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First you must determine exactly why he is quitting. Has he lost confidence in you, the business, or himself?

If you feel that he is quitting because you did not live up to his idea of an ideal sponsor, find out where you "failed". Can you rectify it? Do you need to be more human, real? While beginning a relationship at this point may not keep him in, the relationship will cement him in if you can convince him to stay.

Is it the business that is at fault? Is there too much to study? Too many Daily activities? Is he tired of the training and wants to move into the meat of the business? Are his PSAs not working or responding to his emails? Can't he find good places to advertise? He doesn't want to invest any time or money into the business and can't understand why it is standing still?

Or, is he thinking that maybe he can't do it without someone helping him. Or worse yet, that he will never see success.Is he an easy quitter?Or he doesn't think that he has what it takes?

I believe that we must build up the confidences of all those who have always been told that they will never amount to much. Their loved ones have put them in boxes. After they are freed from that, then we must deal with the significant present, the now and why of wanting to quit.

Build up his confidence in you and the business. Stress that every problem has a solution and that you can work together to find that solution. Remind him of some of the wonderful things about this SFI and keep reminding him in the weeks to come. There are enough good things to name three ech week and go on for weeks.

Then give him small directed goals to begin fashioning his business into something that will work. Relax on gathering VP and concentrate on either selling or recruiting, training, and leading.

Here you must step into a leadership position. A follower needs someone to lead him. Surely some will see and do, but many need that extra explanation. I think this may be the toughest part of being a leader.
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First you must determine exactly why he is quitting. Has he lost confidence in you, the business, or himself?

If you feel that he is quitting because you did not live up to his idea of an ideal sponsor, find out where you "failed". Can you rectify it? Do you need to be more human, real? While beginning a relationship at this point may not keep him in, the relationship will cement him in if you can convince him to stay.

Is it the business that is at fault? Is there
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