How I Became a Network Marketer

Most of you will join a network marketing company because a friend introduces you to the business. My route was a bit different.

My dad recommended I read Steven K. Scott, so I picked up a copy of his book, The Richest Man Who Ever Lived. I was enthralled. Somewhere in there he talked about how he'd started a new company. He presented the opportunity at a church and though there were lots of people there, only 2 folks in the audience decided to join. Within months they were well on their way to earning 7 figures. Why did the other folks at the church not see what those 2 saw? Scott said that opportunities are often right in front of us and we miss them. We walk right past them. I didn't want to be that person.

Scott didn't provide the name of his company in the book, so I Googled in the hopes of finding it. When I found it, I saw that it was a network marketing company. I groaned. Several years back two friends had tried to interest me in their NM opportunity. I researched NM, talked to a few trusted advisors, and decided it just wasn't for me.

Now here I was again. So I said a prayer. I said, "If there's an opportunity here for me, help me to see it." I went to Amazon to browse the latest books on network marketing. I glanced at a few but nothing really caught my attention. I was getting bored but there was one more book on the page of my search, so I clicked on the link to it. It was Beach Money by Jordan Adler.

The book description was something like, "Earn money while you're at the beach" and "Impact thousands of people's lives." Two of my favorite things. That got my attention. Plus, in the reader reviews a lot of folks said not only was the book great but also the author was a good guy. How often is it that readers know the author? I ordered the book.

It's an easy read. I read it in one night. But I was so excited by what I read I had trouble sleeping.

While I knew Scott's company wasn't the one for me (I wasn't excited by the product), I decided to keep my eyes open. Shortly after that, the NM opportunity that excited me presented itself. I did my research--on the company, on the products, on the industry again. But I still wasn't sure. Was NM really the opportunity for me?

Late one Saturday night when I was reading Success From Home magazine which featured the company in it, an interview with one distributor caught my attention. She said that she loved the company because it allowed her to live a philosophy that she'd grown up with--"You reap what you sow." That resonated with me.

I prayed again that night. I said, "Could You give me a sign? I know You're not going to part the clouds and say, 'Monica, sign up for this company,' but if You could give me some kind of sign, maybe during the sermon..." (I knew I was going to church on Sunday.) I'd never done that before but I figured, what the heck, it couldn't hurt.

At church the next day I was so excited. I had a notebook and pen. I was ready. The minister said, "We're going to be talking about America's future today." I'm thinking, "Who cares?! Focus on Monica's future!" He said, "Turn in your Bibles to Galatians 6:7." And he read it. It reads, "You always reap what you sow." I almost fell out of my chair.

I joined my first NM company.