INTRODUCTION

Mark Yarnell

Thanks to the field of network marketing, I have lived a charmed life. It didn’t start out this way, though; like most of my baby boomer peers, I blindly accepted and lived according to a significant lie until I was 36 years old: I believed that I had to choose between quantity of stuff or quality of life. In essence, I either had to give up precious time with those I loved, or I needed to accept a less demanding career with minimal rewards in exchange for enhanced personal freedom. I took a shot at both scenarios, and neither brought fulfillment.

When I succeeded financially in my early twenties, by working 60-hour weeks, I desperately longed for more time to enjoy my family. After changing careers and shifting my focus from the automobile industry to the ministry, I found myself with plenty of time but limited income. Had network marketing never surfaced, I’m sure, like most of my friends, I would have gone to my grave believing the lie. But for the past 25 years, I’ve been able to enjoy wealth and time-freedom—compliments of network marketing.