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Back to Work

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I’ve been off work now for almost a month with the birth of my first child Wyatt.  This temporary freedom has been quite an amazing experience and I loved every minute of it, even the grump nights where Wyatt chose not to sleep.  There was comfort knowing that I could have naps during the day if require, I do love a good nap!  The freedom to do trips in the middle of the day to Jasper on a whim and not really have to plan or ask a boss for the day off work. 

It was just nice to have a full month off and take care of my family for the first month of having a family.  The transition of now having a little baby to take care of turns things upside down and It saddens me to know most people are only able to take a few days off, maybe a week, and then go back to work.  Having this month off has given us the opportunity to set a schedule with Wyatt, allowed us to get him used to napping in his crib now (a recent success), and just get into some kind of groove and really figure things out.  As new parents there is no manual or SOP given to you, you have to figure things out on your own.  You may say there are books, well yeah there are books, however every baby is different and trust me when shit hits the fan the last thing you do is look at a book. 

I could have actually taken 8 months off (paternity leave) if I really wanted to and not really have it impact us financially.  Because of the decisions we’ve made and the success we’ve achieved in our business, Lindsay was retired from a full time job working for another person almost a year ago, and now works on our business part time so I guess she’s semi-retired.  We were able to give her the choice of if she wanted to work full time or not, and well I think you know what route we took.  She didn’t need the maternity leave so that gave me the option of paternity leave.  I chose not to take it because of where I am in my full time job and how new I was in that role.  For the time being I still need my full time job and protecting that is still priority one.  Given recent events with how we laid off someone coming back from maternity leave, I felt it best to only take one month.

Lindsay can now comfortably be a stay at home mom so that we don’t have to put our little one in daycare once maternity leave is done.  I know not everyone has this option and can respect that and quite honestly before we got involved in our business we were in that situation as well.  However we decided to make a change and our goal was to not have him in daycare and we made those changes by streamlining our lives, by getting out of debt, by increasing our income stream outside of our full time jobs, all those things led us to where we are now and I wouldn’t change that for anything.  Everyone has options, it’s what they are willing to do to make it happen that sets them apart from those who are not willing to do what it takes.

So August 15th I go back to work, back to what I like doing, working with people, working with technology and toys, but what I hate doing is being away from my family and putting them on the backburner to build someone else’s company/dream.  That will ultimately change as we have a new burn, a burn to have me gain my freedom back from a full time job and give my best hours of the day to my family instead of the man.  Just like we were able to do for Lindsay we can do for myself.  It all depends on choices and options in life and what is important to you.  Having this temporary freedom has lit a fire under my arse to make this happen and we are and it’s going to be pretty fantastic.

 

NapTime 

So I welcome August 15th as it will be a burn, a good burn so that I can have many more days like this, chilling out with my kids enjoying that mid-day nap.

 

 

 

 

 

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Two Weeks Notice

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BossPrick Today my beautiful wife gave her two weeks notice at the financial planning company she works for.  She told all three of her boss’s that she was leaving and told them her reasons why.  She mentioned the dreams and goals that we have set for our family and our life and that we have a side business going on that’s bringing in residual income.  When asked what side business we had going on she said we build a Amway Global business.  Two of her boss’s kinda nodded their head and understood, and one of them was totally oblivious and said “Really??, Really?, I would have never guessed it, aren’t they always pushy and ramming stuff down your throats?”.  Just goes to show the old image our there or the image of people who build it with little to no integrity.  Lindsay just smiled and said I guess I’ve changed your impression.

One of guys Lindsay works with is actually still an IBO and said he used to be a Platinum with an Emerald in his downline (which is not profitable) and he started to coach her and say a whole bunch of stuff to justify why he was no longer active and such.  He was within the Network 21 LOA which I believe I heard has a F rating in the BBB.  Not 100% sure on that just what I heard.  [Post EDIT: I should have done better research when originally writing this article.  Network 21 does not have an F rating, they don't have a rating yet as they are still under the radar of the BBB. Rating Here] Why wasn’t he profitable?  Because he didn’t build the business with proper parameters to help secure and solidify his downline legs.  It happens and is a lot of the reasons why people are unsuccessful from some of the failed organizations I’ve heard of.  I don’t want to de-edify but this happens due to a lot of different reasons.  We build our business with those parameters which is why to some it doesn’t make sense how we have a self funded business or how we are making money at lower PV levels.  Build it right with a coach and mentor who have integrity and you can be profitable if you work hard at it.

I’m so excited for Lindsay and the next two weeks.  She will never have to get dolled up for another man ever again which is pretty awesome.  She can focus on what she wants to do in life and pick up some of the things she hasn’t been able to do because of the 8-5 day job.  One of the biggest things we are excited about is when we start trying for kids in the next few months she can do it healthy and stress free.  Not having to have a job that creates stress which isn’t good for the new baby.  Sure there will be those life stress’s which for us have been reduced to a minimum since we have little debt left.  That’s the big life stress right there we’ve been fortunate to get rid of.  Once you do that, everything changes.

