A True Internet Marketing Story of Inspiration

That is a very inspiring story indeed! That was very brave of Shelley to go all out and scraping enough money to buy her first computer.
I mean, if that wouldn´t have worked out for her she could have lost everything.

But thank you, this shows me that it is worth to put the efford into it.

And I hope Shelley`s shoulder is better now.

Rene

Wow! Thanks for the inspiring words!

David,
Great story and a strong reminder that when our backs are against the walls we are at our toughest test in life and fortunately have the ability to overcome the odds.

Respectfully,
Tim

Her story certainly brings home the truth of this quote:
" Out of difficulties grow miracles"
Jean de la Bruyere

When you have mouths to feed then you have to do what you got to do! :-)

Good story, David. I think it illustrates very well that our obstacles in life can be stumbling blocks or stepping stones, depending on our response to them.

The tougher the situation is, the stronger that person could be. Thanks for the inspiration story.

Thanks for the inspiring story. I believe we all need to hear great stories like that to motivate and keep us encouraged. I wish you all the best, never give up because success is closer than we think.

Great Story, thanks for sharing

very nice! we should all follow her example. Winners never quit!

shouldn't she have gotten some kind of workers comp or even sued the company?

regardless she is an example of how success comes from one's own will.

The most dangerous place to be in our lives is "comfortable enough."

Yeah, there is no need to be suspicious if the story. As mentioned, what is there to gain?

great story. It just goes to show you that nothing is impossible, if you believe it you can acheive it.

Hi David, thanks for posting this very inspirational story.

I've been learning about internet marketing for the past 18 months or so and have had medical issues myself with a spinal injury. In fact out of the 18 months learning i have spent nearly 8 months on bed rest. I've got to go back into hospital in 6 weeks time for another operation, which will have me laid up again for a couple more weeks.

But like Shelley I will keep going, i just hope that my success isn't as much of an up hill struggle, but only time will tell.

I view life and its problems like an athletic track of hurdles, (with problems becoming hurdles), when faced with them you have 4 choices: Get over it, Get around it, Crash straight through it or stay where you are.

Personaly I try and get over it or get around it. Crashing through it can lead to disaster and staying where you are is not an option in my book, as it means you're beat.

Thanks again David, its good to see success after such pain.

Barry

cool...
thanks to you for sharing it

You sure do work a lot harder when you got your back against the wall.

I didn't use to do anything at all. Now when I quit my job, basically over night I've gone to spending 10 to 12 hours working.

This is my second post here after about a month of being here reading everyday sponge learning. But I had to respond because this is truly inspiring to me. I'm in a similar position almost verbatim and that's why I'm here to begin with.

I'm driven to succeed at IM because it is a necessity for me to do so. I went from 65k a year to social security due to a car accident. I just wanted to thank you all in advance for helping me, and thank David for posting this... I'm on a serious mission and you just gave me more rocket fuel!

Peace.

Why not just post the links where you got the story from?

Surely, you got it from somewhere? Right?

How hard is that?

And why is the easily available story about Shelley path to IM in direct contradiction to your story. Same company. Same time frame. Same woman. Totally different story?

If it is a true story, I have website that tells inspiring stories and one of my editors would love to take the story and run with it.

If it's true...

As a matter of fact, the below email was sent right after you posted the email you said you received from Shelley.

As of this moment, we have yet to receive a response; unlike you who conveniently received a response directly from Shelley almost immediately. :confused:

If what you wrote is true, bravo!

But, as the other individual pointed out, seems real fishy. BUT, it's not the first time something like this has happened on the WF.

Now, instead of providing a link to Shelley's tech support and suggesting that we contact her, how about just providing the links - issue solved.

Giles, the Crew Chief

Yes, I have to agree with the other comments. If we would handle our businesses with passion, there would be a lot more success stories. Thanks for sharing this.

Eric Upton

For what it's worth, if it's true, yes, this is a pretty inspiring story.

But I hate it when people say "the rest is history" and miss out the actual important part.

I was reading some spiel on another marketers "about me" page the other day and they went on and on about "how they got big in IM"... only when they got to the part that they discovered Internet marketing, they said "and the rest is hisory"!!

I'm sure it wasn't all roses once she bought that computer...

First of all, I would like to thank David for posting my story. I think that was very kind of him to try to help others. And, although I can understand why people may be suspicious, I can tell you, the story is completely true. I believe the confusion may have been caused by my 'about' page, which stated that I worked at Worthington Industries as a Production Scheduling Coordinator and quite my job to pursue my Internet business.

This is also true. The accident happened at Worthington Industries, which is a steel processing plant. At the time of the accident, I worked out in the plant. However, during rehab, the company demanded that I try to come back to work in the office. They gave me a temporary job entering data - one-handed (Production Scheduling Coordinator). I loved working on the computer and spent my lunch breaks learning everything I could. And yes, that is where I discovered how much I loved business and the computer.

However, after I received a partial disability rating of 35%, and the doctors told them I would never be able to go back to my job in the plant, they basically gave me a choice - I could quit or be 'laid off.' So, I quit. I didn't have a choice. That's when I took a job cleaning houses.

As for receiving disability, the company was self-insured and paid me a portion of my regular paycheck. That was it.

As for suing them, although I did consider it, as I had a previous injury to my shoulder (not the same type, but...) I just didn't feel right about it.

I hope this will clear things up for everyone.

Take care and I wish you all the best of success!

Shelley Lowery

Very inspiring story. It can relate to the famous quotes try and try until you succeed. And after reading it feels like an adrenalin to me that I need to take care of myself and work harder.

David,

Thanks for sharing this with us

Thanks for the inspiring story. Always good to hear when you feel like your wheels are spinning and you are stuck.

Thanks for the story.

Great Job Shelley !!! Your story is really inspiring and is just what I needed to get myself inspired.