I have been a stay at home….work at home…mom for almost 14 years! I have been a Entrepreneur for almost 14 years! I have been a Network Marketer for 2 years and a GO-GIVER for 1 year. Truth is I have been a go-giver for more years than that, but I’ve become a professional go-giver for the last year.
Let me explain….
Since having children my dream had always been to be a successful mom and a contributor, in a monetary sense. to our household. When you end up being the single parent to 3 children ranging in ages from 3 months to 6 years old, things change! Now I understand that it did not have to… I mean, if I had not spent so much time being scared silly I may have understood that I could continue to pursue this dream while being the sole provider. But…I did not and I had nobody to explain any of this to me.
So…..until 1995 I worked for a Dr and did his billing along with ALOT of the other stuff in the office, including assisting with minor procedures….while getting paid a dollar or two over minimum wage! Thank God for Medical and food stamps!
So one day we are driving down 15 coming from the LA area headed back to San Diego in heavy traffic and thanks to a somewhat minor traffic accident I end up with an injury that takes me out of work. At this time I was working for a medical supply company AND a Dr.office. I worked from 6am till 3pm then left the Scripps area and headed to Mission Valley where I worked from 4pm until 8pm. My parents watched my kids until I got home. Yes….it was hard. To this day when I think about this time in my life I have serious guilt issues to deal with! I missed so much time with my kids.
Well, thanks to the accident I started spending alot of time with my kids! Yippee! This was the beginning of my work at home experience. Although during this time I did own a coffee shop at SDSU! That was fun but not profitable quick enough for a single mom so I sold it. Back to home employment. I worked for telemarketers for the most part and it kept money coming into the house.
After all of these years I was lead to a network marketing company ( an MLM) that taught me some significant lessons in life, which in turn lead me to found a non profit to assist single parent families! Ahhhhhh here is the Go-Giver part!
I have been a go-giver most of my life, I think. I have always enjoyed giving to others……putting others needs before mine and my families alot of the time. Why? Because I always tried to teach my kids that we may have had it hard, but there are so many others that have it alot harder! So…we were go-givers, as a family!
But…I have become a professional go-giver, if you will, by founding a non profit AND by becoming a network marketer. You may be wondering ….A network marketer? Really? Yes, really!
I have found that being a network marketer allows me many,many opportunities to help others. Well, mostly ALL of my time spent network marketing is spent helping others. Helping others achieve their dreams or realize they have them!
It is through network marketing that I came to the realization that I wanted to found a non profit! it is through network marketing that I found that I was able to touch peoples lives and make a difference! It can be an awesome experience! And THAT is what I wish someone would have told me way back when……..that is what I tell people.
If you are not waking up each day and saying to the world….”How may I serve YOU”? then, with all due respect I think you are missing something HUGE! . If you think it is only about the money then I feel sorry for you. The money is secondary to the people!
When you make it about others your life, including your business life, will change forever! But you need to be real about it……God…the universe…whatever you want to call it knows if you are sincere or not!
**Gosh…now I am not sure where I should put this….my journey?? Blessing in giving??? FIND YOUR BLISS?? LOL it applies in ALL!