It all started for me in May 2003 in Bahrain, when one of my very close friend Sajan Zakaria, introduced Questnet to me, Sajan is today himself is a very serious & successful networker.
The moment I saw the business presentation I was into it heart & soul, not because I then understood the potential of the business or understood how well it can influence my life in a short span of few years, but purely due to my situation then, to understand why I did so. I strongly feel I should share what prompted me to take the business seriously from day one…
The year 2003 was a period when I was going through one of the worst stages in my life financially and professionally, I had just joined a large trading house in Bahrain and was doing fairly well but was really struggling financially because I had lost my job in a huge MNC in 2002 and due to reasons beyond my control my new employer could not arrange my visa and I was basically jobless and with out any source of income for almost 6 months prior to joining the new company and during this period not only I had exhausted what ever little I had saved from my 16 years of professional career in various countries and in very high profile jobs, I was basically in debts..
Now I was really looking for a good opportunity for an additional source of income or an back-up income so that I may not have to go through what I went through when I was with-out a job for six months and since I was in financial trouble already I was in a no choice situation, but today I can proudly say after my 4 years of my journey with Questnet I may not have achieved the financial freedom which I am looking for but I achieved freedom from debt, I am debt free man and confidently say I am on the roads to financial freedom…
In life there is a saying "what ever you are today, its because of what you have done till today", but when it comes to networking industry I would say it goes little further "what ever you are today its because what you & the people around you have done for yourself till today", I am testimony for this saying because today what ever I am or what ever I have achieved its because of my team Titans with which I was fortunate to be associated with, specially the founding directors of Titans Arun George, Cherian Mathew, Balaji Kumar, Manoj, Dr. Anil & Radhakrishnan, each one of them has played a major role in moulding me and I still look up to them for advices and off-course Sajan who is always with me when ever I need him and then I will be incomplete without my own team partners Jose, Khalid, Aby, Vinod, Sarma, Lateesh, Sounder. Vijaykumar, Vijayraghavan, Rajan, Srividya, Dr. Riju, George, James & Joaquim who has been the pillar of strength through out and helped me reach where I am.
But one person who will stand up above all of them is Cherian Mathew, he has not only been my mentor & guide from the day one till today but I respect him like an elder brother even though he is younger to me in age, so much so I do not take any major decisions professionally or personally with out consulting him, our bonding is so strong that very few days pass off with out we interacting with each other…
Thinking back about my journey for the last four years its been a real fun & enjoyment, when I started in 2003 even though I took up seriously, I had lots of doubts about the system & its potential, but I can say few months into the playing field I realised that its much more powerful than I had thought, I saw real growth not only in my team but from 2004 I saw a powerful growth in the company too, if I look back when I started off our company was just a retailer of numismatic products at that time, from that today we have a hell lot of product range frankly speaking we find hard to keep up & update our self with the product ranges being brought-up by the company, the growth has not only been in the product range but also in its diversified activates & top it of above all the growth & performance of "The V" has really impressed me, specially after Mr. Pathman took over as MD of The V.
As I said earlier said, I may not have achieved the financial freedom I am seeking for in this last 4 years, but it was all fun, today I have huge network spread in almost 8 countries and I have the privilege of travelling to countries like Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, U.A.E., India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand & Algeria to develop my network, which itself has been a dream come true because till today I love travelling.
The most important aspect has been after two serious years of networking I was able to say good bye to my job which I still believe was lucrative by any standards and has been a 100% networker for the last two years from May 2005.
The key to my success have been my belief in the system & my commitment, which I can proudly say the networker in me never relax or take rest, he is always active even when I am travelling or taking a break with my family, according to me the networker in us need not be allowed to relax, because networking is all about meeting people & conveying to them the power of our business which can change their life, so I strongly believe that its my mission to educate people about our industry & its power, As Dato’ Vijay says "when-ever we meet a new person and if we fail to inform about our opportunity to him/her, we are guilty of denying an opportunity to change their life"
Money has been a major driving force for me for being in this industry and the prime reason which keeps me moving ahead but the most touching moments of my life has been when some of my partners had personally come up to me and said Johnson you have been responsible for changing mine & my families life and we are thankful for that, trust me I will not be able to convey the feelings…
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