| As a bank president I teach how to replace my six | | | | Enriching also to me is our increased personal capacity |
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| in another career, I chose to become a part of the | | | | bit short of the goal to include a child care center our |
| growing network of independent distributors. And | | | | community so badly needed. My network marketing |
| while each person’s story is written | | | | earnings allowed us to contribute an extra 100k |
| differently, many careers begin at a time when they | | | | toward the project and we were able to complete |
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| the ladder of success rung by rung. | | | | We were also able to give a lead gift of the needed |
| So why did I already successful in an advanced | | | | amount for a down payment on a building for a |
| career with realized personal and professional success | | | | women’s resources in an adjacent |
| leave the corporate world to become a network | | | | community. This allowed them the ability to provide |
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| I believe there are several factors about network | | | | encourage others to give as well. |
| marketing that captured my attention – and | | | | I live now more and more in a state of gratitude and |
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| committed member of my organization. | | | | opportunity to mentor and teach. We all like to feel |
| As a banker I had spent my career helping people. I | | | | that we carry valuable knowledge and experience |
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| great source of stress in people’s lives. During | | | | don’t have to worry about competing with |
| the banking years I guided people away from | | | | someone for my financial future and employment |
| network marketing because I did not see how they | | | | security. I am my competition. I am the only one |
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| new-found energy these days helping others | | | | baseball, we know it as well as network marketing |
| understand the value of building a business with a | | | | requires teams made up of many players of different |
| leveraged income source. There are basically four | | | | skills and talents, all working towards the same goal |
| ways to earn: a job – pay stops when you | | | | of a championship. Each of us have our skills and |
| do, own a conventional business – high risk, | | | | talents and we all have the opportunity for |
| long hours, and high failure rate, investment – | | | | abundance, the opportunity to achieve greatness, to |
| good way but we need money to invest and most | | | | hit those home runs and be stars, to be recognized |
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| secondary source after network marketing income | | | | accomplish. And we do best; we achieve most, when |
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| freedom enjoying the benefits of residual income. | | | | So here we stand in today with network marketing |
| Personally this journey has provided independence | | | | growing exponentially throughout the world. We are |
| – I work my own hours, making my own | | | | joined each and every day by those who want |
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| spend in areas of my life that I choose. As I write | | | | They want something more for their communities. |
| this, my husband and I are on an Alaska cruise with | | | | And while we may each have started our lives |
| our six grandchildren. Without the income I have been | | | | heading down different paths, we now walk the |
| able to generate we could not have enjoyed these | | | | same path, sharing the same hopes and wishes - a |
| special times, building lifelong memories for them and | | | | desire for personal success and security. American |
| for us. | | | | writer Henry David Thoreau once wrote that |
| I derive satisfaction from my association with a | | | | “If you have built castles in the air, your |
| company that recognizes the importance of | | | | work need not be lost…Now put foundations |
| contributing to our global community. I treasure my | | | | under them.” That foundation – strong |
| ability to partner with others to help those in need. | | | | and secure – is my network marketing |
| People working together truly can change the world. | | | | business, and I am proud to be a part of it. |