My Journey Day 1

Let’s start on Day 1 of my journey.


I get a call from a friend of mine that has written several books, speaks around the globe, and is a self-made millionaire. He tells me he has been searching for the ideal opportunity for over 30 years and has yet to find it. He was beginning to think that such an opportunity did not exist. He was tired from a speaking engagement and had just returned home when he got a call from an old friend.
The friend wanted him to watch a TV clip (approximately 8 minutes long) and then call him back with his endorsement. Of course, there were protests and statements that he would do it later. The friends made him promise to watch it right away and call him back with his thoughts. This is the place where the excitement began.

Now, he is calling me – a person he knew was excited about being in business for myself and needed to change the earnings in my life. All he told me was, “I finally found it” and “are you doing any network marketing these days?” My reply was, “I gave it up because it was not the right company for me” and “if you finally found it, what it was and how much would it be to get in?” I knew that my friend was already a self-made multi-millionaire from network marketing and now was my chance to join him.

That was 2 weeks ago and now I am more educated on the product and plans (still have a long way to go to be conversant) and have made the decision that this is the company that I want to be involved with. I am following the 6 principles for sales and have a daily routine for connecting with others to get them interested in the product. I am in business for myself.

Part of the process is the understanding that this is a business and I am a distributor of products. I need customers and I need sales people. I have an ingrown fear of making sales calls but email is a comfort zone. It is now time for me to move out of that comfort zone and start connecting with people. I have to let go of the fear and do what it takes to make my business a success.

Lots of thoughts are running through my head, and none of them have been translated into actions. My mind will not rest until I find myself organized and in a routine that will help my business grow and push me to success and beyond. What am I thinking? I have a great job that I love with people that are amazing to work with day in and day out. I work for one of the most dynamic companies on earth and yet there is still a longing, a dream so to speak, of having my own business, my own freedom without being tied down to a desk. I am very well educated; I have earned the highest degree from University and yet with Dr. in front of my name, comes the restlessness of the entrepreneur that controls their own destiny.

I not only want more money in my life, but I want to be able to elevate humanity in some respect. I love to give and have always used 10% of my earnings for philanthropy. What if I could increase my meager donations from $1000 per month to $10000 per month or more? I would be able to help many other people gain their independence, freedom and help those that are less fortunate in the world. But not everyone has this as part of their dream; it is just one of mine. I was so excited this year to be able to give $1000 donation to Rotary for the Paul Harris Foundation. It was been a goal for both my husband and myself to each give that amount to help promote world peace and understanding through projects that feed, clothe and help others.

Now on to what is motivating me to take on this project (business). I have a desire to be much freer than I am today. I wish to travel, to play sports (tennis, golf, cycle, swim, hike and more), and to see the world. Now I have the opportunity in hand to make those dreams come true.

I was born to a family that had little income. My father died when I was 6 years old and my mother had the burden of raising two children (my brother was 1) on her own. In those days it was difficult for women to gain employment that would pay enough to raise children and pay for day care at the same time. So we moved to San Francisco and I went to elementary school there while living with my grandmother and aunt. I had a wonderful time but we were soon to move again to Redwood City where I attended yet another school. Once again, new friends, feeling inadequate as the schooling was different and I was falling behind even though I was only in Grade 3.

Time passed and we moved back to Vancouver where I once again was enrolled in 2 or 3 new schools. Behind again and being teased and taunted for being poor and somewhat chubby. Always hiding from others to avoid being chastised, never wanting to mix, loving learning at the same time, I struggled with English (and have now written over 100 books, some of which hit best seller and was told by administration that I should opt for being a clerk or secretary as I did not have the brains for anything else. Boy were they wrong!

I was determined to be a success in school and slipped into University with no success in my first year but I plugged on and learned how to study and learn. By the time I was 24 I finally finished my Bachelor’s degree with the help of a scholarship from a community college. I taught school for a few years before attacking by MA in Education and finally at the age of 50 I started studies for my PhD. It has been my determination to be an overachiever that I have learned that you work for everything and you attack it by using small steps to get yourself to where you want to go. I ran 6 marathons just to prove that I could do it – that taught me the value of health and fitness. So this opportunity now fit into my next set of plans and goals.