Our industry is attracting professionals from all areas.  And why not?  It is an industry that requires no or low overhead, no or low inventory, no boss, no territories, no student loans – you know, you know.  Here is an amazing woman  – mom, wife, friend, real estate professional and flies the friendly skies.  And guess what – she is also a network marketer.  Read between the lines on this one everybody.  The woman will be financially free in 2010.  This is very powerful and inspiring.  Thanks, Joanne, for all you do.  You are certainly an asset to our team.

Joanne and Drew

- Drew

Since the day I was born I was meant to travel.  My dad was the original, stereotypical tourist – camera dangling around his neck, map in one hand, my brother and I holding on to the other hand, while my mother was by our side turning heads with her jet black hair and her 1960-style glamor. I loved it, and I couldn’t wait to the following weekend where we would visit places like Howe Caverns, Washington DC or Williamsburg, Virginia. But there was always those two weeks a year when we would go for the big vacation. We would all climb into the Gold 1966 Chevrolet for our road trip to Florida! My brother and I fighting in the back seat amongst the pillows, blankets, and packed lunches. Our parents threatening to pull over and give us a good smack. And then there was always the games, like counting all the red cars or playing “Slug Bug”. We always knew we were half way there when we hit the big tourist attraction “South of the Border” a complete emporium of tourist knickknacks filled with ashtrays, shot glasses, and all kinds of doodads.

Joanne and her Dad on a flight to London

It is by no accident I became a Flight attendant for a major airline. Travel was in my blood, but now I wanted to see and feel more exotic destinations – Russia, Finland, Japan to name a few. How glamorous I would be! Traipsing though the airport with my crisp uniform, handsome pilots standing next to me.Just like a scene right out of the movie “Catch me if you can”.

But reality sunk in fast. The glamor? I would think about it every time someone would hand me a snotty tissue or a dirty diaper while I’m serving them dinner. Or when I would be down on the floor jamming dirty meal trays into a cart, spilling other peoples’ dinner on my uniform. The delays, the jet lag, and let’s not forget the smoking flights. All this havoc would miraculously leave my thoughts when I hit my layover destination and have dinner beneath the Eiffel Tower or throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain.

But the last wish I had as I was throwing a coin into one of the many fountains of the world was for residual income. I was done; I didn’t want to sacrifice anymore. I wanted to enjoy all this without having to leave my family behind for 3 to 4 days at a time. I didn’t want to wait on the people in the first class seats. I wanted to be in the first class seats sipping on the finest wine with my husband right next to me. I didn’t want to trade my time for money anymore. I wanted to give my time to my family and charitable causes. It was starting to take its toll.

Well as we all know from the story above, what you think about you bring about. So it is by no accident I met entrepreneur and Success Guru Drew Berman. Drew introduced me to the world of residual income. Residual income through network marketing is the new paradigm of the 21^st century. The only industry that creates the most millionaires. It is because of my relationship with this leader of leaders who has the experience to turn dreams into reality, that my dream is finally coming true. 2010 I will have the financial freedom to travel the beaches of the world with my family and will finally be in that first class seat next to my husband. Dom Perignon please!

- Joanne
www.PlaneHealthy.blogspot.com

Love is all you need. I love my wife and I love my life. Love of my wife and son and future son is what keeps me going. I love my memories of NY and I love that I am moving my family to Connecticut. I love that I am going to California this weekend. We are going to have a HUGE Celebration. I love that I found network marketing. It really is better then you think. The money is better. The lifestyle is better. I love my group. Literally. Do you love your group? Or are they just a means to an end for you. Do you constantly focus on money? When you are out prospecting do you think — I am gonna “get him”? When someone enrolls on your team do you think “this guy will help me really hit my goals”. Or do you actually fall in love with your team? How do you treat your prospects, your team, your neighbors? All you need is love — all they need is love. Do they feel warm and appreciated and up lifted when they are around you? Do you love yourself? Do you love your team? Do you? Once you sprinkle the magic love on your team, the love that can only come from you, is the love that will help keep your team loyal. Do they know you care? When they will work and keep on keepin’ on as to not disappoint you, you have become the leader that leaders are looking for. It’s all about love. Who do you love? Make sure you tell them.

Love Is All You Need

My wife and I are reading a book called “His Needs/Her Needs” by Willard F. Harley, Jr. He explains a marriage can only thrive if both partners are getting their needs met. Sounds simple. He also says that each partner needs to know the others needs. I am impressed with the book and had to stop to quote this paragraph.

