We have a new video on our YouTube site featuring John Teng, North American Sales Manager of Sunrider International, and Jonathan Sugai, Group Business Leader, sharing their excitement about the fast-approaching Sunrider Grand Convention, to be held July 20–25, in Anaheim, California.
John and Jonathan explain why this annual event is such a valuable experience for Sunriders, and cover some of the must-see highlights, including an exclusive tour of the awe-inspiring Los Angeles Manufacturing Plants, where many of Sunrider’s award-winning products are made.
If you’re already registered for the convention, this video will elevate your excitement level. If you haven’t registered yet, this video will make you want to do it right away!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Bodybuilding and Building Sunriders
I love to workout. I can’t imagine a life where I could not get to the gym on a regular basis to keep in shape. Working out to me is almost as important as breathing oxygen! A few years ago I decided that I wanted to compete in amateur bodybuilding so I hired a personal trainer who had experience competing in the sport himself. I made it clear from the beginning that my goal was to use the competition as a fun way to improve my health, but that I was not willing to resort to harmful drugs to enhance my performance. From the beginning, I understood the importance of having a personal trainer. With the added time commitments I now have with helping my wife raise our young children, the only hour that I have been able to consistently find available to exercise is 6:00 am. That means preparing my business suit and toiletries the night before in order to be in bed by 10:30 pm, so that I have enough energy to get up at 5:30 am, throw everything in my car, and be in the gym on time to start at 6:00 am! The first thing my trainer would ask me to do in the morning was to check my weight and measure my body fat percentage. These measurements gave both of us a report on my progress as I advanced towards the date of the competition. If the numbers didn’t look good, I knew that I had to make some adjustments in my exercise plan, my food intake, or both to get back on track. This regular habit of “accountability” helped keep me focused and aware of my progress at all times.
I gained an entirely new level of appreciation for my Sunrider® foods and supplements as I trained for my first competition. I had to eat the healthiest food possible to have the energy necessary to workout at a high intensity. And I also needed a high-nutritional food source that didn’t include artificial ingredients and empty calories that would prevent me from achieving the lean muscle mass necessary to pose on stage!
Staying motivated and focused for the 6 months leading up to the date of the competition was not always easy. Sometimes my kids didn’t want to sleep when I wanted them to, so that meant no one got to sleep. Maybe a project at work required long hours in the office in order to complete it on time. Time zone changes and unfamiliar hotel rooms during my many business trips also tended to disrupt my regular routine. But no matter where I was or what the challenge, I always knew that when I got back to the gym my trainer was going to be waiting there for me to get back on the scale to check my weight and my body fat percentages and to hold me accountable for my progress! With that type of accountability, I was almost willing to do pull-ups from the hotel shower curtain rods if necessary to workout when I was on a business trip! My personal trainer also provided me with valuable encouragement when I felt discouraged with the pace of my progress. Because I knew that my trainer sincerely wanted me to be successful and that he was available to do whatever he could to help me win the show, I can tell you that part of the motivation that I had to be successful was to honor my helpful trainer.
The principles of preparing for a bodybuilding show also apply to Sunrider leaders and their downlines who are building their Sunrider businesses. When an IBO sponsors a new person into their organization, the IBO becomes a mentor to that new downline and this new relationship should entail a frank discussion at the very beginning to outline the expectations each person has for each other. A successful mentor will help their new downline identify meaningful goals and will then recommend a strategy to accomplish them. Since life gets in the way for even the best of us, regular follow-up will be required to keep the downline motivated and focused. Words of encouragement may be necessary on occasion to remind the downline that even the most successful IBOs face difficulties in reaching their current levels of success. If you do not feel that you are prepared to fill that roll as a mentor to your new downline then your job is to introduce him or her to the next person in your upline who is! There is a higher likelihood for success when an enthusiastic new Sunrider downline is matched up with an experienced and caring Sunrider mentor.
