Do you know what your purpose in life is? What were you put on this earth to do? If someone were to ask me those same questions 3 years ago, I'm not sure I would have had an answer. Actually, I'm 100% positive I had no clue at the time. And most people don't. Since then my life has changed in phenomenal ways for the better, & it all started with a decision I made for myself in 2015. This is my story of how I went from being a broke, homeless, bum, to a successful entrepreneur earning a 6 figure income.

The Struggle WAS Real

Back in 2015, I was at a very low point in my life. Although I was having varying successes with music (which is my passion), it wasn't paying the bills by a longshot. Since leaving the Army in 2010, I had been struggling to find a decent job to support my family. For years I bounced from minimum wage to dead end job one after another. Just barely getting by, living month to month.   I eventually lost my job cooking at a bar in El Paso, & it couldn't of happened at a worse time. I was already behind on literally all of my bills, & my mother's medical bills were as persistent as ever. I had no idea what I was going to do.

There was a lot on my plate at the time. I had people depending on me, mouths to feed, so there was no time to waste. I scrambled for the next 2 months like a madman, applying for every job I could find while somehow getting by doing oddjobs here and there. Staffing agencies like Labor Force were my best friends for a while. I must have put in close to 40 apps every week, even making sure to  follow up with each employer…

In the end, I would barely receive any response from employers & when I finally got an interview I would hear the same thing…

"We'll give you a call.."

"….after reviewing your resume it seems you may be a little 'overqualified' for this position"

"We need to interview a few more candidates…"

I couldn't land a job to save my life. I would have even settled for McDonalds or Burger King. I lost my apartment the next month. I ended up staying with a friend for a while so I could find a job while my fiancee & step daughter went home to Indiana to stay with her mother. 2 weeks later I was homeless. Sleeping out on the street every night, completely broke, not eating… It just got worse and worse…

Hope

I've never felt so hopeless and destroyed in my life as I did at that point. I was dirty, 140 lbs soaking wet, sleeping under an I-10 overpass or wherever I ended up, depressed, starving... I almost gave up too many times to count. One day, I started going to the library to use the computers. Going through old emails I found some notes I emailed to myself covering the Law of Attraction & I immediately began digging further into the subject. This led to more research in personal development, the subconscious mind, and manifestation.

Little by little, day by day, I began to internalize what I learned. I had hope. Speakers like Les Brown, Bob Proctor, & Tony Robbins filled my head with affirmations of success, prosperity, and motivation.

When I came across a work from home opportunity soon after I was troubled. It was some "guru" like internet marketer promising mountains of cash at the click of a button. I knew it was a scam. Learned my lesson when I fell for a similar sales funnel a few months before. Yet for some reason I was still very curious about it. And with that, my next research campaign was decided.

The Turnaround

The more I researched the more my mind exploded. I was so excited and shocked that it became a driving force of motivation.

"Is this really possible?"

 "Can I really make money online?"

Thoughts like these kept filling my head in disbelief. I mean come on, just the idea of it was enough to capture my attention. Be your own boss, work for yourself, start your own business, work your own hours, work from home, the laptop lifestyle, etc... Everyone is taught to go to school, go to college, get a job. Gaining employment is generally the only option in our own society to make money and survive for 99% of us. Which is why it was always an option that was furthest from my mind. But now, I knew it was possible.

Like a lot of newbies I jumped on everything I could get my hands on in the beginning. I did surveys & anything else I could find for free just so I could make anything and buy into a real affiliate marketing program. It was a lot harder than I thought, with most of the systems and companies I found being scams I was lucky if I made anything to begin with.

I tried everything. Surveys, Email Processing (ugh), freebies, you name it. Nothing was working, but I there was no way I was giving up. This was my last and final option.

Like a prayer being answered, it came to me. I finally found a system that wasn't full of empty promises, but actually gave away free training and taught the fundamentals of online marketing. I soaked up the training like a sponge. Still homeless, I went to the library everyday, did my training, took notes, and got involved in the online marketing community.

I set everything up and started implementing my training. Before I knew it, I had gotten my first lead. Soon after that, it finally happened. I made my first sale online! Confetti fell from the sky, a parade in my honor stops all traffic, trumpets sound, there was dancing and singing...

It was glorious! At least for me it was. That $33.50 was all she wrote. That was the day I told myself," I'm never working for anybody ever again..." This solidified the belief in my mind, that I could actually be successful online. In fact, in my mind, I already was.

Purpose

It's kind of surreal thinking back on it now. I continued to grow and prosper online and got back on my feet in no time. I became a top earner in the company I was with and blessings rained down on me constantly. I was changed forever.

When my mother fell ill and suffered her second heart attack a few months later, I was able to get her the treatment she needed. An even better feeling than my first sale.

Whether it's through my passion of music, online marketing, or another... My goal is to help as many people as I can to increase their quality of life. To get out of whatever struggle they're in be it mental or circumstantial. To motivate and empower people who are homeless, depressed, and stuck in situations without hope & show them that it's possible to change your life. No matter how bad it may seem. That, I believe is my purpose. Or at least one of them. (I do like multitasking)

Online marketing is just one of the many routes I took. Real estate, gold, Forex trading, cryptocurrency, drop shipping... The list goes on. There's a lot of ways to earn money, but the way to wealth is passive, residual, and from multiple sources.

Believe in yourself. Live life on purpose. With purpose. Focus on what you want, and it will come to you. Focus on what you don't want, and that will also come to you. Everything is possible.

One love.