Affiliate since: 03/31/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tom and Diana's 69 other Ask SC answers

I would never discourage a new PSA from advancing in any way.

I completely understand your concern because we all know that, with the new advancement requirements, it is totally possible to become Platinum Team Leader in a very short time while having no team at all. Thereby possibly causing frustration when the PSA finds out they not going to make any profit without having an actual team.

That said, I have found it is entirely possible to be a Bronze Team Leader with a minimal team and be able to reap all of the benefits of Team Leader status. Therefore to encourage slow but steady growth is always a good and positive thing.

Become EA and EA2 before stepping into the shoes of being a Leader. Then, after building a solid knowledge base of how to build and support your own team, you can grow into being a Team Leader. At that time one can train and support their own team and build a solid base for future growth and profits.
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I would never discourage a new PSA from advancing in any way.

I completely understand your concern because we all know that, with the new advancement requirements, it is totally possible to become Platinum Team Leader in a very short time while having no team at all. Thereby possibly causing frustration when the PSA finds out they not going to make any profit without having an actual team.

That said, I have found it is entirely possible to be a Bronze Team Leader with
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Affiliate since: 10/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronelle's 268 other Ask SC answers

I believe it is better to let your new PSAs reach their EA quickly, then I think you would help them better to succeed if you point out to them the hazards of advancing too quickly. If they advance too quickly, they will be seriously disappointed when they reach the point of not being able to maintain the rank.

Explain to them the benefits of learning about SFI as they go thru launchpad lessons, and check out the sites across the black bar. It will take time to read all that information, and get familiar with it. If they do the reading you suggest, they will realize that there is more to SFI than gaining rank with no one else to help them maintain it.

Hopefully, they will listen. Read; read and learn; read, learn, put into practice! THEN they will learn how to successfully reach those higher ranks, and they will maintain them!!

Best wishes to you and your team!!:))...
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I believe it is better to let your new PSAs reach their EA quickly, then I think you would help them better to succeed if you point out to them the hazards of advancing too quickly. If they advance too quickly, they will be seriously disappointed when they reach the point of not being able to maintain the rank.

Explain to them the benefits of learning about SFI as they go thru launchpad lessons, and check out the sites across the black bar. It will take time to read all that information,
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Affiliate since: 04/08/2016, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read George E.'s 80 other Ask SC answers

That would depend on what it is they are doing to move in that direction. If one of my PSAs is bent on clicking away for Versa Points at rapid fire pace then yes I would give my advise letting them know how important it is to study the material and that earning Free Action VP in this manner will not benefit them. All the PSAs I've had that did this soon disappeared from my Movers Page.

Some people are just more prone to extremes and have difficulty doing things in a balanced way. You will have some who are not serious or sincere in their approach to SFI . Some are in it just to scope out prospects to recruit into business ventures separate of SFI. I have met a few. Some are scammers and maybe a few looking for a sugar daddy or sugar momma.

For those that are go-getters, serious about SFI and doing everything in a balanced way to become a Team Leaders it would be a mistake to dissuade them from doing so. If someone on your team is daily logging in and doing all their To-Do List Actions and Training, are able to invest money in their SFI business then becoming a BTL right out of the gate is easy to do. You just might one day sponsor someone that will quickly grow an active team of of 100's of PSA and outrank you in every category in much less than a year. You just never know what dynamics one could bring to your team. You may end up wanting to duplicate them instead of you wanting them to duplicate you. Dissuading someone like this from becoming a Team Leader quickly could be likened to shooting ones self in the foot.

Remember to "Dream Big and Aim High!"
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That would depend on what it is they are doing to move in that direction. If one of my PSAs is bent on clicking away for Versa Points at rapid fire pace then yes I would give my advise letting them know how important it is to study the material and that earning Free Action VP in this manner will not benefit them. All the PSAs I've had that did this soon disappeared from my Movers Page.

Some people are just more prone to extremes and have difficulty doing things in a balanced way. You
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Osaro's 206 other Ask SC answers

It may be counterproductive, demotivating or even demoralizing to advise any of your PSAs to slow down, when indeed his progress is like a moving train. Remember in SFI we do not slow people down regarding the pace they wish to thread the path that will lead them to success.

So instead of slowing down your PSA from a quick BTL qualification, why not guide him or her on how to sustain the speed towards and beyond a BTL qualification like building an active team, promoting and selling TC products, referring TC members and ECAs in order to continuously accumulate the necessary VP to maintain a BTL status and even advance further.

The mistake most team leaders make is to assume that success is a slow process and generalize the application of this assumption to the entire downline, forgetting that everybody is not the same and that the journey to success is different for different affiliates that make up our Gen 1. Some are risk takers, others risk adverse and yet the rest are risk neutral, so why for example you will want to discount the potential success of a risk taker by advising a slow down approach.

However, the downside is that there is the possibility of some getting discouraged when they think they have reached team leader rank, but disappointed in the financial returns thereafter. They may therefore conclude that the return is not worth the efforts and are faced with a delicate decision to slow down. By now they are in better position to make the decision rather than you making it for them.

