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I had to get out
of the Rat Race!



My name is Collin Andersen and I would like to help you get out of the Rat Race.

I have done and been a lot of things in my life. It wasn’t until I was almost 35 years old that I discovered my real passion in life. I've never loved anything more in life than being a dad!

That part of the story has absolutely nothing to do with helping you get out of the Rat Race!

I have always been a hard worker and have always had an entrepreneurial spirit.

For as long as I can remember, I was the kid who mowed the neighbor’s lawns and delivered newspapers. I got a job as soon as I was able to work. I worked fast food and restaurants for a few years, hotels and motels for a few more. I was a youth pastor for a while, and eventually gravitated towards a career in sales. I sold gym memberships, bulk coffee, and then, as luck would have it, cars and trucks...

I say, “as luck would have it” because I really enjoyed selling cars and because I began my career in car sales at the #1 Ford dealership in the world, working for an amazing man by the name of Bert Boeckmann. He was (and continues to be) an incredible inspiration to me... brilliant, generous, humble, and a billionaire. He is a brilliant leader and man that could truly be considered a “world-changer." Believe me, he knows a thing or two about how to get out of the Rat Race.

I can see now, looking back, that what I really enjoyed about the jobs I had was contact with people. I enjoy helping people and I enjoyed the fact that I didn’t just work with one particular group of people.

Car sales allowed me to sell a truck to a plumber, an SUV to a beekeeper, a car to a school teacher, and a minivan to a mom. I met all kinds of people who did all kinds of things and I enjoyed these interactions immensely. But I was stuck working every day. I still didn't know how to get out of the Rat Race.

All of the jobs I held were good ones and I did well at them. I managed to have a savings account, buy a home, invest in retirement programs 403Bs and 401Ks, etc. I kept working and the money kept coming. Oddly enough, the more life went on the more expensive it seemed to get. I soooo wanted and needed a way to get out of the Rat Race!

Now I had one wife, two homes, two cars, three kids, and a credit card or two. Two homes with utilities and taxes, two cars with insurance and upkeep, three kids who needed food and clothing and money for activities, a couple credit cards with interest, and a wife who enjoyed helping me spread the wealth around. I was getting desperate to find a way to get out of the Rat Race!

When would the treadmill ever stop? One thing I knew for sure was - I could never stop!

Of course, I kept on ‘keeping on’ because it was the right thing to do. I am a man who takes his responsibility to provide for his family very seriously. I had no other choice but to do so.

But I was growing increasingly more tired. It began to become frustrating and the idea of ‘getting ahead’ seemed to be further and further out of reach. It was time to get out of the Rat Race!

The dreams I’d been nurturing; travel, free time, a leisurely retirement, etc. seemed to be things that were constantly out of reach for me.

I OFTEN wondered what it was about me that kept me from having the life I KNEW was possible. I knew it was possible because I knew that there were people who had it. We’ve all seen the lifestyles of the rich and famous and wondered, “Why them and why not me?”

I am a hard worker, no one would deny that. But you can paddle a canoe till you drop dead and you have about as much chance of getting across the ocean as a mouse does winning the Kentucky Derby.

It wasn’t about working hard. It was about having the right vehicle to get me to my destination. I needed something new to help me succeed in a way that nothing had allowed me to up till that point.

I wish I could say that I am such a genius that I immediately recognized what was missing. I wish I could tell you that I discovered and developed some top secret new methods for wealth. I wish that I could tell you anything other than the fact that my wife came across this business two years ago and that it took me over a year to realize what she had a hold of.

What I thought was a cute little hobby business has grown into a thriving enterprise with hundreds of participants all over the US and Canada. It wasn’t until the month before I could “retire” that I began to fully realize exactly what it was that we had been building.

This is how I was to get out of the Race Race!

We had a business that was out-producing my sales career, was growing every month, and allowed me to work with people in a greater way than I'd ever imagined; offering the gift of this business, the training and encouragement to succeed, and the hope for a better and brighter future.

Now these former ‘strangers’ are some of the dearest friends that we have ever known. What's more, they are grateful to us for helping them in such a significant way.

Now it comes down to YOU!

What do you dream about? And what is it that makes you think that it’s OK to let those dreams just pass you by. They won’t just happen to you, you know! Dreams must be pursued. Your dream is as unique as you are. You are dreaming it and you are dreaming it for a reason. You want it to happen. I say, “You NEED it to happen."

You need it to happen so that you can be fully realized, so that you can not feel crazy, so that you can get out of the Rat Race, so that you can rise up and be one of the few with the courage to make the life they dream of a reality. Your friends need to see someone do it. Your kids need for you to do it. Your life deserves it. You deserve it.

Is what YOU are doing, right now with your life, WORTHY of YOU?! Are YOU ready to get out of the Rat Race?


Collin!! I want to get out of the rat race! Great! Click here to start your new journey!



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