What is "My Billion Dollar Charity Run"?

"My Billion Dollar Charity Run" is a second chance, isn't that what many of us want?

It is simply my method to satisfy one of my life long dreams of competing in the 800 meter run, to raise money for charities around the world, to inspire and motivate people to take better care of their health and to show people a way to improve their financial situation.

Let me explain, I was a runner in high school back in the late 50's and early 60's. For the first three years in school, I trained with my older brother, Don. We trained hard for at least 3 hours every day, however when Don went to college I lost my focus. My senior year I only trained about 1 hour each day, however, I still was able to set my high school record in the 880 yard run which still stands today. I felt then and still feel today that I did not live up to my potential my senior year in high school.

I realize what one does or does not do in high school is not that important in the larger scheme of life; however, I, like many other former athletes, want another chance to do just a little better as silly as that may be. I have no desire to relive any part of my high school days, however, I do want to live up to my present-day-potential.

Back in 1996 I was talking with a friend of mine, Collette Larsen. Collette and I are network marketers and we are independent distributors with a company called USANA Health Sciences. Collette is USANA's top distributor and I'm in her organization. What drives Collette to be our top distributor is she wants to be the number one contributor to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and find a cure for CF because she has lost one daughter to CF and another daughter and grandchild live with it every day. During our talk, I thought why don't I take my run and create a fund raiser out of it and that is what I have done.

You can read all about it at My Billion Dollar Charity Run.

The way the fund raiser works is a person goes to my web site and makes a pledge to their favorite charity. When I do my run in 2008 and I break my old record their pledge will double and then for every 8th of a second faster the pledge will double again. If I don't break my old record the pledge will not change.

A person's pledge can only double 8 times, a 4 dollar pledge could become a $1,024 pledge. After my run I will send each pledge to the respective charities with my official time and the charities will collect from the individual contributor. No money comes to me or another one associated with my run. Go to this link to read more about how to make a pledge. Click Here.

What the outcome of the run is is not that important, but what is important is for all of us to realize, accept and appreciate that our health is our number one asset and our time is number two.

My mission with "My Billion Dollar Charity Run" has three parts:

1. Raise one billion dollars for our favorite charities.
2. Inspire people to take better care of their health and give them the necessary tools.
3. Teach people who want more money how to have more without giving up the job they love.

When one sets a goal things just seem to fall into place to help you achieve that goal. Here are just a couple of the things that have been working in my life to move me closer to my goal of raising one billion dollars.

In 1995, I was introduced to USANA Health Sciences and started taking their nutritional products. What I noticed back then was I had more energy and now at 63 years old I have the energy to work out 6 hours each day. Also, USANA Health Sciences came with an opportunity attached. Over the years I was able to create enough residual income where I don't need to work a regular job which gives me the time to workout every day, plus I have the time to get the rest I need. I don't draw Social Security nor do I have any medical expenses.

The second thing which happened is a YMCA was built in my home town seven blocks from my home. Prior to the YMCA being built we did not have a gym in my town. The YMCA opened this past Feb and is joined to our high school and the track where I train is across the street. Without the YMCA and their trainers my job of getting into condition to run the 800 meter run would have been nearly impossible in my home town.

Isn't it amazing how things start to fall into place when you set goals? I remember listening to Steve Scott talk about goal setting and he said you should never set reasonable goals, you should shoot for the moon. Well, I think setting a goal of running the 800 meters faster at age 64 than you did at age 17 and raising one billion dollars for charity is REALLY shooting for the moon, don't you?

Well, have a great day and tomorrow I will write a little about how my training is going.