No Family Is Perfect

No family is perfect. We argue, we fight, stop talking to each other sometimes. But in the end, family is family- the LOVE will always be there. That’s the real reason why I do my very best to succeed every single day.  Every day that I make a difference, it means that I can enjoy at least 10 times that amount of time with my family. Every time I help someone realize that family is worth more than money, I hand down the choice to be with family instead of work. In my opinion, family is the most important thing in the world, and if we EVER put money, work, or a job in front of them… it is an emotional price to pay and time you can never get back.

A couple of years ago, God decided it was time to have my grandmother by His side, and I decided to clock in for a shift instead of attend her funeral. I thought I was doing the ‘right’ thing, you know: proving that I was ‘committed’ to getting a promotion at my job. All it did was have my manager say that it’s not easy earning a promotion. And I agreed. How messed up was I to put work over family? Maybe you’re going through something like that right now. Is that what it costs to be promoted or earn a raise? Trust me when I tell you this: that part of my life is YOUR SIGN to change. My mistake can be your lesson before it happens to you! But will you change? Could you?

A few months later, I had another manager tell me that I had to quit school in order for their company could take me serious. That other employees got promoted after working 4 years, full-time, and made sacrifices ‘worse than mine’ to prove their worthiness. In his words, “You do not have what it takes to be a manager.” That conversation happened while I was getting paid $9.05 per hour, attending college full-time, paying bills like everyone else, and that forced me into a tuna can & 2-for-$1 eating lifestyle. I could not have felt any worse about my life at that point. Worst part? I was almost convinced he was right.

In February 2013, I almost lost my brother to a fire accident.  I can’t go into detail or I will breakdown trying to write this blog, but I will quote the first doctor who examined him severity and stated we needed to be physically present when he woke up,

“Your brother is going to wake up, IF he wakes up, and feel the same pain and burn he felt before the suppressants kicked in for a few days straight. These kinds of burns make anyone wish they would rather be dead, the worst possible pain you cannot imagine unless you have been in it. He NEEDS the support.”

I had 20 minutes before he was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center to decide whether to go with him or stay to clock in for a shift the next day.  That is when I realized how messed up I really was. Was I actually debating this?! Yes I was. And that’s when it hit me, right then and there, I knew I had to do something about that job, it was messing with my head to the point where I was putting it over the lives of family. I despised myself, felt disappointed with who I had become… I failed my brother, my family, my grandmother, and myself. Everything in my life was now in control of someone else and the chase for money. I am going to stop here because I know myself enough to the point that I cannot flashback the severity and have that emotional toll hit me again- but to let you know, I quit that job and went full throttle with ChallengeToLive, Inc. with the proper priorities, leadership, ethics, and passion that I knew would create a life where family comes first. NOT MONEY or to PROVE myself by sacrificing family in order to ‘earn’ a promotion.

Within seven months, I created a better income in less than 12 hours a week, saved enough to continue with college, and begin something that ultimately gave me the blessing to follow my dreams and become an author & public success speaker.  I do not say this to brag, I do not say this to have you quit your job from one day to the next. I say all this so you can get to know a taste of who I am, what I have been through, and offer you a hand to change your life.  I have helped thousands of people do the same- learn the proper mentality to change your life and put those who matter first. How to earn income, and then explode it through your personality and passion- NEVER sacrificing family or years of your life. There is no such thing as an overnight success, but you can take what I will teach you, implement it every day, and eventually be able to take hold of your life and steer it in the direction that matters to you.

You can go to the “About Me” section of this website and have a more in-depth description of what happened. If you want to know what happened in astonishing detail; everything from conversations of managers who said I wasn’t worth much, to the conversations of people in my business who pushed me to keep fighting when I had absolutely nothing left- get a copy of Seven Months To Happy Tears. I’ve mentally matured decades and equipped people with what they need to soar past sacrifices like the ones I’ve made, or even skip them altogether in previous Mentorship Programs and private consultations. But now it is time to take advantage of what is the biggest Mentorship I have ever hosted, as well as the only one that will be hosted in 2014 (and there isn’t much of a sign to host one anytime in soon in 2015).

I have lost family, went into massive debt, made awful choices, and always played the victim card. The moment I decided to change that was the moment I took control of my life and went full-faith into a future where I was steering the wheel. Don’t wait, or even gamble, on the chance of another Mentorship. There have been people in worse situations than I have who saved their life in less than 3 months- and I have no doubt that it IS possible for you too. With 57 spots left, take advantage and reserve yours now. Your life, the lives of those you love, and decades of priceless memories may depend on it. Sacrifices for money? Or Life Fulfillment with ethical purpose? You have a choice- decide now.

With your health & success always on my mind,