| I am going to take a little departure from the typical | | | | marketing is you can truly set your own hours. I can |
| strictly business nature of my posts, to address a | | | | rearrange my day easily to accommodate this change |
| more personal side of network marketing this time | | | | and still get all of my work done. Can you? |
| around. I am sure most of you heard the "be your own | | | | Now, I want to stress that it may take some time for |
| boss, set your own hours" sales pitch. Well, this is one | | | | you to reach this point. If you are like most of us, you |
| of the truly meaningful benefits of network marketing | | | | are trying to start your network marketing business |
| to me -- especially today. | | | | while you are employed full-time. But, I've talked about |
| You see, I am a single mom with a 15-year old boy. | | | | having a dream before and how important it is. If you |
| How many of you know that raising children today | | | | are a parent, a very real and vibrant dream you could |
| presents a different set of challenges than it did to our | | | | choose to focus on is more time with your family. I |
| parents? Raising a child in a two-parent family is | | | | look forward to spending afternoons doing the par |
| difficult enough, but for a single mom who lives 900 | | | | course with my son, or exploring one of our state |
| miles away from the dad, it can be especially | | | | parks and hiking to a waterfall we haven't seen yet. |
| challenging. | | | | You can make money at any job. You can work from |
| Teenage years are difficult at best, and you couldn't | | | | 8:00 until 5:00, five days a week. You can make even |
| pay me enough money to go back there. I remember | | | | more money if you work overtime, or do shift work. |
| feeling awkward, unpopular, and just wishing I could | | | | And I'll agree 100% that money will buy you things, and |
| wake up one day and be grown up with my teen | | | | personally, I like things. But, there is something I like and |
| years far behind me. (Of course, it took me another 20 | | | | value far more than money. You see, I can spend |
| years or so before I finally felt grown up, but that's | | | | money, be happy with my purchase, or regret it, and I |
| another story!) | | | | can replace the money I spent. But time, once it's |
| This morning I got the dreaded call from the principal. | | | | spent, is gone. It can never be replaced. |
| My son was apparently involved in a little hand-to-hand | | | | If there is one thing benefit to network marketing that |
| combat with another teenager. Not only has my son | | | | outshines the rest, to me, it's time; time to spend with |
| been suspended from school for a week, with an | | | | my 80 year old mother; time to spend with my 15 year |
| additional week of in-school suspension, but it looks like | | | | old son; time to spend with my brother and sisters and |
| he may be suspended from riding the bus for the | | | | their families. This is my dream. And, whenever things |
| remainder of the school year. (Yes, this is only | | | | don't seem to go as smoothly as I want them to in this |
| September, so that's 8 months!) Now, how many | | | | business -- maybe my latest marketing idea was a |
| employees out there with normal jobs could just | | | | flop or the last tool I purchased was a waste of |
| rearrange their work schedule to accommodate not | | | | money -- I remember how fortunate I am to have time |
| only dropping their child off at school at 8:00 in the | | | | and the freedom to spend it the way I want, and I am |
| morning, but also picking him up at 3:00 in the afternoon | | | | grateful for how very, very wealthy I am. |
| and taking him home for 8 months? | | | | Until the next time... |
| You see, one of the great benefits of network | | | | |