Would you rather eat a stop sign or a building? (that would be my 4-year-old)
Would you rather climb a tree or climb a skyscraper?
Would you rather be a princess or a frog?
Would you rather listen to a baby crying all day or shave your eyebrows? (that would be my husband)
Needless to say, most of my answers were, "Neither."
As I was thinking about the game, I realized we face "Would You Rather" situations in life and sometimes we want to answer "Neither." Usually that isn't an option, though.
Would you rather fold laundry or clean the play room? (True story in our house, and my husband had to think about his answer because I was serious and there was no way he was getting out of helping me!)
Would you rather change the baby's diaper or clean up the toddler who peed her pants?
Would you rather give the kiddos a bath or clean up after supper - clearing the table, loading the dishwasher, putting leftovers away, wiping down the table, etc.?
Sometimes we don't want to answer, "Neither," but rather, "BOTH!"
Would you rather fill the car up with gas or get groceries?
Would you rather pay the electric bill or the water bill?
Would you rather go on vacation or go out to eat once a week?
Would you rather get your nails done or go shopping? (I'm not personally a nail/shopping girl, but I know there are ladies out there who are.)
What if you could answer, "Both!" to life's difficult questions. And fun ones too for that matter. What if money wasn't a factor. Now, hear me out. I'm NOT saying money buys happiness or fixes all life's problems. It can help alleviate quite a bit of stress that comes with finances and budgeting, however. When you don't know where the money is going to come from to pay your bills and feed your kids and put gas in the car, you tend to stress out a bit. When you can't afford diapers for your baby. When you don't know what you are going to feed your family for supper. When you worry that the next phone call will be the bank telling you they are on their way to possess your car or your house.
All of those situations are true stories I heard some top earners share on stage at the It Works conference this weekend. Couples who went from food stamps to having 6 figures in savings. Couples who went from struggling to pay bills to paying off $145,000 in debt last year alone. Couples who went from living paycheck to paycheck to buying a RV (in cash) and going on family vacation - for a month!
The most inspiring part about these stories is how these couples turned around and used their money to bless others. They didn't hold it tightly in clenched fists, but rather held their hands open so the money could flow through them to make a difference in the lives of countless others. They live by the motto, "Blessed to be a blessing." And again, money doesn't buy their happiness or fix all their life problems, BUT it does allow them to be debt-free, have less stress, and best of all BLESS others in amazing ways!
At conference we were also asked to think about our 37 Days. What is that you ask?
One of our top earners was able to sit with his dad on his death bed for 37 days, without fear or worry that his job wouldn't be there when he got back. You see, Rusty had "retired" and owned his time. As a distributor with It Works, he was able to be with his dad and not stress about finances and money. He was still getting paid. Good money too. As in over $20,000 a month!
What about you? What if you had to take 37 days off work for whatever reason. Would your job be there for you when you got back? During that 37 days would you have to worry about paying bills? Or would you be able to focus on your family during that time, making the most of those 37 days, whatever you may be doing?
Would you rather worry about money or know you are financially secure?
And then another question -- man, this is like 20 Questions -- to ask yourself...
If you didn't have to stress about your budget, what would that free you up to do?
I talked with a team mate today who wants to open a soup kitchen. She also shared how she and her husband want to walk into a PayDay Loan type place and just pay off 3 people's loans, then take those 3 people and go through a Dave Ramsey class with them. She asked her mom, "If you didn't have to work 9-5 every day, what could you do for Jesus in all that time?" That conversation with my team mate inspired me.
You see, I do want to do well in this business. In fact, I am working to earn a $15,000 AND $25,000 bonus by April. I have no idea what I would do with $40,000!!!
Well, yes I do.
We have 3 girls who are going to need to go to college, and I want them to go debt free!
We also have 3 weddings to pay for someday, and as of right now in 2014 the average wedding costs $26,000! So we have some saving to do for that as well.
Then, there's paying off our house so we can use our monthly mortgage payment to bless others instead of paying the bank.
My mom would like to go on a family vacation with us, and we would like to pay for her and my dad. And we don't just want to go to Branson. More like an Alaskan cruise.
We would love to write a big, huge check to our friends adopting a little girl from China. Cover the rest of the expenses for that so they don't have to worry about fundraising and can focus on getting all their paperwork and such done.
This past year a friend shared with me how someone paid for them to go to Disney World. How cool would it be to do that for someone?!
It's like I'm asking myself "Would you rather bless someone this way or that way?" And the answer is, "BOTH!" My entire goal in this business is to make a difference in people's lives, to help them maintain good health AND enjoy life to the fullest, however that may be! I feel if God is going to bless me, I had better turn around and bless others.
So, I would like you to think about it.
Ask yourself some "Would You Rather" questions.
Ask yourself what your 37 days would be.
Ask yourself what if money wasn't an issue, what would that free you up to do?
Ask yourself how you could turn around and bless others.
That's what I'm doing. And I would love for you to join me. We'd be better together.
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