Ireland Rocks!

As many of you know I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Ireland for 10 days. I have to say that it was unbelievably phenomenal to be there. Not only is it a beautiful country but I didn't meet one unfriendly person while I was there. That was amazing in itself.

I did plenty of site seeing since all the people that we met with lived all over Ireland. 5K Colette Murney and myself were so excited for our venture that we drove around with the top off of her car. We had to wear our winter coats but we had soooooo much fun. Talk about making a statement in Ireland.















Our Ireland group was also able to meet Joe Morton at the hotel meeting. Brian Gallacher and Joe Morton were in the house. What a pleasure it was sharing that opportunity with them. It amazes me the corporate support that we have with the founders.

I want to send out a big thanks to 5K Colette Murney for putting me up in her home, for sharing the history of Ireland with me on our travels and for her incredible friendship. A big thanks out to 5K Mary Gray for also putting me up in her beautiful home and to the first and only 20K in Ireland, Leo Conlon and his sweet wife Josephine for also allowing me into their home. To Eamon Vise for making sure that everything was perfect in my presence, (Thanks for lunch and dinner also). Thanks to 5K Ita Morris and her daughter Ita for putting Colette and I up in their bed and breakfast. If you're ever in Ireland or know anyone traveling there you have to stay at the Killeentierna House in Powderlough, Dunshaughlin Co. Meath The food is incredible but I have to admit the hospitatlity was my favorite part. I give it 5 stars.

It was so nice being with our incredible Xango group in Ireland. I was able to meet so many already distributors and so many new distributors. I can't wait for my next trip. Remember our deal everyone "Be sure to tell John that my trip was more productive than his. ;)" I think the thing I love the most about this business is the new friends you make along the way. That in my opinion is priceless.

I didn't get a picture of everyone but enjoy what I did get!

Ita Morris and her daughter Ita

Colette Murney

Leo and Josephine Conlon

It was beautiful being both by the mountains and the sea.

They had the coolest looking cemeteries.

Although it was hazy most of the time I was there, it is green and beautiful.
Pictures don't do it justice.

How important is the 3-way call to your business?

As you know I'm right in the middle of basketball season. I'm excited to announce we are 6-2. Woooohoooo!

The other day at practice I was teaching a new offense. The boys were catching on quickly so we moved on to scrimmage in order to implement the new offense. We run about 10 different offensive plays so I encourage them to mix it up rather than doing the same thing over and over and over. There's nothing more exciting for a coach than to watch what you just taught being executed and work. There's also nothing more frustrating than watching it not being executed and seeing the points missed because of that. Yes, I'm getting to my point.

I was thinking how this applies to using the 3-way call in our business. I'll be the first to admit that I'm not 100% consistent in using the 3-way call. It's just easier not to do right? (Way bad excuse, don't ever say that out loud) Anyway, when my team actually run's the offense they score I'm guessing 90% of the time. When they don't run the offense they end up playing street ball and they maybe score 5% of the time. So I ask you, WHY DON'T THEY RUN THE OFFENSE EVERYTIME????? argh!

I figure that maybe they don't run it consistently because they haven't made it a habit. hmmmm (I know I haven't made 3-way calling a habit). Maybe it's because it takes more work to run the offense because you have to have all 5 players participating in order to accomplish it? hmmmm Have you ever heard someone tell you they don't like 3-way calls because it's a pain to get upline on the phone? Well, it is a pain, but is that a good enough of a reason not to do it? I would say NOT! John sat down with someone the other day and tried 3-waying them to upline, he had to call 3 different people in the upline before getting someone on the phone. SO WHAT, it took a little extra effort but it was worth it. The call was awesome.

Have you ever heard someone say that they feel like they are wasting uplines time when they can't get ahold of anyone? I can guarantee you that as your upline you haven't ruined my day by calling me and we haven't been able to reach someone. I'm just thrilled that you called to do a 3-way.

I'm here to tell you just like I drill in my team's head that networking is a team sport. We have to work together and run the offense if we want to score. You can't make all the points by yourself. I hope you get my point. (no pun intended LOL)

Are you working as a Team?!!!

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you. I hope that you had a great time enjoying the holidays with family and friends. I don't know about you but I'm always excited about getting back to work yet have a bit of a hard time getting a jump on it. So, here it is January 14th and I'm way over due to get rolling, so I figured I would start off with updating my blog.

I'm in the middle of coaching my son, (Logan's competition basketball team) #25 (how funny is this picture, Logan is around 5'6" and he looks like a giant compared to this kid). Anyway, my analogy is coming from my coaching experience this year and you know how I love analogies (yeeha) so I thought I would share a few things that I've learned recently.

