Richard Freeman

Before I joined Herbalife I had been working as a carpenter for over 10 years. I had been looking for the job within the industry that was going to pay me the best wages and give me a good lifestyle. I was still living my parents in a run down farm cottage and driving a cheap car that I tried to make look expensive. I couldn’t afford the local property and didn’t want to spend the little I did have on a car I couldn’t afford to run. Unfortunately, what paid the best was working abroad and although at first it was exciting and different it soon became just a way of life. After 5 years I’d had enough of living out of a hotel, not seeing my friends and family and having money but no life. Even with the good income I still seemed to be broke at the end of the month because I spent the money to relieve the boredom when I wasn’t working.

I decided to come back to working in the UK and look for something else, but to keep up my income I had to work as a shop fitter 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week. This didn’t give me a lot of time to do anything else so my life hadn’t really changed and even if I did find the time I didn’t have the energy. During this time I looked at anything that resembled a way out of what I was doing because I knew that is was not going to get me what I wanted even if I worked at it for the rest of my life. But nothing felt or seemed right; I even tried a couple of business ideas but didn’t find much support or information available to take them further.

Then I got a mailing through the post, which looked and sounded very different, it even had a normal UK landline number on the back to call for further information so I did. After speaking to a lady and reviewing some information I decided to take up the offer of a training/information day, which was at a hotel some 3 hours away but I wanted to see the business for myself. Although it cost £42 I thought it was worth paying to get what sounded like a comprehensive days training on the business with meals included.

The day was just what I needed with lots of training and information on the business and more than enough for me to know that I could do this business part time and build it up as I went along with the training and support being offered. I went straight to work and set up a corner of my bedroom as an office and started building my business working it around my long hours of carpentry.

Since joining Herbalife I have been able to get back the vitality and physique through using the products I had when I was in my late teens. I have been able move into a gorgeous country cottage in the “Constable countryside” and buy not only a car but a new motorbike which I get to ride whenever I like because I get to work the hours that suit me and have control of my life. I was able to earn money from my first month in the business, develop the skills I needed as I went along and build up my business part time to point now where I only work as a carpenter 2-3 days a week. The rest of my time is split between building my business and enjoying the freedom of time and a quality of life I had no idea existed for people like myself by working from home.

Before – parent’s cottage         Getting Started in bedroom




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