Network Marketing Journey

How Much Has Changed?

There is no doubt. Since I started down the path of an entrepreneur my life has changed in so many ways I can’t even count them. Although I’ve recognized how much more confident and learned I’ve become–it wasn’t until after I informed my mother of my newest project (Network Success Builders) that the gravity of those changes would truly strike me.

The Look in My Mother’s Eye

Until all of this started I was going nowhere fast. I had made a number of attempts at striking out on my own, trusting people and making a go at life–as I wanted it–and fell flat on my face. It all served as a lesson in later years but the hardest part was not having the support of my parents.

Through childhood and into adulthood I had very different ideas concerning what I wanted from life and my family was never really on the same page. They wanted a simpler, quieter life and I, regardless of being an introvert, wanted to be among the people–helping, sharing and loving on them.

My Unique Path to Success and Their Acceptance of It

They could understand that, after all, they themselves are very loving people but they didn’t understand my creative vision, my desire to go into the world and immerse myself in it–as a means of learning and failing forward.

So. Fast forward to about a week ago when I was having a discussion with my Mother about NSB, the vision behind it and where I see our group in the future.

As I told her of these things and explained to her that in the process I would be taking care of the purchase of some of her favorite products I saw a different kind of light in her eye. There was a sparkle I had never seen when I told her about my other projects.

Eventually my father joined the conversation and as I prepared to return home they expressed how they were excited for me. This time they didn’t try to talk me out of it or discourage me in any way.

The Take Away

That moment really stuck with me and it will stay with me for a very long time. I realized just how important it was for me to have the support of the people I love. But more importantly, I see why they resisted. As parents, all they wanted for me was to be happy in my own skin.

They may not have always approved of the journey but all I can do (or anyone else for that matter) is be true to myself and the path I need to take.

While talking with them I also realized I was currently on the path to becoming the person they already knew me to be–I was just a late bloomer. Always have been. We all experience the world in so many different ways and we all have different areas in which we excel.

[Side Note: I think this is one of the reasons the American Educational System is struggling so much in recent years. Students are expected to fit themselves into a given mold when their genius may very well be in a completely different form of learning]

Have you experienced this yourself? How did it affect you?

Do you have kids whose ideas and dreams you don’t understand? Are you willing to love them unconditionally and allow them to find their way?

I truly believe that each one of us is unique and because of that no single person can be fit into a mold. It takes a special kind of love and willingness to let go and allow a child to experience all things–good and bad–for their own benefit.

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