The new downline would also do well to honestly answer the following questions: Are you teachable? Do you have a relationship of trust with your new upline? Are you willing to follow through with the commitments that you and your mentor mutually agreed to from the beginning? Do you understand the VALUE of Sunrider® products? Are you willing to share what you love about Sunrider with other people? Most of these questions entail some degree of action on the part of the new downline. In terms of preparing for my first bodybuilding competition I knew that I was given all the tools to reach my goals. My trainer was experienced and he wanted me to succeed, and I had Sunrider® foods and supplements to give me the proper nutrition my body needed to perform my best. But with everyone rooting for me and having all the tools to work with, I still had to make a personal commitment to get out of bed every day, drive down the street before daybreak, work hard, eat right, stay motivated, and face the fear of standing on a stage in a bathing suit in front of hundreds of strangers! I still had to do my part or nothing else mattered!
Sunrider International is here to support successful mentor/downline relationships by providing them with a multimillion-dollar investment in manufacturing plants that produce the best products on the planet, the best compensation plan in our industry, a stable 28 year-old and family-owned company, and an increasingly comprehensive suite of training and marketing tools to help both mentors and new downlines quickly gain the skills they need to reach out to the 99% of North America still waiting to hear about the amazing “health and wealth” opportunities of Sunrider International for the very first time.
John Teng
North American Sales Manager
Sunrider International
I gained an entirely new level of appreciation for my Sunrider® foods and supplements as I trained for my first competition. I had to eat the healthiest food possible to have the energy necessary to workout at a high intensity. And I also needed a high-nutritional food source that didn’t include artificial ingredients and empty calories that would prevent me from achieving the lean muscle mass necessary to pose on stage!
Staying motivated and focused for the 6 months leading up to the date of the competition was not always easy. Sometimes my kids didn’t want to sleep when I wanted them to, so that meant no one got to sleep. Maybe a project at work required long hours in the office in order to complete it on time. Time zone changes and unfamiliar hotel rooms during my many business trips also tended to disrupt my regular routine. But no matter where I was or what the challenge, I always knew that when I got back to the gym my trainer was going to be waiting there for me to get back on the scale to check my weight and my body fat percentages and to hold me accountable for my progress! With that type of accountability, I was almost willing to do pull-ups from the hotel shower curtain rods if necessary to workout when I was on a business trip! My personal trainer also provided me with valuable encouragement when I felt discouraged with the pace of my progress. Because I knew that my trainer sincerely wanted me to be successful and that he was available to do whatever he could to help me win the show, I can tell you that part of the motivation that I had to be successful was to honor my helpful trainer.
The principles of preparing for a bodybuilding show also apply to Sunrider leaders and their downlines who are building their Sunrider businesses. When an IBO sponsors a new person into their organization, the IBO becomes a mentor to that new downline and this new relationship should entail a frank discussion at the very beginning to outline the expectations each person has for each other. A successful mentor will help their new downline identify meaningful goals and will then recommend a strategy to accomplish them. Since life gets in the way for even the best of us, regular follow-up will be required to keep the downline motivated and focused. Words of encouragement may be necessary on occasion to remind the downline that even the most successful IBOs face difficulties in reaching their current levels of success. If you do not feel that you are prepared to fill that roll as a mentor to your new downline then your job is to introduce him or her to the next person in your upline who is! There is a higher likelihood for success when an enthusiastic new Sunrider downline is matched up with an experienced and caring Sunrider mentor.
The new downline would also do well to honestly answer the following questions: Are you teachable? Do you have a relationship of trust with your new upline? Are you willing to follow through with the commitments that you and your mentor mutually agreed to from the beginning? Do you understand the VALUE of Sunrider® products? Are you willing to share what you love about Sunrider with other people? Most of these questions entail some degree of action on the part of the new downline. In terms of preparing for my first bodybuilding competition I knew that I was given all the tools to reach my goals. My trainer was experienced and he wanted me to succeed, and I had Sunrider® foods and supplements to give me the proper nutrition my body needed to perform my best. But with everyone rooting for me and having all the tools to work with, I still had to make a personal commitment to get out of bed every day, drive down the street before daybreak, work hard, eat right, stay motivated, and face the fear of standing on a stage in a bathing suit in front of hundreds of strangers! I still had to do my part or nothing else mattered!
Sunrider International is here to support successful mentor/downline relationships by providing them with a multimillion-dollar investment in manufacturing plants that produce the best products on the planet, the best compensation plan in our industry, a stable 28 year-old and family-owned company, and an increasingly comprehensive suite of training and marketing tools to help both mentors and new downlines quickly gain the skills they need to reach out to the 99% of North America still waiting to hear about the amazing “health and wealth” opportunities of Sunrider International for the very first time.
