I am married with six children and come from the "Show-Me State" (Missouri). I have been in marketing about nine years and I have stumbled at times, but I have had some winners as well. One of the questions I get asked all the time is why are you in marketing when you have a great job? That's easy!! Some of my greatest friends I met in marketing and marketing is one of the best ways to meet people. Another reason I do this is because I have a 21 year special needs child and I just don't trust the stock market to provide for him. So I always look to marketing as an additional way to provide for my boy.

Jim Proctor
Steelville, Mo.