What T-Day has done to my house

I had to send Jean (our T-Day Director) an e-mail this morning as to what T-Day is doing in our house so I thought I would also share it with you, here it goes:

Jean,

I thought you may want to know your bug is catching onto everyone in our house. The best way to tell this story would be in monologue style, so here goes.

First let me introduce you to everyone. My name is Jacki Varacalli and I work with TWCCTW/MPM (I think we all knew that), my husband’s name is Mark and our 7 year old daughter is Zoe. My 3 year old son’s name is Brandon but because most of his input was “Yeah, ok” or “Let’s do it” I have decided to leave him out of it but just know that he is all about this too.

Sunday morning Zoe came up from the basement with a toy cash register in hand and her brother running behind her.

Zoe: Look Daddy, I’m collecting money for people that don’t have homes!

Mark: That’s a great idea Zoe.

Zoe went running up to me; her mom and pushed the button to open the drawer on the cash register, as she did there was money sticking out every where, coins and paper money both.

Jacki: Zoe why don’t you put your money away so you don’t lose it.

Zoe: No, I’m giving it to people that don’t have a home!

Mark: It’s just the money from the kid’s bank down stairs.

Jacki: No it’s not, that’s her money from her birthdays, chores and even the tooth fairy too.

Zoe: But mom… I want to give it to the people that don’t have a home!

Jacki: I think it’s a great idea Zoe and very kind of you.

That afternoon she started doing the dishes.

Zoe: I’m doing chores so I can earn more money for the homeless, I don’t want points, I want money for this.

We have a points system so the kids earn points to get things they want including TV time, computer time, special outings and extras.

Mark: Since you are doing this for a cause I think you can earn points and money for doing these chores.

Jacki: I think that’s a great idea and I will match everything she earns and donate it to her cause.

The next day Zoe came home from school very excited.

Zoe: Mom, Nicholas is going to help me collect money! He is going to start doing chores so he can get money to give to the people that don’t have homes.

This brought on a very long conversation about how we can send out fliers to her classmates to let them know what she is doing and how she can do this for her own T-Day project. She was involved in the school grounds clean up for this month’s T-Day project so she was very excited to do this on her own; she has always been very grown up. It then turned into how we can have the children that raise the money take it to the shelter on Sat. 4/4. Then she decided when she grows up she would like to start a shelter of her own so that no one ever has to sleep outside again. This is something that has bothered her since we were walking around DC when she was 3 and said “Mommy, why is that man sleeping on the side walk?” Since that day we have planned to do a Habitat for Humanity project as soon as she turns 16(the minimum build age).

I am so thankful to TWCCTW, we were fortunate enough to host the SIFA choir children and we were able to be involved in their entire US trip by following their journey through their blog. I think a lot of the conversations that came from that and now T-Day are ones children usually don’t have until they are much older and less selfish. My husband and I volunteer with a group of friends and family every year for the National MS Society so the practice of giving back is nothing new to our family but to have my 7 year old start her own T-Day project made me so proud. Way to go Zoe!

Jean, we now have 2 projects scheduled for the April T-Day and I will let you know how both go. Thank you for making T-Day a reality, I can already see how it is going to spread so widely and that many changes are about to happen.

Jacki Varacalli

Setting SMART Goals

Last night's Coaching Call was a great one. Eleanor Norton and I talked about setting SMART Goals you can see more on Eleanor's website at www.eleanornorton.com. We got to work with the members directly that wanted to set their goals to build their business and in most cases support an NPO.

I would like to thank all of you that were able to participate and for those we didn't get to because we ran out of time, please join us next Wed. so we can help you set your SMART Goals.

To join us on the show you can call to participate in or log into to hear the call. If you log in through your computer with a headset and mic you can also take part in the conversation, please see the instructions on the Blog Talk Radio site. We did find out last night that if we go over the hour we have set up then you will not be able to hear the end on line or call into the show after 60 min is up. If you are on the call before then you will be able to continue in the conversation. Now that I know I will give you all a warning a few min before the hour is up.

