Here we are the day after the Independence Day in the USA and I'm still thinking about freedom.
One of the main reasons Melissa & I joined the network marketing profession back in 1990 was the idea of having the freedom to do what we wanted, when we wanted. Once you get your business to a certain level, that's a possibility, but it takes a lot of hard work to get there. As the saying goes, "Freedom is not free." Just being involved in network marketing does not give you that freedom, it has to be earned! And I'm here t tell you it's possible for you just like it's been for so many others. Why not you? I was young and somewhat cocky thinking, "If that guy can do it, why can't I do it?" Many you can't do it as fast as others, but you can do it. Maybe you can even do it faster!
What type of freedom are you after? Melissa & I wanted to be debt free, to pay off some student loans. We wanted to be disease free - my father passed away at a young age and left my mother with 3 same children and I did not want to do that to Melissa. So we started taking better care of ourselves, becoming educated on nutrition and wellness, in fact choose that as our profession in place of finance where I was spending my time at my day job. And finally, what most people want but few actually attain was time freedom- the ability to do what we want, when we want.
Some people have all the money they need, but no time freedom to enjoy. They are slaves to their jobs or their business. Others have all the time they want, but not the money (In other words, they're unemployed.) We wanted both, and I'm not talking no money and no time!
I remember my first real job out of college. You may recall yours as well. Do you remember on your first day when they took you around and introduced you to the others you'd be working with, and then eventually showed you where you'd be "stationed'? They said, "Meet Susan and Danny, you'll be sitting next to them, so get to know them, become friends, you'll be spending a lot of time with them, possibly even more time than with your family and loved ones!"
What?! I didn't pick Susan and Danny as my friends! I want to pick my own friends! I want to spend lots of time with my family, not my co-workers! Those were the thoughts that went through my mind and it was soon after that when we were introduced to network marketing and realized this was our ticket out. Thanks to Kim Brady and Steve Campbell, Kelly Thayer, the ones who introduced us and helped us in those early days, we'll always be grateful for their friendship.
It took time for us to achieve some of those early goals, in fact it took several years until I was able to replace my full-time income. After all, I had gone to college for 7 years to get my degrees, and I was working full-time on my job, while working part-time on my network marketing business and Melissa was a full-time mother. I gave my employer my full effort and commitment, but with my personal time, I was able to apply the principles that were taught to me by my mentors and upline leadership, and eventually was able to work our business full-time.
In today's environment, it still takes time, but I don't believe it should take as long as it did for us back then. Why? Because there have been enough books written, enough video created, and enough people for you to learn from who have had the success you desire.
Network marketing works when done correctly, so get out there this second half of 2017 and set some outrageous goals and let's get to work and have some fun!
-Gary Hasson
*video on this topic can be viewed at:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/GlobalLeadershipforNetworkMarketingProfessionals/videos
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