John Teng
North American Sales Manager
Sunrider International
Convention Promo Items Are Here!
We’ve just added 2009 Grand Convention Promotional Items to our Convention Shop Online! This year’s featured items are much more than just cool convention keepsakes—they combine fun, functionality, and flair! Order yours today and radiate your Sunrider success and style all year round!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
I Win Because I Fail
Many of you already know that I’m a very goal-oriented person. I know what I want in life, but I’m also “man enough” to admit that I’m not necessarily the fastest, strongest, or the smartest person that I know. One special personal trait I do highly value however is my willingness to persevere through difficulties in order to achieve my goals in life—I just don’t stop until I “hit my target.” I have to admit that most of the time my goals take longer than I anticipate, which may be the result of my overly optimistic attitude, but this same trait has also been one of my best saving graces in times of my toughest personal trials. Inside my 3-inch thick dream book that is categorized into 11 different aspects of my life, I have included the following quote: “Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck—but most of all, endurance.” [1] When I was in high school, a math teacher one day asked me what I wanted to study in college, and I said “engineering.” Her response to my answer will be eternally etched into my memory. She looked at the ceiling and with an exasperated voice said “heaven help us!” What was so surprising, even to me, was how I reacted to her comment. It was at that moment that I knew that I was going to be an engineer. Someone had just told me that I did not have the capacity to do something and, for good or for bad, I could not allow that person to impose a limitation on my success in life. After countless prayers offered to help me endure through some seemingly insurmountable personal struggles and failures, combined with a very determined and disciplined work ethic, I eventually earned a masters degree in Civil Engineering and then passed a very rigorous 13-hour long California Engineering Licensure Examination.
Like me, you too, may face people in your personal life who decide to impose limitations on your potential for one silly reason or another: You’re not this, you’re not that, you don’t have this and you don’t have that. Fortunately, I am smart enough to distinguish when someone is trying to give me sincere advice, directed towards my best well-being, and those who derive no other pleasure than to see me fail in order to justify their own self-imposed shortcomings. In my personal life, l make it a point to avoid such dark personalities no less vigilantly than one would run away from the plague. I do this because I am a winner and I want to maintain an environment as much as possible where I am around other winners who inspire me to be better.
Disclaimer: I am not a winner because I was born one, but because I do not accept to be anything but one. And I believe that I am the only person who has control over that designation. Of course, if I were to judge my “success” based on a short-term perspective, yes, I have been designated “second place,” “third place,” and a countless number of “no places” for as long as I can remember. So fortunately, that is not how I judge my success. My success has always been based on identifying the specific things in life that motivate me, that inspire me, and that make me happy. I then clearly write these things on paper and/or cut out pictures that help me clearly visualize what my “targets” are. I keep everything in a three-ring binder to view regularly, and I’m regularly adding items that inspire me, and I also subtract items that no longer motivate me. I have found the following principle to be a good rule of thumb for choosing my targets: images and statements only get to stay in my dream book if they continue to inspire me to spend energy necessary to achieve the desired result. But please do not misunderstand. I understand that the day-to-day implementation of realizing most, if not all of my goals requires hard, consistent, and persistent effort to achieve. And I believe that anyone who thinks or tells you otherwise, about any aspect of life’s most meaningful achievements, is either lying to you or is living in a fantasy world. And the more lofty the success, the harder you will have to work to attain it. A mountain climber who endeavors to reach a difficult summit—if and when he makes it to the top—arrives at the top sweating, bruised, and fatigued from the long climb, but the breathtaking view at the summit replaces all the fatigue with the sheer exhilaration of accomplishing the task. That’s the reward for hitting the target!
