Crazy Big Dreams Podcast

Truly, there is one communication skill that impacts everything about the possibilities for you and your team. It’s underutilized. And it’s FREE! 

The key to building an unstoppable team is honing your ability to ensure they feel heard. I’m so excited to break this down together today!

You can find the full transcript of this episode at crazybigdreams.biz/8.

Let’s jump into this. No coincidence, the same key ability is also what each of your team members will use to grow their customer base and their own team. Honing their ability to ensure their customers and future team members feel heard. 

Ensuring someone else feels heard is to truly listen to the other person. To hone your ability to help someone else feel heard you must know the three different styles of listening. 

As a trained listener, I absolutely love this topic. I can hear nuances in my clients voices that in turn tell me so much about what they are sharing. It helps me be my best for them. 

Because listening is a skill, it means your ability can be developed from wherever your skill level happens to be right now. You can each improve your abilities in this area. We all can.

Your ability to ensure others feel heard will be enhanced, no doubt, and the results will be remarkable. I can’t wait for you to experience this. 

As I share the three different styles of listening I want you to take an honest evaluation of how most of your conversations go. 

Think about if you’re using these skills or not. Think about who you may be speaking with if you are using these skills. Consider who you may be speaking with if you tend not to use these skills. 

Build Your Unstoppable Network Marketing Team with Attentive Listening.

Ok the first style of listening is Attentive Listening. This can take work. It’s not necessarily easy. When you’re attentively listening your focus is on who is speaking to you. 

You’ve eliminated distractions. You’re not looking at your phone. You’re not looking at your computer. You’re not multitasking. You’ve eliminated outside noises. You’re not interrupting who is speaking. 

It’s difficult, isn’t it. Especially when we’re not on video or in person. So how often are you attentively listening? Who are you listening to when you’re using or not using this skill? 

Build Your Unstoppable Network Marketing Team with Responsive Listening

The second style of listening is Responsive Listening. There are two ways we can be responsive listeners. Non-verbally & verbally. 

Non-verbal includes things like body language, eye contact, smiling, leaning in. All of these non-verbal responses tell the other person you are listening. They are heard.

Over half of our communication is nonverbal. In fact, some studies show only 7% of our communication happens through our words. The other is non-verbal and vocal such as tone of voice and volume. 

Verbal responsive listening is how we acknowledge to the other person we’re right there with them. We’re at the same point in the conversation. 

We do this by commenting “Yes!” “Really?!” or “Oh!”. Using short phrases lets the other person know we hear them and we’re responding in the moment. 

Responding both verbally and non-verbally will enhance your conversations. You feel heard and connected with when you’re sharing and others listen with both verbal and non-verbal responses. 

It tells you they are a responsive listener. It communicates what you have to say is important to them.  

For more including the third and final listening style go to crazybigdreams.biz/8.

Today I want you to own what is more important to your network marketing results than time management. 

I’m encouraging you to change how you think about time. Change your language and the words you use about time. This is the start to changing your choices. All this leads to a big positive change in your results.

You can find the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/7.

One key to becoming the leader you need to be is how you view time. Your beliefs and viewpoints about time will make a significant difference in your results.

Many high achieving women in network marketing tell me they used to say to themselves “I don’t have time!” And yet they admit it was a lie they were telling themselves because they were making time for other things. The number one thing they acknowledge was too much screen time. 

I want to take you beyond screen time to the next level on this topic today. Yes, we can all probably benefit from regularly taking inventory of screen time usage from tv to our phones. 

If you haven’t checked in with this in the last month, now would be a good time to look at how much time you’re spending on screens. 

Predetermine what’s necessary for your network marketing results. Dedicate time for screens so it doesn’t overlap into time with your kids or loved ones. 

Today, beyond screen time, I want you to think about four things that will make all the difference in how you use your time. 

One, Change how you think about time. 

We have a lot more autonomy with our time and what we do with it than we realize. It’s so easy to get in the habit of routines. We can get locked into tasks simply because those are things we routinely do. They become habit. 

It’s easier to do it ourselves than train someone else. It’s easy to get stuck in the fear that it won’t be done right or someone else won’t do it like we would. I know I’m not alone in that. Neither are you. It’s incredibly common. 

It’s time to take a fresh look at what you’re doing in your business, and what you’re doing at home, where you can get some time back.

Let’s use the life changing example of grocery delivery & pick up services. If you’re already using these services you know how much time it saves you. 

If you’re not yet, it’s time to sit down and take a real look at how you can add this. Maybe you don’t start with every grocery run? But even once a month, it will give you time back that you can spend with your kids or on your business, on anything more impactful.

