Hey, I'm Louise! My husband Luke started his third year selling! Me... I'm a complete rookie to Vivint life.
Married for barely 42 hours, we hopped in Luke's brothers car and drove from Lethbridge, Alberta to St Johns, Newfoundland... That's 72 hours of driving and a (very rough) 7 hour ferry ride! We arrived on Saturday and I knew Luke would go straight to work on Monday. Naturally, I was terrified.
I will admit the first few days were daunting and I would wait by the window watching the seconds pass, praying he would just come home already. The hours in the day felt like decades. Trying to stay positive, I pointed out that at least we got a chance to miss each other and cherish our 'us' time!!
Though that was only a few weeks ago, it feels like forever ago. We are now in a totally awesome routine! One of the first nights another wife from the office sent me a message on Facebook telling me all about Elevate. Instantly I got really excited that I would be able to get out and meet new people and do some super fun things here in Newfoundland. I asked Luke all day on Sunday if Elevate had added me as a friend on Facebook. When they did I immediately checked out all the fun events from previous summers.
Luke is always the positive one in our marriage. Even though I knew little about what 'being a Vivint wife' would entail, I knew for sure I had to be his cheerleader!! Having Elevate on Facebook made it so easy to find super cute fun ways to keep him motivated and connect with other women. I really liked the idea someone gave about the sales jars -where he gets a treat every time he sells!
Our routine is: Every morning we wake up, eat together, then write on the little white board I bought... First we write something each of us is grateful for, then his daily goals. At the end of the day we track his pitches, houses he got into, and sales- it keeps me up to date, which I love ...and helps him see progress, which he loves!
My advice -not that I can give too much just yet, but for any other women like me who are just starting out ...what helped me was putting myself in his shoes.
*Read some of his work stuff (vivint gives great material on staying positive- especially 1000 little things)
*Even on the days he is not -stay positive! Everyone has bad weeks :)
*Help him study.
*Let him pitch to you. (I'm not the greatest actor but apparently it helps)
*Keep track of his progress so that BOTH of you can see his success!
I'm so blessed with an incredibly hard working husband and for this opportunity to learn to help him in his work! I'm excited for a fun summer with the other wives (and my lovely husband) and wish all of you all the luck in the world!
