What an incredible journey it has been. I began my association with this gourmet candle company in October 2003. I was finishing up a six month maternity leave from my job with the County's Human Services Dept, when I realized I could NOT return to work outside the home. After waiting eight years for the arrival of our precious little girl, I could not bring myself to place her in daycare and give someone else the pleasure of caring for her every day. And now five years later, as I successfully work my business from the comfort of our home, she sits in my lap asking me to tell her the story about how special she is to us.





My family has always come first, but that didn't stop me from wanting to continue a career - I just wanted to do it from home. My husband, Dan, my son, Adam, my daughter, Shalynn - they are WHY I do this business. I want to be fully available for my family, but I also have a huge desire to build our future. I wanted a career, but even more, I didn't want that career to take me away from the most important thing in my life - my family. My business allows me the freedom to work when, where, and how I want. As long as I have my laptop, I am in business.





I didn't seek out a candle company to build my future upon. I did, however, want to find a ground floor opportunity that had a consumable, high quality product that people really would buy, a management team with integrity who would always make decisions with the distributor's best interest at heart, and a reliable and innovative team that would be there for ongoing training and support. I found ALL that and more!





After being introduced to the product, I decided that I could SELL this candle easily, but I was NOT going to recruit. I had tried that in several other companies and it didn't work for me. And because of my life circumstances with a teenager, who was heavily involved with three different Varsity level sports and a preschooler, to whom I am a full time mom, I needed flexibility. This candle company gave me the options I needed to determine what was best for me and my family.





So ultimately I decided that the best way to build my home business was to sponsor. I discovered that my passion is to teach, coach, and mentor others to success - so it became a perfect match for me to team build. If you get a chance, take a look at my Home Business Coaching blog,

http://www.Candles-Delight.com/blog

So what changed for me? It became apparent to me that with this product and this company it was not necessary for me to beg, prod, or try to convince others that this was what they needed to do. It was something my new partners quickly determined for themselves - that this was an opportunity they wanted to be a part of. Once they made that decision, my passion to help them "Accomplish the Dream" was easily realized.





As you can see I value family foremost. But I also believe in honesty, loyalty, dedication, and striving for excellence - in what ever is your passion. And this candle business has become my passion. I am so fortunate that I now have the wonderful opportunity to combine my desire to be available for my family, my love of mentoring others to success, my interest in the Internet, and have fun doing it all.





So my greatest desire is to help others now do the same thing. I get goose bumps when I hear people passionately share their desires for a better life - dreams they want to accomplish.





I look forward to hearing what your dreams are and how I can help you accomplish them!





Cathy Mahady