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Its been 4 months almost to the day when I first went to Manila to rebuild my USANA Business. I will talk about how I am rebuilding the business in the next post.

In September of 2017 I went to the Philippines and based myself again in Makati in the hope I could re-establish contact with old members of my Usana Business. Many have quit since I left in 2012. However a few have not done so.

Fortunately for me this time I was not starting from scratch like I did in 2010 but still had two original team members from 2010 -2012 who were keen to come under my wing and move forward again.

At first it all seemed so hard as people I once knew who were just beginners were now earning 20 times more what I was. I have had to suppress this victim mentality and look towards the future and put into place action steps that would take me forward and not backward. These people who are now Diamonds are being very helpful and supportive and helping me catch up with my goals. I owe a lot to each of them too as i move forward now in 2018.

The first thing I did when I got back in Manila last September was to focus on just the two ladies who had stepped up and asked for help. I placed my own goals on hold as I knew if I could help these two people succeed I would too. In the first 6 weeks little seemed to happen. But gradually I started to see things begin to fall into place and growth happen. Looking back these 16 weeks since I first went to Manila to start doing Usana Business again I feel I have almost caught up to where I was in late 2012.

With an almost new team now moving forward into 2018 I am confident that the next 16 weeks will have growth many times more than what we have seen since September 2017. I have a lot of work ahead of me but am committed to make things happen and looking forward to a bright year ahead now.

On Jan 3rd I boarded a Philippine Airline flight back to Brisbane with a satisfied feeling of having accomplished much. I am taking a short break to see the family. Then back again to Manila soon.

Though the job has not been completed at least we have restarted and things are moving again now.

I will stay in Brisbane until January 28th 2018 and enjoy the company of my wife Vicki and the rest of the family. Next week I shall visit USANA Sydney for the USANA 20th Celebrations being held there. Shall catch up with old friends and shall enjoy this break.

Follow my trip over the next three weeks as I blog about my holiday as well as what I learn along the way.

This is Claude Fullinfaw now in Brisbane for a short break.

We all set out doing things right. Doing things with the right intentions of finishing what we started.

However, somewhere between the starting line and the goal (finishing line) we get lost, lose interest and most often quit.

But we seldom say outright we have decided to quit. Most often we say “we are having a short break and we will be back”. Yet with no intention of returning.

Why do we do this?

Its to save face. We do not want to be caught out as fools. After all many of our friends had prohetised that we would not make it.

How did they know?

Our actions spoke louder than our words. They could see why it would be fruitless to support us knowing full well we had no intention of completing what we had started. We went about our work half heartedly. We had unrealistic goals and no proper steps to accomplish any of the goals set.

So what have I done to make sure this doesnt happen to me?

So moving forward into 2018 I have decided that besides being focused on vision boards, I need to be highly accountable to what I am doing. What I am about to accomplish.

Hence Accountability!

To be successful I must bring in an external auditor called an accountability buddy. He or she will be my sounding ear if I were to go off track and not focus. I have taken on a mentor and coach who will also help me. He will monitor my progress and I have to level up and report each week what I have done.

If we do not set this “accountability” up we will fail. We are our worse employee and will seldom fire ourselves from the task, making ever excuse in the book why we just could not get the task done.

I am right now in Day 4 of my run into being a Diamond. Its just not easy and I am fully aware of this. But each day I do just a bit more to get closer to my end goal.

Being so highly focused keeps me from tolerating people who say one thing and do something else. Its not they are wrong, its just they are working on a different set of rules totally different to mine and I have no time to play their game as I am playing mine.

Can you see what I mean.

Being so firm and focused will keep me on track and am pretty sure I will hit my target 12 months from now.

So what about you?

Are you set to win at what you do? Are you going to design your life or leaving it to run by default? Yes I know you have set your goals up. But when was it last re-looked at? Have you revised it recently and formulated a new set of steps (rules) to accomplish it. Procedures must be updated to suit the present climate around you. Don’t work with the old goal book. It just wont work.

As soon as you found what you want find someone to partner with to get you closer to the goal. Don’t be too opinionated on things or stuck up. Being too idealistic is never going to get you what you want. Work towards your success first and then when successful do your best to help those less fortunate.

I hope I have contributed to your journey in 2018.

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Claude Fullinfaw

Manila

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