Call in (646) 727-2682

Or, listen in on the Internet!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TWCCTWRadio


Monday 5 PM PST
Tuesday 10 AM PST
Wednesday 5 PM PST
Thursday 10 AM PST

If you were unable to make the call last night please go to the above web-site and download the podcast as it something you don't want to miss.

Thank you Eleanor for such a great call and I look forward to having you back next week.

Where have I been?

Well as usual, time has gotten away from me. I have started the Coaching Calls and I am enjoying talking to new people as well as some that I get to catch up with. We have had many callers but some days people are VERY shy and don't want to ask questions or share and that is ok, matter of fact it gives me a little extra time in my day to get other things done. I love doing the calls and have started a new format, I will be discussing a marketing stratigity each day. Since today is Tues we have already talked about Social Networking and MPM videos from www.mpmvideo.com. Since Social networking is such a large topic we will be working on other ideas this week that will tie into it.

I am also spending time today contacting my own team to join me for the call on Wed. We will be talking about goal setting. Please feel free to invite your teams as well so that we can get you all connected. Here is the e-mail I have been sending out to everyone today:


Please join me tomorrow, Wednesday March 18, 2009 on Together We Can Change The World Radio to talk about goal setting. Let’s work together to find out where you want this business to take you and come up with a plan to get to your end goal. Please call in to the show or log in through your computer.

Call in (646) 727-2682

Or, listen in on the Internet!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TWCCTWRadio

Wednesday 5 PM PST



These Coaching Calls are open to everyone in the company so please invite your team to join you. It’s a great way to get connected, reconnect and stay connected. The calls take place daily Mon. – Thurs. and I look forward to speaking with you all. If you have a team call you would like to do and schedule with me I would be happy to help you host it just let me know. I know it has been awhile since some of us have spoken so now is the time. I concentrate everyday on teaching the company how to grow their business and I would now like to take the time to concentrate on my teams and help them with their own teams. If you don’t yet have your own team then lets work together to make that happen. Please feel free to join me any day that we are there, here is the schedule:

Call in (646) 727-2682

Or, listen in on the Internet!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TWCCTWRadio

Monday 5 PM PST

Tuesday 10 AM PST

Wednesday 5 PM PST

Thursday 10 AM PST

If you have ever spoken with me you will know that I don’t except excuses, they just don’t fly with me. If I hear someone say that they couldn’t make MPM work because they didn’t know what to do or have someone to guide them I will always say, “that excuse won’t work with me”. With all that MPM provides in the way or training EVERYONE can build a successful business if they are willing to work. Just as with a J-O-B if you want a paycheck you must 1. Show up to work 2. Actually work 3. Do it every day/shift. These same principles apply to your MPM business. If you own a brick and mortar store do you have to open your doors every day so your business will succeed? Of course you do. If you decided on a whim when to work and no one knew when your business hours were do you think you would have much business? How about consistent business? I need everyone to take a moment and think about these things and then decide what you want to achieve with MPM. Once you decide what you want out of MPM join me to come up with a plan. We will set goals, set up a plan to achieve the goals and teach you how to check along the way to see if you are still on the right path.

I look forward to talking with you on the upcoming calls,



Jacki Varacalli

Friday the 13th

I'm pretty sure Friday the 13th is supposed to be a bad day but guess what... we make it what we want it to be. As Boot Campers we either already knew this or we most certainly learned it in the past few months. We get to choose what our day can be. We get to choose weather we are going to have a great day or let things effect us in a negative manner.

Today was a day to celebrate, although bitter sweet like I wrote yesterday it was still a day to celebrate. The 12 remaining boot campers have become my family and I am honored to call them that. To all of the boot campers I didn't get to talk to today I would like to say congratulations to a job well done. There were many days I'm sure you thought about throwing in the towel like so many before you but you pushed on. Be very proud of your accomplishments, you deserve to bask in the sun. I am so proud of every one of you.

This is just the beginning for each of you, what you have set into motion is unstoppable, even if you wanted to you couldn't. All of your hard work will come back to you ten fold.

Keep moving forward and I can't wait to hear/read your updates, there are so many of you right in the middle of so many things so please remember we are still here to help.

