My reality

On the 13th of October 2009 at 7.00am, I got ready to attend an investor meeting scheduled at 8am.

Thinking it was a pretty typical day, I set myself up mentally believing that things would fall through.

A few months earlier I was playing around with the idea of how to take that initial leap and work for myself. I was teaching primary school children at that time and on the side started a business as an independent distributor of personal development products and curriculum.

I had tried (unsuccessfully) to market the products- spending more on expenses rather than seeing the profits.

I was getting to a point of desperation as I always had the idea of being independent (in all aspects of my life, spiritually, emotionally and financially) by the age of 30.

To me; this idea was diminishing as each month went by. The fact that I was starting new ventures and not able to see results whilst spending above my mean did not go down well with me.

The fear and realisation of working for the rest of my life based on routine was something I did not want to consider. The only thought that had been going through my head this year was that I didn't want to get pulled down by teaching at such an early age. I knew the statistics-overworked, underpaid, overstressed, bitter angry- I could see it starting to come out within myself.

In July 2009, I wrote a very quick and honest business proposal and sent it to a databased online network to be sent to possible investors.

I had several replies regarding interest between July and September 2009 but none of them actually took the time out to email me back.

So you can see why my skepticism came into play when I was contacted by Chris Wakeford.

My initial thought was to just go in there and tell him honestly where I was at and what I was thinking. I believed that If I was honest he would see my true nature. I went there with no real expectations, and to be honest- I was going along the lines of what Chris had said that previous week when we had a skype conversation "No promises ok?" "Fair enough" I replied back.

So I went; I sat down we talked and immediately I knew that this situation was different. I could see in his eyes the wheels were in motion as we discussed my position, his position and possible solutions and ventures.

"Think outside the box" he said as he proceeded to tell me what his company actually was. "I teach people to do the opposite of what money people tell you to do."

By the end of the hour I was being shown around The Wealth Centre. By 11am I was being offered an internship costing app. $30,000USD.

"What?" I thought, how did this happen? I guess I must have done something right to attract this opportunity to me. But my goodness I was overwhelmed! "This doesn't happen in real life" I kept telling myself (and if it did- I would be hearing about it NOT be on the receiving end of it)

But I knew immediately it was an invaluable experience. I was being offered a position in which i could learn strategies and investments- skills and knowledge quickly- that would have taken someone else years to realise.

I knew I had to jump on board the band wagon.

I was shown basic ropes that day- shown around, shown the initiatives, introduced to Audrey Haley- a "cash flow coach" as she calls herself who was mentored by Chris herself 1 and a half years ago.

"You will be working closely with Audrey" Chris said. "And Hillary" added Audrey (I found out later that "Hillary" was Audrey's alter ego) I must have looked overwhelmed with all the new information because Chris added "Just ask questions" and left it at that.

So it begins.