The Authors Story
As
I sat in my office late one night, I began to think how successful and
fortunate I am. I looked around myself at some of the materials I have
acquired over the years that adorned my office. I picked up the 150 million
year old dinosaur tooth that sat on a shelf and admired it. I remember how
long I have wanted this tooth.
I
then looked at the god of fortune statute that sat on the shelf next to the
dinosaur tooth that I picked up while vacationing out of the country. I
glanced out of my corner office window in the penthouse suite looking over the
mountains and downtown. I then looked out at the lake where I kept my boat
which was about a 7 minute drive from my office building. I then looked at the
frame that held the pictures of my most prized possession! The very thing I
was the most proud of in my entire life. It was pictures of my biggest
success, my daughter Isabelle! I wasn’t successful because of my material
possessions or my big corner office, it was because of my beautiful daughter
and she was one of the motivating factors that has helped me achieve.
It
was a great evening and the sun was setting over the mountains. I looked back
at my life and wanted to remember how I made it here. Wow, just a few years
ago, I was working 3 jobs, one of which was cleaning office suites just 4
miles from where my office was.
I
remembered sitting in other executive chairs while I cleaned their office
thinking, someday I would love it if I had an office near as nice. I remember
looking at the cubes of the sales staff thinking someday I’d like a cube
like that when I get my career started. I cleaned the office of a large
successful radio station, and I was rubbing shoulders with some of the top
sales people in the state, and although at the time, I had already had a
successful sales career traveling the country. They had no idea I was one of
the best salespeople in the country and no one there knew of me. I was just
the cleaning guy who came at
6pm
and cleaned until
11pm
.
I
thought back at what I thought then, and how I got there. I remembered that
was during one of my first failures. I had traveled the country starting new
sales and marketing offices for other organizations. I was a national sales
and marketing consultant and earned a great living, but also spent the money
living the life of a young successful sales person. After years of selling on
the road and putting in my dues, I earned a masters degree and doctorate in
the school of hard knocks. I remember thinking, I had made several small
fortunes and earned companies millions of dollars, and I was now an office
cleaner. I remember living like a movie star. I traveled, stayed in fancy
hotels, vacationed almost monthly, rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous!
I
remembered when I sat in one of the corner offices that I cleaned and I looked
back then also and tried to figure out how I had gotten to that point. After
years and years of successful selling around the country, I was very well
known as an expert in my industry. I was highly recruited and yet, I was
working three jobs and cleaning offices trying to regain what I had lost.
I
thought back at the sales and marketing consulting firm I had started after
many successful years doing it for someone else. I remember how I had reached
some level of success and how I put in more years earning a decent living
enjoying an extravagant lifestyle most could only dream and wish for.
I
sat there in that office, looking out of the window thinking to myself, wow! I
have lived a great life, and although, I have lost it all! I was proud of
myself in the fact that I would do anything to get it back. I didn’t think
for a second that I wouldn’t earn it all back and then some. I knew I had no
formal education, other than my masters and doctorates from the school of hard
knocks. I remember thinking, after years of hard work, years of earning a
great income, I had lost it all because of companies I had hired to manage my
money. People in my organization I trusted that failed me. I was burnt out and
had to recharge my batteries, but I couldn’t do it with fun, vacations or
even time off. I had to recharge my batteries by taking brainless jobs where I
could work and use my brain to figure out what went wrong and what I needed to
do to get it all back.
I
then smiled and got back to work with a smile on my face. I remember smiling
and thinking to myself, “it was all worth it”! I realized I had already
lived a great adventure, and I was headed for another great adventure getting
it all back. Although I was a veteran salesman and businessman who has been
selling and in business for over 15 years, I remember laughing out loud and
thinking, “What am I worried about, I have a lot of talent, and I’m only
22 years old”!
My
name is Oliver P. Maldonado and this is my story.
This
was an excerpt from my second book which is currently in the works, but I can
assure you, it will be one of the greatest sales books of all time!
As far back as I could remember I always wanted to be a salesman and a
business man!
Oliver’s years of successful marketing and sales campaigns has influenced
thousands of people around the country and now he is determined to bring his
knowledge and expertise to the masses.
Oliver operates American Marketing Consultants Corporate office in
Colorado.
