Affiliate since: 10/11/2014, Power Rank: 438 | Read R Subbaiah's 34 other Ask SC answers

I think it depends on the situation. The joining of the Prospect as PSA is in itself depends on various conditions and mainly it relies on his drive, initiative and seriousness combined with commitment. We are all aware that it is 3 to 5% of the PSAs that make it to the top. The rest of the individuals for varied reasons either get back or after observing that SFI is not get-to-riches-overnight business do not turn up a second time to commence their work. This background is essential and has a bearing on his/her future behaviour.

Now lets get to the question proper.
: Should we advise them--the new PSAs--to slow down in becoming the Team Leaders. The sponsor after observing the PSA's profile can assess whether this needs to be done. Say if it is observed that the PSA has past experience in Internet business combined with push (initiative) he can be encouraged. A word of caution is that from day one, he should concentrate on his five team members who just work like him. With this rider he can be advised to go ahead becoming a qualified Team Leader.

Another option/situation: The PSA is not able to move that fast, but he obeys the sponsor in doing what all he is directed to. In this situation, the PSA needs to be closely watched for his Leadership qualities and he is encouraged to move steadily in that direction. Again, he should be guided cautiously to simultaneously attend to daily routine items at Affiliate Center, follow the training classes and acquire at least two to three Affiliates before he attempts at becoming Team Leader.

Another Contingency: In this scenario we cannot call the PSA an Up start. But he starts his work seriously. Reaches EA position, searches for Affiliates. He gets one or two. Assuming that the road is clear he takes a leap to be come a Team Leader. Slowly the it dawns in his mind that it is not that easy to maintain or sustain his qualification. Added to this, one of his affiliates has GIVEN A SLIP. He is bound to get discouraged, desperaged and disheartened.
Inevitably it has its shadow of consequences on his further building up of his business. The above are only three situations. In between theere are so many permutations and combinations.
We all agree that human is a set of conflicts and contradictions. What flashes in his mind and when can not be imagined.

One thing is clear. The role of sponsor is vital in guiding the PSA in this subject.

These are only a few stray thoughts. I am sure this will help
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I think it depends on the situation. The joining of the Prospect as PSA is in itself depends on various conditions and mainly it relies on his drive, initiative and seriousness combined with commitment. We are all aware that it is 3 to 5% of the PSAs that make it to the top. The rest of the individuals for varied reasons either get back or after observing that SFI is not get-to-riches-overnight business do not turn up a second time to commence their work. This background is essential and has
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

PSA's are part of the SFI team. It would be advantageous for you to discuss with your down-line PSA's what their goals will be short term and long term. PSA's, as like any other SFI affiliate, wants to have a successful business so as part of their leadership team - it is important to review how he/she plans on achieving goals and maintaining or exceeding goals.

This is where you may want to encourage PSA's to consider their goals for their Goals tab. PSA's may wish to become a Team Leader - excellent goal to grow into, it is not our responsibility to consider if it is too quickly or too slow in achievement. I would suggest that your role is to review their plan/s on how TL status will be achieved within their means. This is where you can review what skills will be necessary to facilitate the achievement and review the various possible combinations of tasks or business planning ideas that will assist with such achievement and making it sustainable from month to month.

Congratulations to your team's interest to move forward to achieve endless possibilities.
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PSA's are part of the SFI team. It would be advantageous for you to discuss with your down-line PSA's what their goals will be short term and long term. PSA's, as like any other SFI affiliate, wants to have a successful business so as part of their leadership team - it is important to review how he/she plans on achieving goals and maintaining or exceeding goals.

This is where you may want to encourage PSA's to consider their goals for their Goals tab. PSA's may wish to become a Team Leader
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Affiliate since: 10/01/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Nimo's 381 other Ask SC answers

We all have different ambitions, abilities and different level of resources.

It would be unwise to hold back someone who is ambitious and has the ability and resources to advance through the Team Leadership level. It would be just as unwise to urge through the levels someone who is yet to learn the business, hasn't acquired the necessary skills as yet or the resources.

You don’t want the ambitious stifled or discouraged. Those who advance rapidly but don’t have the ability or resources I find, tend to drop down after the second month in SFI. They get frustrated, or lose heart and then abandon working the business or leave SFI.

I believe the key is to be explicitly honest with them right from the word go.

I tell them very early that in the 1st and the 2nd months in SFI, they can make EA easily. After that the going can be tough to achieve or maintain EA and TL levels if they don’t strategies and prepare for them.

I refer them to the Benefits Chart and explain to them the VP requirements for each level and also the consequences of losing their EA or TL ranks. The drive therefore is to acquire, preferably exceed, the necessary VPs for the rank they aspire to, month after month.

I tell them that ones they have used up the readily available VP at the homepage they will have to collect VP from elsewhere – TC games & contests, sales, sponsoring others, daily to do activities etc.. They therefore need to start promoting TripleClicks and recruiting affiliates to sponsor as early as possible. Even if they don’t know what to do, as their sponsor I would help them.

