Never say never

Never say never. 

Perhaps it is God’s way of working on our humility because sometimes we think we know best. 

Or perhaps it is just me that God shows His ways are not always my ways.

He knows I often formulate an opinion quickly without much investigation, especially if it is something outside the box for me.

And as a long-time corporate accountant who also doesn’t like speed, risk or discomfort, that box can be really small.

Back to never say never.

I had been approached in the past about network marketing and my response was never..not me…no way. I didn't need to know more. I went to UC Berkeley and spent 20 years building a successful accounting career. I was comfortable in my safe box.

I never took a look or listen. I just said no and moved on. And I hate to say it, I took a minute to take a dig on that person for stopping that low.

Network marketing. Ugh.

But here is the thing. Truthfully, I judged a book by its cover. I jumped on the stigma wagon and said nope, not me.

Yup, I was a self-righteous snob. If it didn't fit in the box, it wasn't for me. And for the love, I didn't do things that have stigma (except for that one time I put myself on eHarmony when nobody would dare tell anyone they put themselves on a dating site because that meant they were desperate....and of course, I met the love of my life and have two kids now so there is that...)

But remember, I mentioned God has a way of working on my humility, right? 

Twenty years into my corporate career, I was a TIRED working mom struggling to find any sort of balance. My kids were the first to be picked up and last to be picked up. I had an amazing title and six figure pay, but I had hit corporate burnout. And ironically enough, many of my business school colleagues were saying the same. We gave everything to our careers and that even put us having kids later in life.

AND the tired, juggle struggle was real.

But I accepted the routine as 'just the way it was' because I keep my box small, comfortable and safe…

That is until life blew up…two back to back terminal brain cancer cases in my own family and top that off with a friend dying of a sudden heart attack. 

Three deaths in one year…and in the middle of that I woke up.

Why was I working so hard for someone else and giving away precious time with my kids? The reality is you can’t get time back. 

I was tired of being tired and the reality of giving 10-12 hours a day to someone else and being unsatisfied with the quality of my life was not how I wanted my life to look.

If tomorrow is not guaranteed (and it isn't), I did not want to squander more time working that many hours for someone else. I wanted to find a way to have quality time with my husband and kids…and I wanted to show up in a tangible way to support my sister and her husband during his cancer journey. Being tethered to a traditional job just didn’t work anymore. 

I was looking for something that had a low start up cost, would be flexible and could scale over time. 

As I started to look at options, network marketing seemed like the best solution to what I was looking for. It was something I could work flexibly in chunks of time around my priorities, which for me looked like running my sister and brother-in-law’s restaurants during his cancer journey (and subsequent passing 10 ? months later) along with being the mom who picked her kids up at the end of each school day.

I found a network marketing opportunity that seemed like a no brainer based on the credibility, branding, products, market size and growth.

And I stopped being afraid to take a chance.

And I stopped caring about what people would think.

I got to work finding customers who would value my products and people looking for a way to make money flexibly and that can scale.

Network marketing is redefining the way we do work and earn income just like Uber and Air BnB are redefining the taxi and hospitality businesses.

I have been a part of my network marketing opportunity for the last 3.5 years and am grateful God made me eat the word 'never.' He always no best and knew I had a greater purpose in leading people.

I love what I do, the people I get to help and the community of like-minded people who want more out of life and who rally for each other.

One piece of advice – don’t judge a book by its cover until you investigate it. Remember, God uses the least likely people and things to accomplish His plans.

If you would like to know about my business and how I have grown my customer and distributor base, I would be happy to share more.

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