And I couldn't, you know... mindset is everything. And I couldn't even focus on my work to get myself out of this hole. So the hole is getting deeper and deeper and deeper. And this is, you know, you talk about support. I mean, this is where Genumark was amazing because when I was, you know, at the top of my game and my sales are off the charts and I mean, it was great. They were supportive and they incentivize and celebrated me. But when I was at the deepest part of my life, they were supportive and whatever you need, we're here. Don't worry about it, you know? I mean, that was pretty amazing. I have to say. So that was tough. And so then from 2015, until today it's been a real struggle or up until just probably before COVID, it's been a real struggle. I started a side business actually in 2017 to help supplement my income because again, I've got two kids and as I've said, 100% commission, everyone who does that knows how hard that is, right? And I just, I knew I need to do something and I'm a fighter. So I got another job on the side, and Genumark was cool with that and it was all online. So that's fine. And then, you know, I sort of, just before COVID or maybe when COVID hit, I actually was contemplating on leaving the industry. Because, I thought I cannot continue a hundred percent commission. I need to support my kids, my side job is not full-time, and I was, you know, looking at options and I had people reach out to me with offers and everything. And so I was like, what am I going to do when I grow up? Now I'm in my fifties, right? And I'm asking that same question starting over. S,o I started taking some time and I thought, you know, I haven't given a hundred percent to Genumark in the last four years, I know it. I know what I can do and I wasn't doing it because of my mindset and everything else. So, I cannot leave and walk away until I give the same thing to my marriage. You know, I couldn't leave my marriage until I gave it 200%, right? And only then can I walk away. So I couldn't walk away from this without knowing I gave that, you know, everything. So I decided with my mindset and I said, that's it. I'm going to give this 200% of my commitment, everything that I have. And if I still can't climb back up to where I was, then I need to look at it again. Because again, when you have people depending on you, you have to make some hard choices. So I rebranded myself as a Branding Badass. I read an amazing book -- I don't know if you know, Jen Sincero, and she wrote a book called "You Are a Badass" and it talks about, you know, you can do anything, but you need to go -- if you want to go and change your life, you need to change your actions. I mean, I'm paraphrasing, but I decided, "Okay." And mindset was everything. And so I decided to dig in and do a lot of social media marketing, go back to prospecting. I hadn't, I mean, I had an assistant and I didn't prospect for years because I was too busy, right? And you know, a big lesson, don't put all your eggs in one basket because when that basket breaks you're screwed. And that was me, and so I learned that lesson. So I've, you know, I've learned a lot of things. And I've learned to also diversify, not just as far as, you know, my mind was always Alberta, Alberta, Alberta. And I realized like we are so virtual that I have the world, like North America to work with now. So I've been, you know, my territory, so to speak is like all over North America. So I have new
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