SUCCESS BLOG

Achieving Success Step By Step

Brazil. Francisco Andrey from Curitiba, Brasil, put in practice the teaching from the MBS course. Now he is able to save money, spend more time with his family, sort out his priorities, and is ready to open a school where he plans to grow even more as a Success Ambassador teaching everyone the MBS program.

Turning Weaknesses into Success Through the MBS

Brazil. “My name is Bianca Rodrigues, I live in Goiânia GO Brazil, I have a degree in Pedagogy with specialization in Psychopedagogy and I am currently attending a graduate school in Social Psychology and Anthropology at Faculdade Metropolitana de Ribeirão Preto. I have been through five pregnancies, but unfortunately, due to cytomegalovirus problems, medical errors, and spontaneous abortion, I lost four babies, a boy and three girls. I lived many moments of loneliness, hopelessness, physical and emotional pain, and also helplessness. At that time, my son was held back in school, and also lived several moments of sadness, depression and hopelessness. I am currently married, but have been through two divorces that left my son and I financially helpless.

I am now 50 years old and have always tried to subsidize my financial life through my work, but I have failed. My only son, who has managed to survive these difficulties, is now 33 years old. Because of my inability to support myself and also my son, I have caused him an insecurity that keeps him away from me and makes him believe that I am not capable of providing for us. He currently lives with my mother and trusts her a lot. But this causes me great suffering, a huge feeling of failure and impotence. No matter how much I have looked for new opportunities in the job market, I have failed time after time, which causes me more suffering and feelings of disapproval as a woman, mother and human being capable of maintaining her own life, financially speaking.

I have already invested in courses, lectures, conferences, and many books trying to be well with myself and to be successful in my profession as a pedagogist, but everything has been a failure on a financial level. I went through many necessities, restrictions, and suffered deeply hearing my son say he was hungry and I didn’t have a single penny to give him at that moment. There were many hopeless years and I felt very angry at myself, at life, at God, and at my parents for being better than me at financially supporting my son.During this time I was working in a private school, but my income was not enough to provide for both of us, not even to maintain the basics.All this caused me a lot of pain and an overwhelming feeling of helplessness, and these traumatic moments of loss have also contributed to my emotional and financial imbalance. I know what it is like to feel my stomach burning with hunger, seeing various establishments around me selling food when I couldn’t feed myself because I did not have enough money for it.During this journey I met Cynthya Freitas who became a great friend. A while ago, in a time of great need, she offered me material help, and recently, she introduced me to Interweave Solutions’ MBS course.

Self-reliance is all that I have ever sought for my life and for my family, and it was with great satisfaction that I finished the first phase of the MBS course. I feel that I am starting a new phase of success in my life, because I intend to put into practice everything I have learned in each unit of the course. I intend to organize myself financially, save every day “even if it’s just one or two coins”, improve my quality of life, take notes, plan, and above all, seek support in self-reliance groups as well as the support of the Interweave Solutions team. I feel that the next steps will come with the hope that from this moment on I will be able to achieve self-reliance and will also be able to teach several people how to achieve it for themselves. I will make my failure my success, and maybe that of many people as well. I have a great interest in working with groups and I want to start the Success Ambassador training as soon as possible. I want to show this path of success to other people as soon as the pandemic allows. After all, everyone deserves to succeed, everyone has skills and talents that need to be developed. This is my goal as Success Ambassador for Interweave Solutions.”

Meet Carlos

Peru. Carlos is one of our Success Ambassadors from Peru. He has grown a lot since finishing both the MBS and the Success Ambassador courses. Here is how the MBS course helped him create his own business.

Charbel’s First Graduation

Benin. Charbel is one of our Success Ambassador Mentors from Benin. He received his Master of Business in the Streets (MBS) certificate in 2020, and 3 months after becoming a Success Ambassador he started his own MBS group. After 3 months of hard work, each of his participants received their own MBS certificate and were able to have a graduation ceremony on January 16th, 2021. We are beyond excited for Charbel and each of his 20 MBS graduates!

A Path to Success, Autonomy, and Stability

Democratic Republic of Congo. John is the owner of a company in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He works in the commercial industry selling vehicles, clothing, and providing event services. He is a Success Ambassador that wants to encourage everyone to take the MBS course.

Through the MBS course he found a way to improve his business that has brought him great success. His company did not keep Income and Expense Logs, which is used to keep track of money earned and spent. Whenever he had a family emergency, for example, he would take money from his company since he didn’t have a salary. Because of this, he never saw much improvement with his business. It wasn’t until he took the MBS course that he realized the importance of keeping track of his income and expenses and of separating his money from the company’s money. John saw a complete change in his business since implementing this principle, and the turnover increased remarkably in just one month.

Talent, Determination, and the MBS Course

Brazil. Emanoele Santos is a 18 years old high school student who lives in the city of Padre Bernardo, Brazil. Even being so young, she is already running after her dream; to be a hairdresser and have her own beauty parlor. Emanoele took the MBS course and as a result she is now more confident and knows how to better manage and organize her business. Also, she has improved many areas of her personal life by applying the principles of the Quality of Life Wheel, which she learned in the MBS course. We believe in Emanoele’s talent and determination and this is her success story written by her.

Dreams Come True With the MBS Course

Brazil. Joana has a clothing store in the city of Padre Bernardo, Brazil. She has always fought for her goals and always wanted to grow in business. She came to find the MBS course through the Success Ambassador, Josinaldo Oliveira. Through the principles taught in the course Joana learned that she needs to control and organize her business in order to make it successful. Read her success story!

