Scott went to college and received a BS degree in Information and Computer Science because he thought that was what would create the success he wanted. While working for a Fortune 500 company, looking out his big picture window overlooking Honolulu, Scott realized he wanted more; he wanted to own his own business.
“I got scared looking around the office realizing that no one, including my bosses, had a lifestyle that I wanted.” Scott looked at several business ideas and franchises before ending up at a Brad Wolgamott board plan. In order to focus his efforts on building his business, Scott put aside 3 basketball leagues, 2 tennis leagues, and a lot of fishing and spearfishing “I figured that if one keeps doing what he has been doing, he will keep having what he already has. I wanted more, so I accepted the fact that I needed to change what I did with my spare time,” says Scott. 16 months after starting his own business, Scott was able to walk away from his profession to focus on the growth of his new opportunity.
“Some people say that you have to like what you do; they are not sure if this business is so-called ‘for them’. I believe that people most often lack a dream for a better life and a mentor in their life, and that is why they fill their time with unproductive, usually fun things and let the years pass by. I did not have any materialistic goals when I got in the business. I had just two main goals. Number one on my list was to have the best loving wife in the world, and number two was be my own boss by age 30. I got both,” says Scott with a big smile.
Cris earned her degree in Psychology and worked at a major hotel chain in Hawaii. Much of her work time was spent planning vacations for other people. She decided that she wanted to plan her own exotic trips around the world. Cris was invited to one of Scott’s board plans, where they met each other for the first time. “She was beautiful and ambitious,” says Scott, and the rest is history.
Cris was able to leave her job right after their marriage to join Scott in the business full time. Today they have four wonderful children whom they are able to be with. “Life is really exciting when you and your husband have the same goals in life,” says Cris. “We have had an awesome honeymoon ever since we got married and are living a life of no regrets”.
“I haven’t had to work for anyone else for many years because of this great business and the mentorship of my upline,” says Scott. “I kept wondering when would be my last day working at my job. When a vacation request I submitted was turned down, I knew that was the day.”
Scott and Cris enjoy being parents who are actively involved in their children’s lives. They also enjoy spending time with their own parents. Scott says with no hesitation, “The people who benefit the most from us building this business are our kids. Because of this opportunity, we are able to give our kids our daily presence instead of just presents.”
Scott and Cris have a goal to golf in every state and also to go fishing in every state. Life to them is about making memories, having great experiences. Once you own your own life, everything becomes an option.
“God has blessed us with so much and we look forward to using our home in some small way to serve our WWDB family, especially the other Diamonds who have helped us through the years.”
This business has given Scott and Cris more financial flexibility, total control of their time and money. They have learned that they are happiest when they are accomplishing something important to them.
Scott says each person is in one of four stages in their life – survival, stability, success and significance. By choosing to live their lives as they have and being an example to many others, they have found their shot at significance. They thank WorldWide and their personal mentors for that and believe that just as every great athlete has a coach, everyone in WorldWide has a coach available to them. For them, one of the biggest keys to prosperity has been to admit to themselves that others knew something they didn’t.