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RIdE PURPOSE, ATTITUdE & WORK ETHIC TO THE FRONT
Within a year, I went from being a rookie to a manager with fifteen
trainees. By 1998, I formed my first company. By the end of 2000, I had
earned my first million dollars and was expanding across the country.
I had more than 250 sales agents on my team. Then, another couple of
years later, I had my first major ‘falling out’ in business. My mentor left
and took our clients with him. He even tried recruiting my own brother.
I didn’t know what hit me. I was totally unprepared.
I fought back by applying the 8 Steps. I didn’t let my emotions bring
me down. I rebuilt. I knew direct marketing worked. I just had to finetune
my vision, my purpose, my why. I knew leadership was key. I
recommitted to leading by example. I’ve rolled with the blows of many
other ‘ups and downs’ on the rocky road to success. I have my battle
scars, but most of my wounds were self-inflicted. Whatever your goals
are, success is really an inside job.
Over the years, my obsession with being early translated into being in
the right place at the right time. My team and I went from marketing
flashlights on the eve of Y2K to a client list that included Fortune 500
companies, as well as the imaginative products born of new markets
from energy, telecommunications, and fiber optics to the jazzy, hightech
marvels that define life on the cutting edge. I developed a knack
for finding products and bringing them to consumers who didn’t even
know they existed as yet.
There’s no stopping a man who’s found a purpose. When I started out, I
was driven by a healthy dose of fear. I knew I wasn’t cut out for a nineto-five
job, but I didn’t want to walk the destructive paths so many in my
neighborhood had taken. I wanted financial success so that I could make
a better life for my whole family. In time, money wasn’t enough of a
motivator. I grew into a larger purpose. Today, I’m driven by love: I love
what I do, and I love the people I do it with. I’ve become a Go-giver not
just a Go-getter. I learned that by giving more of myself and being more
generous with profit shares, I gained on all fronts. If you think about it,
that’s not a contradiction. People are life’s true bottom line.
Take care of your team and your team will take care of you. In our
network, we know that. We’re loyal to each other and that makes everything
possible. Our business has expanded into a multitude of businesses
and our team keeps growing.
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