It is not
too hard to imagine but today, he looks like a successful family and business
person. And believe it
or not he is now one of the largest distributors of
Resensa Green Iced Tea, the flagship product of Harmonde, a direct
marketing distribution company.
Rads now only work for, at the most, four hours in a day, and often uses his
cellphone for doing his business. He helps his wife teach their kids under a
home study program and goes out with them several times a week. His ancestors
has just moved to a bigger home as his wife will soon give birth to their third
child.
But in precision, Rads treaded a not too unfamiliar path for those who come
from similar backgrounds.
Reynaldo Antonio Datol Sy or Rads is second among four kids in a family that
mostly lived just scarcely above subsistence and had a private secretary-mom
and a banker-dad who later went separate ways.
He shares that he was as a "bad boy" way back then. "I was into
drugs and petty crimes. I was known for the most reasons in our place in La
Loma. My parents had no time to look over us and I made full use of it to have
my own kind of fun." He said.
His life bounced back slowly but dramatically after experiencing a spiritual renewal
and appealing himself in his own vision of success.
And after becoming a Christian, still, things did not turn out well fast. He
plunged to his lowest ebb - he became a taong grasa, living on park benches. He
used more drugs than ever before and slept in drug pushers'' dens. This, after
his family kicked him out of the house for being La Loma''s worst drinker and
for his drug addiction.
I had
nothing. For maybe a year, I owe the same clothes, did not take a bath and did
not know where to get food," Rads shares. "I became a certified
hobo."
Rads explains that "what helped me turn around from bad to good is a
vision - that I could do big things with God''s help, and that I could work so
that my own family would be spared the hardships and horror I
experienced."
"I started by pulling away from things and persons that kept me down. I
started to g to church often and met new friends, real friends," he said.
His vision later found substance in product distribution and network marketing.
"I heard one of the business leaders speak about achieving prosperity by
giving the highest premium to one''s wife and kids. That took hold of me,"
said Rads.
"What is good about product distribution or network marketing is that it
levels the playing field. No credentials are required - just sheer
determination and hours of hard work," Rads said.
He adds that "it offered hope to me and people like me who had less in
life, had no college diploma and with no heirlooms to expect."
And so in 1999, he plunged himself into a four-month long study of the product
distribution system and network marketing. "I attended seminars everyday
and listened intently to the speakers. I even recorded their talks so I could
review when I got home."
I had
nothing. For maybe a year, I owe the same clothes, did not take a bath and did
not know where to get food," Rads shares. "I became a certified
hobo."
Rads explains that "what helped me turn around from bad to good is a
vision - that I could do big things with God''s help, and that I could work so
that my own family would be spared the hardships and horror I
experienced."
"I started by pulling away from things and persons that kept me down. I
started to g to church often and met new friends, real friends," he said.
His vision later found substance in product distribution and network marketing.
"I heard one of the business leaders speak about achieving prosperity by
giving the highest premium to one''s wife and kids. That took hold of me,"
said Rads.
"What is good about product distribution or network marketing is that it
levels the playing fielddentials are required - just sheer
determination and hours of hard work," Rads said.
He adds that "it offered hope to me and people like me who had less in
life, had no college diploma and with no heirlooms to expect."
Rad is a good example for those undergraduate, or even your just only an high school
graduate… the most important is the dedication, effort, hard working and faith
in god.