Watkins Home Based Business

The following article was written by Jerry Fochtmann. Jerry is the Summit Group’s technical guru who takes care of our web sites and handles new associate signups, among many other things. Jerry is an Executive with Watkins, which is the highest level of achievement. His dedication and passion for Watkins has given him financial freedom and total time flexibility. I am posting this article, because I feel it is very helpful and provides a lot of insight into success with Watkins, or any other home based business.

Jerry’s article:

Your Weekend Plans - Tension Relieving or Asset Achieving?

Back before the turn of the century, I was still working in the “real world.” I didn’t completely hate the job I held back then (although I’m much happier with the flexibility and income I have now).

But I can clearly remember that the work week of the corporate world took a toll on me. I anxiously awaited the arrival of many weekends, so I could unwind and “veg out” for a while. Too often, that meant flopping down in front of the TV most of the weekend.

But by Sunday afternoon, I’d start freaking out because I hadn’t accomplished anything, hadn’t done anything truly refreshing, and it felt like the upcoming work week was ready to pounce on me like a mountain lion on a squirrel.

It was not a pleasant feeling. Not a good situation. And yet, like many people, I repeated that scenario over and over again, weekend after weekend.

Somewhere along the way, however, I was introduced to a simple concept from motivational thinker Denis Waitley in his two audio tapes series, “The Psychology of Winning” and “The Inner Winner.”

Waitley observed that most people spend their time away from their primary job doing things that are simply “tension relieving,” such as watching mindless TV shows and gorging on high-calorie snacks that leave them paralyzed on the sofa in a bloated stupor.

Instead, he suggested that people would feel much better if they focused the majority of their free time on things that were “asset achieving.” By that, he meant things that can improve our finances or lifestyles.

Building a Watkins business would fall into that category, as would exercising, reading a personal development book, studying a new skill or meaningful hobby, going full steam ahead on a household project, etc. His point was that true rejuvenation comes not from vegging out, but from energetically reaching and stretching in new directions.

Think back to the ending of “The Wizard of Oz.” The wizard flies off by mistake in the hot air balloon, and Dorothy is left behind. But she still makes it home, because it turns out that the Ruby Slippers can take her there—she had the power to get home all the time.

Well, you have the power to decide that your future is the most important thing to you this weekend.

Your Watkins business can be your “ruby slippers.” You don’t have a moral obligation to watch every baseball playoff game or a marathon of “Dog, the Bounty Hunter” episodes.

Instead, you have the power to get up off the couch and contact customers or prospective associates. Pick up that phone. Send an e-mail. Make a quick spur-of-the-moment visit to old friends and show them this year’s holiday gifts. Invite several people you care about to join you in your vision of success in this business. Place a newspaper ad to look for new associates. Call your sponsor or upline leader for coaching. There’s so much you can do right this very moment. You have the power. I believe in you.

Imagine how good you’ll feel Sunday night, if you make up your mind right now to make this a weekend when you’ll take action and get things done on your Watkins business. I have a strong feeling you’ll greet Monday morning not with a groan, but with an energized sense of excitement, because you’ll know that you’ve made progress on the path to your dreams.

Tension-relieving or asset-achieving?

Which do you want?

The choice and the power are yours.

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Eldon Beard is a Watkins Manager with Associates All Across the USA and Canada

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