Mike Irving:  

CLASS OF 1970
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Redondo beach, CA

Mike's Story

After 16 years as a Ticket Agent for Continental Airlines (and 2 airline bankruptcies), I left CAL in 1986 and became financial advisor with what later became American Express Financial Advisors. In 2002, I sold my advisors business and began looking for an Online business opportunity. Like many people, I tried one MLM after another... always meeting some really nice people. Some were very successful. Yet, many of us who worked real hard... ended up with far less success than desired. Since 2002, the Internet has evolved a lot...hugely about every five years or so. I knew there must be a way to make money using the Internet... I just needed to find what would work well for me. In July of 2013, I found a business that has many "already done for you" tools... plus, some amazing mentors. I love helping people and my business is all about Personal Development and How To build your own successful online biz... without selling... without phone calls... without face-to-face meetings with customers. My primary tasks are about generating traffic to my website... and guiding new entrepreneurs to their training. I'm already having some success and looking forward to transitioning this to a mostly automated online biz within a year or so. With the rapid change in technology... now more and more people are able to have success with their own online biz... resulting in more financial security... and if done right, a whole bunch of time freedom. I have always done pretty well at controlling my working environment. Most of my time at CAL was a blast! And, my second career as a financial advisor was also an awesome adventure... again getting to help people and be my own boss. During my time at CAL, I also had a side biz doing radio trade-out advertising and promotions as a rep for lodging properties and ski areas. I negotiated contracts... wrote... and voiced some radio commercials. And, because ski resorts never had big budg...Expand for more
ets, I negotiated myself a deal to get paid with lodging and lift tickets. Since I had free passes with the airlines... my free lodging and lifts made for some really fun ski trips. My wife, Kris, and I have been married since 1990 (second marriage for both of us). We have a wonderful grown daughter, Heidi, from Kris' first marriage. Kris and I live in the San Diego area and are blessed with some great friends. We love to travel. Our favorites are cruises to Alaska, the coastal areas of the central California... Oregon and Washington... plus our annual trips to the beautiful red rock country of Sedona, Arizona. Oh... I have also recently developed interest in a bit of energy independence. As you might realize, living in mostly sunny Southern California... with gas prices and electrical bills so high... it just makes sense to consider solar panels for the roof of your home if at all possible. So, in 2011, Kris and I had 14 solar panels installed on the roof of our home. We went a bit more solar in January 2012 by getting an all-electric Nissan Leaf. Since 95% of the time, I drive way less than the 100 mile per charge range... it became a "no-brainer" decision for us. And, we have loved thumbing our noses at gas stations and generating free electrical energy with our solar panels. Plus, it's also helping the planet a bit. Well, that's all I got for now. Wishing you much peace... joy... excitement... and adventure! BTW... my favorite quote: "A man on his death bed never wished he had spent more time at the office." Life IS all about choices... so choose wisely! Choose NOT to let those people who cut you off on the freeway... mess-up the rest of your day. Don't give them that power. Truth is they are not even thinking about you. So, why let them disrupt one bit more of your day? Choose to spend more time with family and friends... This way... in the end... you will have far fewer regrets! Happy Trails!!
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