Chapter 16

Epilogue

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If I were you, I think I’d want to know how it all turned out for me. It did – turn out, I mean, and as amazing as it seems (at least it seems that way to me), it’s all pretty much the way you’d expect.

That Thursday night five years ago was the first of many, now countless, wonderful evenings, where I’ve been able to show people what it takes for them to be successful.

It is what I do for a living now.

My Network Marketing business prospered from then on. I’ve gone on to build an international organization. I’m working on my third book – the first two are industry best-sellers. And, although a precise count is nigh-on impossible to calculate, if I haven’t already, I’m certainly well on the way to making a good-sized difference in the lives of millions of people. It is a blessing. I am a very lucky man.

I have achieved pretty stunning success in every area of my life. My relationships and partnerships – especially with my family and friends – are the greatest source of pleasure and satisfaction in my life. I am rich – a millionaire, actually a couple of them by now. I have been to Japan, China and Russia – and lots of other places I never even dreamed of.

And Disney World – remember how much I wanted to take my kids there? Well, we go twice a year now, except it’s not just with my kids. Kathy and I take a group of about 50 kids who’re part of a program my Network organization and I are involved with that helps abused kids in our city. My own kids get to be the hosts and they dearly love that! So do I.

A fairy-tale life – problem free?

No way! The truth is, I’ve had more than my share of problems. If anything, as my dreams and achievements grew larger and larger, the roadblocks that seemed to come up got bigger and more impressive, too.

But along the way, I happened upon a life lesson that has given me more freedom than almost any other thing I ever learned. It is simply this:

We ARE that problems are bad.

That we are that problems are bad isn’t just what we think, and it’s not just a feeling we have or wisdom to which we adhere as a truth. It is a way of life for human beings. Usually, we are as unconscious of it as fish are of the water in which they swim. Problems are bad – that’s the way it is. That’s the way we are. We are born . . . we eat . . . we breathe air . . . and we are that problems are bad.

But what if problems were not good or bad? What if they just were? And what if, because problems were just things that happened, we could make them into whatever we wanted, whatever served and empowered us at the time? What if every time a “problem” occured, we chose to have it be fun?

At a certain point, when I was tired of problems being bad, I decided to have them all be as Richard Bach described in his wonderful book Illusions:

There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.

The day I started seeing problems as gifts was the day my life became Christmas and my birthday . . . 365 days a year!

In fact, I could fill another entire book with all the marvelous gifts that have come to me since the fateful evening when I first met the Greatest Networker in the World.

Are you wondering if I finally did buy his house?

Yes, I did.

You may remember I had a vision of sitting in his study office speaking with a young woman, much the way he and I sat there so long ago. That’s happened many, many times now.

And if you’re wondering, do we see each other? Yes, we do. Our families are quite close.

He and Rachel moved to a plantation in Kauai, in the Hawaiian Islands, about two years ago. We spend Christmas with them there every year. Bobby’s in school in Germany. Rebecca opted not to go to college. She’s teaching riding at a stable in Virginia. Kazuko goes back and forth from Nara to Hawaii. Everyone’s well and happy.

Really, it’s just as you’d expect them to be.

When I set out to write this book, I hoped I would do a reasonable job in telling this story as it happened. Now, I feel sure I’ve done that – but I still have a question.

I wonder – are you convinced, beyond all shadow of even the most fleeting doubt, about the awesome power you have to change your habits of belief?

Do you know, fully and completely, what a tremendous impact doing that will have on your life – and on the lives of countless people whose lives you touch?

I hope with all my heart and mind that your answer is “Yes” – now, or soon – that you got it, that you understand the phenomenal creative power and freedom you have to live any way you choose to believe is possible.

I know you don’t have the Greatest Networker to hang out with. That’s okay. You’ve got this book – and what’s more, you’ve got all the other wonderful books, tapes and marvelous men and women who are masters of this secret for success. And truly, they are everywhere – and their lives are devoted to giving the secret away. There are mentors lurking everywhere, just waiting to serve you. All you have to do is to go on record as being ready – they’ll show up immediately.

“When the student is ready . . . .”

Mine show up – all the time now.

I thank you for reading my book. And now, I’d like to share with you a simple secret for learning that has served me very well since it was first taught to me: Now that you’ve read it – read it again. And then, read it a third time. I’ve read the Coaching Kids . . . book at least 20 times since I first saw it that Saturday morning at the Greatest Networker’s house – and I’ve gotten something new from it every time.

When you do read the book again, use it as a flashlight. There are thoughts, feelings and experiences “neatly scattered” throughout its pages, that will shine new light onto myriad little treasures that are hidden within your own thoughts, feelings and experiences – and that, like your yet to be revealed mentors, are waiting for ready discovery.

And then, ask yourself, “What’s next for you?”

One more thing. If you come across somebody in our business who seems like . . . well, like they’re ready to explore what they don’t know that they don’t know yet – lend them your copy of our book. The day you do that may just turn out to be the day that changes their lives for the better – forever.

Have fun.

My best to you.

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