INSPIRATION: IMPACTER

Nkabinde could not sit idly by and watch the community that he loves begin to decay around him. “I could see that there were children that needed assistance.” he said, “Someone that can bring them together, to bring them hope and understanding that they are loved by someone who can take care of them. We are brought together as one community.” It was this belief that led him to buy boots and shirts for the local soccer team that he had played for as a child, as well as buying food for less well off people in his community.

“I have bought food parcels for the past four months for those families that cannot afford to buy food. But that is not my main issue when I come here, to bring food. When they sell food at the tournaments, it allows them to revolve money between themselves.” “I still need to train them on how to make profit on what they are selling. They just sell, so that they can have something to eat but I’m planning to get someone from Durban to train them on starting a business.”

“The first tournament we had, I bought a sheep for the team to play for. This was the winning prize. The ladies did cook it that day and they made a little bit of money and I want this to continue.”

Nkabinde’s personal philosophy is one that should guide all sustainable ventures: “in our communities, the Crowd1 members have made a lot of money and so now it is our turn to give it back to our communities. We need to uplift them, not just make them a charity case, but uplift them.”

WHAT PROACTIVE MEANS TO

ANTHONY CHATELAIN

CROWD sits down with Crowd1 Ambassador Anthony Chatelain to discuss his inspirational talk at the July 3rd Mega Event, how his background got him to his success today, and why time is more important than money.

When speaking with Crowd1 Ambassador 1 Star Anthony Chatelain, it is obvious that, as varied as the accomplishments in his life are, they all boil down to one simple thing: his love of numbers.

The links between his degree in nuclear engineering from MIT, his career as a professional poker player, and now a top Ambassador at Crowd1, all trace back to a humble childhood that embedded in him the drive to succeed. “I grew up poor as the child of a single mother. I was the first person in my family to go to college. I didn’t learn to drive until I was 28 because we couldn’t afford a car growing up. ''

School and his competitiveness was what set him on his path to success. He had no trouble translating this mathematical prowess into crowd marketing, when upon graduation he was invited to a business meeting for a telephone marketing company.

“'I understood the math behind it, and how wonderful it is to work with leverage when building a big team. We would go out ourselves and find customers - every time your customer used their phone, we got paid, month after month after month. But it wasn’t only money I was after, it was time. Time is money and residual income is the name of the game”.

Chatelain emphasises the appeal of a crowd marketing career. “I could have made millions working on Wall Street for 80 hours a week. People asked why I was doing crowd marketing and not following that path, but again, it wasn’t money I was after, it was time. Crowd networking offers me the freedom of the laptop lifestyle. You can work whenever and wherever you want. Take last year as an example. Before Covid I was in Guadeloupe and South Africa, I had 20 trips planned around the world”.

Chatelain returned as a guest speaker for the Crowd1 Mega Event held on July 3rd, on the theme of “From Reactive to Proactive”; his talk boiled down to wanting to teach people to be “bigger, better, stronger, smarter and faster in their business”.

Upon asking his advice to affiliates, he says to “treat this business like it’s a million dollar business. Some people treat this like a €99 business, and then it becomes less important. I view crowd marketing as important as my nuclear engineering degree, or being the top student in my class at university”.

This, at the core, is what the theme of the Mega Event, and being proactive, means to him: taking every opportunity thrown at you with seriousness and motivation. “I stay focused. I listen, but don’t take things to heart- I await to see results. In the end, actions speak louder than words. Lets Gooo!”.

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