Network Marketing Is the Dream Career I Overlooked

"What do you do?"
"I help people become physically fit and financially free."

"You do what?" asked a new mom acquaintance while our sons played together at the park.

It's a question I get a lot these days. It takes a minute or two to explain in all sincerity that I am a network marketing professional. I fell in love with a system of health and wellness superfood products that transformed my body and mind, and now I'm in partnership with the company as a distributor. The people I work with on a daily basis come to me for health transformations and stay for the financial opportunity. Helping people get the body of their dreams and a bank account to match could not be a more fulfilling way to make a living, though I'm as surprised as anyone to be on this career path.

Like many people I entered network marketing by accident, and with a healthy dose of skepticism. Pyramid scheme and sales person were words that initially came to mind when I had heard of network marketing in the past, and I didn't want to be one of "those people." A friend had called me a few years ago asking me to consider joining her network marketing team with a health and wellness company, but I cut her off before she could even finish telling me about her multiple six figure income. I didn't think network marketing was for me.

After having my first child I struggled to get my body back and was depleted mentally and physically. The same friend wholeheartedly believed the products she stood behind would help me feel like myself again so I became a customer. A former yo you dieter, I was always looking for something to get me off that train and into my skinny jeans in a sustainable and healthy way. I lost my baby weight with the products right away, but what really caught my attention was that I felt better than ever while doing it and never wanted to be without the products again. Noticing my new vibrance and killer body, friends started asking what I was doing and by helping them get started with their own programs my new business was born.

Shortly into my new venture, I visited corporate headquarters, met other women aligned with the company that had what I wanted, which was excellent health and time and financial freedom, and I made the decision to become a professional. I did my homework and sought the advice of trusted friends and mentors who had "made it" in network marketing. I followed their advice and committed to stick it out through any discomfort that may come with learning something new. When I learned financial experts like Robert Kiyosaki of Rich Dad Poor Dad and conscious leaders like Tony Robbins had jumped on the network marketing bandwagon I got over any hesitations still lingering. When legitimate paychecks started rolling in and friends graciously praised me for helping them reach their health goals nothing was going to stop me.

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