I have a mantra I adopted when I had my son.
 
 If there is a job anyone can do, have anyone do it.
 
I want to be decisive about when I have someone else care for him and what I’m doing with time I spend away from him. 

Don’t get me wrong, every mama needs a break. I’m referring to the routine, weekly, keep the business and household running tasks and where I can have help with those. 

With your business, take a hard look what tasks anyone can do and what the things are that can only be done by you.
 
 Two, Change your language in regards to time. 

One of the top areas of improvement high-achieving women talk about to me is their time management.  I’m here to tell you time management is a misnomer. You cannot manage time. It ticks away minute by minute, hour by hour, day after day. You cannot manage it.
 
 For more, including the full transcript and strategies three and four on why your priorities lead to results, not time management go to crazybigdreams.biz/7.

Infobesity is quite simply just as it sounds. Too much information. It can steal your focus, in turn, negatively impacting your results. If you’re overwhelmed by infobesity or if you’ve ever questioned how to stay ahead of leading your team with a consistent focus this episode is for you. 

Let’s cover how to not let infobesity steal your focus or impact results negatively in your network marketing business. You can find the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/6.

So many of us have had a fear of missing out on something. Especially when there is so much information out there about so many things, events, & people. 

When Top Women in Network Marketing Have Unstoppable Focus for Rank Advancement

But all too often I hear from top women in network marketing that they don’t so much have a social fear of missing out as they do about missing out on something related to their business or keeping up with their clients & team.  

I know you’ve experienced the powerful, business changing results of unwavering focus. When you’ve been completely dialed-in to the way ahead, you stayed the course, and you didn’t let anything stop you. 

Maybe it was a personal goal, rank advancement, or incentive trip, and maybe it was working with your key leaders on similar achievements of their own. 

When you apply this level of focus, you can accomplish anything. You’re unstoppable. People are drawn to you. Your energy is contagious. Relationships form with ease. You simply feel lighter going about your days. Your actions have a forward momentum. 

However, infobesity can easily steal our focus. It can make it difficult to even determine your focus. Certainly, sticking with a focus that gives lasting results can be challenging when we’re overwhelmed with information overload.  

There are so many gurus out there with the latest secret. There are countless people to follow to see what they’re doing or how they’re doing it. 

Infobesity is fueled by social media, the news, (however you take it in), podcasts, your company, your mentors, your team, even t.v. in the form of entertainment contributes to infobesity.

It seems many storylines in popular shows or hosts have to weigh in on what’s happening in the world. We’re getting their viewpoints and opinions as well. It can be overwhelming. It’s infobesity for sure. And it can be a real challenge to turn off. 

Especially when you rely on technology to stay in touch with friends, family & your team, not to mention to run your business. 

Four Strategies to Manage Infobesity in Your Network Marketing Business

Let’s cover my four strategies on how you can manage infobesity, get focused, and stay the path to business-changing results for both you and your team. 

First, know how to recognize if infobesity is taking over your network marketing business or even your personal wellness. 

Infobesity can also have an impact on your physical and mental well-being, not just your business results. When infobesity takes over, we may feel easily distracted, have thoughts that jump from topic to topic, feel overwhelmed, anxious, doubtful, or unable to focus. 

If you’re experiencing these things on a regular basis, check in with your intake of information.

Second, guard your input. Decide where you will get your information and when.

For my final two strategies on  managing infobesity, finding your focus and protecting your results go to crazybigdreams.biz/6.

I’m so excited to continue this conversation about wise wealth and taking big leaps to financial freedom. You’ve worked hard to create financial freedom by way of your social selling business. Today let’s talk about the future of your hard earned income. 

You can find the full transcript of this episode at crazybigdreams.biz/5. 

In episode 4 I talked about the difference between money and wealth. This is a great foundation to start with. 

If you haven’t yet listened to episode 4 you’ll want to listen in to discover why wise wealth is about your future possibilities and opportunities instead of limiting yourself to a money mindset. 

I also share four ways to check your current wealth wisdom in episode 4. You can take a listen and grab the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/4. 

Does every dollar already have a job in your social selling business? 

Maybe you’re already familiar with the question “Does every dollar have a job?”. This prompts us to think about whether or not our earnings are accounted for. It encourages intention, planning, allocating and accounting for every dollar. Smart. 

Even if we were to decide a certain amount is fun money. We’ve still identified what it’s for and how much.  Giving every dollar a job means we know what’s coming in, where it’s going and why.

Does every future dollar in your social selling business have a job? 

Today we’re focused on giving every future dollar earned in your direct sales business a job. It’s crucial to think about opportunities and possibilities from a crazy big dreams mindset. 

