Rewards and Recognition

Sometimes recognition and rewards are more motivating than money. We started a program where an agent gets a Burro t-shirt when they have registered 50 batteries, which is not at all difficult if you spend a few days on it. In one village we signed on 42 on our first day. Anyway, our agents are constantly asking us when they get their t-shirts and how many more batteries they have to go. It's working great.

Our agent with the over-the-counter medication shop earned her t-shirt today. She is very slow and plodding and doesn’t get too excited about anything and hasn't really put that much energy into Burro. In fact, I think the only reason she reached 50 is that the guy we just made an agent (in the previous post) had registered batteries for nearly every member of his family because he wanted to make sure the product was good before he asked to be an agent.

So, imaging our surprise when Rebecca clasped her t-shirt to her chest and got up and began dancing around the shop with the shirt and holding it in the air. It was the most animated I had ever seen her.



Then she started singing, “Jesus is my savior, day by day…” although I’m not sure I got the connection except that maybe she only normally gets that worked up during church. In any case, it was hilarious and a great example of the importance of little things.
XO