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26 Jun 2006, 12:32 am / Happy
Why bother "doing Pre-Paid Legal"?
Because people were asking me this when I started, I began asking myself why. My answer to myself inspired me. Here's why...
I once heard a Dr. Terry Lyles say "If you live in America and you do not own your own business, you have given up your right to be free." He was talking about how most people have JOBS and work to make other people rich and free. I learned a long time ago being around my father, who taught me that you never want to work for someone else if you ever want to control your own life... so I knew I could NEVER have a JOB. I soon learned that owning a traditional business could be an interesting challenge, but business ownership stress mostly wipes out the advantages over having a job. Most people I know who have jobs are not happy, and most people I know who run their own businesses will admit that their business runs them. I have personally worked extremely hard at everything I have ever done my entire life... and I have come to a conclusion...
So this is what I have found. The PPL business model provides a lifestyle that is RARELY possible elsewhere. When I describe my lifestyle now because of PPL, and compare it to the way I used to live, it makes me smile from ear to ear. Some of my friends hate to hear me talk about how happy I am all the time because they know they will never get to this point, basically because they refuse to let go of old paradigms and programming - that people are supposed to work hard and barely get by. How do I live now BECAUSE OF PPL? I wake up every morning without an alarm clock. My day belongs to me. I do what I want, when I want. I have not one person who tells me what to do. I cannot be fired. If I feel like going and playing golf all day, I can just go, yet my business keeps producing my income. I can go see my little 2 year old niece and play with her during the day. I can go have lunch at off-peak times and not have to deal with the crowds. I schedule trips to different places I would like to see around the country, and since I do a presentation or training while there, being a business trip I get to write it off. At the age of 30, I built a 6,500 sq ft home complete with everything I wanted - movie theater, gym, spa, pool room, 3 car garage, fireplace in the master bedroom. I drive a Ferrari, which some people do not care about that, but it was something I always dreamed of, so it fulfilled my own dream and makes me happy. I have so many close friends now, more than I could ever have before due to my former hectic work regiment. I work towards bigger goals and dreams every day with great pride knowing that I am building for me and my family an incredible future. My children will never have to live without anything, not material needs, nor time and attention. I will be raising my children myself, every day. I will not miss those magical years because I had to give them to an employer instead of those whom I love. I am setting up a charitable foundation to do important things for children who have not been given the start in life that they deserve. If I think of anything else that is important to me, I'll just add it to the list of what I do on the spot. That's called freedom.
So why should someone get into PPL and work hard? That's the stupidest question I think anyone could ever ask. How could someone not? Stress is killing people out there. Children are being raised by daycare. Financial woes are ripping apart marriages. People are spending themselves into debt and destroying any chance to ever retire. People are buying houses on variable rate loans that will catch up to them and force them to lose their homes when the rate catches up and their income is still the same. Road rage will get the best of some. Stress will cause others to contract illness. The picture is bleak all around.
It flat out blows my mind how some people in PPL are not treating their business seriously. They are squandering the rare opportunity to be in the right place at the right time to change their lives. That sounds cliche, fine. If my lifestyle I live is cliche, I want a whole truckload of it. My life is forever changed because I went out and built my PPL business. I did not make excuses. I did not care if people said no. I went to my meeting every week with guests. I went to every annual convention. I listen to the tapes, read the books, got on every call, and prospected every person I could... and here I am, 6 years later, living the dream. My dream. You only have one life to live, and living it for a salary trading your time for a dollar, or owning a business that is sucking the life out of you... that's no way to live. Our families are counting on us to make better decisions than that. Would I give advice? Absolutely! STOP right now, stop making excuses. You did not meet with someone to show them the DVD today? Why not??!!! That is a conscious choice to do the wrong thing, to stay where you are in life and not do the proper activity to get ahead. God wants you to have much more. Your family wants much more. Your boss smiles every night knowing he/she is leveraging you and your precious time, knowing you'll never be at the top of their pyramid. You can build your way to the top in your PPL business, and nobody can stop you but you. Read this 20 times and ask yourself what you are going to do. I will pray for you to make the right decision for you. If you get serious about PPL, I will be here to help you along with our entire team. You have everything to lose and all to gain. Time is ticking. The opportunity is passing. It is not too late. It all starts with you stepping up, reaching out to your upline. Choose your own pace, but just move forward. Ready for the 6-figure Ring? Ready to be a hero?
In Friendship and Success,
Brian Carruthers
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