THE BLESSING
Hospital room with a view of the beach, across the water.
One year after that last hospitalization, we were looking across the water at the hospital where I had stayed FROM our new home in the condos we had seen from the other side. (See the cover image for this article to see a photo of our family standing on the beach in our back yard, looking at the hospital from across the water.) And, a year after that, we went on the exact same cruise ship from the photos on our ceiling, that we had envisioned ourseleves on so many times. (Photos, bottom right.) The road to recovery was long and hard, but being able to reach those we were meant to serve, from the comfort of our own home, and be able to create something that would outlive us, was the fuel that kept us going. We continued to convert our workshops and coach training programs into online programs. And now, four years later:
We’ve built our business back to being bigger and better than it was before. However, this time, it’s almost entirely PASSIVE INCOME. The pain and uncertainty of illness and the challenge of figuring out how to keep our heads above water ended up being a tremendous BLESSING. • It helped us remember what we really wanted, which was FREEDOM. • It helped us realize that we had created a lot of responsibility and work for ourselves with our various businesses. • We learned how to find peace and happiness even within the most challenging situations. • We learned the lesson that our longevity and livelihood cannot be 100% dependent on our labor. • We learned the power and importance of passive income. And today, we are passionate about empowering others to do three things: 1. Give their pain a purpose 2. Leave a legacy 3. Secure their future And all three of these things can be accomplished by doing what we did,
which is to CREATE ONLINE COURSES based on what you ALREADY do, know, and love.
An entrepreneur’s worst nightmare ended up being life’s biggest blessing for us. We are now sharing our story because we want it to inspire other entrepreneurs, like you, to learn the lesson that you can DIVERSIFY YOUR INCOME by creating more leveraged and passive income strategies that will ensure your business and family can survive without you.
JOIN THE ONLINE COURSE REVOLUTION
Whether you want to be able to take a month off, you may be caring for an aging parent, or you want to have a safety net in case something happens to you, in the information age there is more opportunity than ever before to get paid to teach what you know and love online. If this story resonates with you because you want more freedom, need a safety net, or you have thought about sharing your expertise, experience, or passion with others online, we invite you to join the online course revolution. You can create passion, purpose and passive income!
Us holding the photos from our ceiling.
We’ve created over 60 online courses and have more than 60,000 students from 188 countries. Email me to find out more about creating online courses: joeel@transformationservices.org
Transformation Coaching with Joeel A. Rivera Joeel Rivera is a visionary creator, coach, speaker and serial entrepreneur. He is a former psychology professor with Master’s Degree in Counseling and Education and is currently completing his dissertation for his Ph.D. in Psychology, with an emphasis on happiness. Joeel infuses a deep understanding of the science of psychology and human potential into all of his programs. He has worked with thousands of organizations, INDIEpreneurs and life coaches who are committed to mastering the power of their mind and creating their destiny. He has almost 40,000 students from 170 countries around the world. Visit http://www.IgniteLife.me and http://www.Transformation-Academy.com.
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