Like I mentioned earlier, ensure you take the professional route of guiding, encouraging and assisting them to pursue activities that will enable them maintain their BTL status or to achieve higher ranks, rather than advising them to slow down.

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It may be counterproductive, demotivating or even demoralizing to advise any of your PSAs to slow down, when indeed his progress is like a moving train. Remember in SFI we do not slow people down regarding the pace they wish to thread the path that will lead them to success.

So instead of slowing down your PSA from a quick BTL qualification, why not guide him or her on how to sustain the speed towards and beyond a BTL qualification like building an active team, promoting and selling TC
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Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 45 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

I have seen new affiliates having the tendency of accumulating VPs as much as they can without understanding the core principle of SFI. When they have exhausted and performed almost all of their AVPs (action VPs), comes the second month, their momentum in terms of VP accumulation slows down and they will most likely become discourage. As they look at their commission earnings they’ll get more disappointed with another blow!

As a Team Leader, it’s very important that your new PSAs be trained accordingly based on SFI BASICS, which is Duplication.

I would therefore advise them in the following manner:

- Generally most of new affiliates have no experience in network marketing.

Your experience as their Team Leader is essential in helping and supporting them in starting their SFI journey. You can use the Genealogy to have an overview of your new PSAs how they’re performing. Furthermore, you can view their VP Ledgers how they advance in performing their To-Do List. Based on that, you can train them accordingly. Some people are fast learners and others take time to understand the SFI system.

- I would encourage new affiliates, who become Gold Fast-Track members to go for Team Leader rank.

However, as their Team Leader I would tell them to focus on learning and applying the Marketing Methods provided by SFI to start sponsoring. The Genealogy and the VP Ledger are powerful tools to keep you up-to-date on their activities. What’s good in being a Team Leader without active downline? I would use the Reassignment tool for support and would include them in my Ad Co-op or S-Builder. I would furthermore advise them to the same.

- For new affiliates who are not so active, I would send them messages to find out more what challenges they’re facing and support them whatever I can. Maybe they would need more time in understanding how SFI works, therefore, I won’t advise them to move up to Team Leader rank.

It’s critical that new affiliates at this stage be trained properly in order to understand the business of Duplication. As a Team Leader you have a big responsibility to lead them to succeed.

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I have seen new affiliates having the tendency of accumulating VPs as much as they can without understanding the core principle of SFI. When they have exhausted and performed almost all of their AVPs (action VPs), comes the second month, their momentum in terms of VP accumulation slows down and they will most likely become discourage. As they look at their commission earnings they’ll get more disappointed with another blow!

As a Team Leader, it’s very important that your new PSAs be
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Affiliate since: 12/06/2012, Power Rank: 231 | Read Elizabeth's 190 other Ask SC answers

The answer I will give you is my personal opinion only. I recommend that you help your affiliates become Executive Affiliate 2 by acquiring 1500 VP in their first month by completing the getting started actions on the to do list and then another 1500 or 2000 VP by setting up a standing order.

The next step is to help them sponsor affiliates and build a team as soon as possible.

I only recommend them to be a team leader once they have a team of active affiliates both PSA and CSA so that they can gain enough matching VP to maintain the team leader rank.

In short do not allow your downline to become team leaders without having a team first.

I hope this answers your question.

I am telling you this
out of my own experience because I used to be a Bronze Team Leader for more than a year but I did not have a team so I had to spend more money than I. Could afford to maintain this rank but without a team I could not go on to the silver and the Gold etc...

So now I will go at it another way by staying EA 2 until I save enough money and be able to afford sponsoring and team building.


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The answer I will give you is my personal opinion only. I recommend that you help your affiliates become Executive Affiliate 2 by acquiring 1500 VP in their first month by completing the getting started actions on the to do list and then another 1500 or 2000 VP by setting up a standing order.

The next step is to help them sponsor affiliates and build a team as soon as possible.

I only recommend them to be a team leader once they have a team of active affiliates both PSA and
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Affiliate since: 12/18/2011, Power Rank: 63 | Read Manohar's 240 other Ask SC answers

Dear Sandra

1. Why should you tell you’re your PSA to walk slowly who wants to go running. In fact He/she should complete 500 VPs in 24 hours to get 200 VPs as bonus. Then go on further reading VP ledger points and scoring all the points to reach 1500 VPs as soon as possible.

2. By this time you will get a notification saying that ‘So and so is ready to go’. As soon as you get this message send that affiliate to page https://www.sfimg.com/SFIBasics3Steps and advise him/her to become Executive affiliate in the first month itself.

3. Then ask him to sign up Fast Track membership to get a Gold membership as he/she is already an Executive Affiliate. With that increased bonuses he/she would be easily become a Team Leaders.

Conclusions – Never tell your affiliates to slow down. As it is if affiliates are slow and lazy by nature, they are not going to speed up even if you tell them to move fast.
Hope this helps.

Cheers & Good Day !!

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Dear Sandra

1. Why should you tell you’re your PSA to walk slowly who wants to go running. In fact He/she should complete 500 VPs in 24 hours to get 200 VPs as bonus. Then go on further reading VP ledger points and scoring all the points to reach 1500 VPs as soon as possible.