On the flip side, it’s important to not limit yourself by only considering what you’ve earned in the past. We don’t want to simply add 10% or 25% to what you accomplished last year. 

Those are numbers to know and be aware of, sure, but when you’re dreaming crazy big dreams you want to plan for your short term and long term future goals by focusing on opportunities and possibilities that only crazy big dreams are made of. 

Whether every current dollar has a job or not is a bit irrelevant to our conversation today. Today is about the future. What you will manifest with your heart, values, soul, spirit, commitment, follow through, and ambition is about the future. 

Is it helpful to know if every current dollar has a job? Of course! It’s about a spending plan. A budget. Not living beyond your means. Saving wisely. Investing for the future. 

My sister has worked in the financial industry her entire career. She’s always said there’s a pattern when people have more money. They seem to care a bit less about late payments, late fees, unnecessary expenses, and fees that could be avoided because they have more than they need. 

It’s insignificant. Yet it reflects a mindset and behavior pattern that doesn’t serve wise wealth. Maybe this is nothing like your habits. But let’s make sure it isn’t. 

Do this to true up your current direct sales earnings.

Schedule time to double check where things can be cleaned up, if any. Do you have memberships you pay for but aren’t using? Do you incur late fees? It may not amount to a lot by month, but annually, it all adds up. First, take time to true up those loose ends. 

Then, let’s make sure you’re not looking to past accomplishments when giving every future dollar a job. Instead, you want to get in a crazy big dreamer mindset and think about future opportunities. 

For more on every future dollar having a job go to crazybigdreams.biz/5 for the full transcript. 

Do you think about wealth differently than money? Today I’m going to ask you to check-in with yourself on wealth vs. money. As crazy big dreamers, we’re not going to limit ourselves by stopping at a money mindset. We’re here to go after wise wealth. 

Before we’re done I’m going to share four important points about what it means to have wisdom around your future wealth and you can grab them in the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/4.

How a Money Mindset can Limit You in Your Social Selling Business

There’s so much chatter about money mindset. I’ve even heard this referred to as people either have a “good” or “bad” money mindset. This judgement based approach can be limiting in itself. 

The definition of mindset is basically ‘the established set of attitudes held by someone’. 

To label your mindset around money isn’t the goal. Your mindset is your mindset. It simply is. Because it’s a set of attitudes, good news, it can be changed. 

The foundation of our money mindset was deeply seeded when we were young. 

Our mindset today is influenced by the adults in our life that raised us and their money mindset. It’s unavoidable. Whether your parents and influencing adults in your life had beliefs about money that you agree with, or disagree with, you were still influenced by their money mindset, their thoughts & their beliefs. 

How they felt about earning money, saving, spending, investing, giving, and beyond, you likely have your current money mindset because of theirs. Whether it’s the same, completely different, or a mix of the two, it has influenced how you approach your beliefs about money today. 

Maybe you still hold onto those beliefs or have come to accept that you can keep what works for you and let the rest go by creating your own money mindset. 

Maybe you have thoughts around money that don’t serve your future wealth scenario. This isn’t bad, it’s simply time to be enlightened. 

Money vs. Wealth in Your Social Selling Business

I’m here to challenge you to think about Wise Wealth instead of stopping at a money mindset. Sure, your money mindset is helpful to be aware of. But money is simply currency. It’s what we exchange for goods and services. 

Yet being wise about your wealth will in turn help shape your mindset about money in a way that serves you now and into the future. 

When you think about wealth (vs money), it brings up a whole bunch of different thoughts. Doesn’t it? For me, I immediately think about future financial security and opportunities. Not just next month or next year, but for years to come. 

I think well beyond the lifestyle I want for my family in the short term. I think about generations ahead, my kiddo and hopefully grand kiddos one day. I think about how to make a difference in the community I live in. I think about leaving the world a better place. 

You may think of wealth as success. Success to some means happiness, health, thriving relationships, or a certain lifestyle. 

Financial Freedom for Women in Social Selling

Today we’re going to narrow our focus to financial wealth because I know your top goals include not only financial freedom for yourself, but to have more leaders on your team enjoy financial freedom as well.

To have financial freedom is to be wise about your wealth. To think beyond money. Because you’re a high achieving woman with a successful social selling business, you likely have earned more than you ever thought you really would or could when you first started out. 

Read the full transcript and the four important points about what it means to have wisdom around your future wealth at crazybigdreams.biz/4.

Hello savvy leaders! This episode is about the top two reasons your next superstar leader is not meeting with you. She’s out there and she’s not engaging with you. Let’s dig into why that is and what you can do differently today to change that. 

