I started my first home business when I was 19. I was in college in WA going for my RN. I was doing clinicals in an ER when they brought a little boy in that had a father that did awful things to him. I helped prep the boy for his surgery, and after several events that night, the boy didn't make it.
The next day I withdrew from the nursing program. I had ALWAYS wanted to be a nurse, but the night before taught me, that I just wasn't cut out for it. I feel WAY to much for people. Now with kids of my own, there is NO WAY I could ever be a nurse in ANY field.
After looking at my options (spending a lot more of my parents money to pursue a totally different degree), I decided that I wanted to do my own thing. I wanted to be in total control of my life.
The first thing I started in was the money making opportunities offline world. I didn't like promoting the programs because I knew that there were A LOT more people above me making a lot more money. I did really well with promoting them, but didn't like the idea of basically working to pay someone else. So many of the other people promoting them were constantly talking about not knowing where and how to promote their money making programs, services, info products, and stuff like that. I figured I'd done well at promoting, so I started teaching others.
7 years later I am still teaching offline people to promote. Not only their money making programs, but actual services and products too.
Looking back, starting my own business was the best thing I ever did. Especially now that I have kids. I'm able to be here for them all the time. I think a lot of the problems our world has comes from children not having their parents around enough. I really like the money that my home business brings me, but what makes it truly worth it is being able to wake up every morning with my kids, to be there at lunch time, to be there at nap time, to be there at learning time, to be there at play time, to be there during tv time, to be there at bedtime... My ultimate goal with my home business has nothing to do with the money. It has to do with being able to be there for my kids in the hope that I will raise them to be good people. I don't have to rely on anyone else to do that for me.
Liz Tomey