The question that helped me reconsider what I was working toward—and why you can ask it even if you still love your business.
You’re on a team call talking about the next qualification, encouraging the women who are close, and figuring out what everyone needs to do before the month ends. You know the numbers and where to focus, but somewhere in the conversation, you find yourself wondering: What am I working toward here? I know that feeling, and I want to share the question that helped me look at my business differently—before I kept making commitments out of habit.
I knew why I was doing this
When I joined network marketing, I had a clear reason for wanting it to work. I was going through cancer treatment. I was navigating divorce. I had kids to provide for, and I had a clear vision of the money I needed to earn. This business represented something very practical to me: a way to provide for my children and create flexibility during a time when there was so much happening in my life.
I knew what I was working for. And I worked hard. A few years into the industry, though, I needed to stop and ask whether the way I was building still reflected that purpose.
If you recognize that question in your own business, A Business That Fits Your Life gives you a guided way to consider it—and decide what you want your business to provide now. It begins with a short quiz, “Does Your Business Fit the Life You Want Now?” Your result gives you a starting point for considering whether your current goals still serve the reasons you are building.
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Somewhere along the way, the goals took over
I became caught up in hitting the rank, reaching the goals, and making sure my team was doing it, too. Those things mattered to the business. There were reasons to pay attention to them. But they began taking up so much of my attention that I started losing sight of the whole purpose behind what I was doing.
The next qualification was clear. What needed to happen that month was clear. There was always something to rally around and work toward. It was harder to see whether all that effort was still creating what I wanted for my life. You may recognize how easily that happens. You start with a personal reason. Then you learn the qualifications, become responsible for a team, and get good at responding to what the business needs.
You can explain exactly what it will take to reach the next level. But when someone asks what you want your business to give you now, the answer takes longer. I had to ask whether I was still on my own path I wouldn’t describe that moment as burnout. I needed to take a deep breath. Why am I doing this? Am I still on the same path? Or do I need to reevaluate what this needs to look like for me to maintain it?
Those weren’t easy questions to ask after investing so much effort.
When you’ve worked toward a goal for a long time, reconsidering it can feel uncomfortably close to admitting defeat. You may worry that changing direction means you couldn’t follow through—or that people will interpret it that way.
But continuing deserves examination, too. Do I still want this goal? Do I want what comes with it? Does it serve the reason I’m building, or have I kept it because it’s already on the planning sheet? I needed to give myself room to ask those questions without immediately turning the answers into a judgment about my ambition.
What changed when I protected my time
It took me a while to realize I was chasing an outcome that didn’t fully match my original intentions. I wanted more time with my kids. I wanted my work-life balance to be an example they would want to repeat. And I wanted to stay true to who I was as a person.
I was also driven by the opportunity to make more money. When I started to see results, I pushed and pushed—until I realized I was tired and didn’t want to build that way anymore. For a time, I was building my own path. Until I no longer was.
I don’t want to disregard anyone who works hard. It’s truly a balance. The most important thing I changed was setting very clear boundaries around my time and schedule.
If I had a scheduled call with a team member, we focused on exactly what we needed to talk about. I did my best not to mix personal with business on those calls, so we were both mindful of our time. I was always open to a fun friendship catch-up—just not during my business hours.
I stopped answering my phone during dinners and events with my kids. And I think people appreciated those boundaries, because they gave them a model they could duplicate. My business didn’t fall apart. It stayed steady and continued to grow, at a more manageable pace.
That’s why I believe it’s crucial to set up a schedule with boundaries that protect you—from burning out, and from missing out on all the reasons people join this amazing industry. It also creates a very clear path for your leaders to follow as they grow their own teams.
Your original reason deserves a place in your current business
Maybe you joined because you wanted to contribute financially to your family. Maybe you wanted more control over your time, work that excited you, or the opportunity to build something of your own. Then you became good at it.
People began looking to you for direction. Your goals became connected to team goals. Recognition introduced new possibilities, and those possibilities came with decisions about how much more you wanted to take on.
There can be a lot to love about that. There also needs to be a moment when you ask whether the business you’re building still serves the life you want. Your answer may be that you want to grow. You may see a bigger opportunity now than you did when you started. Or you may want to maintain what you’ve built while changing how you spend your time or lead your team.
Your original reason matters. So does the woman you’ve become since you chose it. You can value everything this business has given you and still reevaluate what you want from it next. You get to participate in choosing what comes next The shift in my story began with being willing to question the direction. I had been paying attention to what it took to keep moving. I needed to pay attention to where I wanted to go.
That’s the space I want other women in this industry to have: a chance to consider their own answers before another rank, incentive, or leadership commitment becomes the plan.
A Business That Fits Your Life is designed to help you do that.
After the quiz, three short videos, guidance for understanding your result, and a two-page decision guide help you look back without grading yourself, choose what you want now, and make one decision you can begin acting on.
It’s self-paced and takes approximately 45–60 minutes, including reflection. You’ll finish with a one-page personal direction: what you want your business to provide, what you’ll pursue or maintain, what you’ll change, your first action, and a review date.
If you want a guided way to reconnect your business goals with what you want from your life, take the next step here. Explore the course.
Bring your reason back into the conversation
Before you choose another goal, finish these two sentences: “When I started this business, I wanted ________.” “What I want this business to give me now is ________.”
Your answers may be similar. They may surprise you. Either way, you’ve given yourself something important to consider before you decide what comes next. I started with a clear reason. A few years in, I needed to stop long enough to ask whether I was still building toward it. You’re allowed to ask, too. What do you want your business to give you next year? Start A Business That Fits Your Life for $47, beginning with the quiz, and turn your result into a direction you choose. Explore the course.
