If you were working more like you did when you first started your business, what would you be doing differently? Have you found that as you worked your way up and built a large team, you’ve taken your foot off the gas and relaxed a little? Relaxed a little in doing the things that helped you build your business in the beginning? Let’s tackle it! You can find the full transcript at crazybigreams.biz/25. It’s easy to slow down on these activities as your team grows and you mentor other business builders. You’re not alone. By any stretch. Most of the Direct Sales, high-achieving women I speak with have shared this same experience. They’ve slowed down on the very same activities that helped them build their early success. How High Achievers in Direct Sales Lose Focus on Business BasicsThis typically happens for two reasons. The significant sudden growth in your team. Inconsistencies. 1)    A growing team is a good problem! There is a distinct point in time where your team experiences significant growth that’s simply difficult to keep up with. Let’s take a second to acknowledge this growth is a direct result of the very back-to-basics activities we’re talking about! Bravo!  With this team growth, suddenly you have to spend time and focus on onboarding, and getting new team members up and running with quick wins. This requires a re-distribution in priorities among your time. Dividing your time and attention between mentoring and personal business building. 2)    Inconsistencies. Getting away from the basics can happen subtly over time. You may always intend to get back to those activities that helped you build your business in the beginning. And you do, but the same consistency you were dedicated to when you started your personal business is simply different now. The landscape is entirely different in your responsibilities and the opportunities regarding how you choose to spend your time. Yes, it’s still a choice. I’ve learned a lot of leaders feel it’s not a choice. They’ve gotten stuck and in a bit of a routine. Losing sight of the fact they can shake things up, wipe their calendar clean and make fresh new choices. Can you relate? You are most certainly not alone in getting away from the basics. Most high achievers genuinely want to and need to, get back to the basics of their own personal business-building activities. The Importance of Getting Back to Basics with Your Direct Sales BusinessIt’s important to do so for at least 2 reasons:First, it helps you keep a thriving business, team, and continued growth. Second, it also helps you stay authentic as a leader in that you’re doing the same things you’re asking your team to do. You’re continuing to have the same excitement and struggles they are. This keeps you relatable, connected, and able to appreciate their experiences. You can have real conversations with them. You know exactly how to coach them through it because you’ve also just experienced much of the same. How you go about getting back to basics does not have to look the same as when you first started out building your business. In many ways, it can’t. Where to Start as You Shift Your Time and Get Back to Basics in Your Direct Sales BusinessHere are the 5 key points to consider when you’re re-distributing your priorities on where to start getting back to the basics:1.     Take care of your existing customers. Truly. What did you do in the beginning that you got away from? Thank you’s? Celebrating birthdays with a handwritten note? Reach out with a “thinking of you”? For the rest of my key points g

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