In terms of that portion of your life that you devote to Sunrider, I would like to recommend that you regularly remind yourself about those things you love about being here. Has your life improved by virtue of using Sunrider® foods? Do you appreciate Dr. Chen’s multimillion dollar manufacturing investment to realize the full power of the Philosophy of Regeneration™? Do you look better? Have you made meaningful friends here? Have you improved your financial well-being in proportion to the actual time that you are investing in your Sunrider business on a day-to-day basis (do the math and you may be delightfully surprised just how much money you are making per hour in Sunrider)?* Your reason(s) for being here are not necessarily the reasons another IBO joined, but you need to define them clearly and review them regularly in order to weather the storms of everyday life. “Life” is going to get in the way; but then again that’s just life. Your personal decision to stay focused and stay motivated despite the inevitable failures and disappointments that all successful people must face will make you the winner in the end. And the bigger the winner you want to be, the tougher the disappointments and failures you must be willing to experience. I have devoted an entire section of my personal library to learning about the mental toughness of an elite military Special Forces unit called the Navy SEALs. Prospective SEALs must arguably endure the toughest physical, mental, psychological, and academic military screening program in the world in order to join this small elite community of warriors. Today there are only about 3,000 active SEALS operating in the entire world. From what I have learned so far, I have come to the conclusion that those few individuals who make it through this rigorous training program each had to make a personal commitment to persevere through disappointment and difficulty to the very end, no matter what obstacle or challenge was thrown in front of them. And that’s the true mark of a winner.
In conclusion, you will win only if you are willing to fail. Keep your eyes on your targets, despite “life” inevitably getting in your way. Resolve yourself to do this, and you will realize every meaningful dream and aspiration that you set out for yourself and for your loved ones.
John Teng
North American Sales Manager—Sunrider International
*The earnings stated are not necessarily representative or typical of the earnings Sunrider Independent Business Owners (IBOs) can or will earn through participation in the Sunrider Compensation Plan. These statements should not be considered as guarantees or projections of your actual earnings or profits. The average annual income of Sunrider’s active IBOs was $2,627 in 2007. An active IBO is an IBO who has purchased 50 SV or more in 2007. As with any other independent business, success results only from dedicated sales efforts, hard work, diligence, and leadership.
Like me, you too, may face people in your personal life who decide to impose limitations on your potential for one silly reason or another: You’re not this, you’re not that, you don’t have this and you don’t have that. Fortunately, I am smart enough to distinguish when someone is trying to give me sincere advice, directed towards my best well-being, and those who derive no other pleasure than to see me fail in order to justify their own self-imposed shortcomings. In my personal life, l make it a point to avoid such dark personalities no less vigilantly than one would run away from the plague. I do this because I am a winner and I want to maintain an environment as much as possible where I am around other winners who inspire me to be better.
Disclaimer: I am not a winner because I was born one, but because I do not accept to be anything but one. And I believe that I am the only person who has control over that designation. Of course, if I were to judge my “success” based on a short-term perspective, yes, I have been designated “second place,” “third place,” and a countless number of “no places” for as long as I can remember. So fortunately, that is not how I judge my success. My success has always been based on identifying the specific things in life that motivate me, that inspire me, and that make me happy. I then clearly write these things on paper and/or cut out pictures that help me clearly visualize what my “targets” are. I keep everything in a three-ring binder to view regularly, and I’m regularly adding items that inspire me, and I also subtract items that no longer motivate me. I have found the following principle to be a good rule of thumb for choosing my targets: images and statements only get to stay in my dream book if they continue to inspire me to spend energy necessary to achieve the desired result. But please do not misunderstand. I understand that the day-to-day implementation of realizing most, if not all of my goals requires hard, consistent, and persistent effort to achieve. And I believe that anyone who thinks or tells you otherwise, about any aspect of life’s most meaningful achievements, is either lying to you or is living in a fantasy world. And the more lofty the success, the harder you will have to work to attain it. A mountain climber who endeavors to reach a difficult summit—if and when he makes it to the top—arrives at the top sweating, bruised, and fatigued from the long climb, but the breathtaking view at the summit replaces all the fatigue with the sheer exhilaration of accomplishing the task. That’s the reward for hitting the target!
