Do you love it and want it THIS much?

1. James Cameron, movie writer and director.

“If someone ad told me ten years ago that I would have at my disposal the resources to make a major motion picture like Aliens and present it to the world, and have it be successfully received, I never would have believed it.

“That would have been the end goal of my life, that I would have been willing to work toward for forty years.” – James Cameron, 1993. Director of Terminator, Alien, Titanic, etc.

James Cameron was willing to work for it (success) for forty years. How about you?

Fortunately, Mr. Cameron didn’t have to work 40 years to get some.

Do you think your willingness to work for it for as long as it takes, like Cameron, somehow matters to the likelihood of your success? Do the powers that be out there someone know that you’re going for it no matter what and no matter how long it takes?

Here’s another story – a gal who insisted she’d have thrown out anyone who tried to tell her it would be quick and easy – and who ended up making millions…

2. Sue Burdick, NM millionaire and inspiration to thousands.

This is a story about an entrepreneurial woman – an old friend of mine who 19 years ago was just another soul looking for something of her own. It all started with her first 5 customers…

“You know Kim, when I was first approached about this business, I had been looking for something of my own for a few years already. Back then, my husband was a carpenter, and I wanted to do something, too. I had started an aerobics studio, a hair salon, and then a dog grooming kennel. They all went down the tubes, and we spent most of our savings.

“One day an acquaintance stopped by to show us a little water filter gizmo you could put on sink, and said we could earn $30 for each one we sold. Since my husband remodeled kitchens sometimes, and we didn’t especially like our drinking water that much, this seemed like a pretty good thing to try. We figured I could set up appointments, and if we sold one per week, we’d add $150 to our monthly income. That sounded good to us. Well, you just cannot imagine our excitement when he brought in an extra $150 that first month. Five sales!

“A few months later it got to almost $500 a month and we thought, ‘This is it! We’ve died and gone to heaven.’ I started setting up appointments for myself to show the units too. We were so giddy our friends asked us what was going on. My husband told a couple of the guys- a plumber he worked with and another contractor, and they decided to do it too. We were just so tickled to see a little income from some of THEIR sales, as well…

“It’s been 19 years now, and so much has happened with our business. We’ve earned $15 million over these past years, and we still find it hard to believe…

“Oh and let me tell you something, Kim. If the guy who came to our house that first time had told us we’d be earning $10k/mo we’d NEVER have signed up. We’d have thrown him out for taking us for fools. We’ve never been much for telling big stories – we believed a couple of hundred dollars was reasonable to expect, and so we did it. It just grew from there. On some days, we still can’t believe it.” -as told to Kim by Sue Burdick.

Sue is very big banana in the industry today. But 19 years ago? Many would have walked right by her in their search for a ‘big hitter.’ After all, she just wanted a little something of her own.

It all started with a few customers in her community who had the same problem she did – the water didn’t taste very good and they all could use a little more income.

3. Cheryl C, NM millionaire and inspiration to thousands.

Another dear friend I’ve had for 18 years told me that when she first got started,  ”All I wanted was to buy my own nylons and get my hair done without having to ask my husband for the money.”

This gal had married a successful businessman, who turned out to be an extreme miser.  She had to write down and justify anything she wanted for herself – nylons, personal items, and he’d often say “didn’t you just buy nylons? What’s wrong with those?”

She told me, “I figured if I could just earn $200/mo, I could get them myself without having to ask him.”  And that’s how she began.  When she DID earn $200, she thought, “Maybe I can do $400.”  A few months later, when she got there, she had her big thought:  ”If I could just earn $5000/mo, then I could just take care of myself.  I wouldn’t have to be dependent on anyone else anymore.”  And two years later, that’s just what she had done.

This lady too, is one of the industry’s millionaires today, having earned nearly $12 million over the last 16 years.

Now, would you even have noticed her in your quest for the big player? After all, she was just looking for “my own nylon money”.   Would you maybe have passed her by?

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