Congratulations again to all of the remaining Boot Campers - You are amazing!

As we near the end...

As Boot Camp is coming to an end I had the most wonderful call tonight. I would like to thank you Tess for joining me on the call tonight. You have been such a huge part of this entire Boot Camp. You say you have been in the background but I think you have been the back bone for many of the boot campers for the past few months. You are amazing with your supportive and uplifting words and a lot of the "campers" count on your comments each day.

Tomorrow will be bitter sweet. Although I am looking forward to taking a short break from the calls and getting back to my own team I will miss talking to all of you every day. We have become such a close family and I hope to meet all of you on the calls in the weeks to come, I look forward to reading all of your updates until then.

Tomorrow is technically the last official day of Boot Camp and we WILL celebrate, celebrate our achievements, our success and all that we have learned along the way.

Make tomorrow the best day of Boot Camp so far because I can't wait to hear how you plan to go on after Boot Camp!!!

Good night to you all...

Another Big Day for me and MPM

Today was a great day. I have not made any new contacts today or even been able to do follow up but what I did get done for MPM made it a great day and I chose to make it a great day! As I was listening to the podcast of when Phillip telling his story he called me, timing is everything. Thank you Phillip for putting things into perspective.

My big news today was launching the Blog Talk Radio for the PM calls. I can not wait to see what I can come up with to take MPM into every house with a phone OR a computer.

This week will be great for all of the boot campers and I am so glad to see what they have been doing.

Hope you all have a great evening and I will talk to you tomorrow.

I'm Baaaack!

Hello Everyone! I'm back! Last week I was extremely sick with the stomach flu, I could only pretend up to a point that I was functional. I did what I could but I was so wiped out it was tough to do much. Anyway... you all know I don't except excuses so I also won't give them.

So being back today meant I needed a plan for the last week of Boot Camp. My plan is to go all out. I need to follow up with every contact I have made through out the Boot Camp, I need to follow up again with the National MS Society (NMSS), I also need to contact my current teams.

So to get my week started I started with company follow up that I have not had time to do. I called and e-mailed many people that has requested additional information from MPM, I still have more to follow up with tomorrow.

Next I called Chris at the NMSS to see when we could schedule a call this week. He was on a conf call and we will talk in the morning. I want to check how the meeting went with corporate went. Since I am already fundraising for the 50K walk this year and I am on a committee for them I will be sharing MPM with the other teams that raise money for them. I would prefer to sign up other teams under the NMSS so I will give them some more time so I can build for them.

I also spoke with one of my contacts I have been speaking with regularly and got her signed up. Since her computer at her house is not working I signed her up for a Business Mall and she will be upgrading to the WC Mall tomorrow when she gets to school where she uses the computer. She needs to make money more quickly and understands that can only be done w/ a WC Mall.

That's it for the day but again, today is only Mon. See you all tomorrow.

How sweet it is

The days are long but its a good thing I'm having fun while I'm running through the chaos. Today I ran to Staples as soon as they opened so I could grab a few office supplies I have been out of for far too long and just as I was getting the kids unbuckled my youngest got sick all over herself; so it just teaches me I should ALWAYS order EVERYTHING on my mall, I do know better but I did need the stuff today. As I was having to buckle them back into their seats, yes, my daughter covered in vomit (sorry to be graphic) she taught me something... What has happened has happened and you can't change it so lets move on. You would have never known by looking at her that anything was wrong with her, once I wiped her face with the only wipe left in my diaper bag she was just as pleasant as always. She teaches me something every day and it is usually that most things don't need to phase you or ruin your day, she is amazing!

Now on to Boot Camp, I gave Ginny a quick overview on BTR, today was her first time hosting the show and then I joined in on the call. I was able to make some follow up calls and talked to 2 people. One said she would sign up at school tomorrow, she tried before but said she couldn't find where to go. The next said I am not putting you off but my computer has been infected and his son in law was helping fix it. I will get back to him tomorrow to check in on him.

I am heading to bed to see if I can ward off the germs running around my house, I have been feeling them for a few days.

Have a great day.