My intentions are to make sure that they fully understand what advancing to Team Leader means and the consequences of failing to maintain that level, e.g. the loss of CSA etc... I applaud their efforts and will always be encouraging and supportive but I believe that it would be unwise of me to tell them to slow down or speed up.

The businesses are theirs and they are the ones to make the decisions regarding where go with their businesses and how quickly they get there.

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We all have different ambitions, abilities and different level of resources.

It would be unwise to hold back someone who is ambitious and has the ability and resources to advance through the Team Leadership level. It would be just as unwise to urge through the levels someone who is yet to learn the business, hasn't acquired the necessary skills as yet or the resources.

You don’t want the ambitious stifled or discouraged. Those who advance rapidly but don’t have the ability
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Affiliate since: 09/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ana's 32 other Ask SC answers

Hello Sandra!

In my opinion, you should definitely advise your PSAs not to rush with qualifying as Team Leader.
There is no point of becoming a Team Leader without a team. TLs benefit mostly through duplication, and if a PSA doesn't have EA2 downline, or active CSA, becoming a TL is unprofitable at an early stage of SFI business.

Of course, if your PSAs still decide to qualify as TLs right from the start, respect their decision and their desire to succeed. It's actually a good indicator that your PSA is serious about the business. This is something you should cherish and nourish. But I still feel that it's our duty to be honest and act in our PSAs' best interest, and therefore to point out to them they will not have any significant benefits from their TL rank until they build a team.

Hope my answer is helpful. Best regards.
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Hello Sandra!

In my opinion, you should definitely advise your PSAs not to rush with qualifying as Team Leader.
There is no point of becoming a Team Leader without a team. TLs benefit mostly through duplication, and if a PSA doesn't have EA2 downline, or active CSA, becoming a TL is unprofitable at an early stage of SFI business.

Of course, if your PSAs still decide to qualify as TLs right from the start, respect their decision and their desire to succeed. It's actually
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Affiliate since: 10/09/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Giri's 1 other Ask SC answers

Hi.

I have seen many new affiliates becoming BTL,STL in their first month itself. I have seen some of these members posting threads in forum. They not even having the basic knowledge of SFI business became Leaders. A leader must lead his team. They don't have knowledge and no team.Such persons can lead their team, if they have it?

One more thing is, all the people doesn't have same qualities regarding grasping skills, leading, building a strong business. In this case we can say they can acquire their team quickly and can become Good Team Leaders.

So, what I am trying to say is we cannot judge the people until and unless we know their abilities. If an able person is discouraged we may get negative results. Better not to force any body in this aspect. Leave it to them only to select.

But before that tell them the pros and cons of becoming a leader. I hope this will help you.

Thank you. Have a nice day.
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Hi.

I have seen many new affiliates becoming BTL,STL in their first month itself. I have seen some of these members posting threads in forum. They not even having the basic knowledge of SFI business became Leaders. A leader must lead his team. They don't have knowledge and no team.Such persons can lead their team, if they have it?

One more thing is, all the people doesn't have same qualities regarding grasping skills, leading, building a strong business. In this case we
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Affiliate since: 09/25/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Prince's 92 other Ask SC answers

The answer to this question is yes. This is because the process that brought one to team leadership is the process that will sustain it. When an affiliate shoots up to team leadership by investing some fund, he/she is required to maintain that rank or over monthly. When budget becomes critical, it becomes impossible to retain that position and you see them throwing in the towel. In this business, building a team is important. When you have 5 or more active affiliates who attains the rank of EA2, your position as a BTl is secured. You get 500AVP from them and the other 500AVP from the daily, weekly and monthly actions. When they rose to BTL having their own EA2, you become a GTL with cash to make the adequate SVP. This is the way to go and the option I follow.
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The answer to this question is yes. This is because the process that brought one to team leadership is the process that will sustain it. When an affiliate shoots up to team leadership by investing some fund, he/she is required to maintain that rank or over monthly. When budget becomes critical, it becomes impossible to retain that position and you see them throwing in the towel. In this business, building a team is important. When you have 5 or more active affiliates who attains the rank of EA2,
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 227 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

This question is one of the trickiest dilemma a sponsor has. One hand you want help your affiliate from where he is and on the other hand you want to earn from your affiliate by pushing them to become a team leader.

The basic rule in giving advise to our affiliates is to look at his interest first before our own interest. This is important for long term and sustainable SFI business.

Team Leadership is intended to those affiliates who have real team. Therefore encourage your affiliates to have real team of affiliates first before you advise them to qualify as Team leaders.

For new PSA it is enough for him to qualify as EA and maintain it every month until he form a team. Let him build his team first.

However, after explaining he really wants to go for it let him see the advantages and disadvantages of being a team leaders without a team.

The advantages are:

1. You can have a share of the second home CSA. Which some of them might be active an can become part of your initial team.

2. You will get some TC according to your rank.

3. You will have a Team Leader badge that will show how serious you are in your SFI business.

The disadvantages are:

1. It's expensive to maintain Team leadership without a team. You need to be buying TC to earn the needed action VP.







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This question is one of the trickiest dilemma a sponsor has. One hand you want help your affiliate from where he is and on the other hand you want to earn from your affiliate by pushing them to become a team leader.

