Posted on March 31, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
A very comprehensive action plan to survive recession – adapted from Tom Peters’ blog: I am constantly asked for “strategies/secrets for surviving the recession.” I try to appear wise and informed—and parade original, sophisticated thoughts. But if you want to know what’s going through my head, read the list below: You work longer. You work [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
The TDP product sheet has been one of the most useful ready reference on the facts, features and benefits of the Total Development Program. This is used in the prospectus to explain to customers how the program works as a leave-behind with every purchase in most countries, to remind customers if they are missing parts [...]
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Posted on March 29, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
This is what the new TDP looks like, after adding English-Time to it! Big, beautiful, organized and complete, or intimidating and expensive? That would depend on how effectively you have done the ‘awareness’ before showing the product – the importance of home-education; the need for knowledge, skills and values; and the concept of total development. [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
English-Time (ET) has been one of the top-selling products in all non-English markets for more than five years now – Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand! The English edition wasn’t doing all that well until last year when India started selling it as part of the TDP. Sales of ET immediately went up and [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Sorry for the unusually long gap after the last post. We have been busy developing some exciting new stuff you’ll find about soon. Here’s something for discussion at your Friday meeting: Someone we’d call Kevin for now called me and asked if I remembered meeting him about a year ago at a particular event. I [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
For one of my recent training sessions, I pulled out these latest statistics: 923 million people in the world are hungry! 16,000 children die every day due to hunger – that’s one every five seconds! 880 million people live without adequate supply of water! 1.4 billion people live below the poverty line (USD1 per day)! [...]
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Posted on March 18, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Here’s the final list of the 59 winners – with 22 from Thailand! Winners of the ETL Teddy Bear
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Posted on March 17, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Most of you haven’t seen all the members of the ETL team, especially our colleagues in logistics and finance. So we have just put up everyone’s photos, especially for the admin and support people working with our distributors. Photo on the right is of Clarissa, who has been with the company for more than 20 [...]
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Posted on March 16, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Some excerpts from an article in this month’s The Oprah Magazine: “I am already too busy – I can’t deal with one more thing I’m supposed to do.” Too many women put their jobs, obligations, and the people they care for before themselves. Most women wouldn’t say out loud, ‘I am not as important and [...]
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Posted on March 12, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Posted on March 11, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Eight more winners in February! Sales (500 or more units): Sarah and Roderick from the Gulf, Pattama and Wantanee from Thailand, and Sajinee from Singapore. Unit Managers (1500 or more units): Kanchan from the Gulf, and Jarintra from Thailand. District Managers (4500 or more units): Arman from Hong Kong. Two more weeks to earn your [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
One of the best books I’ve read on leadership, change and innovation. Here’s an excerpt: “Every tribe is different. Every leader is different. The very nature of leadership is that you are not doing what’s been done before. If you were, you’d be following, not leading. All I can hope for is that you’ll make [...]
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Posted on March 10, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Most distributors had a good month in February! Thailand, Gulf and India were the stars – each one seems to have sorted out their challenges in the market! Hong Kong, Indonesia and Sri Lanka continue to climb up! Pakistan and Philippines have been stable. YTD Indonesia is leading the Asia Cup and Sales Growth Awards! [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Fact: Direct Selling accounts for USD112 billion sales worldwide annually! Check out this new website that offers useful information about Direct Selling, though mostly focused on the US. The short video on the homepage is a good introduction to the Direct Sales opportunity: DirectSelling411 WFDSA, the official website of World Federation of Direct Selling Association, [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2009 by Mush Panjwani
Maimoona Ansari has been with ETL for 14 years. She qualified as a Unit Manager within her first four months. But it was only during the last year that she committed to grow to a District Manager position by developing a bigger team and new managers from her team. She built a team of 15 [...]
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