True Leaders.

 

Growth of Health & Wellness Channel

 The Direct Selling Association (DSA) released its Growth and Outlook Survey results for 2020 showing a record level of growth for the channel in one of the most economically challenging years in U.S. history. 

Despite the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and the subsequent shutdowns that ended the longest period of U.S. economic expansion on record, the DSA reported channel growth of 13.9 percent over the previous year, reaching a record $40.1 billion in 2020 retail sales. This is quadruple the growth of U.S. retail sales overall, which the U.S. Department of Commerce reported was 3.4 percent for 2020.

DSA President Joseph N. Mariano credits the adaptability and innovation of direct selling companies for the channel’s success during the worldwide economic downturn.

“The direct selling companies adapted quickly to a world with changing needs by empowering their independent sellers with the tools to serve their customers and fellow sellers—innovative technology, updated health and safety policies, and second-to-none business support. During this time of uncertainty, Direct Selling Association and its members also worked to ensure that customers and salespeople alike can rely upon the highest level of business ethics. 

https://socialsellingnews.com/features/channel-sales-soar-in-2020-report-finds/

There's a war against truth... and if we don't win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty.

There's a war against truth... and if we don't win it, intellectual freedom will be a casualty.

The West’s commitment to freedom, reason, and true liberalism has never been more seriously threatened than it is today by the stifling forces of political correctness.

Dr. Gad Saad, the host of the popular YouTube show THE SAAD TRUTH, exposes the bad ideas—what he calls “idea pathogens”—that are killing common sense and rational debate. Incubated in our universities and spread through the tyranny of political correctness, these ideas are endangering our most basic freedoms—including freedom of thought and speech.

The danger is grave, but as Dr. Saad shows, politically correct dogma is riddled with logical fallacies. We have powerful
weapons to fight back with—if we have the courage to use them.

A provocative guide to defending reason and intellectual freedom and a battle cry for the preservation of our fundamental rights, The Parasitic Mind will be the most controversial and talked-about book of the year.

Perspectives.

 

The Pareto Principle.

The Pareto Principle is very simple, yet very important. It is named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who, in 1906, found that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population.

What was most important about Pareto’s finding was that this 80/20 distribution occurs extremely frequently. For example, in general, 20% of your customers represent 80% of your sales. And 20% of your time produces 80% of your results. And so on.

https://www.forbes.com/pareto-principle-how-to-use-it-to-dramatically-grow-your-business/?sh=766b543b3901&fbclid=IwAR1JPp8bmwus4ZyHRAv6OP2U4luaeTAKWhZFJ0n0IEWymeiHj11eCcdoBjI

Disruption 2021

One thing is for certain if you are going to succeed in today's global, digital-first opportunity platform, connecting entrepreneurial networks together with a broadening consumer online-marketplace. We have to learn to love the disruption.

Our profession happens to have been through multiple cycles of disruption. We're in one now- one that is more exciting and transformational in a favorable way than any of the preceding disruptive periods.

This new one, Social Commerce, is the most exciting transition or disruption that we are seeing on our distribution channel, largely because of macro trends. When you talk about value creation in any industry, the macro trends that are driving that now with the gig economy, with social commerce, influencer and affiliate marketing---those all feed so nicely together with the traditional direct sales model. As companies and leaders lean into those macro trends, with the right strategy, there is enormous potential.

At Asili Global, we provide solutions to a world that is in need of work, health products, opportunity, culture and community. People are realizing that human connection, relationships and flexibility matter. We provide all of that! We provide the opportunity for people to interact one-on-one. We provide the opportunity for people to have more flexibility in the way we work, anywhere, anytime. And we provide solutions for their actual health & wellness needs.

There is so much more potential for success when we actually represent ourselves for what we have: a trusted person-to-person relationship, amazing products in an easily accessible manner, and becoming part of a community or a brand that actually values you instead of seeing you as a transaction.

Critical Thinking

It’s natural for people to group themselves together with people who think or act like them. This happens especially readily online, where it’s so easy to find a specific cultural niche. Social media algorithms can narrow our perspectives further, serving up only news that fits our individual beliefs.

This is a problem. If everyone in our social circles thinks as we do, we become more rigid in our thinking, and less likely to change our beliefs on the basis of new information. In fact, the more people listen to people who share their views, research shows the more polarized their views become.

It’s crucial to get outside your personal bubble. You can start small. If you work in accounting, make friends with people in marketing. If you always go to lunch with senior staff, go to a ball game with your junior colleagues. Training yourself this way will help you escape your usual thinking and gain richer insights.

In team settings, give people the chance to give their opinions independently without the influence of the group. When I ask for advice, for instance, I typically withhold my own preferences and ask team members to email me their opinions in separate notes. This tactic helps prevent people from engaging in groupthink.

While these simple tactics may sound easy or even obvious, they’re rare in practice, particularly in the business world, and too many organizations don’t take the time to engage in robust forms of reasoning. But the important work of critical thinking pays off. While luck plays a role — sometimes small, sometimes large — in a company’s successes, the most important business victories are achieved through thinking smart.

Excerpt from: https://hbr.org/2019/05/3-simple-habits-to-improve-your-critical-thinking