As a woman who's worked in a quiet environment serving bosses most of her life, that transformation from employee to taking control of your life as an entrepreneur can be a bit challenging. However, it's the challenge that really makes it all worthwhile.
My "taking control of your life" journey started about three years ago...
My daughter (Angie) and I were both involved in this nutritional network marketing deal. Excited to have a part in Angie's life, I agreed to be partners with her in this business.
Always wanting to run before walking, Angie lead us to on-line marketing.
My problem with this was two-fold: First, I really suck at sales (which is why I though on-line marketing was the answer for me.
And second, the average network marketing products aren't geared towards marketing on-line
I thought about how I could get my sales experienced daughter to help me host parties and let HER be the main salesperson, but once we figured out how much time we'd have to put into this thing to split commissions...
Well, that idea went bye-bye real fast!
In hind sight, that was a good thing, because I never would have learned how to take control of my life if I always had allowed her to be the front-runner.
We finally find something that worked. She was making money, and so was I.
And what does this have to do with taking control of your life?
Well, we no more than had just started this thing when she decided to move away and live with her boyfriend. Internet marketing wasn't enough to support her, so she put all her energies into insurance sales and left me high and dry!
But actually, this was my first lesson in taking control of your life: Getting past my comfort zone...
Since I had FINALLY found something that was bringing me an income where everything else did not, I didn't want to quit. When she wasn't around, I was forced to figure things out on my own.
When you spend your life asking people what to do, it's a transformational experience to find that the answer sometimes lies with YOU!
Additionally, I found that anything I was able to figure out on my own gave me a new sense of confidence and well-being. While my daughter did quit promoting what she started, she didn't quit the program.
I remember that feeling of power I had when I emailed her with a subject line, "I just made you $100 you're welcome!"
Needless to say, it wasn't long before she came back into the internet marketing business!
And as I progressed with the on-line marketing, I discovered the second lesson for taking control of your life: Finding Your Passion...
In the beginning, I was just following my daughter's footsteps - having my blog designed just like hers, and promoting in the same way she does.
The problem with this is that we're not the same person...
She likes wild parties and lots of people around her - while I enjoy quiet time and being with nature. She enjoyed the MLM industry, and I didn't. So naturally, she was way more successful than I was because she was passionate about the MLM industry - and I was just following her lead by writing posts geared for MLM marketers.
Little did I know that there is a common denominator for taking control of your life for all types of people... Blogging.
Once I become proficient at blogging on a regular basis, I discovered that my passion is more centred on personal development.
And, by law of attraction, most of my readers are drawn to my personal development posts. The final lesson for taking control of your life was discovered when I learned to just be myself...
Learning how to take control of your life is a journey, but it's so rewarding when I look back and think about the person I used to be... actually wanting to hide away in a little office room working on data entry (the most BORING job in the world LOL)!
I'm not a full time internet marketer like my daughter is, but I'm working on it... And enjoying the ride!
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