Today I’m hanging out with Network Marketing Leader Ana Cantera, who traveled 12 hours to meet with me! She shares her tumultuous upbringing in the Dominican Republic, the story of her inspiring rise to the top of the Network Marketing game, her dramatic fall from grace, and how she made $1 million her first year back. 01:41:58   Show Notes: 01:29 -  Eric welcomes Network Marketing Leader Ana Cantera to The Excellence Project, who traveled 12 hours to appear on the podcast.   03:13 - Ana shares the fact that her parents were entrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic, but after her father died, her family’s life changed dramatically.   11:50 - Ana dropped out of college and started working for Verizon in human resources but she didn’t enjoy firing people and realized she didn’t want a management job with the company.   16:10 - Ana, already a mother of one child, opened a beauty salon with her mother while still working at Verizon.   18:22 - Ana reveals that the first time she was introduced to Network Marketing she was not interested in the profession, until her husband kind of forced her into it.   26:03 - Once she decided to join the Network Marketing Profession, Ana quit her job, sold her beauty salon, and went all out.   30:56 - Ana recounts how after being very successful her first year in Network Marketing, everything fell apart.   34:07 - Eric and Ana discuss the precautions successful people must take when living in or visiting a developing country.   41:34 - After Ana’s Network Marketing company closed, it caused a huge scandal in the Dominican Republic, so she didn’t want to stay in the profession.   48:36 - Ana recalls how two days after not having money to buy milk for her three daughters, a friend convinced her to return to Network Marketing.   57:48 - Ana shares why she chose Stormy Wellington as her mentor and how she built her business using social media in other Latin American countries.   01:07:10 - During the pandemic, Ana realized she needed to train her team how to adapt to using social media to build the business.   01:13:03 - Ana explains what Network Marketing “pandemials” are and how she dealt with them after the pandemic.   01:19:15 - For the entire year of 2023 Ana visited two countries per month in order to build her business.   01:23:25 - Anna feels that it is her responsibility to train her team members so they can become successful.    01:30:53 - Anna reveals that she tells her daughters that THEY aren’t rich, SHE is rich, and that they will have to work hard to become successful.    01:35:37 - Anna imparts her best advice for those who want to succeed in the Network Marketing Profession.    Your Next Steps: Purchase tickets for Go Pro Xperience 2024: https://nmpro.link/gpx24-pc   Get more likes and comments with engaging, unique posts written by AI in one click & access the AI version of the #1 Network Marketing expert, Eric Worre: https://nmpro.link/nmproai-pc   Visit Go Pro Academy for the best online Network Marketing courses: goproacademy.com/gpa2024   Go Pro: 7 Steps to Becoming a Network Marketing Professional - Purchase Eric’s Book: https://nmpro.link/goprobook-pc   Hire Eric, the #1 Network Marketing Expert, to inspire and train your team! https://nmpro.link/hireeric-pc   For the latest (Free!) Network Marketing tips, tactics and strategies visit: https://nmpro.link/yt-subscribe   Questions or Comments?  Do you have questions you would like me to answer in future podcasts or comments on the show you'd like to share?  Email me at [email protected]