Yes, we all have a WHY of starting something awesome and great. I started Avon 26 years ago so that my family could earn extra $100 for us to conveniently send either money or items to my parents and mother-in-law. Whenever anyone was visiting Nigeria from the US and they asked us if we had a message for our family back home, my husband and I would struggle to find extra money to send. Not that our parents actually needed our money, but we believed and still believe that we should give back to our parents as an appreciation of their caring for us growing up. I will sometimes be in the store and saw something(s) my mom and/or my mother-in-law would love and had to think hard whether we could afford it.
It then dawned on me that we were not financially strong and I decided to look for a part-time job. Having a full time job and raising three kids would not allow me to go out and worked outside our home. I found Avon as a Work From Home and I joined. I have not looked back since November 1989.
My WHYs have changed over the years - kids growing(another boy was added to the family), school activities, extra curriculum activities, College and so on. When we wanted to build our home in 2002, my income from Avon was the catalyst to approving the loan we needed.
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