In terms of that portion of your life that you devote to Sunrider, I would like to recommend that you regularly remind yourself about those things you love about being here. Has your life improved by virtue of using Sunrider® foods? Do you appreciate Dr. Chen’s multimillion dollar manufacturing investment to realize the full power of the Philosophy of Regeneration™? Do you look better? Have you made meaningful friends here? Have you improved your financial well-being in proportion to the actual time that you are investing in your Sunrider business on a day-to-day basis (do the math and you may be delightfully surprised just how much money you are making per hour in Sunrider)?* Your reason(s) for being here are not necessarily the reasons another IBO joined, but you need to define them clearly and review them regularly in order to weather the storms of everyday life. “Life” is going to get in the way; but then again that’s just life. Your personal decision to stay focused and stay motivated despite the inevitable failures and disappointments that all successful people must face will make you the winner in the end. And the bigger the winner you want to be, the tougher the disappointments and failures you must be willing to experience. I have devoted an entire section of my personal library to learning about the mental toughness of an elite military Special Forces unit called the Navy SEALs. Prospective SEALs must arguably endure the toughest physical, mental, psychological, and academic military screening program in the world in order to join this small elite community of warriors. Today there are only about 3,000 active SEALS operating in the entire world. From what I have learned so far, I have come to the conclusion that those few individuals who make it through this rigorous training program each had to make a personal commitment to persevere through disappointment and difficulty to the very end, no matter what obstacle or challenge was thrown in front of them. And that’s the true mark of a winner.
In conclusion, you will win only if you are willing to fail. Keep your eyes on your targets, despite “life” inevitably getting in your way. Resolve yourself to do this, and you will realize every meaningful dream and aspiration that you set out for yourself and for your loved ones.
John Teng
North American Sales Manager—Sunrider International
[1] James Baldwin, quoted by Jordan Elgrably in Paris Review
*The earnings stated are not necessarily representative or typical of the earnings Sunrider Independent Business Owners (IBOs) can or will earn through participation in the Sunrider Compensation Plan. These statements should not be considered as guarantees or projections of your actual earnings or profits. The average annual income of Sunrider’s active IBOs was $2,627 in 2007. An active IBO is an IBO who has purchased 50 SV or more in 2007. As with any other independent business, success results only from dedicated sales efforts, hard work, diligence, and leadership.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Navy Seals Fitness Challenge
On March 14, 2009 I participated in the Navy SEALs Fitness Challenge held on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. These types of events are open to the general public as a gesture of community outreach to make people more aware of the importance of physical fitness by comparing their performances to the minimum fitness requirements required to enter the SEAL training program (BUD/S). These exciting events are a win-win situation for all involved. The Navy gets an opportunity to make the public aware of many different types of employment opportunities that they offer, and the general public gets the chance to interact with active SEALs and to compete in an event that measures how physically prepared they are in comparison to a person applying to enter the real SEALs training!
I missed their tour last year when they came to UCLA because I was preparing for an amateur bodybuilding show. I was hoping they would come back this way in 2009, but Tempe, Arizona and Seattle, Washington are their closest stops to me this year. I followed a specific training routine to get ready for the event, which is really based on endurance rather than strength or speed. Here are the minimum standards for the Navy SEAL Physical Screening Test (PST):
John Teng
North American Sales Manager—Sunrider International
I missed their tour last year when they came to UCLA because I was preparing for an amateur bodybuilding show. I was hoping they would come back this way in 2009, but Tempe, Arizona and Seattle, Washington are their closest stops to me this year. I followed a specific training routine to get ready for the event, which is really based on endurance rather than strength or speed. Here are the minimum standards for the Navy SEAL Physical Screening Test (PST):
- 500-yard swim (using sidestroke or breaststroke) under 12 ½ minutes
- 42 Push-Ups in 2 minutes
- 50 Sit-Ups in 2 minutes
- 6 Pull-Ups no time limit
- 1.5 Mile Run under 11 minutes
- Swim Time (breaststroke) in 10:00
- 90 Push-Ups
- 60 Sit-Ups
- 12 Pull-Ups
- 1.5 Mile Run in 11:03
John Teng
North American Sales Manager—Sunrider International
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
2009 Grand Convention Shop Online Now Open for Preorders
Sunrider’s 2009 Grand Convention Shop Online is now open for preorders! This is a great opportunity to order brand new products, convention only products, or products not sold in your country. Take full advantage of the benefits that Grand Convention registration provides and order fantastic Sunrider® products now.
Limited quantities of products are available, but more will be added throughout the week! All products will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, so don’t wait to order!
Visit http://convention.sunrider.com/ to grab these products while quantities last!
Limited quantities of products are available, but more will be added throughout the week! All products will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, so don’t wait to order!
Visit http://convention.sunrider.com/ to grab these products while quantities last!
Friday, May 1, 2009
An Invitation from Don Caster
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