Welcome to my personal biography.
So who is the genuine Graeme Hoppitt? I appreciate you investing your valuable time to read my biography and learn more about the businesses I operate from the comfort of my own home.
I must say at the start, that while the home based arena allowed me to start digging myself out of a massive hole after a series of disastrous financial decisions and start to turn my finances around, this information you are about to read is NOT right for everyone.
So, a little background about me. I am in my early 50’s, single, with two great children.
Both my children are very active with their own interests.
My son Jamie won employee of the year 2009 for his company…
In his spare time he plays football with Camberley Town in the Combined Counties League Premier Division.
My daughter Camilla is studying Criminology at university where in between studying and partying she captains a netball team. Last summer she looked after children in one of the American summer camps – Camp Foss.
I keep fit by running and ran two marathons back in 2003. London and New York, both in respectable times for 46! I still run a couple of times a week but only short distances now.
Career Background…
I’ve worked for myself in a number of guises since 2002. My last corporate position was as Finance Director for BMW’s flagship dealership on Park Lane, Mayfair, London. While I had always loved work… the truth is I worked far too many hours and missed out on my children growing up. I worked hard to provide the lifestyle for my wife at the time and our children.
The trouble is, it became a vicious circle, the more I worked hard, the more was expected of me and round and round it went…sound familiar? Before you know it you have relationship problems or health problems or both.
From the outside it probably looked like I had the plum job. I know many people would have ripped my arms off for my FD’s job and the trimmings that went with it. I had two top of the range, fully expensed BMW’s, one for me and one for my wife, pension, corporate gym membership in a swish Park Lane Gym etc.
While for the most part I loved my finance directors’ job, the fact was, I was a slave – a slave to the job. The alarm went off no later than 5.30am every morning. I would shoot out of bed, throw on my gym gear, clean my teeth and into the car. The idea was to beat the traffic. I drove into London each day for 7 years. Looking back I worked an insane amount of hours…and you can never get them back can you?
I would run round Hyde Park each morning before work.
Some people wrongly think a job provides security, but evidence shows to the contrary. You only need to read the newspapers to know that when a company needs to, it will offload its employees with scant regards for them.
While I had earned a very good income it was certainly not enough to retire early or have a wealthy lifestyle and so on. After seven years as FD working all hours, I was fed up with the rat race!
It was only the final 18 months in Park Lane that I started to hate my job! Don’t get me wrong, I had 15 great years in total with BMW, the final 7 as FD at Park Lane and I worked with some great people but I can’t abide bullies…and there were a few. When you see grown men in tears because of the mental bulling…it shocks you to your roots.
Taking a stand against bulling…
Ultimately the decision to leave corporate life was thrust upon me…I suffered burn out, brought about by a number of factors. I made a public stand against bullying and paid the consequences: the company didn’t like it, profits came before people. Does that sound familiar to you too?
Life is about learning from experiences. For years I said to myself , “I’m an accountant, what else can I do?” The fact is whatever we do…we all have many skills sets, we just don’t always recognise that fact.
Things happen for a reason and leaving BMW due to burn out allowed me to re-access my life and where I was going.
It took me a good year after leaving BMW to get back to anything like normal health.
In fact I used training for the marathon as part of my rehabilitation process. Actually completing two in 2003, London in April and New York in November.
I completed London in 3 hours 55 minutes, and New York was way slower in 4 hours 26 minutes…
Two great experiences I will never forget.
The lessons I learnt from running marthons has helped me in many other areas of life too, including Internet Marketing.
Learning the Hard Way…
After leaving BMW I setup and worked in a couple of traditional businesses before moving into the home based arena.
I set up a competitive prize draw company as I believed I could replicate the type of business that you see in many airport departure lounges. The idea of winning a car in a competitive limited ticket draw sounded exciting and initially looked profitable. However out of the blue, my financing partners pulled out and I quickly found my own pockets weren’t deep enough to sustain the business. What with the loss of my business and an expensive divorce, I had zero assets and was the wrong side of £100k in debt.
In summary having suffered burn out and made a number of disastrous financial decisions I went from being a Finance Director with BMW’s flagship dealership on Park Lane to setting up my own business and running out of money and seeing it crash, to being told I’m too old…too this…and ended up working at the age of 50 in a warehouse on just £6 an hour.