You can find the full transcript at crazybigdreams.biz/3.

You possibly already have someone that comes to mind. Or maybe there are even a few people on your team that come to mind when you wonder why aren’t more people engaging with me? 

First, I’m inviting you to expand the pool of people that fall into this group. Set aside their current performance, past performance, rank, level, and any goals they may or may not have shared with you. 

It’s important to note as well, we aren’t talking about the people that ARE engaging with you. If you’re thinking ‘there are plenty of people engaging with me’. That’s great! You’re at a level you should have plenty of people actively engaging with you to further their success. 

Think beyond those that are already engaged. 

Your Next Direct Sales Leader

Let’s truly open your mind to the fact that this next superstar leader could be any individual on your team. To do that, we need to first focus on why she’s not meeting with you. Before we’re done we’ll cover how to effectively identify her. 

Set aside who she is and why she may or may not be your next emerging leader to make big things happen. We’re going to assume she IS your next emerging leader. Have an inclusive mindset as we look at this.

This is important because once you address these two reasons, you can remove barriers to welcome any individual to be your next emerging leader. And that’s exciting!

She’s out there. You know she has all the potential, all the tools, every opportunity, and she has nothing to lose. Yet she’s not going after it. She’s not stepping up, raising her hand, and calling you “I want to grow my business!” So why not?

The first reason is that she thinks you’re too busy. She thinks you’re too busy for her. And you’re thinking “What? That’s silly. This is what I do.” 

And yet you’ve heard it so many times. 

“I know you’re so busy, but I just have a quick question.” 

“It’s ok, I’ll figure it out, I know you’re busy.” 

“I was going to ask, but I know you’re already so busy.” 

Let’s be real. You are busy. Everyone is busy. When asked “How are you?” and the reply is “I’m so busy.” We’re communicating “I don’t have time for you or this conversation right now.” 

Can we all just flip our response from busy to blessed or abundant? The next time someone asks you “How are you?” try on for size responding with “I have a blessed life.” Or  “I have an abundant schedule.” 

It’s much more inviting.  Because you’re not too busy for your next superstar. You want to work with women who are ready to go after their crazy big dreams and go out and make them happen. 

People believe we’re too busy because that’s what we say. 

The fixable reason she believes you’re too busy for her is that she doesn’t have a consistent way to access you that is open, inviting, reliable and qualified.

How do you fix this? I’ve got 3 tips you can implement now.

For these three tips and the full show transcript go here. 

I would love to continue the conversation over on Instagram. Let’s connect @yourcrazybigdreams and I would love to follow you back. 

Hello savvy leaders. This episode is about one single thing you need to use to guide you in your Direct Sales business like nothing else will. 

Are you someone who can be hyper-focused and consistent with something and then you get off track and it falls away? 

Or maybe you’re someone who says yes to people or opportunities when you really don’t want to?

Do you find yourself feeling like ‘what’s next for me’ occasionally? 

This tool I’m giving you today is for you personally to use. It will guide you like nothing else will if you let it. 

You can use it to make decisions and affirm your choices. Both lead you closer to the future you want. 

 Time Freedom in Your Direct Selling Business

You can use it to not only validate how you spend your time but also get crystal clear on how you would rather be spending all the time freedom you’ve worked so hard for. 

When this happens, you’ll find that everything else will just fall away. Almost evaporate. Your focus will be fresh and new.

The tool is…a single word. To use a single word as a theme to guide you personally and professionally in your network marketing business for a full year. 

It may sound simple. But don’t be fooled. It is incredibly effective. It can take some time and patience. 

And although simple, it will take a little work on your part, in a way likely different than you’ve worked before. 

Let’s first qualify what I mean by the timeline of a year before we get into how to go about identifying your word.

It doesn’t matter when your year starts. Regardless of when you’re listening to this. Maybe we are approaching a new calendar year. Maybe you are coming up on the anniversary of when you started your network marketing business. 

You may have a birthday coming up. Or you could quite simply choose today. You could also start your year on the day you discover your word. 

It doesn’t matter when your year starts. It matters that you choose a start date. 

Powerful Guide for Your Network Marketing Business

Now, let’s cover how to go about discovering your word. Let’s break it down into 5 simple steps. 

Step 1: Let go of choosing your word. Yes, that’s right. Don’t force it. You won’t choose your word; your word will choose you. 

Step 2: Ponder a few key questions. 

What do I need to be a savvier leader? 

What do I need to be my best professionally? 

Not “What does my team need from me?” And this is an important distinction. Your team will certainly benefit. 

