PRI November, Las Vegas

In November we were down in Vegas for another PRI conference and I wanted to share two things that touched me, shared by the speakers on stage.

First, we got to hear from Rick Susie and got to share in his incredible spirit. We are so thankful for people like him, who want nothing more than to help us succeed. The thing that amazed me about the Susie family was the opportunities their son, Ricky is able to have in his music career, because of the work and commitment of his parents, who were given the same opportunity that we have now. Little Ricky sang a song for us and I couldn't help, but tear up because it's incredible to see such an amazing, humble and focused kid who's been taught the value of hard work by his parents. I know that we can do the same for our boys, we can give them choices and opportunities,regardless of what's going on in the economy or the "market" place, if we are willing to work as hard as they did. 

Secondly, we got to hear from an amazing young lady by the name of Ree Perez. She's an immigrant from Guam (?), I think.... anyway, her story is so incredible and made me think of only one thing:  We've been taking this amazing country, our America and the freedoms that our Founding forefathers have created for us, all for granted. When you find out how other people live and the places they've come from, and the family they left behind for a "better" opportunity, and then to know that we've been given the opportunity to create financial freedom for our family, but some nights we're too lazy to make those phone calls or to go prospecting for new clients, it's a hard truth to hear, but it was needed. I think, for the first time in this business, someone made me realize that it's BECAUSE we live in America, that we have the freedom to work for ourselves, to own businesses, to leverage our time, to create extra time; to be financially independent, to make choices for ourselves and our families, and to have all that, just takes the right vehicle, the right people and action.