My Background
I have always been an entrepreneur at heart. I have worked for myself the majority of my life since the age of 14 when I owned my own landscaping company installing retaining walls. I may have needed a job to and from the job site but I knew in my heart what it felt like to be compensated for what I knew I was worth.
Since then I have been a part of many different kinds of companies playing different roles in each one. I have learned a lot and failed a lot but I have had some successes too. There is one common theme that I have found in all the work that I have done and that is I am my best when I am in control of what happens to me, to my pocket book, and to my time.
Life seemed to be going well for me back in 2008, I had money in the bank, and felt like the future of my business was bright. But that all changed in the span of about 6 months in 2009. Money stopped coming in. We got to the point where we were down to nothing, no money in the bank...NOTHING. During this time we were losing everything I had started a business with a friend that took off fairly quickly and was very lucrative but due to some things that I did not agree with I stepped away from that business along with the income.
So here I sit about a year after things started going south with two BIG failures weighing on my mind. It threw me for a major loop. For the first time in my life the thought of having a job felt like relief. So in the next few months I would take a job.
It's funny but the saying you don't realize what you have until it is gone is very true. I am just glad to have had IT. I would spend the next 4 years working a job I didn't love getting paid what someone else felt I was worth, and any value that was added was rewarded with a pat on the back.
I was in a RUT.... The longer I stayed where I was the more accepting I was of it. I allowed myself to stop dreaming and thinking BIG. I took a second job just so we could have a little bit of a savings account just in case. Some people talk about job security but even though I wasn't going to lose my job, that job in no way made my life secure. NOT REALLY... How secure is your life if you don't have money in the bank to handle the countless things that happen in life. How secure is your family if you don't have the time that you want to spend with them, the time to develop the kind of relationship with your kids that will last into their adulthood. How secure is your life when you bring the stress of not having enough time and money into your marriage. I may have had a job But it did not give me a secure life in the least.
Beachbody
This is when My wife decided she wanted to start coaching through Beachbody. I saw the light in her that I had once had. I told her to go for it. And that she did, full force! We adjusted to the new lifestyle and schedule with two parents working. There were a lot of days that the dishes piled high and laundry wasn't done but after about 6 months we had enough income from Beachbody I was able to quite the second job that I had. Just 6 months after that I was able to quit my other job. So in just over a year with this opportunity we were able to start life as a full time family.
Obviously there is still work and because of our goals we tend to work hard and some days it can be a lot,,BUT it is on our terms, we get compensated for the value that is given and there is no cap on our earning potential.
Coaching
Since leaving both jobs I have done a lot of thinking about what I really wanted to be doing in my life right now. We do not need the money so I have been careful to choose something that has all of the virtues that are important to me and the are 1) to be able to be compensated for the value I add 2) To be able to have a great impact on many people. 3) To work beside positive and uplifting people 4) Have the freedom to choose how I want to spend my time.
After looking for about a year I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing that can provide the same purpose as being a Beachbody coaching. So now I am offering the same opportunity that has been provided to me. I want to empower and assist those that would like it. This expereince has been too amazing to keep to myself.
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