1. Always be accountable. There is no one else who is responsible for you losing weight. You have to be accountable for what you eat and how often you work out.

2. Break the cycle of excuses. We all make excuses to try to justify our behavior, but these kinds of excuses aren’t doing you any favors when it comes to weight loss. Force yourself to accept your failures and work to improve them.

3. Deal with your emotions. For many people, food is an emotional thing and a coping mechanism for other things that aren’t right in their lives. If you want to change your mindset about your body, you’ll first have to deal with these powerful emotions.

4. Make the decision to be thinner. Sometimes all it takes is a firm resolution to make a change in your life. If you want to lose weight, make the choice to do so and let your actions follow suit.

5. Take responsibility. No one is forcing food down your throat or keeping you from the gym. Once you realize that and can take responsibility for your own actions regarding your health and fitness, you’ll be one step closer to meeting your goals.

6. Think clearly. Weight loss, body image and personal health can be emotionally charged issues. When you think about these things it it important to separate them as best you can from your emotions and make logical, thoughtful decisions about what is best. For instance, our emotions might tell us we need a piece of cake after a hard day, but our logical thinking would tell us it will only make you feel worse about yourself.

7. Change your programming. Many of us have programmed our brains to think we are fat, unhealthy and will never look or feel like we want to. Thinking this way is often a self-fulfilling prophecy, but by changing your mental programming, you’ll change what you’re capable of in weight loss.

8. Stay positive. There is no upside to negative thinking when it comes to losing weight. Staying positive will help you feel better about yourself, keep you motivated and reduce stress — all of which will help you lose more weight.

9. Train your mind to think in your best interest. If you want to lose weight, focus on replacing your unhealthy thoughts with healthy ones. After a while, you will think less unhealthy thoughts and be a step ahead in reaching your goals.

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A significant part of the answer comes from the Weiss-McGrath Retention study. If you have not heard about its important that you become familiar with it as it will change the way in which you do business.

The study says that using video and audio together increases message retention (after 72 hours) by more than 600% over verbal or auditory communication and more than 300% over written or visual communication alone.

The study goes on to indicate that your downline or prospect will forget 90% of what you said or told them within 72 hours. Which means that after 3 days, they only recall 10% of what you said to them!

No wonder they don’t seem to “get it”.

Video dramatically improves communication because they will remember 65% of what you “show and tell” them.

Audio only conference calls have been a relic of the past for some time now. Unfortunately it’s human nature to cling to the things that we understand and hesitate to progress forward even when science proves what we are doing is for the most part no longer effective.

If you really want to start changing the effectiveness of your communication with your downline or prospects you need to use video, webinars or Skype.

Here are a few.

First. The average Nu Skin Ruby Executive took 14 months to acheive that position. They sponsored 45 distributors. 45 divided by 14 is 3.

Second. In 2011 the average Blue Diamond did so in 29 months and sponsored 84 distrbutors. 84 divided by 29 is 3.

Third. Executives who maintain at least $3,000 in group volume increase their earnings more than 3x over those that do not.

Our Teamelites.com duplication model is based on 3 simple steps that you repeat over and over again. If you do more, great, your business will grow that much faster.

- Sponsor 3 new distributors or customers each month.

- Use a minimum of $100 in Nu Skin products each month. (The average is actually a bit higher).

- Teach others to do the same.

It’s important to consider just a few more Nu Skin facts that will help you decide where your focus should be as you grow your Nu Skin business.

- New Distributors that get on an ADR in their first month have improved retention of 35% over those that do not.

- LOI’s that have less than a 20% PV to GV ratio in their LOI month are 4.5 times more likely to become an Executive than those that have a 100% PV to GV ratio. (this is VERY IMPORTANT) It says if you rely on doing all the volume yourself in your LOI month you are most likely going to fail. Focus on a model that duplicates the creation of distributors not just Business Builders.

- Distributors that do not sponsor in their LOI or Q1 months have a 95% failure rate. Don’t fall into the trap of trying to do it all yourself. You will fail. This issue came to light last year in North America with the introduction of a model called “System 7″. That model emphazied a focus only on “Business Builders” or those that invested more than $1000 to start their business…it was a huge failure. It’s always a plus to have a few solid Business Builders but for the most part your successful Nu Skin business will be composed of lots of Distributors doing just a little instead of a few doing a lot.

So there you are…the facts. What you do with them is up to you. See you at the finish line.

Here is the link for the Teamelites.com Duplication model for North America. Teamelites.com Duplication Model

Watch this EXCLUSIVE Teamelites.com interview with Dr. Joe Chang, Chief Scirntific Officer of Nu Skin Enterprises as he discusses the products in the R90 Challenge.

Some things should be protected. Protect family and reputation but let go of past success. Clinging to success makes you fail.

Things to hold to:

Cling to dreams let go of successes. Past success is a great platform but a horrible resort.

Cling to serving people let go of things. Dreams about cars, homes, vacations, and wealth won’t satisfy if you aren’t already satisfied; they only make you more of who you currently are.

