“We teach best what we most need to know.” -Richard Bach
Hey There!
First of all, Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
Let me introduce myself: I am Jc Mackenzie, Respiratory Therapist, Husband, Father, Reader, Philosopher [ at least in my mind]…
Hiker of Forest Trails, Coffee connoisseur, Writer, and…….
Evolving marketer.
Don’t get me wrong, I am a Respiratory Therapist and have been for almost twenty two years now: good at it, proud of it. Actually, the only complaint I have about Respiratory Care is that I didn’t find it sooner.
It’s pretty much what I was always meant to do.
Before that……….
I was a Supervisor in the retail industry [ 2o stores, over 100 employees.] Almost 10 years there, learned quite a bit, worked ALL the time.
And BEFORE that:
– Farm worker….Bartender….Construction worker….. Museum Guide…..Intake Specialist Manufacture’s Representative…. Inventory Specialist…..Theater Manager……to mention a few of the jobs I’ve had.
It would be wrong to say my life has been unfair or even harder than most. It has, in fact, been pretty good actually. I have been incredibly lucky no matter how you look at it.
Even now I have a good job as a professional in a respected facility, a wife who has had my complete devotion for nearly thirty years, two amazing daughters who make me proud on a daily basis…..
So why, you might ask, is a 65 year old man deciding to take a dramatic right turn at this time in his life when most people his age are looking forward to retiring and a life of leisure?
Cancer.
My wife found a little lump that just felt wrong to her. A trip to the doctor resulted in an opinion that it was probably nothing. We were the only two in the waiting room that day. The weather was beginning to warm up, we were thinking of taking the kids to the beach, I had a few days off coming up…………….and the doctor came in, sat down and looked at us with serious brown eyes.
And, precisely at that moment, everything changed.
Forever.
Don’t get me wrong, being a Respiratory therapist has been very good to me. But as my wife progressed with the surgery, the chemotherapy, the radiation, and the continued treatment, it became clear to me that time, which I had just naturally assumed there was plenty of, was suddenly not so plentiful.
And there were things that we wanted to do, places that we wanted to go, people that we wanted to see, that a career in Respiratory Care simply couldn’t provide.
Not time. Not money.
Now, to be fair………..
Retirement has never been in my game plan. It’s simply not something that I’ve ever dwelled on. And I don’t feel any less capable now than I did twenty years ago when I started working as a Therapist..
By the same token, I can’t do what I do forever : 65 years old is 65 years old.
Period.
I want to leave my world better than I found it. I want to have a say so in what I do and how I do it. I want to leave my daughters with some concrete skills that will carry them through the harder times.
I don’t want to have my Social Security determine my life style as I age. My father did that and ended up spending his last days in a small cubical with a bed, a chair, a TV, and a lot of ” If only I had……”
Shoot, at this point in time, I’m not convinced there will even BE a Social Security when I am ready to call it a day.
And I do want to drive a new car when I choose to.
To go on a hike on a pretty day. To take my wife on a spur-of-the-moment vacation when the mood strikes me. Things like that.
And I want to make a difference in the lives of the people who know me.
So I am starting this new venture as an affiliate for ClickFunnels, which I have determined to be the very best software available for anyone with a product or a service to sell who wants to develop an Internet presence.
I believe, now, that EVERYONE has something to sell and needs the BEST tool to sell it with.
And this company ? The BEST bar none.
So come along with me as I teach myself this new technology, build my business, and take more of a control in how my life turns out.
And make a DIFFERENCE in the lives of family and friends.
It won’t be boring. I’m sure I’ll make enough mistakes along the way to keep it interesting.
Entertaining. Enlightening.
You’ll get a chance to laugh. To think. To act.
And maybe think “If he can do it….”
Then make a few changes for yourself.
Thanks again for stopping by.
See you inside.
Jc
RRT, RCP