Testimonials of Success

I want to start by “thanking” everyone at the Home Office, as you make my life in the field so much easier. Our product is best in class, and so are all the employees at the Home Office. I started my PPLSI journey eight years ago, hoping to add to my income. I was semi-retired for a few years when life threw a curveball at me. I had just gone through some personal issues, was struggling financially and trying to find my place. As an insurance agent, I decided to sit for my 220 licenses, thinking that selling auto and homeowners insurance would be a way to replace my lost income. After two months, I knew that was not going to work. So I utilized my training and skills to market health insurance to small business owners. Building a healthcare business from zero was challenging. I was new, trying to kick off a new career, when carriers cut commissions drastically. During these years, my confidence grew in our company’s leadership — my belief in what we do for our fellow citizens aligned with my core values. I soon discovered my niche was in Business Solutions. I also had an epiphany — rather than starting a healthcare book of business, why not partner with established benefits brokers and add our products to their voluntary benefits. As they say, the rest is history. With the Business Solutions team’s help — from people like Ted Vitalo, Emily Rose, all the National Sales Managers, Brandon Clark and Linda Brown — I’m now fortunate enough to have a steady residual income, and my business has been elevated to be one of the Top 10 producers in Business Solutions.

My hope is that by the time this edition of the Profiles of Success is published, to have earned my $200,000 Ring. Like other Ring Earners, we could fill this section with people we owe a great deal of gratitude to. I am incredibly grateful to Don Thompson, who inspired me to join PPLSI so many years ago and still inspires me today. Lastly, I leave you with these words by William James, “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

I was very blessed to earn a good income in corporate America sales and small business ownership, but it came at a huge cost. I was working 60 to 80 hours a week. I was going to work when it was dark and coming home when it was dark, with no end in sight. What good is money if you don’t have the time to enjoy it?

Now, I am so blessed to make my own schedule, work with amazing people, travel, spend time with family, participate in philanthropy and commute down the hallway to a home office overlooking a backyard complete with a tiki bar. Sometimes I have to pinch myself.

I was an existing member and understood the value of our services when the opportunity found me. A friend’s roommate called me and insisted that I listen to a prerecorded overview. I was referring the membership to others for free already, but after that call, I caught the magnitude and vision of PPLSI and wanted to participate. My only concern was that I had little time to work the business. However, my soon-to-be mentor asked, “If you keep doing what you are doing now, in five years, will you have any more time or less?”

I had to be honest and answer, “Less.”

He said, “For things to change, you have to change.”

That was it, I got started in slivers of time. Many of my friends, family and colleagues didn’t understand and even made fun of me when I first got started. Now, what was a little extra income a month has turned into a remarkable income from home, and I have my life back.

I always thought it was impossible to make a lot of money and have significance in a career. I had friends who were social workers, teachers and ministers who made a decent income but had a lot of impact on the lives of others with their calling. I also knew people with insane bank accounts but who had soulless and empty occupations. PPLSI Associates can have both income and significance! I am forever grateful for Craig Hepner, who often believed in me more than I believed in myself. As a result, I have a meaningful calling that I love, and I get to help others achieve.

I feel blessed to work with the most amazing team of leaders and friends, like Steve and Soraya Remmel, Amy and Todd Doyle, Chris Ward, Noah Markus, Daniel Phuong and their teams! It’s an incredible feeling to be paid for helping others reach their goals and dreams while obtaining your own in the process. I can’t think of anything better!

We have an entrepreneurs’ dream with a virtually untapped market, the ability to participate in the legal revolution, coupled with top-flight leadership at the Home Office, and they do all the heavy lifting. PPLSI is destined to be a household name, and we are positioned to not only profit but to be a part of history! PPLSI has given me my time back and the ability to focus on the things in life that matter most. The best is yet to come.