April 2008 we started AVON
and April 2009 we were SEUL.
9 units-2 of them EUL's with 5 units and 1 AUL each--->the old way, up a hill, in the snow, or well it seemed like it.....
Barry and Barb Avery with Tom "Big Al" Schreiter
"Everyone snickered at us because our GOAL
was SEUL-Senior Executive Unit Leader-in 1 year (Pay all our bills income).
It had never been done that fast. Well I guess no one was as broke as us up to that point, and AVON was our only vehicle....
April 2008 we started AVON and April 2009 we were SEUL.
22 months later we had an almost 2 million dollar increase…….so….
WHO is eating snickers now?" (Well I may be, I love snickers!)
"I am here to tell you it is WORTH IT-2-5 years=Financial freedom.
and YOU can do it too. You do not need any cheerleaders, just BELIEF YOU TOO can do this business! AVON is a GREAT vehicle, because even if you stink at prospecting, if they LOVE AVON, they still will take a book from you or join your team because AVON ROCKS as the iconic brand!!!
We, of course, would not be in our position of success without our awesome TEAM. This is NOT a game of GOLF, and you are your team! You are responsible for your own DRIVE and speed of how fast you want to run.....Barry and I are forever grateful we had teammates that believed in us and joined us in the quest to build an income stream!"
Being self-employed for about 30 years, Barry and Barb have had to make a career of overcoming obstacles. Being self-employed means the buck stops with you, sink or swim, if it is to be, it is up to me! You can't take excuses to the bank to pay your mortgage.
In 2003, Barry and Barb liquidated their life in Connecticut, moved to Florida and tried the franchise route after 15 years of being a self-employed Interior Design and Furniture Store owners. Business boomed for the first 4 years, and their business debt was almost paid off ahead of schedule and they were excited about their future. Things were going great!
Happy 2007!
By 2007, no matter how hard they worked, the profits from the stores were only enough to pay the business bills, nothing to bring home for HOME bills, the living bills…. they faced total financial failure. Working 70 hour weeks with no take home pay was less than fun...
Barb and Barry spent 1 year researching other income streams-either they had no time or they were short on start up funds for another business. With 6,000 foreclosures in their town meant everyone else was having a bad day too.
For temporary relief, in 2008 they started an AVON direct sales business. They figured, at least people need deodorant and shampoo....
Barry and Barb currently run a 3 Million Dollar AVON Team. Being lifelong students of personal growth with the likes of John Maxwell’s philosophy, failure was not an option so they simply reinvented themselves, charged ahead with a Rhino-attitude and made it happen because of their personal development and training. Success does not happen by accident, it is intentionally created and the magic comes from within YOU, the individual. You can have the drive to succeed but at some point you need to incorporate personal growth and that has to come from solid laws and principles that you apply, grow, reapply, grow more repeating until you reach full leadership potential.
Barb says, “Sometimes you have to knit your own SAFETY NET….it is called personal responsibility. IN MY world, this also consists of me, STILL needing to GROW and learn as I am not a "finished product", far from it! OK, some of you who know me COULD probably do a whole seminar and rally just on that topic
....but I digress.....”
Barb and Barry's tips:
BLOOM where you are planted and RUN-don't look back, and do not compare where you are at to someone else. It is YOU against YOU. EVERYONE has a seed of GREATNESS, lots of potential inside of them, but it takes a good idea or vehicle and hard work, focus, persistence and discipline....just for a few years!
Read, absorb, learn, listen to audio and change yourself and build your beliefs! Turn off the TV and focus on your business, there will be time for all that later. Hang around those who are WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT...look at the fruit on their TREE, no fruit, move on...find your mentors that have DONE the very things you are looking to achieve!
LOT's of talk-talk out there....
Barb Avery is a John Maxwell Coach/Trainer and Speaker as well as certified in D-I-S-C Personality and Human Behavior.
SEE you on the CRUISE!!!!!!
www.BarbAvery.com
was SEUL-Senior Executive Unit Leader-in 1 year (Pay all our bills income).
It had never been done that fast. Well I guess no one was as broke as us up to that point, and AVON was our only vehicle....
April 2008 we started AVON and April 2009 we were SEUL.
22 months later we had an almost 2 million dollar increase…….so….
WHO is eating snickers now?" (Well I may be, I love snickers!)
"I am here to tell you it is WORTH IT-2-5 years=Financial freedom.
and YOU can do it too. You do not need any cheerleaders, just BELIEF YOU TOO can do this business! AVON is a GREAT vehicle, because even if you stink at prospecting, if they LOVE AVON, they still will take a book from you or join your team because AVON ROCKS as the iconic brand!!!
We, of course, would not be in our position of success without our awesome TEAM. This is NOT a game of GOLF, and you are your team! You are responsible for your own DRIVE and speed of how fast you want to run.....Barry and I are forever grateful we had teammates that believed in us and joined us in the quest to build an income stream!"
Being self-employed for about 30 years, Barry and Barb have had to make a career of overcoming obstacles. Being self-employed means the buck stops with you, sink or swim, if it is to be, it is up to me! You can't take excuses to the bank to pay your mortgage.
In 2003, Barry and Barb liquidated their life in Connecticut, moved to Florida and tried the franchise route after 15 years of being a self-employed Interior Design and Furniture Store owners. Business boomed for the first 4 years, and their business debt was almost paid off ahead of schedule and they were excited about their future. Things were going great!
Happy 2007!
By 2007, no matter how hard they worked, the profits from the stores were only enough to pay the business bills, nothing to bring home for HOME bills, the living bills…. they faced total financial failure. Working 70 hour weeks with no take home pay was less than fun...
Barb and Barry spent 1 year researching other income streams-either they had no time or they were short on start up funds for another business. With 6,000 foreclosures in their town meant everyone else was having a bad day too.
For temporary relief, in 2008 they started an AVON direct sales business. They figured, at least people need deodorant and shampoo....
Barry and Barb currently run a 3 Million Dollar AVON Team. Being lifelong students of personal growth with the likes of John Maxwell’s philosophy, failure was not an option so they simply reinvented themselves, charged ahead with a Rhino-attitude and made it happen because of their personal development and training. Success does not happen by accident, it is intentionally created and the magic comes from within YOU, the individual. You can have the drive to succeed but at some point you need to incorporate personal growth and that has to come from solid laws and principles that you apply, grow, reapply, grow more repeating until you reach full leadership potential.
Barb says, “Sometimes you have to knit your own SAFETY NET….it is called personal responsibility. IN MY world, this also consists of me, STILL needing to GROW and learn as I am not a "finished product", far from it! OK, some of you who know me COULD probably do a whole seminar and rally just on that topic
....but I digress.....”
Barb and Barry's tips:
BLOOM where you are planted and RUN-don't look back, and do not compare where you are at to someone else. It is YOU against YOU. EVERYONE has a seed of GREATNESS, lots of potential inside of them, but it takes a good idea or vehicle and hard work, focus, persistence and discipline....just for a few years!
Read, absorb, learn, listen to audio and change yourself and build your beliefs! Turn off the TV and focus on your business, there will be time for all that later. Hang around those who are WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AT...look at the fruit on their TREE, no fruit, move on...find your mentors that have DONE the very things you are looking to achieve!
LOT's of talk-talk out there....
Barb Avery is a John Maxwell Coach/Trainer and Speaker as well as certified in D-I-S-C Personality and Human Behavior.
SEE you on the CRUISE!!!!!!
www.BarbAvery.com