Fortune's Gate, Int'l

About Fortune's Gate, Int'l

From J'en El:

Early on in life, I was taught to get an education, a good job, and always work hard! By the time I was 18, I had already accomplished those goals and felt restless enough to want more, so I started a series of businesses for the next 25 years of my life.

Jenel and Michael, about usI went from "Costume Jewelry" to "Gold and Diamonds." Then, Designing; Importing; Retailing; Wholesaling; Manufacturing; Being an Author, a Speaker, a Singer, an Investor, a Venture Capitalist, and in Real Estate, plus more. I had an extraordinary, income. There was a time when I generated just shy of a Million Dollars annually, but I spent the money as quickly as it came in. In 1991 my financial empire began to crumble due to an unstable economy. By 1994, my bills had mounted into massive debt. My dreams were shattered, and I had NO time or financial freedom. I just could not make ends meet. Life had become a desperate struggle.

I had been in tremendous physical pain for as long as I can remember as a result of suffering from an Auto-Immune disease, which was later to be diagnosed as Lupus, a terrible and potentially life-threatening disease. My partner Michael and I were stressed out and our future seemed bleak at best. We were forced to work long hours with no end in sight.

Michael, on the other hand, had worked hard to attain two Master's Degrees in Disease Prevention/Wellness Promotion thanks to the G.I. bill, and is presently completing his disseration for receiving his Ph.D. in Health Sciences & Transformative Education.

Michael, who is now 62, spent nearly 40 years working at Substance Abuse & Alcoholism Treatment Facilities, Psychiatric Hospitals, Disease Prevention & Wellness Promotion Centers, Community Colleges, a Professor at a University, and in Private Businesses as a Counselor, Therapist, Teacher, and Faculty Member. He also leads seminars and workshops in stress management, personal growth, the "Anatomy Of Experience", and the "Power of perception".

In 1992, he'd reached a point where he became completely burned out by working a "9 to 5" job, helping corporate officials have their dreams come true while sacrificing his own health, future, and well-being. When he started coming home from work feeling irritable and depressed, I told him to quit work immediately and that we would somehow make ends meet.

It occurred to Michael that perhaps he could find a way to generate decent income for us. Consequently, he enrolled us into a week long seminar on marketing, thinking that he'd find a way to promote what he loved doing, which was his "Power of Perception" and "Anatomy of Experience" seminars.

As luck would have it, or perhaps it was "fate", we met Robert G. Allen, the New York Times best-selling author of several books, such as "One Minute Millionaire", "The Road To Wealth", and "Cracking The Millionaire Code", co-authored by Mark Victor Hansen, author of the "Chicken Soup of the Soul" series with Jack Canfied.

Bob had a way about him that spoke to my heart. We all became friends. He knew of our devastating financial situation and asked us to attend his "Inner Circle of Wealth" Millionaire Retreat Seminar. At this extraordinary 5-day event, the world of possibilities opened its doors wide to us and we rushed right in!

While attending Bob's next event, in 1994, he invited his wife Daryl and his (then) assistant, Collette Larson to introduce to the workshop participants a company called USANA Health Sciences. I left the room to get a Latté while Michael stayed to see the presentation. When I returned, they were still talking about the same company, which (at the time), was no thrill to me. However, one of our friends, Ken Kerr, who was an artist for the Walt Disney Corporation said, "Come on! This is amazing. We're doing this!" So, after closely reading the Compensation Plan and the Policies & Procedures, bolstered by our trust in Bob, Ken, Daryl, and Collette, we decided to become USANA Associates. It was the best decision we ever made! 

Talk about fate! We're thrilled that the products turned out to be so amazing, because quite honestly, we were so busy being busy that we couldn't imagine fitting one more thing in. However, when Robert Allen says "It's a great opportunity. You'd be wise to do it!", we just had to listen! Little did we know at the time, but USANA was to become the answer to all our prayers.

After a few months on the products, I realized that the USANA business was quite extraordinary since we signed up that fateful day in mid-June '94. Because I was fairly unenlightened and naïve at that time regarding the amazing possibilities that Network Marketing offers, I tended not to see it as a "real" business. At first I did it "part-time" in addition to my other business ventures. Even though they were quite lucrative, I noticed that I kept devoting more and more time to USANA. I'm sure it was because both my and Michael's health were better than ever and our checks kept increasing in size as a result of being paid commissions on our continued sales of the USANA products. Actually, we've never missed receiving a check every week since August, 1994 which has been wonderful to say the least.

Also, when USANA was opening in the United Kingdom in November of 1998, we went there as an adventure as well as to expand our USANA Business. We went for a 3 to 4 week venture but ending up living in London for 6 months! As a result of constantly working on our USANA Business our checks continued to arrive every week and became even larger as time went on! Now that's true Residual income! The obvious value of this made us take our USANA business that much more seriously.

Even when we went to the United Kingdom in October of 1998 to live for 6 months, the income just kept coming in, and getting larger as time progressed! Now that's true Residual income! The obvious value of this made us start taking our USANA business very seriously.

Ever since that "fateful day" in June of 1994, coupled with realizing the power of Residual Income, we're now in our 14th year with USANA. As a result...

Needless to say, we'll be enternally grateful that USANA came into our lives!