Today we’d like to introduce you to Sandra Davidson.
Sandra, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I grew up as the daughter of two immigrants, my mother from Cuba, and father from Spain. For as long as I can remember, I was focused on success, but always lacked confidence in my abilities. At the time I didn’t know how I would do it, but I often dreamt of one-day wearing a power suit to work every day, having a corner office at some big corporation, climbing the corporate ladder, traveling the world, and yet still having time to be a happy wife and mother. Oh, the naivety of a child. 😉
I graduated from the University of Florida with a Business Degree, dual majoring in Marketing and International Economics and took a job on cruise ships in the marketing arena. What started out as a plan to be at sea for only 1 year, turned into a successful 4 year career where I traveled to far off places, met people from all over the world, learned the meaning of hard work, and most importantly, learned that I was happiest when I was able to work independently, and NOT in an office.
After those life-changing four years, I left ships, married my husband, had two kids, and became a stay-at-home mom (my hardest “job” to date.) I loved being home with my kids, but I missed having a successful career and something that challenged my creativity. I took a position with a new promotion company in Miami in the same industry I had left years before. I was excited for the challenge, but the 3-4+ hour daily commute was a struggle. I was now providing for my family, and enjoying my career, but now I was lacking the freedom that I longed for to be the mother and wife I wanted to be. I was beginning to think that it was impossible to have it all. (hint- it’s possible-read on.)
In 2013, while busy climbing the corporate ladder in the corporate world, I was introduced to an online holistic nutrition store by a friend’s facebook post. She started incorporating some of the products into her life and her physical transformation was astonishing. I had always been into holistic/organic nutrition, so I became a customer and started seeing results immediately. Within the first few weeks, I had lost 11 pounds, gained lean muscle, and felt better than I had in years. Soon my friends wanted to do what I was doing so I simply referred them to what was working for me. As they started to have the same results, I shared with more people. I had no interest in earning any money, I just wanted to share something that worked for me when nothing else did. Soon I I started earning referral bonuses without even knowing how. Soon everyone was asking me to help them transform their bodies, and I loved helping them.
For two years it was simply a hobby, while I continued to grow in my corporate career, but in 2015, my seven-year-old daughter asked me a question that changed my life, and the lives of so many. She asked if I could drive on her upcoming field trip. Sounds like a simple question, but not to this career mom with limited vacation days and a high-pressure job. I had to tell her “no,” and it was at that moment that I had the realization that the money, the success, the fancy house, etc., meant nothing to her. All she wanted was her mom, and I was missing EVERYTHING. I was building someone else’s dream life (my boss, his boss etc.) and my children were paying the price.
I decided that day that I was going to design my own life and I was going to use this life-changing holistic nutrition store as the vehicle. After all, I was earning amazing income already and wasn’t even trying. It was then that the Break Free Project was born, and within a year, I had replaced my 6 figure income with this laptop-based business and was able to retire from Corporate America at the age of 38. I was now able to have the lucrative career and lifestyle I wanted while still being able to pick my kids up from school, be home for dinner, and drive on field trips. The best part was that I woke up every day with purpose, and excited to work. I spend my days helping others transform their health, bodies, and bank accounts thanks to the Break Free Project, and soon my own friends and team were handing in their resignation letters to their bosses, paying off student debt, and earning money in their sleep that they never could have dreamed of earning. I help people to dream bigger than they ever have, and my mission is to show moms, dads, millennials and everyone else that you CAN “break free” and have it all. Health, Wealth, and Freedom is possible for anyone that truly is willing to put the work in.
Thanks to saying YES to my own dreams, and finding a way to create residual income, I am now financially free, but I also have time and LOCATION freedom. At the age of 41, I have the freedom to live my life by my own design and take my family along for the ride this time. In August of this year, my family of 4 (myself, my husband, Tod, daughter Dylan (10) and son Owen (8) will be heading off on a ten month trip around the world (Europe, New Zealand, Australia, and Indonesia.). We now have the freedom to travel when and wherever we please thanks to the residual income that the Break Free Project has created for us. We will be “world schooling” our kids all along the way as I continue to build my business, and help others find the same freedom. I am excited to continue to show the world how to build their own lives by design and BREAK FREE from whatever is holding them back from living THEIR dream lives.
Has it been a smooth road?
No, self-debt is always an issue, and it is for EVERYONE! Once you learn that you realize that everyone is on common ground. The successful people just move forward despite of the doubt and fear. I coach people every day who question themselves like I do.
There are also a lot of naysayers along the way. People who doubt themselves, therefore think that others are “crazy” for dreaming big. There are so many misconceptions out there about entrepreneurship and what I do. I was the biggest skeptic too. But when it came to the decision to A.. listen to the skeptics who don’t know what they don’t know or B. work hard to build a life of freedom for myself and my family, the choice was pretty clear cut. No one can decide your future, but yourself. Eventually, the nay-sayers and skeptics came around and joined my team. 😉
So, as you know, we’re impressed with The Break Free Project – tell our readers more, for example, what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
I am most proud of the 8500+ people whose lives have changed because I decided to go for it. I transform lives every day. I have helped friends quit their jobs to be home, pay off student debt, lose weight that diet and exercise alone wouldn’t touch. I can’t think of anything more special to spend my days doing.
What role has luck had in your life and business?
NONE. We make our own luck. I could have given up a LOT of times, and many people do. The ones who succeed just keep going when things don’t “go right,” or when people tell them they won’t succeed. Luck has nothing to do with it. I think wearing blinders and failing forward is what makes all the difference.
Contact Info:
- Phone: 5616994228
- Email: sandra@davidsonwellness.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandramdavidson/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandra.f.davidson
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandrad36389325
Image Credit:
Debra Somerville
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