Presidential Bretta Provost of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, loves the way Vemma fits into her life and her schedule. Bretta started with Vemma when the company first started, back when you had to mix the vitamins with the minerals to enjoy the benefits of the Vemma formula. As Bretta’s work and family responsibilities have shifted over the years (and she’s gone from a single, 20-something engineer to a wife, mother and entrepreneur), her Vemma business has given her the flexibility she needed to live life on her terms.
“My background is in engineering,” says Bretta. “I’m glad I have that education and experience — engineering teaches you how to think and solve problems. I worked in the engineering field for eight years.” When Bretta’s engineering company got bought out, she saw the writing on the wall and realized she needed a Plan B. “All I had as a backup plan was a few hundred dollars in savings, and that’s not much of a plan,” she explains. “I was living in Colorado at the time, and I ended up joining Michelle Barnes’ team.” Since Bretta already had a successful career in a field she loved, Vemma became Bretta’s Plan B. But the more she worked her Vemma business, the less appeal corporate America had for her.
Within a few years, Bretta’s Vemma income matched her salary from her engineering job, so she “drop kicked” the full-time job.* Meanwhile, Bretta’s husband bought a traditional business (a hotel) in the picturesque resort town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, located 30 miles east of Spokane. Bretta continued working Vemma part time, while helping her husband in his business and taking some time off to have their two children.
Bretta loves the flexibility and time freedom Vemma offers. “I’ve been with Vemma for almost 10 years,” says Bretta, “so obviously, I’m not the fastest person to get to Presidential! But the awesome thing is that I can do it on my schedule. I can be a mom first and do the business second. That would have been much more difficult if I was in corporate America, working as an engineer.”
Bretta loves the way Vemma gives women a level playing field and an equal chance at success. “Coming from the male-dominated field of engineering, it’s so refreshing to offer people such an equal opportunity, and to see such strong women on our team,” she shares. “You can do the business around your family, on your schedule, and you don’t have to give up something important to be successful. This is the better way to do business.”
Bretta says she’s seen plenty of ups and downs in her business over the years, but she’s always had the belief and the determination to keep going. “There is so much happening right now in Vemma, so much energy! I can’t wait to see how it unfolds. I’m motivated now to help other people find the success they want, whether it’s an extra $500 a month or $5,000.* There’s no limit on the income potential with Vemma, and the best thing is you don’t have to follow someone else’s rules or conform to their schedule.”
5 Keys to Engineering a Successful Vemma Business from Bretta
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“My background is in engineering,” says Bretta. “I’m glad I have that education and experience — engineering teaches you how to think and solve problems. I worked in the engineering field for eight years.” When Bretta’s engineering company got bought out, she saw the writing on the wall and realized she needed a Plan B. “All I had as a backup plan was a few hundred dollars in savings, and that’s not much of a plan,” she explains. “I was living in Colorado at the time, and I ended up joining Michelle Barnes’ team.” Since Bretta already had a successful career in a field she loved, Vemma became Bretta’s Plan B. But the more she worked her Vemma business, the less appeal corporate America had for her.
Within a few years, Bretta’s Vemma income matched her salary from her engineering job, so she “drop kicked” the full-time job.* Meanwhile, Bretta’s husband bought a traditional business (a hotel) in the picturesque resort town of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, located 30 miles east of Spokane. Bretta continued working Vemma part time, while helping her husband in his business and taking some time off to have their two children.
Bretta loves the flexibility and time freedom Vemma offers. “I’ve been with Vemma for almost 10 years,” says Bretta, “so obviously, I’m not the fastest person to get to Presidential! But the awesome thing is that I can do it on my schedule. I can be a mom first and do the business second. That would have been much more difficult if I was in corporate America, working as an engineer.”
Bretta loves the way Vemma gives women a level playing field and an equal chance at success. “Coming from the male-dominated field of engineering, it’s so refreshing to offer people such an equal opportunity, and to see such strong women on our team,” she shares. “You can do the business around your family, on your schedule, and you don’t have to give up something important to be successful. This is the better way to do business.”
Bretta says she’s seen plenty of ups and downs in her business over the years, but she’s always had the belief and the determination to keep going. “There is so much happening right now in Vemma, so much energy! I can’t wait to see how it unfolds. I’m motivated now to help other people find the success they want, whether it’s an extra $500 a month or $5,000.* There’s no limit on the income potential with Vemma, and the best thing is you don’t have to follow someone else’s rules or conform to their schedule.”
5 Keys to Engineering a Successful Vemma Business from Bretta
- The biggest thing is to plug in. Get to events, trainings and Convention, and listen to personal growth training every day. I’ve been in this business nine years, and I still need trainings. Plugging in fixes everything.
- Use the Roadmap to Success. In the beginning, we all got new people started out differently, but now we’ve all got the same answers.
- Don’t take “no” personally.
- Give the business some time. In a traditional business, you aren’t expected to turn a profit for 2‒5 years, but somehow in Vemma we hear amazing success stories and wonder what’s wrong if things aren’t exploding for us all in the first six months. Just keep going. In the meantime, owning a business gives you some great tax write-offs.
- Let go of worrying about how things will happen. Maybe it was my engineer brain, but at first I focused too much on how to get 1,000 people on my team, how I’d meet them, etc. Sometimes you don’t need to know how it’s going to happen — you just need to get to work and believe in yourself!
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