Have you ever said, I told you so to anyone?

This will not be an exceptionally long post, and I don’t normally toot my own horn, but for once, I get to say I told you so to a few people and it feels good!

At the end of last year, just before thanksgiving, I went through one of the toughest times I’ve ever faced. I went from making almost $80,000 a year to $0 almost overnight.

I started 2012 three months behind on everything and being in debt and I almost lost it all.

This was almost as bad as the house fire we had all those years ago. All of those feelings of fear and doubt came rushing back in, and I was SO unsure about everything.

Do you know what it’s like to have the rug swept out from under you and suddenly everything you were relying on wasn’t so reliable anymore?

Up until the economy went south, I had been working from home and making great money. That was my dream. I was able to help my family, I retired my mom when she got sick, we have this great family home here in North Carolina…

I was living my dream… and in a moment it was all put in jeopardy.

There were layoffs, and budget cuts, and downsizing and all of the words people use to say “you’re fired” in as nice a way as possible, probably to make themselves feel better.

I won’t go into a lot of the details about what we went through because I want to respect my family’s privacy, and to be honest in the worst of it, probably like anyone else, there was a point where my whole family seemed to just turn on me and I said and did things that I’m not too proud of.

I think the worst part of my day was when someone would ask me for help, or ask for money borrowed and I didn’t have it. I already knew that in their eyes I was a failure and every time they asked it was just more confirmation that I was one. They were telling me “I told you so” every day almost.

The shame from that was unbearable. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy.

I guess that’s life and it’s all part of being human, but I learned something along the way too. I had the power to change my life if I made a decision and took massive action.

A friend of mine introduced me to an affiliate program and I started building this business and the negativity was just SO much…

But let me back up.

Have you ever seen the movie Pursuit of Happyness?

There is a scene where Will Smith is passing on advice to his son and he says, “You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can’t do something themselves, so they wanna tell you that you can’t go it.” Then he says, “If you want something, go get it… period!”

I’m not the I told you so type, but…

I’m not an ‘I told you so‘ type of person, but success feels SO good when so many people pointed their finger and said “You can’t” or “that’ll never work” and tried their best to discourage me.

When I started fighting my way back out, the negativity was immense.

I heard every excuse in the book as to why what I was doing wouldn’t work, and one time, I spent two hours on the phone with a “guru” who tried to prove to me you can’t do it the way I was doing – that I had to do it his way and it’s the only way.

And it’s my turn to say I told you so…

But you know what? I believed it would work and I told those people that you’ll kick yourselves when I make it…

And now that I’m making money again and building success, I think an “I told you so” or two is heartily in order.

But even more than that, the people who have stepped out with me and have gone from just my sponsor and a team team to a family?

I don’t have the words and you’ll see why after watching this.

This part? I call happiness… To those that said I couldn’t do it, “I told you so” and to the rest of you reading this post.

If you are looking for something real to make money with, if you’re looking to connect with real people and a real community, don’t let any one else tell you what you can’t do. Make A Decision &e Take Massive Action!

I did it and so can you!