From FD to a warehouse operative picking knickers on just £6 an hour!
Suffice to say I’ve worked at both ends of the social spectrum. It’s from life’s twists and turns that you learn and grow and these real life experiences enables me to support those that I work with.
Cutting My Teeth On Home Based Opportunities…
I have tried a host of different home based activities including MLM’s and lost money until in 2008 I found a Direct Internet sales model that worked for me albeit, it wasn’t sustainable. But that led me to where I am today.
From my first venture into any home based opportunity I’ve always believed you could make money from home on the internet. Even though I found it a struggle initially, I kept the faith and kept working at it. My view is, if one person can make money then so can another. The fact is most people just give up…others are looking for the quick fix, a sort of get rich quick scheme.
Even though we instinctively know there is no such quick fix we still blindly pursue it…I’ve been guilty of this myself at times but it just leads you up a blind alley.
Finding the Right Team…
When I realised the importance of this, I began my search for a real person who would be willing to help me succeed online, but this was much harder than I had ever imagined. I joined one of the so called guru’s: you know the sort I mean with the fast car. It’s a very convincing marketing ploy but just because they are making 5 or 6 figures a month doesn’t mean they are willing or are capable of teaching you. I mean as soon as I had paid my money they disappeared faster than their flash car could do 0-60! You know the sort I mean!
I fell for all of that and lost even more money, so don’t go feeling guilty if this has also happened to you as you were certainly not the first and unfortunately you will definitely not be the last.
Fortunately, I did eventually find someone, in fact a whole team of ethical people…who together provide a framework anyone can plug into for genuine training and support.
You see, the other thing you must consider, is if you think you must join one of the so called guru’s as I initially did. If you really think YOU have to join the top guy, the so called guru with the fast car to make money…then guess what, when you start marketing, your prospects will think the same. What does that mean to you, well it means they will join the so-called big hitter too…you must join someone who you feel can mentor you, but within a framework where everyone can succeed and where you can then offer your prospects the exact same formula for success.
Finally I found a mentor and such a team structure where EVERYONE can prosper. However, if you fail to find such a structure, then the only person that wins is the person at the top.
In the team I operate within, everyone gets support and so everyone can be successful! It is the only way to succeed.
Unlike many of the so called guru’s I’m always accessible and eager to help whenever I can. I take the view that “your success is my success”, without you succeeding I won’t succeed either, the two are intrinsically linked.
If you are seduced by someone with a flash car, then that is not me. If however, you are looking for a real person who has come up the hard way and made it work, who is committed to your success, then that is why I’m here and you are in the right place. Several members of my team have come to me after joining the so called top guns where they received zero support. With me you get my FULL support!
Most importantly you are part of an Ethical Team that helps individuals just like you and I build wealth with integrity
You Can NEVER Get Your Time Back!
When a friend became a father, I said to him, “looking back the thing I would say is spend as much time with your family as you can. Go to EVERY sports day, carol service, school event, first swimming lesson, etc”. You can NEVER get those experiences back. I stupidly put my corporate work first; it doesn’t pay in any way to do that.
I remember when I was finance director at BMW Park Lane, I would always get home late. I remember my son Jamie, who was about 10 at the time, saying in a dead pan voice, “Hi I’m Jamie, I’m your son!” Basically telling me straight he never saw me because I was always working….that hit me hard!
Make every moment count, your time and the experiences with your children are precious. I have so many happy memories; I just know I missed so many other important ones!
Working at home on the internet provides a high degree of flexibility, but I’m not one of those that are saying I only work an hour a day.
How could I effectively support my team and members if I only worked an hour a day?
In summary, I now meet lots of great people, only have a 15 second commute to my home office rather than the 3 hours a day I had in my corporate job! I take holidays when I choose, not when my boss says. I have ZERO stress, I am learning and laughing.
I love what I do! I don’t consider it work at all,it’s pure FUN!
Oh… and the money isn’t too shabby either…
Please feel free to have a look at the income streams that I am enjoying success with and if you feel that one of them may suit you then please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. I would be truly delighted to help you achieve the success your both desire and deserve.
Here are a few pictures of me below, enjoying life over the years…..
