I was an Executive Primary School Teacher for 29 years.  I was very passionate about my career.  I loved working with children, seeing them blossoming and growing, and knowing I played a part in that growth.

I was very involved in my career, in the School, District and Region.  I ran several committees, musicals, school choral groups and choirs, as well as District ones.  I ran the Band, Recorder Group, Dance Group and many other things that covered a wide range of subject areas, as well as Management and Leadership areas.  I loved them all.

Sadly, one day, in my 29th year of teaching, I had a freak accident whilst at school, that soon was to take away this wonderful career.

It is amazing how one’s life can just change over night, just in an instant.

I was to spend the majority of the next 6 years more in hospital than out.  It was a very tough time.  But, I will always be extremely grateful to the wonderful medical people, clergy, family and friends who supported our family during this time.

Almost overnight my secure income disappeared and we were instantly a 1 income family with 2 children to put through High School, a mortgage to pay, bills to pay, and my mother had also just come to live with us.

In those years I never gave up.  I had wonderful support.  Sometimes it was scary.  Sometimes it would have been much easier to give up.

During this time, I wanted to find a way to be able to help my husband out financially.  He virtually was a single parent trying to hold the fort and bring up the children, pay all the bills from his wage, and be there for me, the children and my mum.  He is truly very special.

I was not able to help at all really for the first few years, but then I started to dabble around looking for things for me to be able to do via the internet.   There were so many things out there – thousands, but I was not sure what was legitimate and what was not.  I saved many sites for future viewing when I would once again feel better.  I would get to go through these a few at a time when I was feeling better but many, in the manner they were presented, did not appear to be trustworthy to follow.

In my 6th year, whilst still mostly in hospital,  I was to be introduced to Network Marketing.   In between, I had purchased a few products that promised to help me earn money from home, but many I could not understand, or I’d get so far and come across stumbling blocks only to find there was no support of any kind offered to you from the experienced people who had produced these products, that would help me get through those hurdles.  So these products would go in the “It doesn’t work”, “the too hard” basket or the “they just wanted my money” basket.

I really studied the Network Marketing Company that was presented to me, and it came up trumps to me, from all angles.  I was impressed with the fact it offered brilliant products that would help people with their health, and the products did help me.  I was also impressed with the offer of a residual income that could be willed to family.

It was quite expensive to join, but I was totally believing of what had been presented to me, the knowledge of my total commitment to things, the knowledge also that I definitely had determination, self-motivation and drive, that I wanted to succeed, and believed what I had been told that by following their system I would succeed.

I went very well and in a 2 year period became a Silver Director.  However, that week I turned Silver, the very well-earned, hard-earned, fairly substantial cheque I received, and was excited about, resulted in my extra points, of which there were thousands,  being taken from me, and sent back up to the company.   I then went back to zero points which now meant I had to go through the whole buidling points to earn process again.

Quite a few of my team were disillusioned, as they had seen I was able to build the business fairly well, and even though I spent much time training and working with them, holding weekly Conference calls etc, their businesses were not growing like mine.  They were not receiving money for their input of time and outlay on the products each month.  They were spending more than they were earning and so was I, yet I was working at the business many, many hours a week.

I was to meet what was to be my 2nd Network Marketing company through a friend.  I was shown the payment plan was much more lucrative for everyone, and there was only 1 product.  This company was on the move and was proving to be one of the fastest growing ever.  The product was assisting my mother’s Alzheimer’s well.  Mum had lived with us for several years, until she, sadly, in 2003 had to go to a Nursing Home.  However, this product, once I joined this company and, with her Drs support, started her on, was to help her immensely, and it still does today.

I decided to move in to this company, and much of my team decided to move with me because, we were a team of friends, and  they were also impressed with this company  too.  I did not ask them to come over with me.  They  just asked where I was going and why, took a look at the company and liked it, wanted to continue to work with me, and so many moved.  I felt honoured by their faith in me.  I believed not only we were going to be able to build a good income but so would my team be able to.

Within a year I had risen several levels and had brought 175 people in to my business, all over the phone with cold called leads I had purchased.  I trained these new people, continued to build a team, held weekly webinars, worked with the team, had weekly conference calls, held meetings etc.  I was loving this company too, but, suddenly 1 day, I turned around and realised I was actually working from early in the morning until late at night and almost all weekend to build the business.  I had helped the rest of the team by placing people in their businesses too, but many, once again, were not receiving the income for the input they were putting in time wise and financially.

I suddenly turned around and realised I was not earning anywhere near the amount of money I should be for the time I was outlaying, for the cost of the many, many phone calls I was making, the leads I was purchasing which were expensive overall,  and the amount of product I was buying.

Some other negative things occurred, which there is no need to go in to. but, with almost a sledgehammer hitting me, I suddenly realised there had to be a better way for me, and the team, to earn money that did not entail all that work for not much return, and way, way too many costs.

Just a little over a year ago, our circumstances had become extremely grim because of the past medical bills, legal fees, trying to feed, clothe, etc 5 adult family members, the cost of putting teenagers through High School etc.  Mum, during this time, sadly, had developed Alzheimer’s, which had slowly crept up on her.

I am not the sort of person to sit down and feel sorry for myself, or we for ourselves.  I am a problem solver, and so started to look around for something else to answer our prayers.   “If at first you don’t succeed try, try again”

Internet Marketing really appealed to me, as, with my condition, I can only work from home.  I did not know how difficult a journey having this interest area was going to be.  There are quite a number of shonksters out there, and I  have been taken for an expensive ride through this time, even though I explained our circumstances up front to people.  Some people are really callous and it appears some really don’t care about others as long as they get the money in their pocket, with no care of what damage it does to others.  We mortgaged our home believing in them, only to lose out.

I realise though that not everyone out there in the big, wide world is a shonkster.  There are genuine people out there.  You just have to keep searching for them.

Where is this leading me?  I have found 2 to trust.  I am going with them.

After much time, much loss of money etc I am so glad recently I found John Thornhill’s Coaching Program and BiddingBuzz eBay Course too.

It may be too late to save our home but home is where the heart is and I really mean that.

I get up excited each day that I have found 2 systems to work with that I know I can achieve with because of the step-by-step training approach both groups of people work, the systems they have in place for all to be able to achieve, how professionally they present everything, and the amazing support they offer to people.  You just can’t go wrong.

I will keep you updated on what happens on this journey because I know I am going to get there, 1 step at a time, learning, taking ACTION and by NEVER giving up.

Have a great rest of the day!

Carol