What can you do to make SFI more exciting and fun for your team?
I think the best way to answer this question is to ask it of myself. So - what makes my SFI business exciting and fun for me?
And, that question is very easy to answer – everything about SFI gets me excited and I really do enjoy working in my SFI business everyday. In fact SFI is probably the thing I enjoy doing the most.
How do I communicate this to my team?
I hope my enthusiasm and encouragement shines out through my Stream posts, weekly TeamMails (“Chats”), Forum posts, E-Cards, and in my personal emails and messages to individual team members.
I don’t suggest that we should provide extra incentives and prizes. From what I can see, most SFI affiliates are poor (like me) and we are in SFI to make money, not to give it away. In fact we can’t do that because we can not afford it. (That can come later when our SFI businesses are earning us 6 figure incomes.)
And, we shouldn’t need to either. SFI has enough prizes, perks and benefits to satisfy anyone – anyone who works that is.
So, what do I do? I explain to my team how SFI works. I teach them how to achieve something and encourage them to do so. I tell them what that will cost – then I show them, from my experience, how that cost can be reduced, and, in fact, usually is reduced to some extent, because when they are working towards that goal THINGS HAPPEN. When you work in SFI you start to win stuff - TCredits, VP, CSAs, PSAs, and MRP and you receive recognition. There is nothing like receiving a congratulatory email from SFI admin and a new badge to brighten ones spirits.
And the joy you experience when one of your team members buys something, achieves something or recruits a team member who then becomes active is JUST GREAT! Even to receive a request for help or a question from one of my team members excites me. WOW! I’ve got someone who wants to do something. Of course, to foster their joy and excitement you need to respond to their question as soon as possible and in as encouraging and helpful a way as possible.
Of course, the converse is also true – if your team member does nothing then nothing happens. They receive nothing. And, isn’t that depressing and no fun at all?
So I think, in the end, it all boils down to attitude. We can’t determine the attitude of our team member – only they can do that –and it is their choice.
But what we can do is ALWAYS be positive, cheerful, encouraging and friendly towards them. And show them from both our actions in SFI and our knowledge and advice that there is much fun to be had in SFI and excitement to experience as we grow our SFI businesses.
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What can you do to make SFI more exciting and fun for your team?
I think the best way to answer this question is to ask it of myself. So - what makes my SFI business exciting and fun for me?
And, that question is very easy to answer – everything about SFI gets me excited and I really do enjoy working in my SFI business everyday. In fact SFI is probably the thing I enjoy doing the most.
How do I communicate this to my team?
I hope my enthusiasm and encouragement
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