Local minister
begins dream
business
July 23rd 2007
By Melissa Dunson mdunson@joplinglobe.com
Jerry Myers didn’t become a minister for the money. In
fact, he hasn’t been paid as a pastor for the past five
years. But with a wife and three daughters, Myers knew
he had to find something to pay the bills. Myers said that
in the past year and a half, he’s tapped into his
entrepreneurial spirit and has been so successful that
he now works from home and makes enough money for
his wife to quit her job. He said he can be a full-time dad
and spend more time being a pastor. Myers was working
at a Joplin car lot, finding success as the top salesman,
but he said he was working from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., six or
seven days a week. “I made a lot of money, and my job
at the car lot afforded us a really nice life, but I was so
busy,” he said. “It didn’t make me a very successful
husband or father, and when you work as much as I was,
and then doing church on Sunday, there’s not much time
for anything else.” Myers had owned several home-
based businesses in the past, a lawn service and a
home-remodeling operation, and made enough money
to pay his bills, but he said he always ended up getting
burned out. “It wasn’t really my passion,” he said. Myers
said this time was different. He took his family’s
Christmas-present money and invested it in a home-
based business. This was the first step in what Myers
said is the dream he now gets to live every day. Five
months after starting his home business, Myers quit his
job and started working from home full time. Three
months after that, his wife quit her job and came home.
Last year, Myers started his dream business, Freedom
Now, a personal development and business consultation
company. So far this year, Myers’ company helped
organize the Black and Blue Ball for Harley-Davidson
and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has lined up
some of the entertainment for Boomtown Days and has
brought in Rebecca St. James for a concert during the
recent Airfest Joplin. As part of Freedom Now, Myers
also does some life coaching, encouraging people to
identify the life they want to live and live it. “I think at
some point in our lives, we realize what we’re good at,
begins dream
business
July 23rd 2007
By Melissa Dunson mdunson@joplinglobe.com
Jerry Myers didn’t become a minister for the money. In
fact, he hasn’t been paid as a pastor for the past five
years. But with a wife and three daughters, Myers knew
he had to find something to pay the bills. Myers said that
in the past year and a half, he’s tapped into his
entrepreneurial spirit and has been so successful that
he now works from home and makes enough money for
his wife to quit her job. He said he can be a full-time dad
and spend more time being a pastor. Myers was working
at a Joplin car lot, finding success as the top salesman,
but he said he was working from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., six or
seven days a week. “I made a lot of money, and my job
at the car lot afforded us a really nice life, but I was so
busy,” he said. “It didn’t make me a very successful
husband or father, and when you work as much as I was,
and then doing church on Sunday, there’s not much time
for anything else.” Myers had owned several home-
based businesses in the past, a lawn service and a
home-remodeling operation, and made enough money
to pay his bills, but he said he always ended up getting
burned out. “It wasn’t really my passion,” he said. Myers
said this time was different. He took his family’s
Christmas-present money and invested it in a home-
based business. This was the first step in what Myers
said is the dream he now gets to live every day. Five
months after starting his home business, Myers quit his
job and started working from home full time. Three
months after that, his wife quit her job and came home.
Last year, Myers started his dream business, Freedom
Now, a personal development and business consultation
company. So far this year, Myers’ company helped
organize the Black and Blue Ball for Harley-Davidson
and the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has lined up
some of the entertainment for Boomtown Days and has
brought in Rebecca St. James for a concert during the
recent Airfest Joplin. As part of Freedom Now, Myers
also does some life coaching, encouraging people to
identify the life they want to live and live it. “I think at
some point in our lives, we realize what we’re good at,
Jerry Myers
Working from his
home office in
Joplin Mo.
Working from his
home office in
Joplin Mo.