The great American scramble for more goodies as you move up the ladder of success becomes perhaps the deadliest enemy any family faces. What should be primary in a marriage: your relationship as man and woman, or your standard of living? We all know the “right” answer, but many couples still get it all backwards. They put their standard of living ahead of their relationship with the mistaken idea, “We will be happy if we can just get ahead.” In many cases exactly the reverse happens. They reach a “higher standard of living” but at a terrible price.

So what would your spouse like more of, money to spend or time with you? What are your thoughts?

10 months after my network marketing reintroduction, I replaced my full-time income, and in another 10 months turned my monthly income into my weekly income.  I quickly became a top earner in my company, a coach for the industry, and now have the honor and privilege of teaching people how to have more leads then they can call, more time then they know what to do with, and more money then they can spend.  Regardless of company.  I am what you would call an “overnight success”.  Except it took 20 years of sales and marketing training, and 7 years of network marketing training.  Thousands of dollars of education and thousands of hours of study has gotten me to where I am now.  The dream kept me alive.  I knew there was a better way.  I knew there was an easier way.  And now I am living the dream.  Literally. I have a beautiful wife and a beautiful life.  We have a 4 year old boy and another one on the way.  We are buying (our first) dream home.

This was a lesson I learned early in my networking career. I was introduced to this industry in 2001. I was enamored. A man I met at a BNI meeting asked me if I was open to an additional stream of income or was I locked into what I was currently doing. He told me that he and a couple colleagues were putting together a team to work with for some projects on and off the internet. They were looking for some sharp people. He handed me a CD called “Hi Tech / High Touch”. He had me at hello. Well within 5 years I went to every meeting, every function, spent thousands of dollars on tapes and books, missed two of my best friends’ weddings, was excited and broke excited and broke excited and broke, spent more then I made, took the advice literally of finding 2 prospects a day and chased down a man in a snow blizzard asking him if he was open to an opportunity, my wife almost left 3 times, my best friend wanted to have an intervention and have had the police called on me when I showed up for a follow up. I’m no quitter but after 5 years of spending money and not making money I retired from network marketing, broke but not discouraged. I went back to business 101 for a year. And then I was reintroduced – this time by a cutting edge, future thinking, health and wellness company.

Yes, network marketing is a business.  And, yes, network marketing is a great business.  But network marketing offers a great lifestyle.  I am a daddy and a husband first.  I am training for a bike ride as a fund raiser for cancer survivors.  We are buying a house, moving to Connecticut, having a baby, and still having an amazing summer.  Network marketing is about lifestyle.  So far we have been to Cape Cod, Marblehead, Mass, Maine, Vermont, and today we are off to Mohonk Mountain.  I meet people when I am out and about.  I don’t go out to prospect.  I prospect when I am out.  I met 3 potential customers/business partners/friends yesterday at a christening.  Two the day before at a concert.  Two the same day on a bike ride.  What a business!  Network marketing is attracting people from all professions.  Real estate professional, athletes, financial planners and doctors are looking toward network marketing as their next career.  Are you ready to have CEO income without having a J-O-B?  We can help.  Are you already involved in network marketing and need some guidance?  We can help.  We teach people how to combine the three greatest trends of the new millennium – health and wellness, distribution through networks, and the internet. I am looking for a few key people to work with.  I bet you a dollar that I can help you add at least 20-30% to your income even in a down economy.  I can help you make your car payment, pay off your mortgage, or at the very least add a couple grand to your income each month.  Ready to take your health and your wealth to the next level?  Give me a call.  It’ll take one conversation – 15 minutes.  If it’s a fit, we can open up a door to extraordinary things together. If not, I will wish you well. 917-226-6901.  Let’s see if I can help you hit your financial goals.

First there was “Bachelor Party”.  Then “Very Bad Things”.  And now “The Hangover”.  My wife and I went to see “The Hangover” and I am going to give it a thumbs up.  Laugh out loud, pee in your pants, tears in your eyes funny.  And dumb.  Some great cameos.  Some painful scenes that just wouldn’t end.  But overall — a great laugh, a great time, and a great date with my lovely bride.  If you are in the mood to turn off your brain for awhile, and laugh at someone’s mishaps from a bachelor party in Vegas — then go.  I do not think it will win an Oscar, but I do think it will be a popular rental.

Found a couple of good ones for the blog.  You see, for me, family is #1.  It’s the reason behind everything I do.  I hope you can relate!

One of these is my son, Tyler and I back at Marblehead, MA from last week.  The other is my whole family on a garden outing.  Enjoy!