Mid-August of last year, Josh, Bray, and I had just moved into a brand new house that we custom built. Our first mortgage payment wasn't due until October 1 so we had almost 6 weeks of no mortgage. I was thankful for that because we had to furnish what we had just built! But get this, just two weeks before that first payment was due, Josh called me in the middle of a work day and said he no longer had a job. The company he was with for four years shut their doors and he was out a job. Are you kidding me?! Shock. That was all I could feel. How were we going to pay for this house, and afford all of our bills, and daycare, and everything else that is necessary to live and take care of a two year old?! After a few weeks of trying to come up with a plan, he was able to start working for a few months before he returned to school to get another degree. He had GI Bill money left from being in the military so he wanted to use it and further his education so we would not be in this situation ever again.
The reason I tell this story now is because last October, It Works Global was a foreign name to me. I had never even heard of the company and had no interest in MLM companies anyways. Little did I know that in just one year the name It Works Global would be something so dear to my heart. A year ago was tough and I never want to experience something like that again. So when this company was presented to me in January, I kept thinking back to that time where we felt so vulnerable and helpless. The final push I needed to say 'yes' to this company was Josh telling me, "go for it, what do you have to lose?" Those words have stuck with me. He was right, what did I have to lose? Nothing. I had nothing to lose and everything to gain and had I not gone forward with that mindset, I would not be where I am today.
Time keeps ticking and it's now October once again, one year after this horrible experience. I am so incredibly grateful for what I have achieved this past year. I said yes to something that I was terrified of and actually intimidated by. Last October I was making $0 a month with this company, and would have been thrilled with just a couple hundred extra dollars each month to help pay my bills. This October I am sitting at Double Diamond rank with this company making an average of $6,000 each month and pushing full-force to promote to Triple Diamond. Guess what guys....I am a real person. I have a full time job that I am at 5 days a week. I have a 3 year old, a husband, a house, a family, friends, co-workers, good times, and bad times....just like you. I am no different than anyone else so when people say "I'm not good at things like that" my response is, "says who?" YOU can be good at whatever YOU set your heart to.
Moral of the story. Never settle for less. Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. Taking our experience last fall and knowing that I do not fear for the future like I did back then is reason enough for me to put my heart and soul into this company. We have come so far in just one year....imagine what one more year will bring.
Peace and Love,
April
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