Fred and Shirley Hodgins

My wife and I live on a 100-acre certified organic crop farm in  Southwestern Ontario and celebrated our 25^th wedding anniversary in 2008. We have one daughter in University and one who just finished and is now a newlywed.   

Even though I had been satisfied with my career of 28 years, something inside me always yearned for more: more truth, more security, more freedom, new and various experiences, and challenges. I guess I wanted to live a full life and leave a legacy for future generations beyond myself. Through the years, we have taken opportunities to own and operate various businesses as they presented themselves.  This has included owning a franchise, traditional business, maintaining our farm, various real estate projects, traditional investing etc.

Through all of this, (including raising a family and balancing time) we had various levels of success in these business enterprises yet I found the bigger they became, there still was no real extra “take home” income because they were based on a linear pay methodology. And I was not getting any time back.

Then, about 16 years ago, a neighbour talked to me about Network Marketing and we started on a journey of Leveraged Income. This concept is not taught in schools or by our parents, but nonetheless it presents a vehicle that provides true leveraged cashflow and wealth when done properly.

The concept just made sense. I initially thought this was going to be a slam dunk, but fortunately, the early years were filled with struggles, challenges, and heartache. This led to skill development, perseverance, learning, friends, great times, travel and a list too long for this bio. Still, we were not finding the kind of success that I knew was out there. I asked “WHY?”  I found that the common denominator in all ventures is “money:” we work for it, save it, spend it, invest it, give it, and try and make it work for us, but many of us seem to come up short most of the time. 

In 2000 I set upon a quest to really understand money: where it comes from, and how and why we use it. This in-depth study of currency and currency-creation positioned me to understand macro economics at a whole new level. If you do not know the truth about money, you will believe a lie about money and there are multiple lies. 

One thing that became apparent to me is that people need to diversify outside the linear business model and become productive from home. First, we have to do this, and then we have to empower others to do the same. In a nutshell, we need to learn and to apply truthful leverage in all our daily activities.

Gano Excel, with its 21^st century product and compensation plan, gives us (and anyone who wants it) the vehicle to obtain maximum leverage in our lives. The simple system we are a part of multiplies our effectiveness by taking us out of the equation and giving us the true leverage we need to overcome this economic system we struggle with every day.

My wife and I have applied this system and are now personally debt free. We meet our monthly nut at the beginning of every month, instead of having month left over at the end of the money.

We have not been affected by the “global meltdown” or more importantly, the “personal meltdown” people are experiencing. We are passionate about helping others to become debt free and have full productive lives.