I asked myself why,at age 51, I was re-inventing myself one more time. There were two compelling reasons on why I had to start this journey, for myself and my family.

At mid-summer 2007,  I remember telling my husband that we finally had our financial future on complete auto-pilot.  TaxLoopholes was (and is) going great.  I was backing doing tax strategies on a limited basis which kept me fresh and was actually a lot of fun.  And, I was fulfilling my life’s purpose with Maui Mastermind, a company I was a partner in.  Or, at least I thought I was.  We were transforming lives and creating a huge buzz.  In fact, in 2007, our first Mini-Maui event had 250 people, then the 2^nd one in 2007 had 450 people.  I predicted 1000 people at our next one!  With 100% of the gross proceeds going to charity, it felt like a huge way to give back and build a strong business community.

Then it all fell apart.  My partner wanted me out, at any cost, and so that happened.  I saw the numbers at the events dwindle, helpless to do anything.  (The next event didn’t have 1,000 people as I had predicted.  It was closer to 80 people.)

Bigger then that, though, I felt I had lost my life’s purpose.  I don’t know if that has ever happened to you, but I felt lost for months.  Then, a friend of my aunt’s gave me some great advice which helped me get back on track.  “This IS your life’s purpose,” she said firmly.  “It’s WHAT you are supposed to do, just not quite HOW you were supposed to do it.”

And, at the same time, there had been a lot of promises made to my 17 y.o. son and his charity through the old company.  The promises all fell apart as well.  I feel so lucky to have such a remarkable son as David, who cares about others so passionately, and I couldn’t let him down.  I needed to find a way for him to earn a lot of money for his charity again.

That all led to me starting the “Journey to a Million Dollars in a 2 Years or Less.”  Others wanted to know how to do it, and that began the movement we have now.