Great dreams have little to do with buildings, accomplishment, or reputation. Those things are, at best, tools to make dreams about serving people possible.

Great dreamers dream of how to improve the world more than acquiring new things. When Martin Luther King said, “I have a dream,” it was about others.

Dreams that center on things foster fear of losing things, but dreams focused on serving people set us fre

Creating obligations:

Serving people while expecting they will serve you in return creates bondage. Serve freely. This point has nothing to do with compensation. You deserve what you earn. Give more than what you earn.

One more thing:

Serving others begins by serving your gift. Honor your best self by giving it to others. Express who you are don’t squander it.

Final word:

Don’t wait till you have everything you want before serving others.

Furthermore, most people who do join network marketing companies will never experience a huge payday. Nu Skin Enterprises has billions of dollars to thousands of distributors around the world, but that was truly exceptional. Even most moderately successful network marketing companies will only make a small group of people rich. And if all you care about is money, I doubt that joining a network marketing company is the right way to go. You’ll probably make a lot more at a hedge fund, or by becoming a lawyer, or something like that.

Maybe it now seems like I’m defending the boring 9-5 job, but it’s actually just the opposite. Those 8 hours/day are a huge chunk of your waking life, and don’t forget that you’ll probably also spend a few hours preparing, commuting, and “unwinding”. Even worse, bad or boring jobs can sap our energy, so that at the end of the day all we feel like doing is sitting in front of the TV. That’s no way to live, if you can help it. Why surrender such a huge chunk of your life just to get some money? For some people, that’s the only option, but for those fortunate enough to be smart and educated, there’s a better way. Instead of throwing away your “working hours”, why not make every minute count? Why not find work that you can actually enjoy, work that’s fun and meaningful? Of course that’s easier said than done, but it’s not impossible.

For reasons that will have to be left for another post, the structure and systems in traditional companies tend to make work meaningless and life unpleasant. Of course smaller companies can be awful too, but they have a greater potential to be good. If your job isn’t working for you, if it isn’t making you happy and energized, then why are you still there? I can’t guarantee that you’ll find something better with us, but perhaps you should at least try something new. Don’t just give up on life. I truly enjoy network marketing. I love selling new products. I like seeing users get great results and finding ways to solve their financial problems. I like this game. I like helping people.

Of course there is always some amount of unpleasant work that must be done, but that can be contained (my rule is that work should be no more than 10% awful). That’s why, even though I don’t financially need to work, I choose to work (and end up staying up until 4 am communicating with distributors around the world). Of course I’d also like to earn a few million more dollars. And I plan to make all of our distributors very successful, but that’s more like a bonus.

There’s more to life than money.

Minutes later, one of the helicopters landed outside the target property. The other spiraled into the ground in a barely-controlled crash landing.

Not exactly according to plan.

And yet, a few minutes later, the 12 SEALs in the downed Black Hawk calmly radioed the other group, and they proceeded with the mission.

Eighteen minutes later, Osama bin Laden was dead. The 23 SEALs, the translator, and the dog all made it home safely.

Given the circumstances, surely this mission constitutes a miracle, righ

No, not really.

Over the past nine years, this team of SEALs had successfully completed so many similar operations that nothing shook them. Not even a crashed ‘copter while going after the most wanted man on the planet.

A senior Defense Department official put it this way:

“This was one of almost two thousand missions that have been conducted over the last couple of years, night after night.” He likened the routine of evening raids to “mowing the lawn.”

Let’s make one thing clear…

I’m in no way comparing what a Navy SEAL deals with to what you deal with as a distributor. It can be tough, and even scary, but it’s a walk in the park compared to the job performed by any member of the armed services.

But that doesn’t mean you can’t find inspiration in the dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice demonstrated by the SEALs. So here’s what this means for you as a distributor:

Want to tackle the most ambitious goals without fear?
Want to advance through the compensation plan like clockwork?
Want to sponsor new distributors as a simple matter of routine?

Quit whining, and get the job done.

It matters very little.

Tomorrow and next week and next year are not yours to spend.

You can talk all you want about the downline you will build  Tomorrow, next week, and next year.

You’d be a liar.

Tomorrow and next week and next year are not yours to plan.

You do not see your life as the vapor that it is — how your hours curl up and away from that hot, black coffee on the table, dissipating faster than they appeared.

If you intend to do something, do it.

If you intend to build a downline , build it.

Each time you think about what you will do — to finish it Tomorrow — Tomorrow reaches deep into your wallet and takes exactly what it wants.

Tomorrow is a master thief, patiently waiting for you to delay. To walk away from what needs to be done today.

Today is not always sexy.

Today does not always feel comfortable.

Today has many demands, but …

Today is all you’ve been given. And you can build everything you want and need with it.

So what are you going to do today? (Let me know in the comments.)

4 counter-intuitive leadership principles:

1. Talk to them about them.
2. Gain power by empowering.
3. Join their team before they join your team.
4. Talk less, listen more, and others will listen to you.

Jeremie Kubicek author of “Leadership is Dead” explains the advice he most frequently shares, “Without question it’s pursue relationship before opportunity.”