So two more weeks and Lindsay will become a free woman, a woman with a choice!

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Planning For My Wife’s Freedom Day

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stressfree This weekend we started planning for my wife’s freedom day.  What is “Freedom Day” ?  Freedom Day is the day that Lindsay gets the choice of working or not.  Sure she could continue to work, have some other man control when she can have lunch, when she has to show up to work, how late to stay… OR, she can choose not go to work anymore and decide to wake up when she wants and pretty much do whatever she wants with her day. 

How did we come to this point? With success from our business and also streamlining our life.  We’ve been able to reduce significant amounts of debt in our life to the point we don’t have to pay that money to some creditor or to some credit card company etc… If you really think about it, paying a mortgage, visa, line of credit, and vehicle payments adds up to a full time salary at least for my wife (yes we owed a lot, just check out some earlier blog posts).  We’ve also decided to streamline our life in areas like cable TV, we don’t watch as much as we do so why not cut the cable back and then just download the shows we want to watch.  We’ve decided to sell our condo and rent a place for the next few years because all indications from multiple sources say the market is going to slow down after this quarter and we don’t want to have to re-sign our mortgage when the market is low and interest rates will be high.  We also crunched some numbers and know we can save more by renting then our house will ever appreciate in a year.  So that when we move to Kelowna we will be in a MUCH better position when we buy a place there.  So smarter decisions like that have allowed us to free up a huge amount of income to the point it makes no sense for Lindsay to show up to a job.  We’ve also started making some decent money with our business through hard work and persistence to stay core, which we’ve seen first hand works.  It’s quite amazing to look back at my outlook almost a year ago when Lindsay started this and how negative I was towards her.  I’m glad that I didn’t steal her dream because I almost did! Where would we be then? She’d still be working for some other company telling her what to do and not able to give her FIRST best to her husband and family.  She’s continue to be stressed at work and we’d end up having to put our kids into a daycare or day home. NO WAY!

That is why what we do is worth it!  Lindsay gets to have some time off work before we start to have kids so that she can really know who she is.  She can become that amazing woman she is supposed to be, free from someone telling her what to do in a job.  I know that she’ll be looking forward to doing Yoga in the middle of the day instead of before work or after work, she can do it on her own schedule.  Lastly she can serve our family the way it’s meant to be served.  Now I’m not saying she’s gotta be in the kitchen slaving over the stove, don’t misunderstand me.  What I mean is she can serve me and our future family bystress_free giving her best time to me and us instead of her second best.  That is some powerful stuff.  I’ve seen first hand through this business the people who have been freed from a job and how much less stress there is on their marriage and how they are able to just be a family or a couple.  The impact that has on people is out of this world.  You will never know yourself until you are free of stress, I like to think we are pretty darn close to that after she retires.  Just have to get me free! :)   

So if things continue on the way they are now we are looking at Lindsay to step away from her job this July.  I cannot wait to roll up to her work in the middle of the afternoon with all our coaches and mentors and walk in and pull her out of that job.  It will be a HUGE party that’s for sure.  There will be tons of pictures and good times.  Her work won’t know what hit them.  It will be an amazing day and I cannot wait to share it on her so that we can inspire people to do the same regardless of what vehicle they do it with.

Staying Focused At Work

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Sorry Not Taking That Exit!

Sorry Not Taking That Exit!

 

I recently had my performance appraisal at work and while it was not a bad review it was definitely an interesting one.  It  was due to the fact my attitude and mentality has shifted from being a career focused person to an entrepreneur focused person building a business that will eventually let me walk away from my job so I can focus on other things such as my family and wife.  Obviously that is going to take some work but we are well on our way to making that happen.  Achieving Eagle was a good step in that direction and as we build to Double Eagle that will allow us to have my wife come home as her income will be replaced by this business and more.

What was interesting about the review was the fact that my boss wants us to be marketable with our skills and wants us to continue on our training path and get certifications and such.  The thing is all of that extra studying to get those certifications are on my own time.  My own time is spent on building this business and that is what my personal focus is when I’m not at work.  It’s like I’m in a catch 22.  While my job does not 100% require me to get these certifications it is a good thing because it will help refine some skills I have and help me obtain new ones that I don’t have.  But at the same time I know without a doubt what we are doing with our business will set me free from a job forever.

This was the first review I’ve had since I started building this business and it was just a really interesting perspective.  What will be even more interesting is that I will have to do these reviews with my team members that I lead.  While they are not building their own business, I still have to put on my JOB hat and do the best job I can giving them a performance appraisal.  I just found the last few days to be an interesting perspective.