Brian Heflin knows the power of hard work. Raised by a single mother, Brian and his two sisters lived in a rough area of Los Angeles during his formative years. At age 6, he began going door to door collecting soda bottles to cash in for money.
“This was my way of helping my mother, by being the man of the house,” he says. “I’m so appreciative that I had this upbringing, because it showed me from a young age that you can have anything if you work hard.”
And while the family eventually moved to a better area, those formative lessons stuck with him.
After working throughout his school years, at age 19 Brian and a friend began a mobile window-tinting business in Southern California. By the time he was 21, Brian was earning more than $100,000 a year.
“But I was working sometimes 18 hours a day, and at the age of 30 I realized that if I didn’t change, this was going to be my life,”
he says.
So he turned to network marketing to free up a little of his time. Success didn’t come immediately, though.
“After three years and actually in debt from this industry, I met my mentor. I