After going to school for Political Science Amy Schmittauer thought she wanted to go into campaign fundraising. Amy worked for some the best fundraisers in the state of Ohio, but after many more successful events in her life, Amy discovered her real passion in new media. Her career in social media began with freelance community management for small…

After gaining success as a physician, entertainer, trainer, and author of the #1 Amazon.com self-help bestseller, UnHypnosis, Steve Taubman teaches individuals to reinvent their lives. In 1982, Steve graduated from New York Chiropractic College and ran a successful practice in Vermont while building a strong network marketing business with nutritio…

Starting in the real estate industry to stay closer to home for his family, Aaron Kennard had the confidence in himself to achieve his goals for the benefit for his family. Aaron later started Truly Amazing Life to help others keep a positive mindset through the “thick and thins” in business life. He now shares with others his beliefs of physical, …

Publisher and CEO of Owner Magazine, Chris Brogan, is a very sought-after keynote speaker who has helped thousands find their confidence in the industry. Chris has been on many television shows like the Dr Phil show, as well as takes pride on once presenting to a princess. Chris has over thirteen years of experience in online networks, social commu…

After graduating from Providence College, John Lee Dumas joined the US Army as an officer. John spent 13 months overseas, and seven more years serving in the United States. After getting out of the military John was at the point of “what now” in life. After trying a few other jobs out he wanted to work for himself. John started off in real estate, …

From having .87 cents in his bank account, Joel Comm decided that if he worked hard he would never have to experience that again. Joel later created a multi million dollar corporation and made his dreams come true. Joel is a best selling author who has been recognised by NY Times for his works. He now spends his time being a guru for others who wan…

Formerly in the music industry, Scott Stratten wanted to achieve something more. He is the founder and president of Un-Marketing and is an expert in viral, social, and authentic marketing. Scott is a best selling author, who was named one of the top five social media influencers by Forbes Magazine. Speaking at events for companies like PepsiCo, Ado…

Growing up with a positive influence Tom Ziglar walked away from a professional golf career to join his father, Zig Ziglar, in the family business. Tom thought he would eventually regret giving up his dream but Instead, he says, “It was replaced with something better. Tom grew up around passion, and success and at a young age and knew nothing else.…

An international bestselling author Shajen Joy Aziz has gone on to sharing her film Discover the Gift in 22 countries worldwide. Shajen is a well known speaker and educator who shares her journey in life to others. She is a a mother, but works hard to enjoy the line between work and life. Her work has been featured in The Huffington Post and CNN, a…

In life, Nate Leung knew as a child he wanted to be successful. Being a second generation Chinese American, Nate felt pressures from his family to always do well in school, and to go out into the world and get a good job. This is what he wanted as well in his life, but he did not enjoy school. In 2001, after college, Nate was introduced to a compan…

For over 12 years Marsha Godwin was a Corporate Executive for a Fortune 100 Company.Marsha worked hard and earned a BA at Florida State University and an EMBA at Georgia State University and pressed her dreams. Marsha later realized that she acquired many great credentials and skills and vowed to help others by teaching all that she knows. She now …

After years of hard work to obtain her Doctorate in Language from Stanford University, Josephine Gross found herself unemployed. Approached by a friend with a network marketing opportunity, Josephine initially thought that someone with her education would never be interested in the business model. Relenting to attend an event, Josephine quickly con…

Growing up in a poor family, Jan Johnson still had the imagination and drive to dream big. She wanted to build a life of abundance for her future family, but was told in school she had a learning disability. She worked hard to overcome dyslexia and put in many hours reading the dictionary. By working hard and putting herself through college, Jan ac…

After working as an accounting assistant, Michelle Geyer was looking for a job that fit her personality. When she later discovered that she was going to be a mother of twin boys, she thought about how she wanted to be her own boss and build a successful business. Michelle wanted to spend as much time with her new family but did not know how to fit …

Coming from an area with limited job opportunities, Marquel Russell was told by friends and family that professional sports or government work were his only option for economic advancement. After dropping out of school and becoming a young father he found himself incarcerated. From that point on Marquel reconized in order to make a positive change …

At the age of seven Marsha Wright discovered her fascination of business, while selling sweets to children at her school. As she got older, Marsha did not fit the mold of her other classmates and was told by teachers that she would never amount to anything. After dropping out of school, she could not hide her lust for life and wanted to become some…

In 2010, parting with eight years of experience in corporate marketing and communications, Natalie Sisson left her corporate life to travel the world and has been living out of her suitcase ever since. She founded and grew ‘The Suitcase Entrepreneur’ into a thriving online community of thousands of people all yearning to inject more excitement into…

