Gifts

Monday, January 7, 2008, by Leigh Anne

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It’s my birthday today. I enjoyed a fun, yummy lunch with girlfriends and there were even gifts! I have been thinking about gifts a lot lately - not just because of the past holidays and my birthday but because of a movie we watched as a family during the break. If you have not seen “The Ultimate Gift” you need to! In fact I would highly recommend purchasing a copy for your family. I don’t buy many movies because there aren’t too many movies I want to watch more than once but I did buy this one!

It is a wonderful movie about ”when grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life with twelve tasks – or “gifts” – designed to challenge Jason in improbable ways, sending him on a journey of self-discovery and forcing him to determine what is most important in life: money or happiness.”

As I watched the movie and later thought about the 12 gifts that Jason received on his crash course I thought about how these gifts related to my homebased business. I discovered that my homebased business has given me these 12 gifts also.

The Gift of:

1. Work - What a gift it is to have a job that allows me to always keep my family as my first priority while still finding fulfillment, success and recognition through my work.

2. Money - The income I have earned through my homebased business has provided many of the “extras” for our family - vacations, second home, lessons, shopping etc. and the last few years it has also provided the “basics” when my husband has experienced unemployment. The money I earn through my business has been a true gift to our family.

3. Friends- I can’t even begin to count the friends I have made over the last 17 years I have had my homebased business! I have met so many wonderful woman (and a few men) that have impacted my life, inspired me, and motivated me. Two of my dearest friends in life I met through my direct sales business.

4. Family -The biggest gift my business has given me is the ability I have had to be a stay at home mom!

5. Problems - Yes, there have been problems and there always will be. The last 17 years have not all been smooth sailing. There have been plenty of ups and downs, high sales, low sales, high commission checks, low commission checks but I know that with the blessings must come the trials. I am grateful for those trials for they have made me a better and stronger person.

6. Learning - The thingsI have learned from my homebased business are many. I have learned how to sell (something I had NEVER done before nor thought I could or wanted to do!), recruit, speak to a group of 4,000 women, lead a team of 700, deal with difficult people, etc. I could go on and on….

7 Laughter - I have learned to laugh at myself - I have made plenty of mistakes along the way and I am grateful for those who laughed right alongside me as we have learned and grown together!

8. Dreams - I have learned how to dream and because of my homebased business I have seen many of those dreams come true. The purchase of our second home on the Oregon Coast was a dream I have had for many years - it was because of the income from my homebased business that we were able to purchase it. I have many other dreams too that I look forward to the realization of thanks to my business!

9. Giving -I have been both a giver and and a receiver. I have been able to give of my time, my experience and my knowledge to help others with their business. I have been able to “give” to my customers as I have helped them but I am sure I have received more than I have given through the many gifts and blessings that have come into my life as a result of my business.

10. Gratitude - I am grateful on a daily basis for all that I have been given, the many gifts that my life has been blessed with. Sometimes when things aren’t going exactly the way I want it easy to forget to be grateful. One of my resolutions for this year is to be more grateful on a daily basis - to recognize the hand of the Lord in my life each day and the blessings he showers down on me.

11. A Day - One of the biggest gifts or blessings of a homebased business is the freedom I have to choose how I will spend my day - each day is mine to choose. I do not have a boss telling me what I have to do and when I have to do it - it is up to me.

12 Love - How grateful I am for the love I have for my team members, fellow consultants and my customers. My life has been so enriched by the people that my business has brought into it. My life is fuller and richer because of them.

So go out and rent or buy “The Ultimate Gift” and take some time to review over the many gifts you have received.

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