“He Said, She Said”

 By Kelly Smith

I must admit the first time I read Brad’s post, I wasn’t thinking about editing, I thought, “Yes! He finally gets it!”

There’s a big old check mark for wahms everywhere.

I think the whole experience of us working at home together has really opened both of our eyes to realize the grass isn’t necessarily greener or browner for that matter, on either side.

When Brad was at a job full time and would come home to me who was not only running after two little ones but working on our business and taking care of the home, he couldn’t always understand why I was soooo burnt out. When he came home to work with me, I decided I would go out (I mostly bring the kids) and volunteer (which has since turned into part-time work also working with more kids, what can I say? I love kids), I wanted Brad to see my perspective.

So I left him home with the kids without me by his side a day or two week for a few hours at a time. I gotta admit today he is going through an evolution and realization of what moms go through day in and day out, especially running a business at the same time. I am not saying he has totally abandoned all of his Neanderthal ways, (it’s a guy thing I know), BUT, he certainly sees the big picture in a larger than life perspective.

So when people say the word scam to me, I just smile and say, “Scam?” This business has been therapy for our marriage and I certainly wouldn’t call our relationship a scam.

Cheers!
K.

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“He Said, She Said”

Guest Post by Brad Smith

As I ran around picking up after the trail of destruction that Hurricane Devin (our 3½ year old son) had left behind the other day, I reflected upon wondering if staying at home with this craziness was a good thing.

How the heck can Moms around the world do this day-in and day-out?

“Maybe working outside of the home and shuffling our kids off to a daycare was not such a bad thing”, I thought.

Shortly there after I regained my composure and remembered that there was no way in H-E-”double-hockey-sticks” that I could ever go back to working for somebody again. I started to remember that this was part of my ‘WHY’ and that I truly desired and needed a lifestyle change; and what I was currently doing was definately NOT working.

Then I began to reflect upon my years and growth in the Network Marketing industry. I remembered back at the beginning of my “Stay-at-Home Executive Dad” position and watching a movie that really explained to me about Network Marketing and its empowering advantages and lifestyle changes that it offered.

After seeing this movie it all became so much clearer too me and what I was suppose to be doing with my life. Helping people out of their current situation has now become an ongoing passion and obsession for both Kelly and I. So to all those people out there who are living with their blinders on, “It is time to wake up and rise out of the fog.”

The definition of delusion can be said to be:

“Implies an inability to distinguish between what is real and what only seems to be real, often as the result of a disordered state of mind”

recently posted at Goji-Leadership Blog

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