2. By this time you will get a notification saying that ‘So and so is ready to go’. As soon as you get this message send that affiliate to page https://www.sfimg.com/SFIBasics3Steps and advise him/her
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hi, Sandra Hutchison!

I can relate to the way you are formulating your question.

The wise Team Leader should have concerns both for the non active affiliate as well as the over-active ones, when there is evidence that they may loose their momentum to the point to think about quitting.

I. It can be worrisome when new affiliate rush to accumulate action points, clicking on all the learning modules and the launchpad lessons without really reading them, let alone understanding them and being able to implements the knowledge and tips contained within. SFI warns us against that.

How many an affiliate reach, in their first month, Gold Team Leader (GTL), or even Platinum Team Leader (PTL), with the change that occurred recently, but barely able to rise back to Bronze Team Leader (BTL) or even Executive Affiliate (EA) in their second month.

It is a heavy handicap when affiliates do not have the knowledge and have to spend a lot of time looking for answers.

The worst may be the potential for an Affiliate who reached a high Team Leader Rank, to loose focus and determination and contemplate quitting, because of not being able to maintain that higher rank they had previously achieved.

II. However we should avoid making hasty generalizations.

We cannot judge everybody or foresee all their potential and ability to perform. Some Affiliate may work hard and be steadfast, well organized in their learning as well as performing the tasks that will propel them rapidly to High Team Leader Ranks.

There are two important aspects of our tasks as affiliates on which the Team leader should draw the attention of their over-active affiliate, give them balance and help them maintain their ranks:

A. Motivating Affiliates and teaching them duplication.
If the new affiliate is focusing on sponsoring as well, it will be very beneficial if they reach rapidly high team leader ranks, teach that to those they will sponsor.

B. Helping Associates learn how to start making money with SFI.
Our goals for getting into business is to make money. The sooner we do, the stronger we will feel about SFI and the eager we will be to go out and sponsor.

An affiliate who good at sponsoring will build their team, earn commissions and maintain their Team Leader rank.

I have personally earned commissions the first month I joined and kept doing so every month.

I believe this is the solution to the problem you are raising.

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Hi, Sandra Hutchison!

I can relate to the way you are formulating your question.

The wise Team Leader should have concerns both for the non active affiliate as well as the over-active ones, when there is evidence that they may loose their momentum to the point to think about quitting.

I. It can be worrisome when new affiliate rush to accumulate action points, clicking on all the learning modules and the launchpad lessons without really reading them, let alone understanding
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Personally I feel a new affiliate should take their time to get to know SFI and not be in such a hurry to become team leader.

When they 1st sign up give them the advantages and disadvantages of qualifying quickly and then leave it up to them.

Why do I say this?

How do you lead a team to be successful business owners if you don't know how to do it yourself yet? It will result in guesswork or wrong information. All the information will be watered down and will not help the affiliates like it is suppose to.

Can you TELL them to slow down?

No - they have to make informed decisions for themselves. If they choose to become team leaders quickly you change your strategy and support them in that decision - whether you agree or not.
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Personally I feel a new affiliate should take their time to get to know SFI and not be in such a hurry to become team leader.

When they 1st sign up give them the advantages and disadvantages of qualifying quickly and then leave it up to them.

Why do I say this?

How do you lead a team to be successful business owners if you don't know how to do it yourself yet? It will result in guesswork or wrong information. All the information will be watered down and will not
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Affiliate since: 11/29/2011, Power Rank: 21 | Read Gliceria's 402 other Ask SC answers

There are pros and cons in advising new PSAs who are fast workers to slow down, if they haven't qualified as Team Leaders.

If the new PSA has no problem with setting up a Standing Order, is showing leadership skills by sponsoring PSAs on his own on his first few days in SFI, and doing all the right things by educating himself and participating in the Forum and other SFI activities and contests, is enjoying the EZ games and the auctions, he is an ACE a future DTL, by all means encourage him to go high as he can! After all, isn't he the kind of PSA we are all looking for?

On the other hand, we know how easy it is for new PSA to collect 1500 points upon joining, and hence is encouraged to go further than EA, but is hesitant to invest money in his business and has no idea how duplication works, then advising the person to slow down is the better option. Teach him the 3-Ultra=Simple Steps, how build a team, find workers, invest time, money and commitment, become EA and retaining it. It is more beneficial for the PSA than earning a high rank in so short a time without a solid team to work with and which will only bring disappointment and discouragement.

They need to build a solid foundation because a house that is built on shifting sands has no strength to stand the test of nature.

Use your judgment and personal knowledge of your PSAs, and advise accordingly.
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There are pros and cons in advising new PSAs who are fast workers to slow down, if they haven't qualified as Team Leaders.

If the new PSA has no problem with setting up a Standing Order, is showing leadership skills by sponsoring PSAs on his own on his first few days in SFI, and doing all the right things by educating himself and participating in the Forum and other SFI activities and contests, is enjoying the EZ games and the auctions, he is an ACE a future DTL, by all means encourage
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