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Robert
Butwin
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Age: 46
Family: Son Marc, 10; daughter Randi, 8; Wife Bonnie.
Highest Education: College Graduate
Year started business: 1984
Type of business: He started in network marketing in
1984. All his work in this industry has been with health & nutrition
products.
Market: Anyone who wants to gain better health or
improve their lifestyle because of the freedom that network marketing offers.
Number of employees: 1
Best month (gross revenues): $80,000 in personal
income. Approximately 1.5 million dollars in sales.
Hours worked per week during start-up: About 40.
Hours worked per week now: About 25.
Favorite business magazines: Money Makers Monthly.
Favorite business books and authors: Anything by Jim
Rohn, tapes like “Take Charge of Your Life.” "He’s a great speaker
and has excellent points which are easy to relate to."
Relaxes by: Playing basketball five days a week. He
also has his own meditation practice.
Keeps in shape physically by: Playing basketball,
Cycling with his wife five days a week.
Favorite part of business: Watching the people he is
mentoring create breakthroughs in their businesses. “Like what Maslow talked
about regarding self-actualization. It’s neat to see people you’re mentoring
become self-sufficient.”
Least favorite part of business:
When someone you are working with loses sight of their dream and gives up.
Companies admired: Royal Body Care Rainforest
Bio-Energetics, Oxyfresh, Viva America. Robert feels they have good life changing products. “They
each have a vision of where they are going, and they have heart-centered
leadership. They all listen to the field, too, and that’s very important.”
Favorite quotes:
“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what
you give.” (Winston Churchill)
“You don’t have to be great to get started but you have to
get started to be great.” (Les Brown)
Contact Robert at: butwin@mindspring.com
NO LIMITS
BY JAN WALLEN
Robert Butwin’s goal in life is to be a no-limit
person. After hearing Wayne Dyer’s tape, No Limit Person, Robert realized that
he had been creating limits in his life. “I’ve tried to become a no limit
person. It started me on the path of what I’ve become today.”
Robert went into business for himself after realizing that
Corporate America would not allow him to live the kind of live he wanted. “There
are so many limitations. They expected you to work so many hours per week and
handle a lot of politics which I didn’t like, so I started searching for an
alternative way to have the freedom I wanted, a career that would enable me to
experience life the way I wanted to live.
He is well on the way to realizing his goal, having been named
Distributor of the Year from MLMIA for two straight years. He says that one of
his heroes is John Glenn who inspired him by going into space at his age.
Another no limit person.
Robert’s path in Network Marketing has not always been easy.
When he first started in this business, he went all out but lacked the proper
mentorship to become successful. The net result was a lot of debt, six figures
in fact. But Robert did not set limits on himself or give up on his dream. “I
never gave up on the vision of the kind of lifestyle I could live through this
business. … Four years later, after finding the right kind of mentorship, I
was able to clear up all my debts and walk away from my job and devote full time
to my career in network marketing.”
Having the right support system in place is crucial to success
in any business. As shown in the career of Robert Butwin, it made all the
difference in his level of success.
He says that the best thing about being self-employed is that
he gets to make his own decisions. “The people I meet and work with are a joy
and the differences I’m able to make in their lives is the greatest pleasure
imaginable. I am able to make a difference in a lot of people’s lives.”
Robert has written a book called Street Smart Networking. He
has also released two tapes: Getting Started in your Networking Business and The
Secrets of the Money Funnel and How it Can Make You Rich. All are available
through his office, and the book may also be purchased at bookstores.