{"id":7779,"date":"2024-01-24T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/?p=7779"},"modified":"2024-01-24T18:52:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:52:29","slug":"decisions-and-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/decisions-and-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Decisions and Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all work hard for our money. We try to make the best decisions. The whole thing is to think things out look at all the angels and then execute. Now I always like to be in my own business. I hate working for someone else. I like to call the shots. I hate getting up in the morning and making someone else money. In the US and I\u2019m sure in the UK to start a business is a big hassle. Especially a brick-and-mortar location. Now you\u2019ve got to deal with rent. The first month, last month, and a security deposit. Then the licensing with the state county and city. You have to set up a corporation get a tax ID and open a bank account. This all costs a lot of money. Then the hours of work involved. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7780\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pexels-energepiccom-313690.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I had my business I was there six days a week. Always stressed about the bills and money and my family. When the banking crisis hit in 2008 it hurt the economy and my business felt it. I eventually lost so much business that the wife and I divorced. That made it worse not only the emotional side of it but I was in financial ruin. I suffered a heart attack and eventually three more. I tried to keep the business open but to no avail, I had to close it. Thankfully I had very little debt. Except for the child support. My wife got the house that I worked so hard for, and it eventually got foreclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jobs were very hard to come by especially if you were older. I was in my fifties and I had to take low-paying jobs that I hated. I had more experience than most. And good-paying jobs, they wanted younger people who they could pay less. So I took some terrible jobs. The worst was the call centers and telemarketing. It gives me a headache just thinking about it. I struggled to pay child support and keep a roof over my head. I could not believe at my age with business experience that I was in this position. And in the US we do not have national health. We have to pay for health insurance. I needed medication for my heart and diabetes. I could not afford it. This was one of the worst times of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what does this have to do with the Ambassador Program? If I had known about digital marketing. I would have found a way to get the money and do it. I would be much better off. The Ambassador program was the number two money maker on Clickbank. Generating millions. Take the seminar. Learn the material and implement it. It won&#8217;t happen overnight. But I assure you it will happen if you put in the effort. Imagine your own business, no boss just you, and a six-figure income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click here:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zenpro1.com\/never-succeed-online\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/zenpro1.com\/never-succeed-online\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a guest post written by Johnathan Lowell, If you wish to be considered for a guest blog post then please contact me<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all work hard for our money. We try to make the best decisions. 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