Affiliate since: 04/14/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read SIVANANTHAN's 15 other Ask SC answers

A very interesting question, Mr Waleed Alif. You must prepare yourself to become a Team Leader as a SFI Affiliate with or without a team. Once we achieve the EA (Executive Affiliate) rank, you have to find people as Affiliates under you.SFI, your Sponsor & up lines may provide a number of Affiliates to be placed under you when they see how active and hard working you are in your business. So you are already a Team Leader even though your title does not indicate it, so you must assume the post and send out the Introductory Letters by Team Mail to all your Affiliates. You can go to the Genealogy page to see all the names of the Affiliates,with ranks as PSAs or CSAs, their #ID No., the Versa Points that they have earned, dates that they joined,etc. You will then use this page to send out the Team Mail as you enter the first name of one PSA, the auto system takes over and automatically sends out to all those under you saving the trouble of sending the mails individually. Let's say that all the Affs are removed by SFI because of inactivity, now you are a Team Leader without a team to lead and that does not mean that you stop being a team Leader. You must still acknowledge yourself to be one and use this period as 'Training ground' to continue sending out Stream posts to a2a friends and practice your role as a Team Leader until you achieve the next level of becoming a a BTL (Bronze Team Leader). Once you join SFI, you become a Business Owner/Entrepreneur and must prepare yourself to be Team Leader because the SFI Business system operates on the MLM (Multi Level Method) which means that you find 4 or 5 people and train them to become EAs and they in turn find 4 or 5 to be become EAs.This is called The Duplication Method and you can only earn and grow your team if you stick to this system as SFI has taught you in the Launch Pad Lessons. I hope that the information that I have given helps you understand your role as a Team Leader with/without a Team, you must carry the mantle of a Team Leader.
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A very interesting question, Mr Waleed Alif. You must prepare yourself to become a Team Leader as a SFI Affiliate with or without a team. Once we achieve the EA (Executive Affiliate) rank, you have to find people as Affiliates under you.SFI, your Sponsor & up lines may provide a number of Affiliates to be placed under you when they see how active and hard working you are in your business. So you are already a Team Leader even though your title does not indicate it, so you must assume the post
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Affiliate since: 08/29/2023, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Osaro's 206 other Ask SC answers

Actually the idea of a team leader rank is to have a team of which you are the leader and the main reasons why some advice against becoming a team leader without an active team is because you may be unable to sustain the rank without receiving team support VP and other earnings from an active team, which may contribute towards your investment capital.

This notwithstanding, some others also advice that it is appropriate to become a team leader as soon as you can and not having an active team should not be an obstacle because there are benefits and perks associated with a team leader's rank, especially the share of second home CSAs which is capable of generating income for you, assuming you are lucky to receive active ones. Another point is that why you enjoy the benefits and perks of a team leader, it does not stop you from building your team and I hold this opinion, at least for those who can afford it.

Having said that, I still think is makes for better business sense if you have a team, especially if you cannot afford it, so rather than been discouraged at some point because the cost to you is not being offset or reduced by an active team, it may be worthwhile to spend your time and effort directed at building an active team. You may notice that some who can afford to 'buy' their team leaders status also get discouraged at some point, especially when it is taking too long to build an active team and it starts to manifest that they are either being proud with their ranks and broke in their pockets or they are just ‘building castle in the air’.

I have approached this issue by attempting to provide an answer, using a more generic method which is why I have discussed both scenarios, including the advantages and disadvantages. I take responsibility and offer my apology for showing a little bias towards the second scenario. However, since I cannot determine every aspiring team leader's circumstances, hence the discussion on both sides. At this juncture, I will leave you to fit yourself into any of the above scenarios and make the final decision as to what best suits you.


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Actually the idea of a team leader rank is to have a team of which you are the leader and the main reasons why some advice against becoming a team leader without an active team is because you may be unable to sustain the rank without receiving team support VP and other earnings from an active team, which may contribute towards your investment capital.

This notwithstanding, some others also advice that it is appropriate to become a team leader as soon as you can and not having an active
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Affiliate since: 02/08/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Michael's 202 other Ask SC answers

Hi Waleed!
I for one I don’t think it is a good idea to go for Team Leader if you don’t yet have an active team. SFI is your lifetime business. Take it easy. Do not try to run before you can walk.

