A “Wake Up Moment”!
To my Tam Pogo Friends and Associates:
Today I received this email from Chuck Stebbins and thought I would share it with you. The very thought of what we are accomplishing with Tam Pogo products and with the Feed The Starving Children Program are Truly Defining Moments for Myself.
From the desk of CEO, Chuck Stebbins
Dear iRep,
I wonder how many of my good friends and co-workers reading this e-mail today have truly experienced their “wake up moment.” That term refers to the moment in life where you know that everything has changed for you. This could be a a physical change, a cognitive change, a spiritual change, an emotional change, a social change or a financial change. We all have those moments of big change. For example, in my teens I was in a serious car accident and was told that I could be forever blind or even die as a result. Later in life I shattered my hip and was told that I might not walk again or survive an operation to restore my mobility. Those were moments of big physical change. Cognitively, there was graduation from college and advanced degrees; more big moments of promise and change. Emotionally, 18 years ago, how could I top holding my newborn daughter in my hands as a moment of dramatic change and promise? New homes bring financial change. The list of big changes for the average person is limitless.
But these changes are not wake up moments, any more than taking in a breath of air on your 21st birthday is the same as that first breath of air you drew during birth. A wake up moment is a DEFINING moment. It isn’t a road to travel or a choice that can be made. It is a decision that can’t NOT be made.
Sometimes a wake up moment is very dramatic. Other times it can be very subtle. My true wake up moment occurred 18 months ago on St. Pete Beach one Sunday morning reading the St. Pete Times newspaper. In retrospect, not a very dramatic event! But I knew as I read the paper that Sunday morning, I could not escape my DEFINING direction. I knew it would change my life, the life of my family and the lives of tens of thousands of others – a short time later TamPogo was born.
Although it has been 18 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year…and then some, rather than regretting picking up that paper that morning, I truly thank God that I did. My wake up moment has given my life greater meaning than it ever had. It has also positively changed the lives of my closest family and friends. It has changed life for many of you reading this e-mail, as well. And it has been part of an equation of change that each of you have participated in that has saved hundreds of thousands of lives among the world’s starving babies and young children.
This morning I realized what a wake up moment really is. It is the moment in life when you selflessly say that you are going to make a difference in the world and, in turn, in yourself. A wake up moment also means that failure is not an option.
Your efforts in TamPogo have saved a great many lives and there are no words that can express the appreciation that is due you for your activity. I invite you later this evening (I hope!) to watch a new video we are uploading that hopefully gives you a deeper appreciation of the real impact that TamPogo is making in the world. It will be listed as Nicaragua 2010 (Wake Up Moment).
My hope is that as you watch this video, one or more of you will have a wake up moment yourself and realize the depth that TamPogo can reach in giving your life greater meaning, in improving the financial lives of your family and friends and in making sure that 2010 does NOT see a record number of worldwide childhood deaths due to starvation.
As TamPogo grows each month, we strive to make our “picture” more complete. Our company is truly wonderful but it is not perfect. As quickly as we introduce great new products, there are always some that lag. If any of you out there feel frustration at waiting a short time for something new, think about what I must feel. Take Safe Teeth, as an example. This is such a great new, unique product; I am sure there must be people out there anxiously awaiting it. But I have a specialized knowledge of what this first ever oral prebiotic product will do for the collective health of those using it. I have specialized knowledge of how this product will reverse the systemic poisoning of our body by an accepted bathroom sink product. I have specialized knowledge of how many young kids will not die or be maimed by accidental ingestion of a toxic toothpaste. And I have a deep, deep understanding of how many starving kids will get fed each week from your embracing this product in your lives. Believe this about Safe Teeth and all the Pure Chemistry products – as much as any single one of you out there wants to see a particular product that is in the manufacturing process arrive and make it into your hands; I want to see it even more!
We have introduced an enormous number of life changing products in a very short time and an equal number will be arriving in the days following this e-mail. Get excited about what is to come in the future, but be even more excited about what is here in the present. Your collective efforts have created an incredible company and you should rejoice in what you have accomplished to date. If you wonder just how your efforts made a difference in the world, please go to the following link and multiply this short video message by one hundred thousand and it is my hope is that some of you will have a “wake up moment” and join me in redoubling my burning desire to accelerate, even faster, all the positive change at TamPogo and in all the lives our great company touches.
Cordially,
Chuck Stebbins, CEO
Please call 1-435-213-1301 so we can talk more about TamPogo, Tango and wake up moments. Let’s make August a great month! Let’s make 2010 a truly memorable year
If you are not already a member of TamPogo let’s talk about what TamPogo can do for you, your loved ones, your goals and the Feed The Starving Children program
I look forward to talking to you soon.
Lee, Emma and/or Bryan Hunt
1-435-213-1301
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