A heart felt story on how a home based business changed my life and allowed me to say "Goodbye Corporate America!"

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  • Author Diane Costello
  • Published May 5, 2009
  • Word count 1,091

Many of us were brought up to go to school, get a degree, get a good job making good money and all will be well. What did that degree do for most of us? Let’s see for four years we studied, acquired knowledge and books and skills. Many found good jobs, some did not! As time went on the things we learned at college weren’t quite enough to get us by in our jobs or in our lives. How much knowledge did we acquire? How much did we retain?

No one taught me how to buy my first home or even how to apply for a mortgage. I walked into settlement wide-eyed and trusting and luckily nothing went wrong. I sold the house at a profit but no one told me what to do with that profit. I used some of the money to build a new home. I used some to buy clothes and jewelry. My dad told me I should buy a certain lot near the beach with the money as it would be valuable in the future. I laughed and said, "But then I wouldn’t be able to buy the latest fashions!" Of course, life is lived forward and understood backwards. I wish I understood how stupid I was. The lot I would have paid $20,000 for sold for $300,000 ten years later – OK now I’m being a Monday morning quarterback!

Again, I learned about building a new home the hard way. I didn’t know I should have asked for or demanded certain things from the builder or that I spent too much money on certain upgrades that wouldn’t be a good "investment!" I was too busy working to even investigate those things. I didn’t understand all the paperwork and settlement charges – I just signed and paid.

Then the insurance man came to our home and convinced us that we needed all kinds of insurance; disability, mortgage insurance, etc. etc. It sounded really good, so we signed up for some unnecessary bills!

My company offered a 401K. I decided not to partake as I liked to spend money. My Dad was furious with me and took the time to explain how much money I’d be losing by not participating since the company matched my contributions. I’m thankful for that little talk, although a huge chunk of it recently disappeared with the economy.

I listened to my friends talk about their kids and problems with homework, bullies at school, exams, etc. and felt helpless as did they. Why don’t kids come with a manual?

During this time, my company decided I was pretty sharp and promoted me six times. As years went by and my paycheck increased to 6 figures, my responsibilities increased. Downsizing started to hit my company and I was so miserable I volunteered to be let go. Sadly, I was left behind working more hours and trying to fill in the work gaps for all the people who left.

After decades of stress, traveling, deadlines, politics and hating what I did, I finally became very ill – my mind and body rebelled at the constant level of stress and pumping adrenalin and I was disabled. It took 8 months for me to recover, but during those 8 months I had plenty of time to think about my life. I realized that I rarely had quality time with my husband, my family or friends. It was so unfair that I dreaded Sunday nights and counted the hours until Friday. I was angry when the company would expect me to work weekends and nights and resentful and frightened about returning to corporate America. I truly felt like I was in prison with no bail in sight. Feeling TRAPPED is a horrible way to live. I was so tired of being exhausted.

I always wanted to be an entrepreneur. I actually started a few businesses part-time; but had to give them up because of the demands of my job.

Finally, a miracle occurred. I found a business that I could start part-time with minimal investment with a life-changing product that I absolutely loved and NEEDED all of my life. I found a business that is exploding. One that didn’t require me to ever attend a meeting or give a presentation. One that didn’t require any minimum monthly sales quota (no pressure). One that could allow me to be a ‘marketing guide’ as opposed to a sales person (an area in which I had no skills!)

Imagine delivering your product with the click of a mouse. The product itself is 9 Internet courses which customers access with a user name and password and can access 24/7. Customers and their families own this course for life! The courses have all the life-skills that I learned the hard way. Here’s a few of them: How to: invest in real estate, become a Forex trader, buy insurance, become an entrepreneur, deal with taxes, teach your children to be successful in school and life, create and protect wealth, negotiate, invest, understand mortgages, retirement planning, personal happiness and peace of mind, over 80 modules.

I honestly felt it was too good to be true – maybe even a scam. The more I researched the better it looked. I know there are many good home businesses out there; but how many with 75% commissions, a MINIMUM of $1,000 per sale, 25 training and support calls weekly, mentoring and support and residual income that can create a 6 figure income while I work in my slippers!

Most people start part-time and quit their jobs. The mind-set of success and helping others is prevalent in every person I’ve met. In addition, we’ve been around for 19 years and have distributors in 30 countries.

I only wish I had found these courses and this business years ago. I want to share this information with anyone wanting to change their life through the courses.

And if you want to escape the daily grind of a job, you have found the right place. I’d love to help you find the joy that I have found with this ‘Ferrari’ of all home businesses.

Just stop by my web site if you’re interested and fill out the survey. I will contact you and find out if I can help you to find the financial and time freedom that I have found. As I am simply a ‘guide’, my only role is to teach you how to research and do your due-diligence as I did. Take a few minutes and change your life.

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