If you are a Team Leader, you must have people under you. A team is a body and the Team Leader is the head of the body. If you are a Team Leader without an active team, you are the head without the body. You don’t have support. You can fall anytime.

Team Leader is a title. Titles are not things that we deserve or buy. Titles are things that we earn. We must work and build our teams then earn the title of being a Team Leader. If you earned your title, maintaining it is not a problem. If you bought it, maintaining it is a very big problem, expensive and stressful. You won’t like the end of the month. Towards month end you’ll be running to the Forum asking how to earn/raise xxx Action VersaPoints. Failing to raise/earn them may cause you to quit SFI.

SFI is not a race. It is your lifetime business. What I’ll suggest you to do is, build your team and earn the title. You’ll enjoy it and you’ll love month end because you’ll earn cash from that rather than paying for it.

I hope this will help you to make an informed decision.
Thank you.

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Hi Waleed!
I for one I don’t think it is a good idea to go for Team Leader if you don’t yet have an active team. SFI is your lifetime business. Take it easy. Do not try to run before you can walk.

If you are a Team Leader, you must have people under you. A team is a body and the Team Leader is the head of the body. If you are a Team Leader without an active team, you are the head without the body. You don’t have support. You can fall anytime.

Team Leader is a title.
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

The moment you qualify as EA you have a team of 2 CSA's. The size of your team is not relevant. If you want to 1st get to know the business before providing guidance and support to others you should not qualify as EA - which I will not recommend.

You are not your CSA's first point of contact, so even if you do have a team you still have time to learn enough to feel comfortable leading a team. Only once you feel confident and comfortable you start advertising to recruit your own PSA's or buy them or buy S-builder or whatever way you decide to start building your team.

It is good that you think about this and do not just jump in. It means you know it is a big responsibility. Just remember - your team is your lifeline at the end of the day. You can not be a teamleader with no team and without their success you fail as well.
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The moment you qualify as EA you have a team of 2 CSA's. The size of your team is not relevant. If you want to 1st get to know the business before providing guidance and support to others you should not qualify as EA - which I will not recommend.

You are not your CSA's first point of contact, so even if you do have a team you still have time to learn enough to feel comfortable leading a team. Only once you feel confident and comfortable you start advertising to recruit your own PSA's
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Affiliate since: 03/21/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Valentina's 57 other Ask SC answers

A Leader is nothing without followers! It is also important to remember that you may not be suited to the role of team leader, many, if not MOST people aren't. That's ok, you may be better suited to being the firepower of the team and doing what the leader tells you. Remember, the leader is nothing without you to follow them.

The simple fact is that leadership is a natural thing for some people, and completely alien to others. This is unfortunate, and often those who are naturally leaders know it, and sometimes flaunt it, reducing their leadership effectiveness. While those who aren't naturally suited to the role don't know it, and refuse to acknowledge it, and improve at it. An important factor to recognise is everybody has the capability to be a leader, it takes a mindset that can be vastly different to what many LoL players have, but it can be worked on. Don't discount someone else's ability to lead, just because you lead your team to victory last game.

Also remember that Leadership is very personality based, it requires you to think about the team as real people, not just "people on the internet". Does this exclude most players, even most "people on the internet"? Yes. Are you excluded? Of course you aren't, nobody thinks they are. But If you can assess that you ARE too self important, too often, then congratulations on taking a huge step towards becoming not just a better leader, but a better person!
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A Leader is nothing without followers! It is also important to remember that you may not be suited to the role of team leader, many, if not MOST people aren't. That's ok, you may be better suited to being the firepower of the team and doing what the leader tells you. Remember, the leader is nothing without you to follow them.

The simple fact is that leadership is a natural thing for some people, and completely alien to others. This is unfortunate, and often those who are naturally leaders
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Going for Team Leader is a good idea, but I wouldn't advise it if you don't have a strong fleet of PSAs under your belt.