At the beginning of the season I was able to protect 6 boys that I wanted on my team. Protecting them guaranteed they were on my team without drafting them. Anyway, I snatched the 6 up that I wanted pretty quick, 4 of them came from my team the previous season. I knew the skills that I wanted in a player and most importantly if they were teachable and had a good attitude. I didn't call every Tom, Dick and Harry to see if they wanted to play. I was very specific in the qualities I required in a player to work with. Then, I went to drafts to pick up 4 more players. I watched for the qualities in those players that came to try out and obviously chose the boys that I felt had those qualities or abilities needed to learn.

I was thinking the other day how the process I use in drafting my team really isn't any different than looking for people to join your business. You already know what qualities you're looking for so you actually spend your time looking for people with those qualities. If someone you come across doesn't have those qualities you simply ask them to "love their neighbor" and you don't draft them (move on). How nice is it to have the choice of who you want to work with? hmmm

So we started practicing and I quickly learned what I had to work with. I already knew the skills of the 4 from my team last year so that was no surprise except they had grown, matured and improved drastically (amazing what a year can do). I learned that each player had individual things they needed to do in order to improve on their strengths and their weaknesses.

It's interesting that some players naturally play better, they have the abilities and probably more experience than others and its obvious. I can show a play to my first string and they can implement it right away. My second string on the other hand, it takes many times to go over the plays and they still struggle with executing it. It isn't any different than networking. Some people are natural or have a belief in themselves that allows them to get through the obstacles faster. It's ok and actually it's rare to have people in your business like that. Most people are like my second string in that they need continual guidance, practice and training until they are ready to apply things without your coaching.

Let me also point out that I have an awesome assistant coach and he's so good at picking out things that I miss. He also has a different approach in coaching than I do and it's refreshing to see a player be more receptive to the different tactics we each have. I'm so grateful that I don't have to coach my team alone. In my opinion, I would be doing the players a disservice by even trying. There's nothing worse than thinking you know it all and try to do everything alone, it helps no one. Even as a coach it can't be done. You can't see everything you need to see.

I love the dynamics of people, we're all so different which can be good and bad. It's good if you are patient with those differences and bad if you aren't. I find that as I work with each player individually where they need work and point out their strengths they have a new sense of excitement about playing, not only that they try harder to do better. I found that I could work on some things as a group but it was more important to help individuals where they needed it so that the team could move forward as a whole.

So far we're having an awesome season. Word on the street is "we're the team to beat" I'm ok with that hanging over our heads. It makes us step up, be sharp, and play hard.

I hope you understand the power of working with your team and the power of not doing this business alone. Always remember that everyone has unique differences, strengths and weaknesses and with team effort they can be overcome and benefit everyone involved in the process. If you don't have a coach helping you with your business, find one!

Make it a Great day!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

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Glimpse to the Future!

Hello Team Freedom Seekers,

Is everyone as crazy busy as I am right now with this Glimpse launch? I've been meaning to update my blog for awhile now but since the announcement of Glimpse I've been swamped and obviously haven't been able to get to it. Being Glimpse busy is a good thing!

I had the awesome opportunity of being in Buffalo, NY for Priscilla Harrison's 7 steps to 7 figures training as well as the Women's conference. What an awesome event put on by Theresa Horab and Donna Andrews. What a treat that was for me and all that attended. It was also incredible to see 2 cars full of people in our organization drive 8 hours one way to attend this event. Talk about dedication and commitment to their business. I love attending events because you always come away with something to learn and grow from not to mention the friendships you build. Events are priceless.

With that in mind, we're only a few weeks from our National Convention in Salt Lake City and if you don't have your tickets please believe me when I say YOU NEED TO BE THERE. I see people make things happen in their life everyday. If there was a crisis and you needed to come up with the money YOU WOULD. I'm asking you to make this convention your crisis and get to this convention. It will change you, your business, and your future.

If you know me very well you know that I believe that everything happens in our life for a reason. Whether it's a good thing or a challenge there's a purpose behind it that we're suppose to grow and learn from if we're willing to be open to it. I truly believe that we are strengthened by our challenges and our character is built, we get to discover who we truly are. You're thinking "where in the heck is she going with this?" I'm getting there. ;) I've been receiving a handful of phone calls from great people that are frustrated with their business and struggling. I'm here to tell you like I have each of these people that I've had a heart to heart with that YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

Yes, the economy is a scary thing right now but isn't there always a shining star somewhere amongst the fear? You couldn't be in a better business than network marketing right now when the economy is in the dumps. This is our chance to share with people this great industry. This is our chance to give people hope that they can be proactive and do something for their future. This is our chance to pull up our sleeves and go to work harder than we ever have before to change the outcome of our lives over the next 18 months. I also believe that TIMING is everything in this business and I look at what Xango is getting ready to unleash at just the time we all need it for our business. How cool is that?

