From Lay Off To An Expanded, Happy Life

Budget retrenchment.  1982.

Another word for layoffs.

I was in that group of layoffs from a rather sweet job on the University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus. I’d been promoted — at a rather young age — and I had a “staff” of one.

Then I didn’t.

Remember the want ads in newspapers?

That’s where I found my entry into what I now know as network marketing.

I joined TransArt Industries, an accessory design company in Atlanta.

Art, color, creativity. Completely my thing.

It was easy; I built a team of others just like me and full fledged interior designers, lighting experts and more.

I had clients that wanted more. So I did all the things to be “legit.” I secured wholesale accounts with businesses that complimented each other.

Today, as I prepared for a B-roll photo shoot for a local consulting firm, I remember all this.

Early in my Interior Accessory Design career all the places to do business (buy the wallpaper, paint,...

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