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but we don’t know how to take advantage of that,” he said. “Most people aren’t living on purpose. They’re just eaking
by. I want to help empower them to find their purpose.” Myers’ success is drawing attention. Last year, the company
asked Myers to join its leadership group in mentoring other company representatives. Aside from meeting certain
sales quotas, Myers said, a leading representative has to bring something new to the leadership group that is not yet
represented. “It makes it a real honor,” Myers said. “They didn’t just come out and say why they asked me, but my
energy is really high, and I have some new ideas about getting people to live presentations instead of over the
phone.” Myers recently was honored for his success in his Freedom Now business with an article in Home Business
Connection, a national publication for entrepreneurs. When Myers looks at the article and the picture of him with his
family, he tears up. “I remember when my director Rosalind Ventor was featured in the magazine, I remember
thinking, ‘Does this really happen to people?’” he said. “From that point on, I decided I was going to make it into that
magazine and that when I got there, there would be people who would read my story, and it would change their lives.”
Entrepreneurial spirit Rudolph Lewis, president of the National Association of Home Based Businesses, based in
Baltimore, Md., said Myers’ situation is the result of an entrepreneurial spirit. Many people try home-based
businesses and fail, he said, mostly because the people either weren’t entrepreneurs or didn’t find the right fit in a
business. “What makes (Myers) different, he’s an entrepreneur and the others are not,” Lewis said. “If you’re not an
entrepreneur, you won’t be successful in a home-based business. You can tell yourself you’re an entrepreneur all
you want, but it doesn’t make you one.” Lewis said entrepreneurs like Myers need to be willing to wear a variety of
hats in the company, and they must have marketing skills and be self-starters. The national association started in
1984, Lewis said, and has grown steadily. The association has about 5,000 members representing more than 600
business and product classifications. Lewis said the popularity of the Internet is what revolutionized the industry and
made home-based businesses really successful. As for Myers, he said this is only the beginning for him. “I pick and
choose when I want to work now,” he said. “It’s made me available as a pastor in a way I couldn’t be when I was
working full time on the car lot. I’m free to minister and be with my family, which is the greatest ministry of all.”
Melissa Dunson is the business writer for The Joplin Globe.
by. I want to help empower them to find their purpose.” Myers’ success is drawing attention. Last year, the company
asked Myers to join its leadership group in mentoring other company representatives. Aside from meeting certain
sales quotas, Myers said, a leading representative has to bring something new to the leadership group that is not yet
represented. “It makes it a real honor,” Myers said. “They didn’t just come out and say why they asked me, but my
energy is really high, and I have some new ideas about getting people to live presentations instead of over the
phone.” Myers recently was honored for his success in his Freedom Now business with an article in Home Business
Connection, a national publication for entrepreneurs. When Myers looks at the article and the picture of him with his
family, he tears up. “I remember when my director Rosalind Ventor was featured in the magazine, I remember
thinking, ‘Does this really happen to people?’” he said. “From that point on, I decided I was going to make it into that
magazine and that when I got there, there would be people who would read my story, and it would change their lives.”
Entrepreneurial spirit Rudolph Lewis, president of the National Association of Home Based Businesses, based in
Baltimore, Md., said Myers’ situation is the result of an entrepreneurial spirit. Many people try home-based
businesses and fail, he said, mostly because the people either weren’t entrepreneurs or didn’t find the right fit in a
business. “What makes (Myers) different, he’s an entrepreneur and the others are not,” Lewis said. “If you’re not an
entrepreneur, you won’t be successful in a home-based business. You can tell yourself you’re an entrepreneur all
you want, but it doesn’t make you one.” Lewis said entrepreneurs like Myers need to be willing to wear a variety of
hats in the company, and they must have marketing skills and be self-starters. The national association started in
1984, Lewis said, and has grown steadily. The association has about 5,000 members representing more than 600
business and product classifications. Lewis said the popularity of the Internet is what revolutionized the industry and
made home-based businesses really successful. As for Myers, he said this is only the beginning for him. “I pick and
choose when I want to work now,” he said. “It’s made me available as a pastor in a way I couldn’t be when I was
working full time on the car lot. I’m free to minister and be with my family, which is the greatest ministry of all.”
Melissa Dunson is the business writer for The Joplin Globe.
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