It's Worth The Sacrifice

You know, I come across people every day who complain about there financial situation. They worry about what the future holds in store for them. I've had many who are like this one guy I'll tell you about.

I went to this guy's house to talk with him about helping him get into a program that would potentially take care of his problems in the long term. He wasn't hurting at the time but he wanted to secure the future so he wouldn't have to worry so much about the economy and it effecting his job. He had a small but comfortable house, and as soon as you walked into his living room you were greeted with the sight of a huge widescreen TV. It was nice. It was one of those that cost about $3,000. At least that was what he told me. He was proud of it. He had a cable package that gave him several hundred channels to choose from. It was nice, it cost alot every month, but it was nice.

After I got done showing him our program he was very interested. He said he knew for a fact that this would work for him. Then we got started talking about what it would take to get started. Namely $25. He still liked the program, and he had no doubt that in the future he would do it. he just needed to wait until he got a raise at work.

Here's my point. I know what he paid for just the cable package he had. I lived in the same area, and used the same cable company. I don't know what all this guy's monthly expenses were, but I can tell you this. He could have downgraded his cable package to only 60 channels and the difference would have paid his way into the program. That was several years ago. If that guy's future had been as important to him as his entertainment was, with a some work, he would be very successful today instead of barely making it, and worrying all the time about whether he is going to loose his job.

When I started with the business I have now, I really didn't have the money to do it with. I'm a truck driver so I have to eat all my meals on the road. I give myself an allowance each week for food. The way I paid my way into this business was by living off vienna sausages for awhile until I started making money. Not only did the fact that I was paying under 50 cents a meal allow me to have the money needed, but I'll tell you what, it gave me extra incentive to make something of it. I was never crazy about vienna sausages before, now I could live the rest of my life and never see another one, and I would die happy. But I've got to admit, the sacrifice was worth it.
 
Alex Hartline
http://www.hartlinefinancial.com/