I'm so excited to be a part of a movement that's getting ready to take place. If you haven't read "Not Just a Pretty Face" read it. I learned so much and am now able to be more proactive with my own family in what is safe. This also gives me the opportunity to tell others that I care about that they need to pay attention to what's going on to keep their families safe. This business just gets better and better.

This is our opportunity to contact everyone that we've ever shared Xango with to share Glimpse with them. I'm here to tell you that we've been doing this and people are getting involved now that told us no years ago. Sweeeeet! Don't leave anyone out!

I can't wait to see you all at convention. What a ride it will be that weekend. Don't plan on sleeping, I'm sure you're mind won't allow it! Let us know how we can help you. Who can we talk to with you?

Keep up the great work, enjoy the journey and know that your efforts will pay off for years to come!

Kami Herring

Is Summer Really Over?

Wow! What an awesome summer it's been. We've done so many fun things with our family (www.johnherringfamily.blogspot.com) that I hate to see it end. On the other hand, I haven't gotten crap done all summer so I'm looking forward to getting back into a routine again and getting re-focused on Xango. I know that many of you can relate because we've talked about it so let's get a movin' and a shakin'.

If you haven't been keeping up with the Olympics you better start now because you've missed out on the most unbelievable events occurring EVER! I've decided that if you put me in front of a sporting event I just can't seem to turn it off. Since the Olympics haven't been getting over until we hours of the morning sleep really hasn't been an option. I want to use Michael Phelps as my analogy for this blog. (If you don't know who he is bang your head against a wall and then go Google him). We were lucky enough to watch each one of his events sitting on the end of our couch cheering him on and high fiveing each other after each win. UNBELIEVABLE!

How cool is it to be cheering for someone half way around the world that you don't even know. I was thinking about that today wondering why is it so inspiring to watch someone like Michael Phelps? I believe (Kami's opinion only) that it's because we all have an inner desire to make our dreams come true. As we hear the commentators tell us about the struggles of the athletes and what they did to be at the Olympics you see why ANYTHING that you want bad enough is worth putting the time, sweat, energy, and work into. There's nothing more that I enjoy about the Olympics than the reaction and expression of the winner of the GOLD. Don't you just want to have that feeling after working really hard and accomplishing something great?

I know that the Olympics has helped me to reflect on where I was a year ago, where I am today and where I want to be a year from now. I know that the goals I have for myself, our family, and our business are only going to happen if I put in the time, sweat, energy, and work. I also know that you can't do anything by yourself. My favorite moment was when the USA men's swim team beat France. Jason Lezak was coming up from behind and gave it everything he had to win. (it was even sweeter since the French were trash talking) I loved how Michael after getting his 8 gold medals commented that he couldn't have gotten them all without his teammates.

We're so fortunate in our business to have people that care and really want us to succeed. Our only challenge I believe is accepting that help and allowing that team work to make things happen. I've been in networking for 11 1/2 years now and I know without a shadow of a doubt that if you try to do this business by yourself YOU WILL FAIL!

I encourage you to stop and reflect on where you were a year ago, where you are today, and where you want to be and then set goals and make a plan to make it happen. Michael Phelps is a true example of having a dream, setting goals and doing everything it takes everyday to make it happen. We can do that to!

Let's get the GOLD as a team!

Xango REAL Game against Houston

July 3rd we were able to attend the REAL game in Salt Lake City. There were around 800 Xango supporters at the game against the Houston Dynamo's. WOW!!!! Thanks to everyone that came and supported this event.

It was the funnest game EVER, in my opinion of course. Yellow cards were being handed out left and right. A red card was given out to a REAL player. Fans were throwing things on the field. That was a first for me. (no I didn't throw anything, I don't believe in that). I've never been to a game that people actually do that. The game ended 0 to 0, it was exciting and intense. It was great seeing so many friends and associates there.

Some of the Xango kids were able to be out on the field in the beginning for the announcement of the players, that was exciting for them. It all ended with smashing fireworks at the end which were awesome!

What a great night and thanks again for everyone's support.

We'll do it again next year!


Enjoy the pictures below.