Hello Oliver,
I've been rating other people's answers on your question and what I see is that depending on what type of Sponsor/Co-Sponsor they have or the type of Sponsor/Co-Sponsor they are determines how they're answering the question. And I'm not sure if you're asking because you don't have a good Sponsor/Co-Sponsor or if you want to know what you should be doing to be a good Sponsor/Co-Sponsor. Here is what I believe the best answer to your question is.
It is extremely important to have and be a good, no, Awesome Sponsor/Co-Sponsor. We are taught in SFI Basics, Rules of Success and Be an Awesome Sponsor that Duplication is the key to our success. So, if you have a Sponsor/Co-Sponsor that never communicates with you, you will be a Sponsor/Co-Sponsor that never communicates with your team. If you have a Sponsor/Co-Sponsor that never congratulates you on your successes, you will be a Sponsor/Co-Sponsor that never congratulates your team members. If you've had to learn how to do this business by yourself and have no guidance from anyone, your downline will have to learn how to do this alone as well.
I find that some of the most successful people here, including Gery Carson did not have an active Sponsor/Co-Sponsor. So does that mean you don't have to be an active Sponsor/Co-Sponsor? No, I think not. If it wasn't important for you to be an "Awesome Sponsor" why are there all the articles about being an Awesome Sponsor?
I also think that the people telling you that it's not important to have a good Sponsor are telling you that because they are not doing what they should be doing for their team. Regular communication between you and your top team members is critical to everyone's success. Sure, you can find the answers to your questions at the Forum or from your a2a friends, but wouldn't it be nice to just send an email, or hop on chat with your Sponsor to get the answers? Congratulations to those people who did it all on their own. "If it is to be, it is up to me." This is very true. Your Sponsor cannot do this business for you, and you can't do it for your members. You and they have to complete the Daily, Weekly and Monthly tasks yourself. But if you don't know how to get started, or you need help and guidance moving forward, your Sponsor should be the first place you go for help.
What continues to baffle me is SFI teaches us about duplication and being an Awesome Sponsor. I don't understand why so many of us don't have Sponsors and Co-Sponsors that don't communicate with us. Do you want to teach your team how to be lazy or how to be successful? You will have more active members if you're an active Sponsor. When we joined SFI we were assigned a Sponsor and a Co-Sponsor. They were immediately sent an email notification. You're getting the same notification about your new affiliates as your Sponsor did. If you didn't send a welcome message to the new affiliate who just signed up, you're perpetuating the "absent Sponsor syndrome" that plagues so many of us.
Be an Awesome Sponsor. Don't be an Absent Sponsor.
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