This is going to be a bit of a different article, because I’m aiming this not really so you, as a distributor can see the value of having your husband, wife, or significant other supporting you (I think you know) - but really, I’m writing to all of the husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, and ‘whatever else‘ is out there in relationship land, and it’s my hope that I can help you – just for one second understand why your boyfriend has ‘gone crazy’.
Lol.
Seriously – I know how tough of a business this can be on relationships sometimes, and taking a look at it, there’s no question why. It used to be that your husband would come home from work, eat dinner, get close to you and tell you how much better he’d be at the job than that stupid boss – and then you’d cuddle and watch movies until you collapsed from exhaustion.
Not any more.
Now, your hubby gets home, pumped up, hops on the computer and talks to people until you’ve got to drag him away, kicking and screaming and tell him that he’ll lose his job if he doesn’t wake up tomorrow. You think he’s gone nuts – I mean, just a week ago, wasn’t he pumped up about work and just satisfied with life?
Ladies and gents (you know who you are) let me just talk to you straight, because I know that your gal loves you too much to just tell it like it is.
We (the dreamers of the world) are NOT satisfied with a menial, 9-5 ‘kiss the bosses ASS‘ lifestyle, have never liked our stupid job, don’t see a future in it, and think that it’s wrong, lame, stupid, and a grinder ‘slave trade’ existence to wake up at 6am to make less spendable income than a coal miner made in the 1930′s.
(A special note on inflation and the shitty way the USA handles currency – to live an equivalent lifestyle to a grinder – coal miner in 1930, you’d have to NET over $400,000 a year in today’s dollars)
It is NOT because we love the computer more than you, want to market till 2am, or think ‘David Wood’ and Randy Gage are “Gods” – it’s because we are SICK AND TIRED of being SICK AND TIRED, and we see MLM (crazy as it may be) as a way to free ourselves from the grind – and -
- we need your support, BADLY.
Let me have a quick heart to heart in the first person (I know, strange article).
When I got started marketing my business online – I worked 18 hours a day, at least 6 days a week for a month straight before I made ANY money – and my check was about $350. If you broke that down, it would have been better to work at McDonalds – and to any outsider, it would have seemed that almost ANYTHING would have been better.
One night after writing about my 20th article, talking to people all day and having my only presentation have EVERY SINGLE PROSPECT hang up, I went into my room, curled up in a ball and started crying in my wife’s lap. (I know – you’d never think such a ‘manly’ tough person would cry. Lol. Didn’t quite have the ‘posture’ thing down yet…) – and I told my wife that I was about ready to quit – I literally thought I couldn’t take one more second of failure in this industry. You know what she told me?
“Don’t you EVER give up on your dreams – I don’t care if I have to work menial labor for the rest of my life and you fail till the day you die - the SECOND you stop dreaming is the moment you stop being the man I fell in love with” (or – something like that).
You know what happened? About 60 days later, I had been sponsoring about 7 people a week for 5 weeks straight, and I had a breakthrough moment and made more than $12k in 2 hours. That week I made more than $28,525 in less than 7 days and since then I’ve never had a week that I’ve made less than $5k, and I’ve had more weeks that were just as high.
I’ve had a day where I’ve sponsored 51 people in a single day, generated more than 300 leads in a single day, made friends all over the world, moved from Alaska to Costa Rica, paid cash for my cars, won a BMW, won two all expense paid luxury vacations – including a cruise to the Bahamas, won a Mac Book Pro for my wife – and RIGHT NOW I live in a beach house in Playa Palo Seco, marketing online with my bills paid six months cash in advance.
Was it worth it for my AMAZING wife to wait for my success? YES. Just one year ago we were living in a Van, completely broke.
Will your husband/wife/lover/boyfriend/something do the same? I don’t know - what I DO know, is that they WILL NOT make it happen without you. They need you.
So please, stop being an ass hole. (excuse the language there boss – but these are times when the truth needs to come out)
You know who my BEST FRIEND in the world is? It’s my wife, Ashley Marie Needles, and I love that girl with my whole heart – she’s my partner, my friend, my lover, and most importantly – the biggest supporter that a man could ever hope for. It’s because of HER that I can accredit all my success. Here’s a pic of her:
Ladies – PLEASE support your husbands dreams and husbands – PLEASE support your wives. They need you more than you can imagine and TRUST ME, it’s worth it, and they ARE NOT crazy.
