MySpace.com - Welcome To My Profile! - 50 - Female - Glasgow, Kentucky

I chose real estate and enjoyed a very successful career until the spring of 2006 when the market crashed. I went from 6 figures to low 5 figures and was quickly sliding down the debt hole like quick sand. I was definitely in crisis and over my head in "what am I going to do?"

I knew I could never punch a clock and my lifestyle and monthly debt load was not conducive to a 9-5 paycheck. I had to look for something entrepreneurial.

So, how did I turn my real estate crisis into a blessing? Well, actually, I had to endure ONE MORE CRISIS BEFORE the full blessing came. It was my "testing" period to see if I was serious about success".

When I realized I needed to find another source of income to replace that of my real estate career, I set out to see what I could find. I thought I had found the solution to my problem only to find out that I was actually jumping from the frying pan into the fire!

See, I came across a home based business that I believed at the time was the answer to my income replacement. However, as it turned out, I had been "suckered". I had been totally gullible, bought into one of those automated systems, pie in the sky deals and basically just made a really bad decision. That would prove to cost me $35K and 8 month's worth of my time! The lessons learned were invaluable.

I had chosen the wrong product (there actually wasn't one worth a hoot), wrong company (no company, CEO, president, brick and mortar office), and wrong mentor (who taught old school marketing of buying $10.50 leads and calling people.) And, because I was coachable, I did it. In the end, I made ZERO dollars and further, discovered as I tried to use the product that there was no substance to it (salt in the wound). Ultimately, my choices sent me backwards and deeper in debt.

So here I was with a crashed real estate market, a costly failed home business and a bucket load of debt. I had 3 choices and one was not cashing in a lottery ticket.

1. Go get a 9-5 job (nope)
2. Go back into real estate (nah, there's NO market)
3. Find another opportunity, make a better decision and learn from past failures (there ya go).

I saw in my mind what I wanted to do, I knew who I was and where I was heading. My desire and commitment to myself to succeed was huge. I began to attract answers.

I registered for online classes and seminars on how to do internet marketing. I bought every ebook, report, cd I could find. I knew that marketing a business online was different from anything I’d done in real estate and I knew I needed an education.

I sought out mentors who taught me about attraction marketing and using my story, video and pictures. I've learned that making money online is really about building relationships. I realized that I needed others around me with the same mindset who are willing to mentor, brainstorm, and share success principles.

I was now ready to embark on my new journey. I made good choices the second time around and I continued to attract success into my life. My first week in my new business, I was creating income.

As I continued to use the laws of attraction and intention, staying focused on my goals, hanging out with the right people, implementing as I learned new strategies and continue to build on what I have, as well as immersion in personal development, my business began to grow. What a difference from my first experience!

Today, I'm an established entrepreneur with multiple streams of income and that's where at the beginning of my story, I share that I go to bed when I'm tired, get up and done sleeping and spend my day how I choose, while creating wealth.

For me it's a joy to empower others to achieve their greatness and find their strength to move mountains. I embrace leadership as it allows me to be a servant and I'm grateful for the opportunity to make a difference to others to are genuinely ready to step out of that comfort zone.

Had the real estate market not crashed, had I not failed miserably for over a year in a home based business, I would not be who I am today or have the power to control my life and financial freedom as I have today. There's my blessing. .

Other things I've been passionate about have been serving as foster parents over a 15 year period and look back often on the joys and blessing that each child brought into our lives.

I love my Christian faith and Jesus Christ. He is my savior, my friend, my business partner and CEO of my life.

As a family, our favorite place to go is the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park, a few hours away from there. We love roasting marshmallows, getting dirty, making trail mix, tubing down rivers, cooking chili over a fire and sleeping in tents.

Other activities I enjoy are scuba diving, snorkeling, deep sea fishing and travel. It doesn't matter where I go really. I just love having something on the calendar to look forward to.

My Kids Are Best Friends
and I love that!

Occassionally, my daughter Ashley and I will pile pillows on the bed, watch “I Love Lucy” re-runs and eat a variety of junk food. Way fun!

A favorite game we all enjoy playing is Cashflow 101 and before we play, we speculate who will get stuck with the boat! It’s total drama when the card is chosen, very funny!

My hobby and passion is scrapbooking. To me, there’s nothing more precious I can leave behind than the preservation of family photos, stories and memorabilia.

I’ve authored a book and hands-on training for foster parents and social workers on how to make scrapbooks for children in care. I’m also a published scrapbook designer and I’m often at conventions, stores and retreats teaching classes.

When the boys were growing up, I was the "on the go taxi Mom" Little League, soccer, Scout leader, room mother, collector of baseball cards, attended baseball card shows you know the drill. When Ashley came along, I did it all over again, but it was things like dance and karate.

I am not a materialistic person, but rather live a simple, humble life that I enjoy very much. I believe in the principles taught in "The Millionaire Next Door". I enjoy hanging out in jeans, t-shirts and sandals, I drive a paid for mini-van and I love a good homemade BBQ on paper plates. That's not to say I don't enjoy luxury. I do and I indulge sometimes, but it's not a way of life for me. To me, financial freedom is knowing that my parents and family are provided for and to give to great causes that impact the lives of others. Different strokes for different folks. Money doesn't buy happiness but giving to others does.

My business partners and I have fun together. We meet up every 3 months and do fun stuff together. Things like horseback riding, bicycling, golfing, hot air ballooning, bicycling across the Golden Gate Bridge and enjoying a Sonoma Wine Tour by limobus. Good fun with like minded friends.

Life is so much more meaningful when you can be your authentic self and have fun. People get way too caught up in trying to be something they are not rather than just being who they are. None of us are perfect and before we can love and accept others, we need to love and accept ourselves. Business is so much more fun when you are part of a team and everyone supports each other.

Creating success is really about just making a decision, believing that you can do it and then implement. I had no doubt that I would find success. I've always accomplished that which I set my mind to. I believed success was mine as sure as I was breathing, even while I was pulling my hair out, frustrated and even scared at times. The deepest part of me KNEW I had the power within me to succeed. I could not be stopped by anyone. I became unmeltable.

You, my friend, have the same ability to be unstoppable if your desire is strong enough. It's all in the mind.

The question is…what are you going to do about it? Do you continue on living life in the “same ole, same ole” grind even if you’re not satisfied and you know you deserve better?

Or do you step out of your comfort zone, believe in yourself at any cost, and put in any amount of work it takes to get where you need to be? And yes, success comes at a cost, there will be some long days and a bunch of learning curves, as with anything else that's new to you.

That’s a question that only gets answered from within YOU my friend. And ultimately what you really want, and how bad you want it, will dictate which path you take. All I can say is ANY amount of happiness, satisfaction, peace, love, and wealth you want is YOURS for the taking when you REALLY, REALLY dedicate your entire being to it.

Every individual is amazingly unique and holds great power within themselves to do, to be, to have, whatever they desire in life.

It's unleashing that power that brings those things into our lives that we desire.

If you recognize you deserve so much more than what the 9-5 rat race life is dishing out and you truly are seeking the road map to online success, I would enjoy meeting you and having a relaxed conversation. Let me know how I can serve you.

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