Art of Knowing Yourself - Challenge by: Tamara

KNOWING MYSELF
It's been a long time since I attempted to "Mentor the masses" I have 23 groups on Facebook I have founded and most of them kind of run themselves and I watch from a distance. But it wasn't always that way.

In 2010, my wife @bloghound and I were getting close in our relationship online and decided to do something together. We created our first online group with the purpose of helping people make online sales as well as developing relationships between buyers and sellers. We advertised people (wife still does) and we served as the middle men between buyer and seller disputes (mind you this was all for free). I also created a secret account called Scammer Buster and I literally went illegal vigilante against them. meaning, I broke the law like (cant remember his name Branson?) those days ended and we are where we are now still with 23 groups.

Here is the important part. I moved in the Philippines with $300 in my pocket and no job lined up and a very weak plan hoping that I could sell products (from where, I didn't know) to the members of our groups that trusted us. That worked for a bit, I sold (don't laugh) purses. My wife and I made very strong relationships with suppliers in town and would take pictures of purses, then post those pictures online with a little markup. People paid we would go, and buy the purses at a negotiated discount. That was our profit.

After / during that, I started doing Gcash loans which are bank card loans basically. That did well until a certain amount of people wouldn't pay back and it became a loss. Then I started teaching online for a new company in the Philippines (way underpaid and I had no clue). I taught 24 classes a day as well as managed the office. Things got weird due to me being a foreigner and I started teaching from home while still managing. In this time, I learned more about the business and how much I was getting screwed. Along with internet connection issues from home, I saw the writing on the wall and started making adjustments to start my own business. What I saw happening happened and I was fired for internet issues. This is where my business began. Fortunately I had the insight to know what was coming and was ready. That was 5 yrs ago. This year (roughly a month ago), I went back to the US to work as a regular company employee/building my own business. Long story short......

WHAT DID I LEARN?
Keep your whits up. I don't care if you have no money in your pocket. Be determined and doors will open! I have not worked for anyone for years. I have had my struggles, ups and downs. Living at the beach with an ocean view to working out of the equivalent of a cave. I'm earning more now than when I lived at the beach (in the Philippines) but my thought process is different now. Slow and steady.

END OF STORY. Have nothing means nothing! You still have heart! USE IT! $300 almost 7 years ago and I own my own business and still have plans for more businesses. NEVER count yourself out. NEVER! You are your best resource for success, just believe in yourself (more than anything, believe in God).

I may not be the biggest success story, but I'm married with a lovely daughter and we are not suffering because I never gave up. I'd like to thank my wife for not giving up on me.

Thank you for hosting this wonderful challenge @tamacvet and @smafey for tagging me in this post. Kudos! I nominate @fycee @wandrnrose7 and to join the challenge. Here's the challenge link: https://busy.org/@tamacvet/art-of-knowing-yourself-challenge

(photos taken by my wife @bloghound )

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