Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Et Tu Monsanto?

Beachbody health and fitness advisor Steve Edwards wrote a great blog on who is trying to control the food supply. Makes me crazy that one company can strangle us like this: http://bit.ly/67JcT4

Friday, December 11, 2009

Get Serious. Get Into The Success Club.

People who sign up to be Team Beachbody Coaches are becoming the "CEO" of their own health and fitness business. My goal is to motivate a million people to do just that, and turn around the health care crisis by sheer volume and enthusiasm of those CEO's across the country talking up the Team Beachbody mission. But it will take leaders who step-up consistently to be successful.

We'll be able to tell who's leading by the new monthly metric that will highlight those who are tapping into the Game Plan strategy, and that metric is called "the Success Club", a monthly assessment of who is recruiting new coaches and who is retailing Shakeology on monthly auto-ship (Home Direct).

Your goal is to get in the success club by scoring enough points, and stay in the club from month to month.

String together a winning streak of 9 months in a row, and you earn your way onto the coach trip! That's how every Coach regardless of rank and tenure, can earn two tickets to our annual Coach trip.
All qualified Coaches who have strung together 9 consecutive months in the Success Club in 2010 will be heading to the next amazing Coach destination with a guest.
Prior trips included Maui, Cancun, and this spring we're all headed to the "Garden Isle" of Kauai, HI! Where will we go next. I don't know - but I want it to be off the hook!

There is no limit on the number of qualifiers, and that means you can get your whole team on the trip! There will be first-class recognition at all corporate events, in the newsletters and online office... the works!

Being a member of the Success Club means consistently following the Game Plan, and in turn, consistently growing the business - YOUR business!

Here's how I know that the coaches who use the Game Plan are the ones most likely to be in the Success Club and on the trip: In November, the coaches who purchased the Game Plan's 3rd party tools like the "Decide" DVD, "The Invitation", and "The Beachbody Solution", outperformed the rest of the coaches - including some of our founding coaches, by TEN TIMES! That's how I know who the leaders are - the monthly numbers tell the story.

Here's what you need to do to get into the club: Earn at least 5 Points a month.
> You get 2 points for each new Personally Sponsored Coach enrolled with a Home Direct order(s) of 90 PV or more.
> You get 1 point for any new customer Home Direct order(s) of 90 PV or more.

Get five points to get into the club for 9 consecutive months, and you go on the trip! And there are two levels of success club:

Success Club 5:
• You and a guest go on the next luxurious (and tropical) Coach trip!
• Airfare/transportation reimbursement up to $500
• First-class recognition at events, etc.

To get into Success Club 5 you need to earn 5 points a month for 9 consecutive months in 2010 (goes up to a full 12 months in 2011) and you must be enrolled with a Home Direct order(s) totaling a minimum of 90 PV (i.e., Shakeology) for every qualification month.

Success Club 10:
All the above, but etra recognition, Airfare/transportation reimbursement up to $1,000, plus i will personally give you a high five!

To get into "Success Club 10" you need to earn 10 points a month for 9 consecutive months in 2010 (goes up to 12 months in 2011), plus the rest of the rules on the official rules/regs page.

Qualification starts with results starting January 1st, 2010. There will be more bells and whistles added as we get more creative, but for now - get familiar with the Game Plan, get those third party tools, and build your business!
For official rules and regs, check the back office. But in the meantime, if you are serious about wanting to generate income out of the Team Beachbody Coaching business and you want to enjoy the "inner circle" benefits of being in the Success Club, learn the Game Plan and work the plan!

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Sick of Feeling Sick

Last weekend sitting at my desk, I had one of those cold sweat, "uh-oh-here-it-comes" moments, I felt like I was getting sick with something. I felt my head getting foggy, my throat beginning to feel scratchy, and my stomach not feeling altogether settled. All the warning signs were there, I was coming down with something.

As the day progressed, it slowly got worse. I could have crawled comfortably into bed at any time, but it wasn't bad enough to call it a day. My mind started to imagine where this was headed. Was it the flu? My turn to get H1N1? Did the bug ripping through Ava's elementary school finally get to me?

I got to bed early enough to rest and see where things stood the next day. Sleep was difficult, with body aches and mild sweats. Something was definitely up. I think I finally got to sleep around midnight, and the alarm that is my 18 month old went off at 6AM.

As I got up, I realized something was different. I did a quick bit of surveillance. Head; sharp. Energy; good. Throat; clear. Stomach; settled. I had dodged the bullet!

Here's why that is a big deal to me;

In the past, I was not a "get a little sick" kind of guy. When I get sick, I get SICK. But ever since I started taking better care of myself and drinking Shakeology every day, everything about my general health is stronger.

The point is not that Shakeology is some cure-all. The point is this, and it's important that you read this carefully: When your body has the nutrition it needs to operate, you will get sick less. Whether it's Shakeology or you have the discipline and patience to eat well, nutrition feeds your body what it needs to thrive.

When your body has a foundation of great nutrition, when it does get attacked by a virus, your immune system will be in better shape to defend itself, so you will be sick shorter. And as you age, when your body has a foundation of good nutrition to continue to build healthy new blood cells, keep connective tissue healthy, and to fight inflammation, you will feel younger, and enjoy the benefits of youth longer. That is the pay off with good nutrition.

I am thankful there are medications to help us overcome severe sickness. But I would prefer to treat my body in a way that avoids getting sick in the first place. And if I do get sick, I want to know that I have built a foundation of nutrition that will go to work and make my turn around as fast as possible.

If you're sick of feeling sick, then take action to give your body what it needs to thrive. That's what fitness does. That's what better diet choices can do. And that's what the Shakeology program is!


If you are sick of feeling sick, give your body the fuel it needs to protect itself!