Darren McKoy

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during my life growing up my family and Society made it absolutely clear to me in order to be a man I had to get a job and provide for my family and I was all into it got married at a young age had children at a young age and I was determined that I going to take care of my family but it just wasn't as easy as I thought I started jumping from job to job I would work at a restaurant do security work and then I started working for a cleaning company and I would do any job that I can do to help me

get ahead yet none of these jobs gave me what I wanted I was so frustrated that I would get up every day go to this job do the same thing now I would work hard but I receive recognition I felt I deserve and not moving up as I thought that I should I was just not where I wanted to be I wanted to be in place where money wouldn't be an issue I wanted to stop robbing Peter to pay Paul now I knew my family wasn't complaining but as a man I wanted to do more for them I wanted to take my wife on the

honeymoon that we never had I wanted to put my kids in a better school I wanted to be in a neighborhood that was safe but none of the jobs I had would get me there and I remember when I was trying to make extra income in any way that I could and someone from a network marketing company came by our home to share with us about network marketing and I thought to myself I'm going to try this anything to get to a place where I can do better for my family so I was invited to one of their big events but after reviewing their products

and services that's not what caught my attention now what really caught my attention is the speakers that came to the stage and the messages that they shared how inspirational and moving they were and I could see how the audience were impacted the audience they were better off after the presenters had left the stage that's when I remember being on stage myself as a young adult that's what I wanted to do I wanted to be one of the ones that have a positive impact in people's lives but just as the idea came to my mind I would talk myself right out of it I would say

things like that's risky business I don't know what to do and how to do it I have a family that's support I need to be practical family and friends is just I should work at the hospital because I get good benefits and so I did that instead it was a fine job and I did receive the benefits but it just didn't make me feel any better inside I felt there was more to my life life than what I was currently doing you see I felt angry I felt discouraged I I I felt isolated no one to talk to about what I wanted and what I

wanted to do in the fact that I couldn't get there and I remember one day being at the job doing like I always do giving it 100% and here comes my coworker doing the same job that I was doing making the same pay that I was making but wasn't doing the work and they would disappear for hours and management wouldn't say anything about what was going on and I thought to myself enough is enough and I remember reading this quote by Winston Churchill that says it's not enough to have lived we should be determined to live for something so it was time for me to

start taking action on what I had learned and I took a leap of faith and began posting videos on line about self-discovery and purpose and slowly people begin to tell me that they be inspired by my messages that my messages were having a positive impact in their lives and that felt so amazing to me and I finally realized what I'm supposed to be doing on this Earth and it's living my life with a purpose I finally realized that when we focus on that gift that you've been blessed with and move with a purpose you could do more for your family and more for others ladies

and gentlemen we're not here to live our lives just for ourselves but we're here to make an impact in the lives of others and the only way to do that is to discover what your gift is what is your purpose when you focus on that gift you've been blessed with a move with purpose you can live your life with more meaning and fulfillment and in a contribution to this world

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