I know you hear all the time about an ordinary, everyday people making it big time with their mlm business. Let me give you a little bit of my background and let you determine if I am your everyday person.
In 1992 graduated from high school in Comfort, TX. Soon after, I joined the military where I served 11 years. While in the service I began taking college courses in hopes of a better education. This was a major disappointment as I really wanted to further my education. Instead of spinning my wheels and going nowhere I decided to stop taking courses. I don't know. I think I just could not find my niche. No matter how hard I tried it really was not working out for me.
For a while I held odd, dead-end jobs. Soon after the recession hit in 2002 I was laid off. Soon after being laid off I began looking for work. I could not find anything. A few places even told me that they were afraid to hire me because I was a recently separated veteran and was afraid that I would be deployed again. This really upset me as I served my country on the home front and through deployments. Anyway, I found work at Whataburger. It was not much but it was something. I was staying with a friend of mine as we decided to pool our resources together during these tough times. Eventually my friend lost his home. We were lucky we found an apartment. I continued to look for more work and finally found something as a security officer. It was better income but sometimes I still had to hold a second job just to pay the bills and the unexpected. I always took the overtime when offered no matter the shift. By this time my wheels were spinning. I felt like a hamster in one of those spinning wheels going nowhere.
One day, I was doing some research online and came across a candle business. They were talking about making huge money and how easy it was. To be honest the first thing I thought was, what a scam. I can't believe people actually fall for this. I felt the only way to make money was to wake up with an alarm clock and go to work. I also felt that only the elite or special people owned a business, brick and mortar style.
The home based business site I came across was a scented candle company. Even though I always have loved scented candles I was convinced that it was a scam so I disregarded it. About 6 months later I came across the same site. I don't know why but I decided to Google complaints and reviews about the company. I couldn't find anything. After discovering that there was only a low cost initial product purchase (under $50) which is used for resale to get your business off the ground, a provided website with my information, no term contracts, and no minimal sales I decided to try it.
What has happened since then? First I would like to note that I have since returned to school and am about a year from my bachelors. Second, I learned that I was wrong about how people can make money. Dead wrong! I am doing something that I want to do, something that I am happy with. Yes, my business is turning my financial life around. More importantly, how can you put a dollar value on something that you are truly happy with?
www.candlesandsome.webs.com
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