The Start of the Journey of a Network Marketer

A few months ago, I decided to enter into the realm of network marketing. This is not my first experience in this industry as I had delved into it over ten years ago, surprisingly with the same company I am with now.

However, that adventure was akin to placing your toes in the pool. I never ran with the ball at that time. I had a lack of desire and did not want to work at it. In my defence, I did have other issues. I was trying to expand my horizons in the Private Investigation industry, had bought my first home, and was trying to start a family.

Additionally, the passion was not there for me at the time. My reason "why" was non existent. There was nothing there to drive me beyond the negative feedback I was getting from friends, family and the like. I let the thoughts and opinions of others dictate what I should do. I let them win over what I truly believed. And although I was making some money, I decided to abandon the experiment and gave up.

Giving up is an all too common theme in this industry, but I guess in life as well. We often let obstacles get in our way and steer us away from our true desires and passions. It is much easier to quit rather than to persevere and continue despite what others say and go against the norm. I will touch further on this topic in later writings.

So I went on with my life. I continued my career as a private investigator until reaching a management position with one of the largest company's in Canada. I succeeded in removing myself from the daily grind of doing surveillance. This was one aspect of my job, that I disliked and was none too happy to stop. Despite what you might think of the lifestyle of a PI, based on TV shows like Magnum PI, it is not very glamorous. It is very difficult and exhausting to get up before the light of day and deal with the outdoor elements. So I was more than happy to sit in an office and oversee other investigators.

I also expanded my family My wife and I had two children, who were born in 2002 and 2004. Prior to that, we were raising my wife's daughter who is now 23 years old. We moved up in the world and were able to enjoy a good lifestyle, buy a large home and go on some nice vacations. But in doing all this, I did have to work hard and long hours. Although I had a predominantly office related duties, I still went on the road on occasion to earn extra income, and worked evening and weekends.

Two or three years ago, I began to look for other ways to improve my lifestyle and my income so that I would be able to spend more time with my family. I delved into real estate investing and bought rental property. This venture went reasonably well other than having to deal with unreliable tenants at times. However, the real estate market took a turn for the worse and as such I decided to place any further endeavours on hold.

So I was still looking for something to pursue and that is when a friend of mine spoke to me about this network marketing opportunity. I thought the company I had been involved with in the past, had simply gone out of business, but it hadn't. I was amazed at the opportunity, more so than I was in the past and so there began my journey once again into this great industry.

What I want to share with you in the future is the day to day trials and tribulations faced by a regular person in the network marketing field. I want to be able to share my ups and downs and hopefully you can learn from that which would assist in building your business. I will tell you what has worked and what has not worked for me and hopefully be able to coach and mentor you to becoming a great success.

In addition to the above, I want to share with you the struggles I face with trying to grow my network marketing business all while holding down a full time career as a private investigator and being a full time father. The adventures are many, but they are all very rewarding.

i am looking forward to sharing my life with you.