The basic rule in giving advise to our affiliates is to look at his interest first before our own interest. This is important for long term and sustainable SFI business.

Team Leadership is intended to those affiliates who have real team. Therefore encourage your
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Affiliate since: 01/23/2015, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Rob's 36 other Ask SC answers

Hi Sandra!

I think definitely not - do not advise them to slow down. You want to advise your PSA's to do what you do.

Think of it this way:
Why do you want to be a Team Leader? Why is it beneficial for you?
- The biggest reason of course is the matching VP on all PSA's and CSA's that are EA2.
- On top of that, you get additional CSA's - because team leaders get shares of second-home CSA's each month. As a team leader, you'll get matching VP on those CSA's PLUS the co-sponsor commission from any purchases they make...

So it's a great benefit to being team leader and I advise encouraging your PSA's to reach that level for the 2 reasons above. If only all realized the benefit of being a team leader, you would have multiple team leaders in your downline!

Let's be honest. It will take A LOT of direct commissions to make a significant income in this business. Being a team leader is where you benefit from the power of duplication - through the matching VP. I like to advise my PSA's that the best way to create a significant income through SFI is by being a Team Leader - and I actually provide incentives for them to consider doing so.

Hope this helps and wish you the best!!

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Hi Sandra!

I think definitely not - do not advise them to slow down. You want to advise your PSA's to do what you do.

Think of it this way:
Why do you want to be a Team Leader? Why is it beneficial for you?
- The biggest reason of course is the matching VP on all PSA's and CSA's that are EA2.
- On top of that, you get additional CSA's - because team leaders get shares of second-home CSA's each month. As a team leader, you'll get matching VP on those CSA's
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Affiliate since: 02/08/2020, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Michael's 202 other Ask SC answers

Hi Sandra!
Yes, I agree 100%. I won't say you should, I'll say you must advise new PSAs to slow down and not qualify as Team Leaders so quickly, then explain why. Then if they want to you must not stop them.
As their leader, you understand SFI. You are a wise and trusted guide and advisor. You know that a Team Leader must have an active team to survive. Even if they get CSAs after qualifying as Team Leaders, those CSAs are not guaranteed to be active. Even if they are active, they wont start earning AVPs same time from them. If their team is not active, it will be a problem or expensive for them to maintain their level and end up quitting.
Tell your PSAs that it takes time to build an active team. Refer them to https://www.sfimg.com/the_plan
Advice your PSAs to split their money to make Standing Orders for few months while they are learning business and building their team. Rather than spending lot of money in 1 month and quitting the following month. Advice them that we are here to make money, not to spend money. Investing is needed, but in a wise manner.
Even Mr. Gery advices affiliates to give their business time to grow in LaunchPad Day 11. There is no overnight success.
I hope this answers your question
Thank you.
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Hi Sandra!
Yes, I agree 100%. I won't say you should, I'll say you must advise new PSAs to slow down and not qualify as Team Leaders so quickly, then explain why. Then if they want to you must not stop them.
As their leader, you understand SFI. You are a wise and trusted guide and advisor. You know that a Team Leader must have an active team to survive. Even if they get CSAs after qualifying as Team Leaders, those CSAs are not guaranteed to be active. Even if they are active, they wont
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Affiliate since: 06/29/2000, Power Rank: 2 | Read Leon's 55 other Ask SC answers

Never Discourage A Leader From Taking Action!

Leaders take responsibility!

Leaders take action and find a way!

Leaders think big!

Leaders are focused!

You should "guide" your new PSAs, but never try to limit them! Yes, Team Building is the foundation of being a Team Leader. However, there's nothing wrong with exploring every possibility that SFI has to offer from the first day a PSAs signs into their account.

I think it would be more productive to ask "Empowering Questions". The bottomline is that the questions we ask will determine the answers we receive. If we want big results then we must ask big questions. We must ask questions that stretch our minds. The right questions give us the answers we need to succeed so carefully consider those questions.

If you want to become a DTL then ask a DTL what questions they ask themselves! How do they think? What are their strategies? Do they focus on limiting their PSAs? Do they encourage massive action? You want the opinion of someone who's done what you want to do! This is a "rinse and repeat" business so focus on thinking like a proven results driven leader!

If I was starting over today I would achieve PTL my very first month without question! I would use that experience to build my team quickly and effectively! Having watched leaders for 30 years in this industry I can say that "Leaders Get Going".

If we continue to do what we've done we'll continue to get what we've got!
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Never Discourage A Leader From Taking Action!

Leaders take responsibility!

Leaders take action and find a way!

Leaders think big!

Leaders are focused!

You should "guide" your new PSAs, but never try to limit them! Yes, Team Building is the foundation of being a Team Leader. However, there's nothing wrong with exploring every possibility that SFI has to offer from the first day a PSAs signs into their account.

I think it
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