Let’s go Team! Well Not Really – A Must Read for Monavie Team Builders

A buzzword in business for at least the last decade has been team. We’ve all heard it… Come on, team! Do you think it’s all about the team? If you said yes… you are wrong! The other day, I saw a remarkable speech given by renowned coach and speaker Dan Clark to deliver a message about being part of a team. I took his key points and applied them to his Monavie business.

It’s about you. It’s not about your Monavie team. Remember that all teams lose at some point. Are companies going bankrupt right now? Yes, and they have a team. Not everything is a matter of equipment. The teams lose.

Yet speaker after speaker says there is no “me” in the team. Well, yes, if you’re competing in a spelling bee. Do you want to play the spelling bee? Then let’s do it. There is no “I” in the team, but there are two “I’s” to win. The first “I” stands for: Independent and Individual Preparation which includes a dedication to: Change, Cause, Confidence, Clarity, Chemistry, Character and Consistency.

The second “I” is: Interdependent Collaboration which is loyalty to: Contribution, Cohesion and Conclusion. To build a successful Monavie team, you must commit to these ten C’s.

They don’t give out Super Bowl rings one at a time. So yes, you’re right, there is no “me” in the team. However, the Monavie teams that win are the teams that have the highest number of individual “I” players. He wants players who live and breathe independent, individual preparation along with interdependent collaboration.

Are you a “me” player? Are you the best YOU can be? We give up our personal power and our ability to rise to the occasion when we trust others more than ourselves. We all must take personal responsibility for the good of the team.

In the 2004 movie, “Miracle,” which is a story of the 1980 US men’s Olympic hockey team, coach Herb Brooks has a group of boys, all under the age of 22, try out for the team. There’s a great scene that starts with him cutting off a lot of the star or “best” players. After practice, the head of the Olympic committee looks him in the face and asks, “What the hell are you doing? Why are you letting the best players go?” Coach Brooks explains, “I can’t win with the best players, I can only win with the right players.” The point Brooks was making was that the best players have three or four of the C’s, but the right players have all ten. When all is said and done, this team is going to win the Olympic Gold Medal.

Independent and Individual Preparation. Are you the best you can be? This is what’s real…it’s not about exceeding your potential! No one can exceed their potential. The goal is to get together with people who inspire us to be more than we already are! Don’t exceed potential…exceed expectations. We begin to exceed expectations when we push ourselves and exceed our capacity from the inside out. Become all that YOU can be to help the whole team.

Are you the best that can exceed people’s expectations with your Monavie business?

Why? Why are you on the team you’re on now? Why? Why are you reading this post? Once we figure out the why, within a team concept, then figuring out the “how” becomes obvious and easy to execute.

You have to look within and become the best you can be in order to play on a winning team. Emotional, physical, social, spiritual and most importantly with your family. If you act together and live by these ten C’s, then you will win at Monavie.

Clarity – Like attracts like – the law of attraction.

Character: What you do when no one is around is what matters.

Confidence – This is basically mental memory. You’ve done it so many times that you don’t question your ability.

Consistency: The muscle memory that comes from perfect practice.

Change: Life is not what happens, it’s how you respond to it.

Cause – Answer why. So figuring out how to do it is simple.

Chemistry – It’s not what you do… it’s who you do it with.

The second “I” when winning represents the last three C’s of the ten.

Contribution: make everyone around you better.

Cohesion – Make sure that when people leave you they say, “I like you better, I want to see you again.”

Conclusion – Focus, finish and close the deal.

When you understand and implement these ten C’s, you will contribute to a winning team, create personal value, and always have security with Monavie and your life.