Lessons Learned on Our ACN Journey to SVP
Joel and Cindy Frager with their children during the couple’s SVP Promotion in Los Angeles, California
More than 16 years ago, we started our ACN journey, and seeing that journey culminate in our SVP promotion and celebration during the Los Angeles International Training Event was truly surreal. It’s unlike anything else to see the faces of people you have touched and to hear how our story impacted theirs – there are no words to express our “attitude of gratitude.”
Before ACN, we co-owned a family home improvement business and we were living paycheck to paycheck, working seemingly endless hours that impacted the family time we were able to spend together and with our two small children. Then when cancer and serious illness struck numerous family members, we knew we had to find a better way. But when we were initially introduced to ACN, we were the most rotten of rotten apples. It wasn’t until our persistent friend got us to attend an ACN event that we saw the vision of what this company had to offer. The momentum we gained from that event catapulted us from nothing to quick success as ETTs, TCs in 6 months and RVPs in 3 years.
Our reluctance to starting in ACN taught us two things right off the bat: Never give up on your No’s and never ever underestimate the power of ACN events!
Although our start taught us a lot, our journey to SVP brought with it so many more lessons, and those lessons are what we want to share with you today:
- Prioritize your spiritual, family and business life – in that order. That makes it natural to give attention where it’s needed.
- Never entertain the thought of quitting. Never look for others to blame. And never allow yourself to give in, out or up when you are in the “valleys” of your business. In fact, someone once told us, “Don’t doubt in the valley, what you see on the mountain.”
- Look within yourself to get the results you want. If you want different results in your business you have to change; you have to look in the mirror.
- Treat people as people, not CAB checks. Listen to their stories and inspire them to greatness.
- Lastly: Have endurance. It took us more than 16 years to reach SVP, and in some ways it was the best thing that could have happened. It tempered us and built our persistence and perseverance. So move forward in your business with certainty, and remember that while it’s okay to sprint, this race is a marathon.
Today as Senior Vice Presidents in ACN we’re so grateful for our journey, and now we want nothing less than to inspire others to reach their full potential in ACN!
Enjoy the quest,
Joel and Cindy Frager
Love your story and loved watching the promotion at the LA event. very inspiring speech by both of you!! I have only been in ACN for 3 1/2 months and have absolutely zero going on right now with it. its not for lack of effort its just that i cant find the spark to really get it going. I work as school bus driver and make barely enough to live on through the school year. I am looking at 2 1/2 more checks until my summer break and am just hoping to survive the summer without being homeless or starving by the end. With that said, i have no desire to quit this journey and its because of stories like yours and others i saw at the LA event that are making it so i dont want to stop cause i know if i can survive the summer, wow, the rest of the year and into next are going to be specatacular! We have never met, but thank you.
ACN is a journey,so is our wealth.Success is a must.Passion is not a choice it’s our life style.My dash along my ACN journey is sharing life changing solution.we are committed to changing other people’s lives.Congratulation on the roller coster ride you took to reach SVP.Thanks For the lessons
Truly inspiring!!! I remember you RVP promotion, and over the years I have seen you at many international events and that just gives affirmation of what is possible with personal growth. I acknowledge what you have done and continue to do to make a difference. Congratulations and thank you for sharing your story.
Good stuff Joel! Like your priorities. Much more success to come!
Classic Frager! Authentic through and through. Check the fluff at the door and deal the truth. We know that because of people like you and Cindy, it is possible to truly have a people first approach in business building. Its like the new Wendys hamburger commercials say…..it’s not about the billions of people served, it’s about the one right in front of us that is so important. Continue to lead, and we will continue to do our best to follow in your foot steps. Kudos, you guys rock!
Love your first lesson, persistence and perseverance. What a parallel store we have.
Thank you, Joel, for sharing your story, wise priorities and lessons. You’re an inspiration and a blessing to so many people. Keep up the good work!
Thank you for your story of inspiration! 3 years now, lost quite a few people in my organization, but have learned a lot in the past 12 mo’s, hit my 100 pts. And now its time to rebuild!! Thank you again its stories like yours that keep me going!!
Congrats…your story has inspired me!
Joel, wow thank you for taking the time tonight to call and speak to me. When I read your story it sounds just like mine, well at least the story you had before ACN. Thanks again I look forward to meeting you.