I am married to my beautiful bride Shauna Sopka who I went to high school with. We are proud parents of our two great kids Jacob and Grace. Like a lot of little kids I grew up dreaming of being a Firefighter, and at 21 I was fortunate enough to be hired by the City of Edmonton where I proudly served for a little more then 11 years. A few years into my career I found myself in a spot financially wh
ere like a lot of people found there was more month then money, I began looking for help but everywhere I turned for advice they were more concerned about selling me something and the conversation was what could I do for them instead of how could they help me. I was very frustrated with the industry and to this day I am grateful that I was open minded because when a friend said I should sit with WFG I had never heard of them before but was hoping that this would be different. Different it was indeed, for the first time I was a person and not a dollar figure. The company was seriously interested in Educating me about money and what my options were, and when I saw the program that was built for me I knew I found something special. It was like the weight of the world Financially came off my shoulders and the financial plan made a night and day difference for me! It was at the moment I knew i found the company I wanted to work with because I knew that if I didn't know this information that there were millions of people out there that needed to get the same education that I received. I looked at the person helping me and said if you can do this for me then you need to do this for everyone I know and that is when she said to me why don't you come work with us. I looked at her and said I think you are talking to the wrong guy, I am a Firefighter and I know nothing about money. She said a background in business or finance wasn't needed, she went on to say that all that was needed was I had to be a good honest hard working person with a desire to help people! I said that was me but I had a job and that I loved and even though my paycheque wasnt enough I wasnt giving it up to get involved in a industry I knew nothing about or if 6 months down the road it would even be for me. She said I didn't have too, She said they had a part time training program that I could plug into and see if it was something I really wanted to do. She promised me that if all I did was enroll in the training program the chances were I would learn more about money in those 6 months then I knew up to that point of my life. I got involved for that very reason and by far that was one of the greatest decisions of my life because not only did I learn alot about money but I started to realize the opportunity of building a business within the company. After a couple years in the part time program I achieved a Sr. Promotion in the company and then went on to earn a 6 figure income part time. I was able to retire early from a dream career to truly take control of my life as an Entrepreneur and earn a multiple 6 figure income and growing. I am driven to help people who want too and desire to do the same thing for them that this company has done for me!!
