or market niche — other companies that make laptops, for instance, often sell dozens of models at any given time — Apple focuses on just a few products in each category. With time and money on its side, Apple strives to make each item in its relatively small stable as perfect as possible. Over time, that helps differentiate the products and build customer loyalty.
Principle Four: Be Your Own Toughest Critic The final ingredient to Apple’s success is an intangible energy and interest in doing well. And if the company ever lets that vitality go, it’s game over. (That’s what almost happened during the 1990s, before Jobs returned to provide a vital kick start.) Ultimately, Apple succeeds because it not only beats its competitors but also strives each year to beat itself. As management guru Peter Drucker noted long ago, “Your being the one who makes your products, process, or service obsolete is the only way to prevent your competitor from doing so.” In the process of trying to outdo itself, Apple often leaves its competition in the dust.
That was just some extra info on Apple’s amazing success and culture they created. But hey, let’s get back to the point of his blog. Your you and your team’s mindset.Here are 3 things you can start doing around your team to get on a path to better mental business nutrition:
1) Speak Positive About Them: Always speak positive around your group and never negative. As a rule of thumb you should ask yourself before you say it, Do I want what I am saying right now to manifest in my team? If the answer is “No” then don’t utter it. Only speak words you want duplicated and what you want to have and you’ll foster a healthy team mindset.
2) Expect The Best For You & Them: Always remember we do not get what we want, we get what we expect. If you expect your team to perform, speak, present and operate lousy, they will. Expectation is a self- fulfilling prophecy and it works in the positive and the negative. Be a good finder and positive expectant upline. All great leaders act like a thermostat for their group. Not just for excitement but also for their business mentality. By doing this, you’ll be setting the temperature and tempo of your team in the healthiest fashion.
3) Promote PMA Books To Them: All smart leaders read. They read not just to read but to learn. They are constantly expanding their mental real estate and thereby increasing it’s value. If you are a rising leader and commit up your learning through reading then the IQ and intelligence of your group will follow suit. It’s an amazing phenomenon and truly rewarding when you see your leaders improve right before your eyes.
4) Let Them Celebrate Their Growth & Vocalize Their Dreams: Make a practice to have your reps share their growthat specific times. It may seem to you and others a minuscule detail or a mute point, but take time to do this. I assure you it will build the entire team. So give them time to celebrte their achievements. Also allow to speak about their dreams and goals. When you let them vocalize this type of talk I refer to as “future talk” It inspires and raises their belief to begin performing at a whole a new level.
5) Keep Your Mental Business Growth Improving: The final point here is for you (as the leader) Nothing speaks greater volume than being a good example of all we have discussed. You make sure you speak positive. You ensure you expect the best for yourself. Personally celebrate your own victories, cast your own vision .Just be the example for them to follow.
Do these 5 things and your next company awards event won’t have a big enough stage to old all your team members.
