Rally House

Direct sales is a tough business.   Multi-level marketing can be rough.  But oh, so rewarding at the same time!  I don't know any other way to double your income in a month, get unlimited weekly bonuses, make extra cash on the side AND help people feel great about themselves at the same time.

One thing I didn't expect when I joined It Works was the amazing BOND I have with my fellow distributors.  We are a TEAM for sure, but even better, we are truly a FAMILY!  We encourage each other and celebrate with each other.  We inspire and motivate and challenge each other.  We teach each other and learn from each other.  Best of all, we stick up for each other.

Our company motto is "Friendships, fun, freedom."  And it's so very true!   On days like today, our motto could also be, "I've got your back!"

On a team page, a distributor posted how a fellow team mate (a girl I have never met personally) got a nasty text from a close friend.  The friend told the distributor that It Works was a scam and too good to be true and not to get involved.  Sad day!!!  Unfortunately, this does happen.  Not sure why those closest to us are sometimes more hesitant than complete strangers to support us in this crazy wrap business.  Yes, it's different.  Yes, it's new.  BUT, it's NOT too good to be true.  It's absolutely amazing and can be a blessing and truly change your life.  If you let it...

The distributor asked us to rally around our team mate, to support her and encourage her and give her PROOF of how It Works does indeed work -- wraps and business.  It's blowing me away at our team's response.  Within 5 minutes, over 10 people have shared before and after pictures of their wrap results AND how being a distributor is such a blessing to them and their families.  I know the pictures and testimonies will keep coming in all day long.  Because that's the kind of team we have.  Like I said, we are like FAMILY!!!!

I'm an RN that births at home, doesn't vax, drinks raw milk, and prefers non-GMO over organic if I can't have both. These are my results

That's Melissa -- the person who got me into this biz in the first place.  She and her hubby Mitch just earned a $50,000 bonus (about 15 months into the biz)!

Here's her belly pic...

Cassandra shares:
I have no idea where I would be mentally, emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually ..man the list is endless! 

It Works has not only giving me the freedom I prayed for, but it has brought me a sense if ease in my health. My family is getting healthier, and best of all I get to change peoples lives! Too good to be true? Yes it is too good but not to be true because it is true! I'm sure corporate would have been a little more clever in the company name if this was a gimmick ! 

So here it is simply put! IT WORKS! 
This was from before my first wrap to a few months ago! I am mortified that my tummy used to look like that! But I never have to be at that point ever again! 

Ashley says:
Here are my before and after pics! Just 1 wrap 2.5 inches gone and stretch marks faded!!! Remember we get lots of no's and non believers. Run with your yeses.... I actually quit the biz because of non believers and family complaining about my facebook having stomach pics all over it. And ya know what I saw pictures of my uplines and sidelines having fun and changing lives and not caring what other people thought... I am just starting over imagine how far I could have gotten if I wouldn't have let other people judge me in the first place 

Jessica adds:
Business has changed my life. I was able to let go of one of my daycare kiddos leaving me with more time for my own kids. Income has literally quadrupled in the past month! As far as products I cannot even begin to explain how they have changed my life and my families life! I have lost friends b/c I started this business and it sucks it really does, but I promise you that the future will only bring new friends, new experiences and a life you would have never imagined!

Rachel (who I know personally and love and respect so very much) shared her story:
I joined It Works! because we didn't have enough money to put food on our table and gas in our cars (credit cards was the only way... It is not the answer!) I used 2 wraps lost 7 inches! My before/after pics are after 4 wraps . They work!! I passionately went after It Works! steps to Success business plan every month and now 1 year later from joining I am double diamond making close to triple diamond salary! No more credit cards. Cash for everything! It works changed our families life and I want it to change my friends lives too!! They really truly are the real deal! Implement their business plan and its SUCCESS! 

Then there's my story (a nugget of it at least):
This is me, this year after I had my 3rd baby girl in November. I wrapped for the first time in January. Funny, I went Diamond in August and had never wrapped personally!!! I did wrap my hubby, and I'll share his pic next. It Works is a HUGE blessing to us. I do in-home daycare. I lost 2 kiddos unexpectedly this fall. That would have sent us reeling, if not for It Works. We would have been hurting BIG time but It Works more than covered that lost income. And now come May when school is out, I am retiring from daycare because I don't need that income anymore. It Works has us covered. So I get to be a full time mom and get paid more to do "just" that!!! LOVE!!! I have made some of the best friends through It Works on top of the money and health benefits for everyone in our family!!! Can't beat that! 

And here are my husband's results too!

As I share these, I have tears running down my cheeks.  These are stories shared within 5 minutes of the post being up on our team page.  Like I said,  I know more will come in all day long.

I am so blessed to call these men and women FRIENDS, even though I have never met most of them. We are sooooo much more than a wrap.  This is about changing lives, in so many ways.