An art teacher turned personal trainer and body builder, Mary Ann Ficociello was no stranger to the rewards of concentrated effort. Discovering networking marketing through products shared by one of her personal training clients she was intrigued, but it wasn’t until connecting with the company’s philosophy that she was willing to dedicate herself …

Attending the University of Florida where he dedicated himself to his studies, Hale Pringle eventually went on to achieve a Doctorate in Educational Administration and Research. His efforts prepared him to be a life-long educator, but also embedded the ability to analyze systems and figure out what made them tick. Having served in the army, on a sc…

Having built a very successful business at the age of 29, Rob Fore made a single decision to further grow his business and suddenly lost everything. In the aftermath, he found himself alienated from his family, homeless, and sleeping in the back of his truck. Seeing this not as the end, but rather a new beginning, Rob fought to rebuild financial fr…

With the seeds of adventure planted at an early age, Peg Desrochers never desired to work in an office and waste the best years of her life. Inadvertently creating a vision board in the form of a framed travel poster, she attracted her ideal lifestyle and years later was hit by the realization that she was living her dreams. Peg explains how the po…

After quitting her job, Diane Hochman quickly saw that the joys of being a stay-at-home mother were overshadowed by the financial stress of a single income household. Introduced by a family member to a line of health products promising weight loss, she soon found herself attending a business opportunity presentation and everything clicked. With a p…

Working as a nurse and office manager, Judy Boger had consistently come across the multi-level marketing industry and never found herself in a position to say ‘yes’ to an opportunity. It wasn’t until 1992 that, while living a very comfortable life, she found herself looking for extra income to put her kids through college. Starting her business by …

Just months after moving 2,000 miles across the country to take a job at a newspaper, Adam Chandler found himself in a difficult situation. Far from the support of family and friends, he was laid off as the newspaper closed its doors and forced to seek an alternative source of income in a hurry. Finding an advertisement on Craigslist, Adam was extr…

Fresh out of college with no business experience or rapport, Jessica Higdon felt that she had to find a way to prove herself and establish credibility before she could become successful. It was not until later that she realized the limiting belief of being “too young” to achieve this was entirely self imposed. With that realization, Jessica built h…

Once a shy kid from New York City, Simon Chan had made a conscious effort well into his college career to remain a fly on the wall. Still able to land his dream job out of college, Simon begun putting his heart and soul into his position with the National Basketball Association (NBA). After eight years of hard work and dedication, his dream job did…

Seeing his parents separate at the age of seven, David Wood saw very clearly that if he wanted anything he had better be prepared to work for it. By the age of eleven, he had cleaned cars, worked in a retail, established two paper routes, and bred guinea pigs. Just after his twentieth birthday, David was headed back from a one week vacation in Afri…

Coming from a career in education, Jill Konrath found herself starting a business and was pushed to sell her vision. The polarity of her passion for building something meaningful and her radical distaste for sales left her at a crossroads – learn to sell or give up before even starting. Determined to let nothing stop her, Jill got a job at Xerox to…

In late 2008, just weeks after celebrating the first birthday of his third child, Chris Ducker hit a wall. He had been working nearly fifteen hours a day and realized that as an entrepreneur he was not running the business – he had become the business. Seeing what was in store if he remained in the same groove, Chris was determined to make a change…

A self-declared underachiever throughout his college years, Justice Eagan had yet to find something with which he was truly able to connect. After college he found himself in the hospitality industry, investing radical amounts of sweat equity into his career. In a short time, Justice was able to build considerable financial freedom, but had no time…

Having lived the corporate lifestyle by working twelve hour days for more than six years, Tanya Aliza was starting to see that her “dream job” wasn’t in fact so dreamy. Escaping the office for a few weeks she was able to gain some much needed mental clarity on what she truly desired in life. Tanya started to seek out an opportunity that would help …

Hearing the stories of those who have built great success, it can sometimes seem that the gene of entrepreneurialism was spliced in before birth and Rick Meekins is a shining example. While he wasn’t the subject of any genetic experiments, Rick had built everything from a paper route to a dating website and had done so at a very early age. While he…

Stumbling into the multi-level marketing industry as a broke college student, Cesar Rodriguez very quickly learned the importance of listening to the guidance of leaders. Starting out in MLM he had adopted the mindset of child-like innocence which enabled him to absorb the best qualities of leaders – also earning him the nicknames “the kid” and “th…

