Murray was a short person. Murray was 4 feet and 9 inches in height. Without his shoes.

Murray lived close to his work so he could walk each day claiming the exercise helped to keep him in gloriously attractive physical condition. Murray said this tongue in cheek, showing his good sense of humor and ability to laugh at himself.

The real reason Murray preferred to be a pedestrian he kept secret.

Murray's job was in a cubicle, 4th from the main door entrance, on the right, inside of a large room filled with 100 cubicles.

The walls of the room were painted a light blue, Murray called it a "blue suede shoe" blue, being that he was an Elvis fan, with framed cheap posters to add some life to the room.

The large room was inside an even much larger building, which strangely was painted black. Murray called the building "The Death Star", which it indeed did seem to remind him of "The Death Star" in the Star Wars movie. He was also a Star Wars fan.

Murray kept his cubicle very neat, with some little items sprinkled here and there to make it feel like home.

Murray's pictures in his cubicle hung neatly on the divider walls, which he had to continuely realign as his neighbors would occassionally bump against the divider and set it off kilt. The pictures were of his 2 sisters, Pam and Miley, and their husbands, 1 brother, Paul and his motorcycle, which Paul said would be the only wife he would ever have, his parents, grandparents, 4 nephews and 3 nieces.

Murray, like his brother, was not married and had never been. But Murray felt he would prefer to meet a very nice lady someday instead of devoting his life to a motorcycle as his brother had.

Murray liked his job which involved taking service calls for retirement funds. He liked giving good sage advice, according to the company training manual, to elderly people that called in with questions about buying or selling stocks or funds, if it looked like the funds were going to last for their expected lifetime, and other important issues for the retired.

But as much as Murray liked his job, and liked helping his clients to be secure in their investments, he wanted something a bit more. Something that was for his own future, but not the far off distant future. Perhaps something that could help him have a little better life within the next year or so.

Murray liked a challenge, he liked a bit of adventure, he wanted to have something that he could say he did himself and was proud of.

Murray wanted his own business.

Murray's full size siblings used to tease him when he would talk about starting his own business, all in good fun of course, but still it greatly effected how Murray saw himself.

Murray's parents were always supportive and encouraged him to pursue work that would make him happy. They did worry silently that Murray would not be able to support himself and were greatly relieved when Murray started financial training and was hired on at "The Death Star."

So despite the good intentions of his family their relationship somehow instilled in him that he should not take chances and should get a job that would take care of him for all of eternity.

Of course you must understand that it is natural to worry about someone you love when you feel they already have a physical disadvantage. And I am sure that you do.

But inside of Murray, the feeling never went away, the feeling for something a bit more. Something to achieve on his own.

Murray had a friend, Rahul, at work that persuaded him to join a business opportunity as one of his personally sponsored associates. Murray spent a bit too much money, in his opinion. Murray felt very uncomfortable when he was told he must build his business by getting everyone he knew involved in the business also.

Murray believed if his friends wanted their own business they would have already told him, or at least attempted to start one.

So Murray failed. He would not speak to his friends and family about joining his new business. Rahul even quit speaking to Murray after a time. Murray felt miserable about it.

Then one evening, something happened that would change Murray's life. Murray was sitting in his apartment having his dinner of steamed brocoli and baked fish, when he got a phone call.

A very pleasant voice, a welcoming female voice, greeted him. "Hello, is this Murray?"

"Why yes it is," responded Murray to the warm fuzzy voice.

"Murray, this is Suzanne Jolie, and you filled out a survey about a year ago that you were interested in having your own business.

I don't want to take up your time right now, I just want permission to send you an email with our Avalanche Money System.

What is the best email to send this to?"

Murray remembered he had filled out some forms online a while back to get information about business opportunities, but he had all but given up on finding any legitimate internet business.

The call was a welcome one and Murray gave Suzanne his email address.

"I am sending it right now. Do you want to check your email now to see if it is there, or should I ring you back"? Suzanne politely inquired.

Murray, having mostly finished his dinner, and not really wanting to let Suzanne off the telephone yet, said he would check his email.

Sure enough, the email had arrived. It was simple and asked him to click a link to review the business opportunity.

Suddenly Murray's miserable failure with his entrepreneurial friend Rahul flashed across his consciousness. He asked Suzanne if he was going to be required to recruit all his friends and family.

"Oh no", Suzanne exclaimed with perkiness, "Avalanche has a list of people that already said they were interested in having their own business. Thats how I found you."

Well, that made a lot of sense!! How refreshing. The fact was Murray had inquired about having his own business. It was a while back, but yes he did inquire. How refreshing it would be to contact others that did want their own business instead of trying to convince people you happened to bump into that they should have their own business.

Suzanne asked Murray to go to the website, read it, and watch the 7 minute movie, and she would give a call back in a few days.

Murray agreed, and Murray felt his heart jump just a bit as he anticipated talking to Suzanne again.

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End of Part 1. Murray's Triumph, A Story for Entrepreneurs

Authored by Timothy L. Drobnick Sr. August, 2008.

Copyright 2008 Timothy L. Drobnick Sr.

No part of this story may be replicated without express written consent of Timothy L. Drobnick Sr.

You may contact Tim:

1(800) 313-0377 24 hour recorded message for Portal Directors & connect with Tim on his cell phone

1(866)571-1602 24 hour recorded message for Avalanche Money System & connect with Tim on his cell phone

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