We would love to have you be part of the family!!!  No matter what, we will have your back.  We will rally around you -- not just when people question the wrap or the business, but when crap happens in your life and you need a shoulder to cry on or someone to listen to you scream OR when great stuff happens and we can rejoice and celebrate with you (like paying off debt or going on vacation and paying cash or sending your kiddos to the school you want or whatever).

I love our products.
But even more, I love our company.

It will only be BETTER if you are a part of it with me.
Think about it.
Pray about it.
Then, give me a call.

Don't wait.
Don't over analyze.

Take that step of faith.
We'll figure out the rest as we walk on this journey together.

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Imagine...

In the past 14 months I have grown more in my faith than ever before.  But, I have also struggled more too.

Why?

Because I am on a new path, doing something different, something I have never done before now.

I'm going against the flow.
I'm refusing to accept what I thought was normal, what many of us have grown up thinking is normal simply because it's what so many around us are doing.
I'm deciding to step out in faith and live a bit differently.

It hasn't been easy.
I get questions.
I get weird looks.
I'm sure people say things behind my back that I'm not even aware of, and that's okay.

I used to do the same thing to people like me, before I was one of them.

Now, I get it.
Now that I am on this journey with them, side by side and following in their footsteps.

I read this article this morning and smiled.  I can relate to every single thing mentioned.  Because I have started to pursue my dreams...

I see things differently now.
And I invite you to do the same...

But, first, let's talk about some of my struggles, because who knows maybe you have some of the same thoughts and concerns as I did.

They all kind of tie together.  They go something like this:
*wanting to make money (and lots of it) is wrong
*wanting to make money is selfish
*wanting to make money is greedy

Want to know what's strange?  Taking our Financial Peace University class, a class about MONEY, has actually helped me transform my thinking almost more than anything else.  That and reading the Bible...

In our very first FPU class, I listened to Dave Ramsey explain how money in and of itself is amoral.  It is neither good or evil.  In the same way that a brick is amoral.  It can be used to build a hospital for kids battling cancer.  It can be thrown through a window as a prank.  The brick doesn't care.  It's amoral.  Money is the same way.  It can be used in many ways, some good and some bad.  The money doesn't care.

What matters is a person's attitude about money, their behavior when using their money, and their perspective about how to make money and then how to use that money.

I know all that.  In my head.  And still, I struggled with my desire to do well in my It Works business and make money (a lot of it).  I thought I was being selfish.  I thought I was being greedy.  I fought against big, huge dreams God was placing on my heart.  For whatever reason, I thought I was being sinful to have such goals and desires.  Really, I was listening to Satan.  Sadly, I was believing his lies.

Lately, I have come to realize that far, far, far too many of us are.  I know I am not alone.  Far from it.

It's not really our fault.
It's how we grew up.
It's all we know.
It's what we see and hear and experience all around us, day after day after day after day.
So, naturally, we are going to fall prey to these lies.  Our enemy has done a marvelous job of normalizing this way of life so much so that we have accepted it as truth.  And when we start to look at things differently, when we dare to question how things are done, when we get up just enough courage to take that first step of faith, he bombards us with doubt, he cripples us with fear.  Then, we step back.  We stay put.  We get stuck in the rut.  Right where Satan wants us.

Remember, his goal, his mission is to "steal and kill and destroy."  More than anything, he wants to keep us from the "abundant life" Jesus came to give us.

And sadly, oh so sadly, waaaaaaaay too many of us do.  We miss out!!!

BUT, we don't have to!
We CAN change.

I am!!!
And I invite you to join me!!!

I've taken a good, hard look at my heart, at my attitude and behavior and perspective.  I'm evaluated my goals and my desires.  I've realized that there is absolutely nothing wrong or selfish or greedy about them.  Then, again, I may be biased.  So, I have listed them here and invite you to make your own decision.  What's your opinion?  Are my top 5 goals wrong, selfish, or greedy?

1. Be debt free, including our house
2. Save for a "new" car (eventually we will need a "new to us" car and we want to pay cash)
3. Save for vacations (big and little; we even want to take my parents with us on one, as a thank you for all they have done for us over the years; we want to pay cash for everything the trips includes)
4. Have at least 5 figures in savings (plus the girls' college funds and our retirement funds)
5. Give, give, give and bless others in various ways

I've heard that you are more likely to achieve your goals if they are in front of you, so I wrote a big one on my mirror, have my dream board there too, and posted my top 5 goals on the fridge where I will see them all every day.  And pray over them every day too.  Because unless God is in this, it's not happening.  BUT, I firmly believe these goals and dreams are DIRECTLY FROM GOD.  And I am extremely excited to see how He is going to work to accomplish His plans and purposes for me, for HIS honor and glory...

So, what about YOU?
Do have some of the same questions and concerns I did?
Is fear or doubt or guilt or anything else keeping you from taking a step of faith and pursuing your dreams, whatever they may be?

Like I said before, I invite you to think differently.
I invite you to join me on this life-changing journey.
Let's pursue our dreams together.