Now known prominently throughout the network marketing industry, you would likely be surprised to hear that Todd Falcone had a rather “normal” start to his MLM career. Seeking employment out of college Todd found himself in an opportunity presentation that seemed too good to pass up and jumped in as a distributor, but success didn’t come immediatel…

Of all the things that an 8-year-old girl might yearn for, Jaime Tardy wanted wanted nothing more than to be a millionaire… not right away, but eventually. The journey to such great success, like any other, is never traveled in a straight line and after a six year stint in the corporate world Jaime started looking for other options. She began searc…

Just a normal guy living a normal life, in mid-2008 Joshua Becker was posed a simple question that unintentionally altered the course of his life. This question, posed innocently to him by a neighbor, gave him a singular moment of clarity that led him to begin a journey towards a minimalist lifestyle. Chronicling his story through the Becoming Mini…

Born with the spirit of an entrepreneur, Richard Matharoo has been self-employed in some fashion since he was 18-years-old. With the birth of his first child he recognized that he was facing a problem to which so many small business owners fall prey – he didn’t own his business, his business owned him. Richard sought a means to spend more time with…

Following the traumatic death of a loved one, Joseff Boyer sought to be a part of the solution to problems within the medical industry so that no one else had a similar experience. His passion for helping others led him in the the field of nursing where he worked tirelessly to attain the experience and stature that would enable him to facilitate th…

Raised in en entrepreneurial household, Zoe Morris was told by her father that at some point in her life she would find herself in business. Becoming an operating room nurse out of college it didn’t quite seem to make sense, but over the years she began to understand. Seeping out more and more, Zoe found herself with experience in real estate, fran…

As she worked her way up in the corporate world, Nicky Price had always felt like she was wearing a coat that didn’t quite fit. Raised during a time of war, her parents were continually pushing her to follow the “traditional” career path. On several occasions, Nicky felt the entrepreneurial spark within her only to have it doused with water by thos…

Working a corporate job that he didn’t entirely hate, Nick Loper wasn’t climbing the walls to find an alternative. He did however realize that his 9 to 5 job was not something that truly inspired him and he started looking elsewhere. Nick realized that someone with slightly above average knowledge on a particular topic made it seem as though they w…

Having experienced a very simple, yet powerful, mental shift early in his life Peter Voogd began to understand the value of having total control over his income. As he discovered more an more venues for creating wealth, Peter realized that all too often people have misconceptions about earning money outside of working for someone else. His drive to…

Having embraced his entrepreneurial spirit at an early age, Neil Patel learned the power of self-education and hard work. He truly blossomed when he began to focus in the online marketing space and credited his first consulting client to the training he received in a direct sales business. These days Fortune 500 companies like Microsoft, HP, Amazon…

Always the outgoing type, Alton Patterson seemed to have a permanent smile on his face. He had worked his way into a government job with decent pay, a company car, and flexible hours – but it just didn’t seem to fit. Alton was spending more than an hour sitting in traffic to get to his job and began to despise his lack of location freedom. With no …

Voted by his high school classmates to be “the nerdiest kid in school” Scott McGee was not known for his stellar abilities to communicate with others. Loan after loan he worked his way towards medical school, but when his 17-year-old sister became pregnant he wanted, like any older brother would, to help her be free from financial stresses. Pushing…

Having built admirable success in real estate, Ray Higdon was living a life of great abundance when the market crashed and changed everything. In the blink of an eye his income was gone, his house was being foreclosed, and he didn’t know where to turn. Determined that this was not the end, Ray started rebuilding his life and he started with the mos…

From the moment that he started, Nicholas Caswell knew why he was beginning the journey of building a multi-level marketing business. His focus was unwavering as his definition for success meant having the funds to provide necessary medical care to his family. It was his commitment to be the best husband and father that kept him going far past when…

A powerhouse entrepreneur at age 19, Hal Elrod had become a record breaking sales rep for a $200 million marketing company – until everything change. His life was forever altered at age 20 when a drunk driver hit him head on at 70mph. Pronounced dead at the scene, Hal survived without a heartbeat for six minutes only to later awaken from a coma and…

Seeking an escape from the confines of a windowless office, John Trahan watched the clock each day until the hour where he was released from his fluorescent prison. He couldn’t wait to leave the office and get out on his boat to enjoy the water. Even after 14 years trapped in the corporate world, John’s discovery of the multi-level marketing indust…

As he was finishing high school in 2002, Steve Adams was accidentally introduced to Cutco by his mother as she encouraged him to get a job. With a passion for drawing out the enthusiasm of others he learned to focus on the person – not the sale. Following his mentor’s guidance, Steve learned to harness the power of these relationships and his minds…