What do a soccer player and a Partners Branch Manager have in common? If they both focus on the “goal”, they can become very successful. Greg loved soccer and played for his college teams, as well as coaching other teams and instructing in soccer camps. On the conservative side, he earned a degree in history, as well. One day, Greg
had an opportunity to accompany his friend to Salt Lake City, Utah,
where his friend was going to work
with the U.S.
Olympic speed skating team. After about a week and a half, Greg,
who was quickly running out of money, decided he better find work.
So, he answered an ad that read “Hippies With The Flow”. The initial interview didn’t get Greg’s juices boiling
(he just couldn’t see himself being a sales person) but, The first day Greg says he broke every rule in the book, got frustrated and decided to quit. So, he called his roommate to meet for lunch. While waiting for his roommate to show up, he walked into a cellular store with a piece of motivation art. The guy told me to bring them all in and bought seven! Then, when his friend appeared, Greg got goofy and pitched a 13-year old kid who bought three! “Hmmm” Greg said, “Maybe I’m being hasty.” To make a long story short, not only did Greg stay with the company, but also ended up with $600.00 profit at the end of his first full week. By the fifth week, he made over $1,000.00. After eleven months, Greg opened his own business in Boston. That year, he was runner-up for Rookie Branch Manager of the Year and got a trip to Greece. The next year, he made a run for Branch Manager of the Year, ending up in second place. Greg cried all the way to the bank as he looked at his six-figure bank balance. Greg sums up his reasons for being a part of our family like this: “Great money, great people, great traveling, and the freedom to be my own person!” |
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to his last 20 bucks, he gave it a go and explains it like this: “Even
though the person with whom I spent the next day gave me a great
recommendation, I turned down the offer and looked further;
but, with a degree in History, there wasn’t much I could do.
Then, I got a call from the young woman who had shown me the business
just to thank me for spending the day with her. It suddenly dawned
on me that here was a 19-year old girl making a couple of hundred
dollars a day, while I, with my four and one-half years of college
was flat broke, owed my folks $3,000.00, had plenty of bills and
no idea how to make a living. So, I changed my mind and showed up
on Friday.”