PlanNet Marketing welcomes Maureen and Bill Archey to the 20/20 Club! Maureen and Bill live in Chicago, IL. Maureen tells us, “We love dogs, travelling, skiing, outdoor concerts, real estate, historic homes and antiquing. One of our favorite fun trips was to the UAE in February 2016. We travelled to Doha, Qatar and dined at the world class Nobu restaurant for Valentine's Day, then travelled through Abu Dhabi to see where Star Wars was filmed and do a little shopping at the local souks and malls. We finished the trip in Dubai with indoor skiing and visited the Burj Khalifa. An amazing trip!
“My personal and most meaningful trip was my first international trip. In 1998, a team of me and my fellow church members were sent to Asia for an ‘AIDS Awareness in Asia’ conference designed to educate the region on preventing the spread of AIDS. I was a volunteer with a health corp through Hope Worldwide. We travelled to Kowloon, Hong Kong for training and then completed field work in the Philippines, creating a makeshift clinic on a remote Island with no electricity or running water.
“My PlanNet Marketing sponsor and friend, Lauri Parson, was the one who encouraged me to volunteer for that life-changing trip back in 1998. Hands down, it was one of the most impactful events of my life. Every American needs to visit a third world country and do volunteer work. It will change you for the better if you allow it to. It was an extremely humbling experience and very rewarding to see how grateful they were to have us there.
“We are new to network marketing. We were blessed to enter this opportunity with a team filled with rock solid, stellar leadership that has laid a blueprint that invites you to thrive. By following their lead and using our transferable skill sets, we have been able to compress time significantly. We are doing the following:
Sharing this gift of an opportunity with EVERYONE.
Using the calendar to stay on track.
Follow up with everyone. (The ‘not right nows’ get two months or so before they hear back from us, unless they give a specific follow-up date.)
Learning how to do the 3-way call. This benefits my personal business partners by helping them grow faster. It's also nice to be able to support the team by becoming a useful asset to sideline partners and my team's leaders.
Duplicating what we've learned through applying the knowledge from the books we are reading and all the great training we receive. This helps our business partners win.
Staying flexible. Sometimes schedules change. 2020 should have taught us that ‘life throws crazy curve balls.’ Be the best part of someone's day with an encouraging word. Text a random affirmation so people know you are thinking of them. Being courteous and thoughtful of others' time by making various adjustments is underrated. Life happens, reschedule the meeting and keep it moving. Assume the best while being empathetic to others. Dedicate time to listen to someone's story. Get to know the people around you. Encourage them to be brave enough to not be mastered by their emotions. Instead, help them to see themselves as someone who has been chosen to encourage others by sharing how they overcame the character-building challenge they were faced with.
“Some fun facts about us are that we are the proud pet parents of the cutest shorkie in the world, and we have 10 nieces and nephews, two grand nieces and two grand nephews. Bill is an airline pilot and I am a commercial real estate broker.”