To The Top,
David Wood
P.S. If you’re spouse isn’t having crazy, ridiculous amounts of success yet – maybe have them go through my 8 DAY ‘Traffic Transformation’ Bootcamp and learn my Instant Leads Formula (click here)
P.P.S. Be sure to leave your comments on this one guys! AND – share this with the world!
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Hey David,
Loved this article. I thought at first my wife wouldn’t support me. She was skeptical, but after she saw how much I loved what I was doing and met my awesome super cool sponsor
, she is fully in my court and supports me on my bad days, helps keep going.
Thanks for sharing buddy,
Robbie Johnson
Home Business Revolution Underground
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Robbie – your wife is a rock star pal (really though she was neat) You guys need to come join us on a cruise somewhere…
-dave
Dave this is so true. It’s already hard enough trying to take on the world and if your spouse is on the worlds side and not yours it can be almost impossible….almost:-) Great post!
Super Article, Dave.
My wife has been my rock the last 10 years. She supported me thru the 50 calls/day, Chamber mixers, Home parties and on and on. I once asked her, “Why the HELL do you stay with someone as broke-ass as me?” She replied, “Because you have the Vision that 99% of people don’t have and the Drive to make it happen.” Soon after that, my $100 checks had more Zeroes added to them!!
LR Hand
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Dave! What great timing!
We were just having a conversation about our finances and asked my husband if he wanted me to go back and get a “JOB” and he said “Of course not! I want you to continue because I see you’re becoming more successful everyday.” I said,” Just give me more time and I’ll get it done! Trust me and believe in me!” (BIG DIMPLED SMILE!)
Thanks for the article! It really made our day!
Corina Beckby
Your LatinaPreneur
Words cannot express how my heart felt while reading that article, but since I have to type I must try. It hit home because my wife used to be in my downline before we were married and now since the business isn’t bringing in money, she has quit trying to build it with me. She has dedicated all her time to the church and says she supports spiritually and allows me time to market and promote online but says she sees no results so why do I sit there, write all those articles, sit through all those webinars, pay for a monthly MLSP with only 4 subscribers and yada, yada, yada. Talk about support, right? I know I’m with the best team, the best company and my efforts will be blessed by God. Though she is no longer active in mlm she is still my wife and friend. The support is awesome to have and helps develop the tough skin needed for this industry. Without it, it sometimes feel like you’re doing it all by yourself. Thanks again Dave.
Hey Brother,
I am sure there are more people out there than the few that comment. I am totally in the same sphere here. I have been in multiple business’s with absolutely no success. I do believe now things are going to be much much different. My wife and boys are the main reason I have stuck it besides the fact that I love this Industry.(funny since I have absolutely no success)with 2 1/2 years in. I believe with all my heart that this is the best thing coming into my life since Christ and my Family. My wife has never been interested in what I am doing or who I know. I speak of you a lot and what kind of heart you have for the success of others, and I what to be that kind of leader (when I start getting the success). She still has no interest, but she doesn’t stop me from learning every night because I share my dreams for us and our future. I always use the it’s going to happen phrase always. Thanks Dave for your leadership..Blessings
Hello David, What a great article it is good to have support you and Ashley are very fortunate to have each other. I have lost my support, her patience run out and it makes it very hard but I am able to maintain a positive attitude. I feel a breakthrough coming soon. I study my goals everyday and you and the team are an inspiration to me. I love you all thanks,Andrew Gallop, Yee Old Redneck!
That was a very touching post Dave! Thanks for sharing. I am so fortunate in the fact that my husband actually does this stuff with me! He’s behind the scenes helping with content and connecting with people. I love working together with my best friend!
And now I got Stephanie as my upline. What more could I ask for? Thanks for sharing!
~Erin
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Thank you David for that article. You hit the nail on the head at my home, and probably in all lot of others as well.
God bless
Brian
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David,
Fantastic article that nails the truth about what is necessary to succeed in mlm online. Happy that you had support and it made the difference. The rest of us are still working on that area (: All the best
- Steve
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Amazing Article Dave! I can only hope that the peoples spouses that are not supportive see this! I can’t imagine trying to build a business without a supportive partner. I can only speak for myself here..but I also want you to know that the support that you give the team and that the team gives each other is phenomenal and helps tremendously!! Especially when you are having those days when you want to crawl up in a ball and give up..Thanks again and God Bless!