But this word, this theme is for you, personally, to identify what YOU need to become a savvier leader and your personal best as a professional.

Step 3: Your third step is to get quiet and still on a regular basis and let your word reveal itself to you. Sit with these questions. Let the answers ebb and flow. 

Step 4: Your fourth step is to remain open regarding when your word comes to you. It might be during the quiet still time you gift yourself, it may not be. 

Your word could come at any time. You could be driving, in the shower, out for a run or walk, reading, or flipping through a magazine.

 It may have come to you while listening to this episode. 

 If so, Congratulations! Pop over to Instagram at yourcrazybigdreams and share it with us. 

Or maybe it will take a bit longer for you to discover your word.

Read the full transcript and grab the 5th and final step here.

Episode 1 - How to Unlock Your Future in Direct Sales 

Hello savvy leaders! This episode is about the one most important thing you’re going to need to do to unlock what YOUR future holds. 

It’s a great day to be in direct sales, isn’t it? Today we are getting into the ONE most important thing every leader in direct sales needs to do to unlock what YOUR future holds.  

This is all about you. Not your team. Not your customers. Not your mentor. Not your prospects. Not your kids, family, or dog. No. This is all about you. 

You spend significant time and energy serving and giving to others. And it can actually feel a bit lonely in your role. 

I want you to take this time with me for yourself and yourself alone. Ultimately, everyone around you will benefit. But this time right now is just for you. 

Why?

Because ONE we almost never do this leadership work on our own. So, stay with me. You’re in good hands. 

And TWO you’ve been dismissing and justifying some areas as a leader where there is simple opportunity with huge payoffs. 

Are You Playing Small as a Leader in Direct Sales? 

This episode will be worth your time because if there’s an area as a leader you’ve been playing small (and there is because there always is) and you know where & how you’re playing small, I will invite you to once and for all face it.  

And if you don’t know what that area is yet, that you’re playing small in as a leader, then this time together will be that much more worth it for you. 

So, what is playing small? Playing small is going through the motions, doing what’s easy, routine, actions that are reactive, and living and working out of habit. 

We feel unsure a lot of the time. We feel uneasy. It feels like we’re questioning ourselves more than we want to. We’re indecisive. 

What it’s not, is working and living with intention to your fullest potential. 

When we’re not playing small, we’re playing big, our actions are focused, deliberate, we pause, the rhythm to our day is slower and more genuine. 

We’re more certain of ourselves, our choices, and our actions. Playing big brings much more satisfaction and fulfillment because we’re not working or living in a reactive state. 

Live and Work Your Direct Sales Business with Intention

When you’re playing big you are working and living with intention to your fullest potential. You are working and living toward all that your FUTURE holds. 

I want you to know that every leader questions if they are being effective for their team. You’re human. It’s incredibly common. 

I cover more about confidence as a leader in my free guide called 4-Step Success Process to Help Transfer Belief and Resilience to Your Team by becoming a Savvier Leader.

Hands down, all of the successful women I have worked with in the past question their leadership abilities and if they are enough. If they are meeting the needs of their team. 

They question whether there is a blind spot they are missing crucial opportunities they just haven’t seen, yet their team is craving to have help with. 

They question if they are connected enough to their people in a way that their emerging leaders both need and value.  

The very same leadership abilities these savvy leaders question are often the very same leadership qualities their team shares with me that they admire about this person. It’s fascinating.

Read the full transcript and discover the key to unlocking your future in Direct Sales here.

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Episode 0 - Welcome to the Crazy Big Dreams Podcast!

I’m so grateful you’re here! I’m Tammy Meyer, your host & Success Strategist ~ granting crazy big dreams!

This show offers thought-provoking strategies and easy-to-implement guidance to high-achieving women in direct sales looking to step into more confidence as a leader and transfer belief to your emerging leaders.

I’ll inspire you to think differently about how you lead, to work less, and achieve more while mentoring your emerging leaders to dream big and go make it happen!

Because I know, they think you have some kind of special secret of magic that’s brought you your success, that deep down, it’s just not for them. 

If you could somehow instill your belief in them, they too could dream crazy big dreams and make them happen. 

 But that’s where you’re stuck. How do you help them grow in their belief? And keep that belief! 

That’s why we’re here and what Crazy Big Dreams podcast is all about. 

Episodes will cover leadership skill development, better boundaries, effective accountability, organizing your time (and this means priorities) exploring your money mindset, and becoming the very best version of yourself, both professionally and personally. 

I have over 20 years of experience in leadership guiding successful women to find more success through behavior modification and coaching. Join me and listen to episodes at crazybigdreams.biz/podcast. 

The best is yet to come. Always.