That reason being, it would be too expensive to move up the ranks. You would have to fork over a lot of cash just to make Bronze. For now, just stay the course. Focus on logging in, doing your daily actions, and scoring your VP. When you do take any PSAs under your wing, teach them to duplicate what you do, and you'll reach Team Leader status in no time. But of course, you've got to make sure that your affiliates are putting in work daily. ;)
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Going for Team Leader is a good idea, but I wouldn't advise it if you don't have a strong fleet of PSAs under your belt.

That reason being, it would be too expensive to move up the ranks. You would have to fork over a lot of cash just to make Bronze. For now, just stay the course. Focus on logging in, doing your daily actions, and scoring your VP. When you do take any PSAs under your wing, teach them to duplicate what you do, and you'll reach Team Leader status in no time. But of
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Affiliate since: 04/02/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Tiffany's 5 other Ask SC answers

I have a team, but not a very active one. One day I was looking at my scoreboard and noticed that I was very close to achieving team leader status and I took it. I am now in my second month as team leader and am seeing the benefits of it. This is my business and I don't want to wait on others to make me successful.

I would say that if it is very difficult to achieve team leader status, then I would wait. Either for your team to become active or for you to do more on your part without having to work too hard to do it (spending too much money, etc).
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I have a team, but not a very active one. One day I was looking at my scoreboard and noticed that I was very close to achieving team leader status and I took it. I am now in my second month as team leader and am seeing the benefits of it. This is my business and I don't want to wait on others to make me successful.

I would say that if it is very difficult to achieve team leader status, then I would wait. Either for your team to become active or for you to do more on your part without having
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Become BTL is the second step to which all aspire.
To get to reach the rank would be appropriate to study well.
However, personally I recommend it to reach the rank BTL anyway because at the end of each month is entitled to a share of CSA equal to 40/50.
Among these CSA you can find some good partnerships.
All in all, with the purchase of 15/25 PSA per month and the help of the above mentioned CSA, you can get there early to success. So regardless of the knowledge I advise everyone to reach the rank BTL.
In new affiliates, definitely take the example.
I hope I was helpful.
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Become BTL is the second step to which all aspire.
To get to reach the rank would be appropriate to study well.
However, personally I recommend it to reach the rank BTL anyway because at the end of each month is entitled to a share of CSA equal to 40/50.
Among these CSA you can find some good partnerships.
All in all, with the purchase of 15/25 PSA per month and the help of the above mentioned CSA, you can get there early to success. So regardless of the knowledge I advise everyone
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Affiliate since: 07/11/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rebecca's 2 other Ask SC answers

I think there is a lot of value in going for Team Leader no matter how many affiliates you have signed up and active under you. Many people might be more willing to sign up under a Team Leader to begin with, as the Team Leader status provides more confidence in the person signing up. Also, there are so many more benefits when one is a Team Leader, such as the Second Home CSA's that are awarded each month. I don't think it is wise to spend a ton of money each month just to make Team Leader, but if you have even one active PSA under you it is a reachable goal. Good luck in your endeavors!
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I think there is a lot of value in going for Team Leader no matter how many affiliates you have signed up and active under you. Many people might be more willing to sign up under a Team Leader to begin with, as the Team Leader status provides more confidence in the person signing up. Also, there are so many more benefits when one is a Team Leader, such as the Second Home CSA's that are awarded each month. I don't think it is wise to spend a ton of money each month just to make Team Leader, but if
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Affiliate since: 01/19/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Stefano's 4 other Ask SC answers

Hi Asif,

My experience suggests it's better not to do this.
Building your personal team involves efforts and learning and only during these activities you can be sure to give a real support to your team affiliates.

From economic point of view it is not a good idea, you have to do 3000 VP to get BTL, and this action will not be payed to you until you have not a working team.

So it's better spend your credits and economic resources for building a strong working team and then you will be able to get next qualification.

We need at minimum of five new good workers like us in our downline and then we can think to get next level.

This is from my experience, hope to be helpful.

Sincerely.
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Hi Asif,

My experience suggests it's better not to do this.
Building your personal team involves efforts and learning and only during these activities you can be sure to give a real support to your team affiliates.

From economic point of view it is not a good idea, you have to do 3000 VP to get BTL, and this action will not be payed to you until you have not a working team.

So it's better spend your credits and economic resources for building a strong working
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