85 Days Without Income

This past week, more than ever, several people asked Kim and I - Why Network Marketing for us? The reasons are many, but one experience in 2003 specifically got us back to exploring the profession again when real estate was down in 2008. That experience in 2003 was when our son Nick had a snow board injury (head trama) and was in a coma at UMass Medical for a month. That was followed by another 55 days of extreme therapy at Franciscan Children's Hospital to learn how to walk, talk and eat again on his own...which was then followed by more outpatient therapy at a local facility. Kim and I would be at his side the entire time so for us it was Kim and her parents during the days and myself or my brother Steve or my Dad would stay the night with Nick. Fortunately, he is doing quite awesome now. For more about his story and what he's up to now you can visit www.NickPrefontaine.com and www.PrefontaineSells.com.

Now, what the heck does that have to do with why Kim and I love the Network Marketing Profession and participate full time since November of 2009? Well for approximately 85 days we had to unplug 100% from our work and anything else we had going on and dedicate all of our energy, time and resources to helping Nick recover. 85 days of not working. The valuable lesson we learned the hard way is that our real estate income (even though we built it for approximately 13 years at that point) dwindled rather quickly because it relied on all of our efforts. Simultaneously, we happen to be part of a Network Marketing Company and the checks in that business grew by approximately 32% while we were completely unplugged. Network Marketing offers a size and quality of income that is unmatched in any profession in my opinion. Regardless of the quantity, the quality is such that you can take your finger off the pulse and your income will continue - when built properly over time of course. Nothing significant is built in any business in a matter of months, but over the course of 2-5 years in this profession, amazing things can and will happen.

Question for you: If you were to walk away from your job or business for the next 85 days, what would happen to your income, and, more importantly, are you OK with that? It's a huge reality, gutt check for most but I encourage you to explore it. I have a bias to our company of course, but if you're not currently participating at some level in the Network Marketing Profession I would invite you to educate yourself on it. A great book I recently read to help you with that is The Mentor by Ryan Chamberlain and Frank Viscuso and another is Beach Money by Jordan Adler. They don't promote any particular company - just the straight facts on what, how, when and why. You owe it to yourself to learn why hundreds of millions world-wide are turning to this profession.

If you need NOW money, check it out. If you are earning in excess of $250,000, or $500,000 or more and it's highly contingent upon YOU, check it out.