Applying the Principles Taught in the MBS Course

Ivory Coast. “My name is Serge Kassi. I am a young 30-year-old Ivorian who aspires to become an entrepreneur and business leader. I discovered the MBS course while looking through my Facebook page. The ad caught my attention and I immediately signed up for the course to start the training. I must say that I didn’t always have the time to do it but I was able to progress and go through all the units of the course. I came out of this training equipped to set up my businesses, to have a better quality of life/home and determined to get involved in my community.

Fulfilling Dreams Through the MBS course

Ecuador. Kathy Trujilo is a Chemical Engineer from Quito, Ecuador. The idea of creating her own business came after having a job as the Head of Automotive Glass Quality Control, where she was able to accomplish great goals. After being let go by the company, she looked for a new job for almost a year without any luck. At the same time, her husband was also struggling to find a job. After pondering about what they could do, Kathy and her husband decided to create their own businesses where they would be able to put all of their knowledge and skills. However, they did not know what they would do.

Another Success Story From Brazil

Brazil. Isaías Santos works with perfume sales in Forquilha in Ceará, Brazil. He decided to take the MBS course to improve his sales and to learn how to better manage his business. Today he feels confident with his current business, he is growing in several areas of his life, and intends to participate more in his community. We are convinced that Isaías will soon become a Success Ambassador. Here is his testimony:

Maria Elizabeth Duarte de Guevara

Guatemala. Maria is from a small village in Guatemala. A few years ago she participated in a workshop where she learned how to make cleaning products such as soap, lotions, and many other products. She would make the products in the morning and then in the afternoons she would volunteer in a soup kitchen in her community. However, after a while she realized that there was a lot of competition in the cleaning products industry so she started volunteering in a nearby village to help women learn how to cook. It was through this volunteer experience that she realized that there was a need for a product: a non-stick spray for tortilla pans.

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My Story

Democratic Republic of Congo. “I discovered a program that has had a great influence on my business, my home and the way I serve my community.”

My name is TANDIA BAKAL MUNTU JUNIOR, my father and mother passed away when I was very young. I stayed with a foster family, a poor family. Finding enough to meet daily needs was a challenge and it was from there that I decided to enter the informal economy to provide for my own needs with very little capital that was given to me from a friend out of compassion towards my situation.

After my professional nursing studies, finding a job was very difficult and I didn’t have the time or money to go to a university.

I had a small store, sold ice cream, and I was also a barber. I had a lot of customers but for some reason I wasn’t making any progress with my small business, which got me asking myself a lot of questions.

“why isn’t my business progressing?” This created a feeling of discouragement and anxiety, but I was still fighting to get out of this poverty. This question of concern to me remained unanswered for several years. But it seems to me that no matter how long the night, the day always appears; it is in 2015 that I became aware of a program that was going to answer my question and totally change my life “The Self-reliance Program from Interweave Solutions”

When I was introduced to this program, I immediately wanted to get involved and learn how to improve my business. A few months later I received my MBS certification.

During the course, my mind was enlightened and I realized that I lacked the knowledge and application of the principles necessary to move forward. I immediately decided to apply all the principles I had learned during the course by developing and implementing a business plan based on 6Ps, a quality of life plan and a community plan to become more self-reliant.

Thanks to this Interweave self-reliance program, I have found the principles I lacked to organize and advance my business, my life, and serve my community, and this makes me happy. My income and personal savings have increased and I have improved my quality of life and am serving my community.

Today, I am the owner of a commercial establishment, I have the legal documents for my establishment and I am proud to carry out my commercial activities.

The changes that have taken place in me as a result of this program have created a great desire in me to become a Successful Ambassador. I am convinced that I can extend this positive influence to many people.

Actively participating in this great mission of interweave solutions, that of moving people from poverty to prosperity through neighborhood self-reliance groups is today one of my deepest aspirations; that is to say that I am committed to helping individuals implement business, home and community plans to become self-reliant and receive their MBS certificate; thus helping them develop their businesses and improve their homes and communities.

And helping others is also a great way for me to make money at the same time by developing a profitable MBS business.

Meet the First MBS Graduate in Brazil

Brazil. After months of trying to penetrate Brazil, we finally have our first graduate in Brazil! His name is Josinaldo Oliveira.

Josinaldo is a pastor from a small town in Brazil, Padre Bernardo. He also owns and operates a small groceries store that has been struggling for quite some time. He saw our ad on facebook, and immediately recognized an opportunity to better his business. He decided to take our MBS program online and started learning ways to not only improve his business but to also improve his community and home life. Because of the MBS program, Josinaldo is more confident and organized in his business, and is already seeing a lot of improvements.

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Sterly Online Graduation

Haiti. Sterly is a young ambassador in Haiti who recently became a Success Ambassador, but his youth hasn’t stopped him from achieving greatness.

Covid-19 has negatively affected a lot of people, but Sterly has completed the training of two groups during this pandemic and we recently had the pleasure of attending the most organized and most effective online graduation we had ever seen. Sterly handled the meeting professionally. He played the national anthem, invited key speakers, and motivated his students. He conducted the ceremony in English and French.

Saving jobs and saving lives

Mexico. Maria Garcia started her work as a stylist when she 27 years old. She continued her work for over 22 years, when suddenly she was left without a job, unemployed. She couldn’t believe what had happened.

The cause of her unemployment? The coronavirus. Maria says that her way of thinking and even living changed drastically during this time of unemployment.

A Victory for Victor

Honduras. Victor Vega is 30 years old, lives in Honduras, and has a successful business that he runs with is wife. But that wasn’t always the case.

A few years ago he and his wife started their small baking business. Unfortunately, he had to work another job in order to make sufficient money for the family. The income from the baking business just didn’t make ends meet. His new job didn’t fulfill his expectations, but it gave them enough to survive. Victor wanted to help his wife with their shared business, so he would work nights making cakes and breads after working his other day job. They spent three years following this schedule.

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