This is my story.
I was born in Balclutha in South Otago.
My parents farmed in Clinton and eventually we moved to Waimate ,a farming community in South Canterbury.
Here I was brought up to farm .........
I went to Otago Boys High School where I loved the life and excelled at sport especially rugby.
From there a brief time at Lincoln College untill I was drawn home to the Farm.
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Eventually I went into partnership with my brother on a mixed farm untill he left to pursue other interests.
In the midst of all that I married Yvonne who worked at the local school.
We had 4 children after Yvonne finished teaching (2boys and two girls.)
Sport featured in a lot of our activities where a highlight was to be involved with the South Canterbury rugby team that lifted the Ranfurly Shield off Marlbrough in 1974.
Golf has also been a passion of my life and have maintained a single figure handicap for most of my golfing career.
Then in the late 1980s I set up a contracting operation which for better or worse dominated the next 10-12 years leaving little time for anything else.
Day and night it would demand up to 15-20 hours a day during the busy season.
It was easier to create a business than it was to dismantle it.
My brother left in the early 90s and I continued to farm about 380 Hectares untill selling part of it about 1994.
We carried on farming and contracting always busy ,and then on New Years day in 2000 I got a call from a ex dairy farmer that would alter my life and ultimately lead to where I am today.
New Years Day, 8am in the morning I got a phone call inviting me to have a look at an opportunity and as usual with this particular company no name was mentioned.
Several times in the past I had been approached about Amway but wasn't interested.
But it goes to show that every person has there time and that day got me going.
Over my working lifetime I had had several significant accidents at rugby and work and that had opened me up to the concept of passive income, especially when in my mid 30s I was reduced to a state where I could hardly get out of bed due to those injuries.
It was then that a specialist in Christchurch told me to get out of Farming.
This went down like a lead balloon but due to the abilities of a certain kinesioligist in Christchurch I continued.
We spent close to 4 years in Amway which was a steep learning curve to the good and bad of that particular company.
Rose to Gold level and learnt a lot.
Then along came Melaleuca which has fantastic products and of a type that we will always buy.
Rose to Director 3 and couldn't handle the attrition rate which also existed in Amway.
Got told about a fuel saving product called Ethosfr which once again is a fantastic product and I am their Director of For Earth International and responsible for its delivery in New Zealand and Australia.
This product has its own network and compensation plan and when fuel gets expensive again will take off.
As I have always had a passionate interest in health issues I also have an interest in two other companies at the moment.
One of the trends of the 21 Century in Networking is that of multiple income streams which protects networkers from flucuations and downturns and one of the other realisations is that 75-80% of people who get involved with networking companies just want to buy the product as and when they like,and not be forced to part with their hard earned cash to go to functions etc.
So along came Max International with their great product called MAXGXL (Glutathione accelerator) and a fantastic payplan.
Then recently totally by accident I found another fantastic product called DrinkACT which is a natural energy drink and is there to combat the disgusting energy drinks that are on the market with there sugar boosts and health destroying characteristics.
As I said health is important as a few days after we first got into Amway my brother(37) died of cancer (melanoma).
this brought home the importance of healthy products that prevent Health issues.
Most networking companies have great products otherwise they wouldnt be there,so it then comes back to products and compensation plans and what suits you best .
So after having found companies with good products I once again by accident came across the next phase of my journey into building a passive income.
That is in the field of communications with a company called Globalpreneurs.com.
This company has all the sophisicated technology and systems you could imagine from video emails to conferencing to live classrooms to preentations and especially focused as a business platform.
That brings me to the other development in networking which is the elimination of the time consuming costly conferences that traditional old fashioned companies run.
Last Sunday morning I got up at 6.30 am made a cup of coffee and clocked in to the first live international launch of a networking company.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE..................
LIVE AND FREE .
That is the future of our business with the official launch of GLOBALPRENEURS.
The final step to all these plans and activities is the 3rd Dimension, a vehicle to bring customers to my Businesses.
I chose Veretekk which is an established system and has heaps of powerful aids to let people know that I am there.
This company has launched the Platinum System to coordinate their lead generating activities.
As this final step has just happened I will write another chapter in due course to let you know the results.
At the moment I couldnt be happier and more excited as I enter 2009 Great businesses, Fantastic communication system and a proven system to bring the customers and business builders.
I have done my apprenticeship and also have come to know some fine networkers.
Above all else the time to buid a networking business couldnt be better.
Tough times bring out the desire to suceed in people, so I am looking forward to any of you who want to join me.
I am here to help.
David
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