As I was writing this blog post, I couldn't help but remember to the amazing performance David Archuleta had on American Idol back in 2008.  Listen to him sing John Lenon's "Imagine."

Then, pray about it.  Could It Works be a way to help you pursue and reach your dreams, even your really big, huge, unrealistic, humanly impossible ones?

If you are at all interested in learning more or have any questions or want to jump in and start your own It Works story TODAY, please call me!!!  I would love to talk and pray with you!!!  660.281.8266

Let's be dreamers together.  I know we're not the only ones....

Dream Big...Pray BIGGER!

That's my motto for this year.

I'm pretty sure I've said all of what I am going to write today at least once before, but I feel as though it needs to be said again.  And again and again and again and again until my friends and family and strangers truly start BELIEVING and ACTING on what I am saying.  Or really, what GOD is teaching me, and I am SHARING with you...

My goal, today, is to not use any words of my own, but to simply repeat what Jesus Himself said or what one of His disciples wrote as a result of spending time with Jesus or what the apostle Paul wrote after his life was transformed when he accepted Jesus as his Savior and Lord.

Let's start with Jesus (always a good person to start with)

Yes, I am the gate.  Those who come in through Me will be saved.

They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.

The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.

My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.

That establishes His character pretty well, letting us know what kind of God we serve.  To make sure we get it though, and better understand His goodness and desire to bless us, Jesus goes on to say:

“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. 

Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 

For everyone who asks, receives. 

Everyone who seeks, finds. 

And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? 

Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! 

So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, 

how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

Perhaps, you are like me.  Maybe you still doubt or think you're being greedy and asking for too much.  You don't want to get carried away and pray for something that's too difficult for God to handle (or more accurately, too much for YOU to handle or too big for you to accomplish on your own)...

When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, 

the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth.

I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you 

with inner strength through his Spirit. 

Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. 

Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. 

And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, 

how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. 

Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.

Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, 

to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. 

Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.

Maybe you face a different battle - one against FEAR.  You're scared of the unknown.  You worry about what might happen.  You dread the possibility of failure.  You turn from the smallest sign of uncertainty.  And so you stay where it's "safe."  You're not alone.  Unfortunately.  And even worse, you are missing out.  BIG TIME!!!

And it is impossible to please God without faith. 

Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists 

and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

From the Old Testament too...

Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. 

If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. 

I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! 

Try it! Put me to the test! 

Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease.

Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. 

“Then all nations will call you blessed, for your land will be such a delight,” 

says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

God DOES want the BEST for us.  We are His children.  He loves us.  DEARLY.  He gave His own Son to die on the cross in our place.  He was bruised and beaten and crucified ON OUR BEHALF.  His sacrificial death paid for our ETERNAL LIFE.  

If God will express His love so deeply and passionately for us on the cross, why then do we doubt His desire to bless us once we have accepted His free gift of salvation?

I am NOT saying your number one goal in life should be to accumulate wealth, to have the biggest house or the newest car or the latest fashion trends or whatever else.  

I am NOT saying you should desire fame and fortune.

I AM saying that it's okay, and even GOOD, to rest in God, to sit in His lap, to enjoy His presence, and to experience His abundant grace and mercy.  

I AM saying that it's pretty awesome when you take God at His Word, when you BELIEVE what He has said, and step out in FAITH to live the life He has called you to live.

Be still in the presence of the Lord,

    and wait patiently for him to act.

Trust in the Lord and do good.

    Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

 

Take delight in the Lord,

    and he will give you your heart’s desires.

Commit everything you do to the Lord.

    Trust him, and he will help you.

 

He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn,

    and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun.

And my new prayer for myself and for YOU:

So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. 

May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. 

Then the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored because of the way you live, 

and you will be honored along with him. 

This is all made possible because of the grace of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ.

I invite you to sit down and have a open, honest conversation with God.  You may not hear Him audibly, but I guarantee you He is listening to you and will answer you as you pour your heart out to Him.

I want you to list out the dreams He has placed on your heart.  Nothing is too small.  Nothing is too big.  Don't think about what you are writing.  JUST WRITE!  Use 10 pages of paper if you need to do so!

Once you have jotted down every single thing that came to mind, that you felt in your heart, I want you to go back over that list and pick out the top 5.  I want you to get out a new piece of paper and write down those 5 dreams and post them where you will see them every.single.day.  Not "just" see them, but PRAY over them.  EVERY.SINGLE.DAY.

Now, one last thing, I want you to go to your bathroom mirror and take a dry erase marker and write out:

God is at work in me.

He can do INFINITELY MORE 

than I can ask, dream, or dare to imagine.

Okay, now we are a mission together.  A mission to dream big, and PRAY BIGGER!!!  I can hardly wait to see what God is going to do in and through us as we step out in faith to serve Him and live for Him with passion and purpose!!!  

If you took my challenge, I would LOVE to know so I can be praying for you and with you!!!