I went from being an accountant to owning a home based business

2005-07-06T01:23:00.000-07:00

It was the 50's and I was your average yard ape - looking for something to get into, and it sure wasn't anything having to do with school. My main two interests were girls and motorcycles. Wow, did I have a lot to learn.

First came dodging high school, surviving dating, two years of 'party college' at ETSU in Johnson City, TN and then a bit of growing up in the U.S. Air Force (Texas, Colorado, Washington and Utah with MAC; I was a supply sargeant, E-4).

In school I was not your model student, but after the USAF, I had grown up (a little bit) and decided that I wanted to "get ahead", so I did what my teachers and my Mom said one did who wanted to succeed in life, i.e. I finished college. With a B.S. in Accounting, I thought I'd have my pick of jobs. What a rude awakening!

I'd fell for the "Big Lie" and I didn't even know it at the time. After 5 years with an oil company in Denver, the IRS in Chicago and a bank in Knoxville, I figured out that wealth was not coming from having a job. So, I did what seemed like the only sensible thing to do under the circumstances, I quit my "good job at the bank" and started my own business!

Success was not immediate, but I did make a living and I was my own boss. Life was better when I was the boss rather than it being someone else. There's just something about having your freedom that makes it all worth it.

I decided at the ripe old age of 31 that having a job was not the way to get ahead financially. So, I started a business and have been self-employed since. Like most, I started out small but eventually ended up with a chain of six carpet & upholstery cleaning businesses in four states (TN, FL, NC, SC).

Moving forward, this page and my sites are about sharing the good productive parts with those who have ears to learn in the hope that two things will occur:

1. That I profit from my efforts, and
2. That I help others get where I am, and where I'm going quicker that it took me.

I'm a self-proclaimed compassionate capitalist. Some would call it social networking. I believe the Zig Ziglar quote that you can make all the money you want if you will FIRST help enough other people get what they want.

To accomplish this, I seek out those who want to achieve financial independence and I believe one of the signs of succeeding in that area is that they live a job free life.

I figured out that network marketing made much more sense than a traditional business. I went from having 85 employees at 6 locations in 4 states to having no employees and working from home. What a relief that was, and still is!

Today, I have a residual income that comes in whether I work or not because in network marketing, I'm paid based on what I've already done, not only on what I've done since pay day.

I work my business from home and I work it when and how I want.

Life is good and I help others achieve their freedom, if they have three qualities which I have found must exist for a person to even have a chance.

I now live a job free life and I tell about it at my site at www.JobFreeLife.com

I invite anyone who thinks they have what it takes to tour our site but I make no promises and I expect no commitment either. I choose who I'll invest my time and resources into and I reserve the right to accept or decline any candidate that I deem unqualified.

This is a business decision based on years of experience and because I don't want to waste anyone's time, including my own.

Success to you,

Kurt Ray

How To Move Past The Job & Create A Passive Income

I went from being an accountant to owning a home based business