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Greetings To Everyone At AdlandPro From John Sanchez and LaNell!
It’s time again for my favorite project of the week and that is the Feature of The Week! It is my favorite project because you folks and the POTW’s of the week make it a very special event. We are all so fortunate to be a part of this community that is made up of so many friendly and talented people. Thank you so much for your support and for making this event so special. Love and Blessings to you all! John R. Sanchez
The reason the Feature of the Week forum was created was to honor people who have a positive influence on this community. To qualify the person has to be an active member and one who contributes to the positive atmosphere here AdlandPro. Here are the criteria for selecting a member for the Feature of the Week (also referred to as the
Person of the Week, POTW). This criterion can be seen at the site below:
Criterion
How Do I Get Selected as Person of the Week?
To be chosen as Person of the week you:
• Are highly visible on the community
• Are always seen as respectful, professional, and helpful.
• Must be
nominated for the program by another member of the Community and voted on by other members.
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This week's POTW is from the USA and her name is Cheri Merz. Cheri is one of
Adland's most active members, a top 25 poster. She is known in the community
for her professional and polite manner. Cheri is one who likes to share her
knowledge with others and who offers a helping hand when needed. Congratulations
Cheri on winning the Person of the Week award! Enjoy your week in the bright
lights of Adland!
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Here’s
Cheri’s Bio:
Hi, everyone! The first thing I have to say is that I never would have thought
I’d be trying to write my life story for this purpose! It’s a great surprise
and a thrill to be here, and I thank everyone who made it possible, from those
who nominated and campaigned for me to those who voted for me. Thank you! And
thank you, John, for making the opportunity available.
I was born in Corpus Christi, TX, a very long time ago. Fortunately for you
all, I’m not going to try to cover all those years. :-) Suffice it to say
that my childhood was a lot like the old TV shows about the 50’s, sort of a
cross between Leave It To Beaver and the Andy Griffith Show. Two significant
facts from then have shaped my life. One, though we were poor I grew up knowing
I was expected to go to college; and two, my Dad was very entrepreneurial as was
his before him. Evidently I inherited that gene, though it didn’t manifest
until later in my life.
So I grew up, went to college and got a degree in English and immediately got
married. In nine years of marriage, I gave birth to two sons, then divorced. I
remarried not long after my divorce. With two small children and no job skills I
didn’t see much choice. But it has worked out, much better than anyone could
have expected given the circumstances!
I've been married to my wonderful, supportive husband for 27 years. Together we
had twin girls and he adopted my boys as soon as he could. We also have four
grandsons between the ages of three and eleven.
Offline, I’m a real estate broker with a small home-based practice. Readers of
my forum will know that I’ve recently made arrangements to partner with a
custom-home builder and a mortgage broker to expand my business considerably.
I’m writing the business plan now, and look forward to getting started as soon
as the attorneys stop playing ping-pong with the partnership agreement. But let
me back up and try to tell you why this opportunity came about.
Just a little over two years ago I was sitting at an open house with a mortgage
broker who mentioned the name Robert Kiyosaki to me for the first time. A week
later, I had read Rich Dad, Poor Dad and everything else he had published at the
time, and had an epiphany. Mr. Kiyosaki must have been following me around as I
grew up, listening to my parents tell me to go to college (done), get a good job
(done-several times), work hard (oh, yeah) and retire comfortably on my savings.
Wait--back up--what savings? I had NO savings, about $15,000 in consumer debt,
had started my real estate business on credit cards, and there were rumors
around my husband’s workplace that the company was going down.
At the same time, a friend approached me about a network marketing company she
wanted me to look at. I wasn’t looking for anything at the time, but she
mentioned the possibility of a real estate commission for finding the company a
new office, so I went to see. I was blown away by it, joined, and the rest, as
they say, is history. It was the start of a wild but exhilarating ride!
A by-product of reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad and joining Ascend was my realization
that I had to change me in order to take advantage of the fantastic opportunity
I saw in the pay plan. I realized that people don’t fail at network marketing
because it’s not possible to succeed, but because they don’t know how to
succeed. I had abundantly proven in many failed or disappointing ventures that
I had to make a profound change or just go get a corporate job and hope for the
best.
To effect change, I immersed myself in success literature. I read probably 50
books in that first year, by Brian Tracy, Anthony Robbins, Stephen Covey, Mark
Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen, Robert Kiyosaki, Jack Canfield and more.
Slowly I began to recognize a theme that ran through all these writings, and
identified where my self-limiting beliefs were located. With the help of a
workshop, I released some of those beliefs, which led to releasing more on my
own. At this time, I can say I have completely embraced the principle that we
create our own reality. I’m convinced that, armed with the information that is
readily available, anyone can create a better reality than the one they are
trying to improve when they start a business, whether it is offline, internet or
network marketing. I’m seeing that happening in my businesses, both online and
offline, every day.
The last part of the story is the most exciting for me. In two short years,
we’ve paid off the debt and put ourselves in a position to take advantage of
almost any interesting opportunity that comes our way. And, I developed a
passion to share what I had learned. So I created a website,
http://www.never2late4success.com. Adland has been an integral part of all this
for almost a year now. Fom business advice about networking online, to
friendships I’ve developed, to meeting my mentor and web developer Linda
Caroll, Adland has been the greatest! There are many other names I should
mention, and would if this weren't already so long. I hope they will all
forgive me!
Thanks again, everyone! I look forward to the opportunity to meet more of you.
Cheri
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Folks, it's time to thank Cheri for her contributions to the positive atmosphere
here at AdlandPro. If she's not on your friends list be sure to invite her.
Cheri, we're looking forward to seeing your picture on the front page of AdlandPro.
Enjoy your week! :-)
Love and blessings to all of you from,
John Sanchez and
LaNell
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