When I understood that you didn't have to be super smart or super techie to make money online I was super stoked.

When I realized that wasn't enough and that personal growth came in to play in a big way I was intrigued.

When I found out that only a very few were actually successfully earning on the internet I was fascinated...

and hooked.

In 2001 I became a young single mum. My two daughters were 2 and 7 at the time, I was away from my home country, family and friends, I had no college education, no prior work experience, and no particular skills.

After a few years of surviving and hoping for the best, I came to the realization that it was up to me to create my own reality.

I then discovered some level of entrepreneurship by creating my own mini businesses - I developed French language clubs for children in my area & delivered fun French classes to thousands of children for about 10 years, I then went on to... selling sushi! I became a food trader and ran a weekly sushi stall at my local country market, I also organized sushi making workshops. These were fun learning times!!  - All of the above with no formal training, everything I did was self-taught.

In parallel to that, in 2007 a friend of mine introduced me to the world of Network Marketing. It was for a health & beauty company that promoted safe personal care and nutritional products (something I had zero knowledge of, and no interest in), but I went in head first not having a clue what I was doing, and managed to create a small clientele and tiny commissions for myself...

but in my mind I was being 'successful'!

After diligently following traditional network marketing methods suggested to me – talking to friends & family, organising home parties, doing hotel meetings, surveys in shopping centres, placing ads in the local paper, etc… I finally said to myself:

“ok, there must be a better way!”. That is when I decided to do some research about marketing on the internet (maybe like you are doing right now) and in 2011, discovered the world of Online Marketing along with the concept of ‘attraction marketing’. That made complete sense to me: you don’t chase after people, you let them come to you- what a concept !

I was eager and ready to learn, and you know what they say, “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear”, and so it did.

I stumbled upon the perfect teacher, the perfect system, the perfect opportunity, at the perfect time!!!

After just a few days of blindly following instructions, I made my very first online commission. "Omg" I thought, that IS possible! and even though it was just 25 dollars, I was simply amazed: as a result of me taking some action on the internet, somewhere, someone that I never met or even talked to, somehow decided to purchase something online that resulted in me receiving money into my bank account…and I still didn’t have a clue what I was doing!!!

Things were looking good. I was gaining confidence, building up my marketing skills, creating momentum and becoming clearer about where I was heading with an online business, when in December 2014, the father of my children passed away suddenly. This was a terrible shock and a moment of great sadness. My heart was broken to see my girls lose their beloved dad just like that. I completely disconnected from the online world and stopped all marketing activities, I barely even posted on Facebook. I knew this wasn’t the end of my online career, it just felt like I had to put it on pause for a while.

11 months later my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease at age 63, a terribly cruel illness that I don’t think anyone could ever be prepared to deal with. Mum was living alone in her apartment in Tokyo at the time, so it seemed like the right thing to bring her back to Europe so that I could care for her. She moved with us here in Ireland in June 2016 and I’ve been her full-time carer since. It has been one hell of a rollercoaster and is an ongoing painful journey to go through, but at the end of the day I consider myself fortunate to be able to have my mother with me and to spend our remaining time together.

Ma Maman Et Moi

(My Mum And I)

Yes, there is a learning curve. Yes, you will probably have to acquire new skills and get out of your comfort zone. And yes, there will be times of doubt and struggles… but these are absolutely nothing in comparison to the personal and financial rewards that you will achieve as a true Badass Online Entrepreneur.  I may not know anything about you right now, but if you are reading these lines,

that tells me that there is some kind of desire inside of you, a desire for something better, a desire for a better life, that I can only hope that you know you deserve.

Because YOU (my future friend), already have what it takes...to be successful beyond your wildest dreams!

To your inevitable success,
~Jen