 |
Sunday: May 6th
Cruisers were excited as they loaded the bus to head to the cruise ship. It was a lot of people's first cruise so they didn't know what to expect, but couldn't wait to find out.
They got settled into their balcony rooms and had a few hours to explore the boat, eat, and relax by the many pools. The sun was out and some cruisers were working on their tan as others relaxed in their room after a jam-packed Ignition Miami Event. They were even using the skills that they learned at Ignition to find potential prospects on the boat.
The cruisers' dinner tables had a great view of the vast ocean. When dinner ended, they went off to explore more of the ship and enjoy the night life. |
 |
Monday: May 7
The cruisers were in Nassau for their first port. It was an early start to the day beginning at 7am. Some cruisers decided to stay on the ship and lounge by the pool, others went to Atlantis to enjoy the beach, casino and water park, and some went walking through the city for shopping and some local fun.
At 2pm it was time to get back on the ship where the cruisers all met up on the pool deck to tell what adventures they had during the day. While on the pool deck, Robyn Nassetta was bet that she couldn't prospect very many people in 30 minutes. She took the bet and came back 30 minutes later and had prospected 16 people! She gave them samples and got their email addresses to give them more information when she got home. Way to go Robyn!
|
 |
Tuesday: May 8
The day started with a meeting where Richard asked the cruisers to share their experiences of prospecting people on board the ship. He asked if anyone had prospected about 20 people since the conference and Robyn Nassetta had. He sent her to the back of the room where she gathered as much product and marketing tools as she could fit into her cruise bag. Lisa, John and Colleen also had prospected a good amount of people so they got to go back and gather product as well.
Richard talked a lot about Listening Through Objections and how doing that will help to better approach people and get them interested in the business.
To demonstrate dealing with people's push backs he had John Azevedo come up and get in a wrestling stance that showed how just fighting somebody when they have objections doesn't get you anywhere, but that if you push through them and listen and understand where they are coming from you can really reach the prospect.
It was a great meeting and people left knowing how better to approach each prospect and have an idea of what dialogue they should use.
It was the first of two formal nights and all were gathered in their best attire to have a group photo taken before dinner. Everyone looked very elegant and handsome. At dinner there was an amazing, brief sighting of 3 whales from the dinner tables right at sunset. |
 |
Wednesday: May 9
Cruiser were in St. Thomas and had their group excursion: The Castaway Barefoot Sail and Snorkel trip.
The crew that was on the excursion was so much fun. The cruisers got to snorkel and explore the water, seeing different colored fish and a ship wreck.
When the cruisers returned from the excursion, they all went to Senor Frogs for appetizers, fun in the pool, and a Life Shotz volleyball game.
It was a good bonding time for everyone. |
 |
Thursday: May 10
In San Juan a lot of the cruisers took the bus tour to learn the history of the town. Some shopped around the town and did some sightseeing, while others relaxed on the boat.
John and Colleen met up with a group of young kids that challenged them to a game of volleyball and said they would beat them because John and Colleen were older than them. HA! John and Colleen beat them and left them speechless. That's Life Shotz for you!
Richard and Mike Herlihy took a helicopter to the pristine Royal Isabela Golf Course. Richard lost to Mike so at dinner he had to stand up and let the whole group know that he was a bad golfer and that Mike was the best. He got down on his knees and gave Mike a $100 for being the better golfer. |
 |
Friday: May 11
Cruisers were in beautiful Grand Turk.
Some of the cruisers did the Reef and Rays Excursion. They took a boat to a reef and snorkeled around looking at the reef, and some cool fish. After snorkeling, they went to a beach where there were stingrays swimming around. The people who wanted to, got to kiss the sting rays and touch them. It was amazing!
Other cruisers enjoyed the nice beaches, shopping, and lunch at Margaritaville. |
 |
Saturday: May 12
On the Last day at sea, there was another meeting where Mike Herlihy shared how he had given The Four Year Career book to this lady on the cruise. He met with her later and she said she read the book four times and felt so inspired! She ordered a Business Builder Kit and registered for Ignition San José. Way to go Mike!
After a couple of hours of relaxing in the sun, people met up to compete in the Life Shotz Olympics. They competed in 3 different things: Mini Golf, Corn Hole, and Paddle Ball. The 4 finalist teams were John and Janelle, Richard and Lauren, Mike and Colleen, and Rob and Berta. They had to compete in a Volleyball game to see who would win $200. It was Richard, Mike, Colleen, and Lauren on one team and John, Janelle, Rob & Berta on the other team and they won. At dinner, Patrick Stinus presented all of them with their winnings.
Cruisers gave it their last try in the casino and had one more dancing night.
All cruisers had an amazing time and were sad to leave. They left with wonderful memories, great new friendships, and knowledge to help sky-rocket their businesses. |