I GOT LUCKY!

The first thing I am going to have to tell you right up front is that I didn’t know how to find a legitimate home based business.  I got lucky.  No other way to put it.  Well, except for the fact that I don’t really believe in luck.

 

I was searching and while I was searching I was heavy into personal development.  I have always had this deep desire to grow; emotionally, mentally and spiritually –  I had to be moving in a positive direction.  If I didn’t keep learning – on purpose – I felt this horrible stress and anxiety like I was missing out on something. 

 

I think we all have a need that is born inside of us to continue to develop.  I don’t think that a lot of people realize that some of the frustrations they feel with every day life is all about needing to grow. 

 

Anyway, I think that when we are searching and keeping ourselves open to new learning and new opportunities good things come to us.  I really believe good things come our way all the time – but we just aren’t looking and expecting so we don’t even notice.

 

Have you ever heard the saying that you can’t see something that you don’t know?  You know what I mean, right?  Like when you buy a new car and all of the sudden you see your model everywhere; and yesterday you never even noticed them.

 

You have to know what it is you are looking for to see it – even if it is right in front of you.

 

So, I knew I was looking; I knew some of the key factors I wanted:

·       Self Employed

·       Enough income opportunity to retire from the corporate job with at least 25% more money than I was making in the corporate world.  (25% more was to make up for great benefits I received at the “JOB”).

·       Freedom

o      This took on all kinds of meaning for me:

§       From someone else’s time table

·       My boss sending out a notice at 4:00 PM on Thursday evening about a mandatory meeting for the following morning – two hours away from me.

·       The freedom to choose the people I would work with.  Choose the colleagues and the customers

§       From my alarm clock

§       From work!  Freedom to enjoy life.           

o      I don’t know if you can relate to this one but I never did anything but work.  I had moved 800 miles from “home” and hadn’t made a single good friend in 9 years.

o      When I would travel to visit my family (there was never time to visit my friends) I would always have work with me.  My laptop and palm were always on.  I could never stay long – a few days here or there.

 

·       Security

o      There were plenty of re-organizations and downsizing going on all around me – even within my own organization.  There was no real security working for a big company.  And working for a small company was no safer.  The big guys (like my company) came in and bought the little guys or drove them out of business.  I just won an account from a local supplier this week that is probably going to put this guy out of business.  The account meant half of his revenue.

o      So, next – how about some PEACE

 

·       Peace of Mind

o      I wanted to know that what I did for a living would help other people rather than just help me.  I wanted to be a part of something that was about helping others while I helped myself.

 

 

So, I had some idea of what I was looking for – no idea if I was dreaming – I have always believed in “bigger” “better” ways of doing things.  I have always felt like integrity and compassion could be an integral part of the business world – I just frankly didn’t have the power or authority to make changes at the companies I worked for.

 

The place I found is full of the most brilliant, giving and open people you could imagine.  They are all about success – for anyone who is willing to learn and work.  They want those things I mentioned above as much for me as I do.  And they know how to get there and are willing to share. 

 

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