Great article David!
It’s awesome to see a post emphasizing on supporting spouses in the early stages of their network marketing/home business venture.
I am very lucky and thankful to have my spouse support me 100% of the way in this journey so far. It definitely makes it easier.
You have a great site here by the way mate, well done
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Ohh boy do I know what you are talking about..
I get up in the morning at 6, work on my content marketing. Between 7-8 my son wakes up and it’s baby time. Then he sleep 1-2 hours and I get back at the computer.My wife comes home 14:00 and I have time to well clean dishes and stuff. Get at work at 16:00 at the restaurant. Around midnight I come home work one small hour at the computer. Sleep and at 06:00 back at the computer.
In the beginning my wife did not believe in what I was doing but ever since she saw some money floating in she is more ok with it.
But yes it is hard but I hope I will be blessed in the future for my work.
Sincere
Kasper Pedesen
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Hey David,
Totally awesome post there. Inspiring and worth the read…..If anyone out there is in the doldrums and thinking of quitting, then this article is a must read.
I can relate to your description of living in a van a while ago; a combination of inspiration and/or desperation leads to major success like you have no doubt experienced.
Our better halves are definitely worth more to our personal and business success than they are credited for or than we can imagine. They play a larger role than most will acknowledge.
I am grateful in having someone who can put up with the odd hours…..Even I wonder how someone does that, but all the same, I am eternally grateful.
I loved the post. Thanks for sharing
Michael
True, true…
Thank You for support Dave!
And say hello to Ashley from Prague…
You Rock!!!
Martin
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I don’t have a wife, but this is a good post. Many people will probably disagree with this, but I decided to quit college and go a different route. I know that once I get that college degree it’ll be working for a boss the rest of my life. Not to mention the debt. I’d rather be a debt free homeless guy living in a van than a college graduate owing $30,000-$50,000 in debt with a starting salary of $30,000 per year.
I wanted to start a business, but at the age of only 20 it’s hard to start an offline business. I’ll probably get screwed over. I looked online for opportunities.
I’ve tried everything and failed many times, but your videos were the best. It’s free, but better than any eBook out there. It’s straight to the point and clear of rubbish. The only thing you really tried to sell me was the Automatic Article Submitter which is only $87. I’ve wasted nearly $1,000 before I ran into you.
I’m making over $5,000 per month now and have many recurring pay from various affiliate program. Thank you.
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Hey Nathan – thanks for the shout out pal. Would you mind making me a testimonial video where you can talk about your story?
-dave
Its true; spouses that don’t support their other halves dreams should be beat with sticks. In fact, your blog post inspired my Latest Post where I made that very point. Thanks Dave, You’re the Shit.
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great stuff.
thanks for addressing
a very important issue,
that never really surfaces
enough.
been digging your stuff a lot
lately.
have lived in a van myself
todd
life’s too short to be so down
http://www.thegreentreesmusic.com/blog
Damn, you made me get all teary eyed!
Oh my Gosh. This article was just for my husband back in the day. Not that he would have read it. He didn’t understand just how AMAZING his wife is. *wink*
Thanks for writing this. It made me smile!
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Super Top 10 list! you obviously put a lot of time and thought into it. thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for this post David! I know someone who should read it! Really, I have struggled with my girlfriend and getting her to even take a look at what we are doing!
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I have tried to contact you by phone! I met you in las vegas a few weeks ago. I am desperate to learn what you teach! I lost my Wife in an accident. We worked together as a team of truck drivers and so I was unable to do what WE did before plus I lost most of my money I had saved in this economy, and have been out of work for some time. This as well as My Mom lives in another state from me and is going blind from a health issue and is 80 and I am unable to care for her now, plus my kids lives are not working well financially and my daughter can’t provide what my grandkids need as a single mom and on top of it all I am on the verge of losing my home. I somehow got onto your email list and have been referred to https://www.mlmleadsystempro.com/member/ as well as http://www.empowernetwork.com/commissionloophole.php?id=davidwood
I bought some dvds and got one so far. What do I really need to be able to get major business pointed at my mlm business? I promise I will not be in your way in Your mlm! I have another mlm I have tried that I really want to promote (and have been failing in miserably). I would be willing to Eat, sleep and live on my computer if I have to! Please help me out with a response! Sincerely, Phil
Yes if you don’t have your spouses support it feels like you are fighting alone and for nothing. Good article.