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That's a bad man. No, that's a bad man. No, that's a bad man. It's time to man up with Satan's nightmare, Nakia Koloff. Jennifer Dowd has built multiple eight-figure teams globally.
Her and her husband, featured in Success Magazine, Prosper Magazine, has helped John Maxwell, I'm sure you've heard of him before, write one of his most recent books, featured on Celebrity Apprentice as a guest judge, not once, but twice, and has mentored leaders around the world. It's great to have you on. It's always fun to have a woman on. It's time to man up, Jennifer. Oh.
I love that. I love that. Yes, we are bringing some girl power to the show today. We are. That's exactly right.
I like that girl power because one of the things, you know, we always try to do, you know, we've had just a variety of guests on the show over the years, talking from all walks of life. And of course, I'm excited with that introduction because not only we'll dive into your business acumen and all of that and our recent introduction and how we have partnered up in business. And excited to talk about that in a little bit as well. But let's start. I'm curious.
I was thinking on my drive to the studio today about your introduction. And so do your grandchildren, because you know, over here on the East Coast or in the South, let's say, you know, they have everything from Papa to Mimi to Mama to all the, I'm just curious, what do your grandkids call you? My grandkids call me Mimi.
So I am Mimi.
Okay. Yes, I was thinking Grammy because I had a Grammy that I just loved. And my kids are like, Mom, you're too young to be Grammy.
So they actually gave you the name Mimi. I like it.
Well, so funny side note on that.
So when my first grandchild is now, well, this. This summer will be seventeen.
Okay. Okay. And when my daughter asked me that question, what do you want to be called? And I go. I'm old school, old tradit grandpa.
They're like But you're not old enough to be a grandpa, I said. I appreciate that, but I'm old school, so all my grandkids call me grandpa. You are grandpa. See, I didn't know that. I really would have been good being Grammy, but I really was 46 when I became a grandma.
And they're like, no, you can't be. You're too young and too cool, Mom.
Okay. Well, and I'm going to, so similar.
So we have a similarity there. I'm going to age myself for my listeners, but I was 50 when the first grandchild was born.
So not too far ahead of you. You're a young grandpa, too. I love it. I was. I was a young grandpa.
Now, fast forward 17 years later, for those who. Couldn't do the math, I'll help you out. Nu number fifteen is is is arrived and so yeah, so fif fifteen grandchildren later. Wow. Holy cow.
Well, we are just about to pop out number nine.
So you're ahead of me. I mean, it sounds like I started later, but I mean, you're really ahead of me. I started earlier.
Sorry, not later. Earlier. But you're ahead. And I have, and so, so for our listeners, so okay, so most of them know, many of them know, not all of them know, that, of course, I have four girls. I jokingly say I raised four, I say I raised four children, all boys except for four of them.
Ha ha ha, right? And so obviously those girls have been laboring, pun intended there, to produce children.
So what are the age ranges of your grandkids?
Well, my grandbabies range from Eight months, I should say, no, no, no, yes, eight months. That's right, eight months all the way to nine years old. And well, then you'll have a newborn, too, right? Yep, we have one on its way, and we are so excited about that little one. We can hardly stand it.
We have six weeks. Six weeks. Eight months to nine years currently. And actually, we have a newborn as well.
So from newborn to 17 years for me, right? Oh, I love it. Yes. And they're just the best things. Aren't they just the best?
This is the best part of life, Steve.
Well, you know what makes it so special is you can spoil them rotten and then send them home all jacked up on sugar, you know. That's right. That's right. That's what we do. And then you don't have to deal with it.
The mom and dad have to deal with it with tearing up the house, right? That's right. Yep. Hey, you know what I love? We get to sleep.
We get to sleep. That's right. No sleepless nights for us. We get to play and then get rest. Exactly.
Now, and on that note, because for anyone who doesn't have grandchildren, I will tell you, they will wear you out. Right, Jennifer? Oh, man. Oh, man. We have so much.
much fun. We have so much fun and then we are like destroyed. When they go home we're we're spent. It's like wow, wow. That was a whirlwind.
Yeah. Yeah, exhausted, right? Totally exhausted.
So, all right, so so you're Mimi, which which is interesting 'cause what I didn't tell our listeners is you are out in the great state of California and so I didn't know if Mimi would exist it but apparently exists in California. Mimi. Yeah, it does. I think it's kind of a trending grandma name. I mean, I really didn't know that until I took the name, but it's kind of like when you buy a white.
A white car, and all of a sudden, everybody's driving the car. I feel like everybody's driving the name Mimi all of a sudden. It gets it, yeah, the the the color of the car get or the and the make of the car gets in your brain also you see it everywhere, right? That's right, that's right, crazy how that works. And so, okay, so so eight, eight grandchildren, one on the way.
So, so how many t t take a minute, tell us about your children. Oh my goodness, my children are amazing. Of course, I think every mother would say she has the best kids in the world. But I have three sons and one daughter. I have three daughter-in-loves and one son-in-law.
And I actually have the best son-in-law in the world. I tell him that every day, he's the only one I have, but he's the best one. That's awesome.
So, something else in common.
So, four children you and I have in common.
So, we go. Isn't that crazy? It is. It is. Although, no boys.
And what's funny is when we had the first grandchild, you know, Salem or the granddaughter, I'm like, Lord. Are you going to put any boys into this mix here at all? Other than other, other than the husbands to my daughters, you know? But he eventually did. He eventually did.
Now the boys outnumber the girls.
So it's eight boys and seven girls.
So it's almost split down the middle, though. Oh, yeah. No, we're see over here, we're still riding heavy on the boys. I mean, we still are heavy on the boys.
So we will have six grandsons, three granddaughters. I mean, the boys are just rocking the world over here.
Well, I'm not a mathematician, but three sons and one daughter, the ratio seems fairly even there. Yeah. All right. And and uh of course I I I referenced you are a wife. Take a take a minute.
Tell us about your hubby. Oh my gosh. I am married to the love of my life. We've been married for 36 years. He was my high school sweetheart.
Come on. really truly the first You know, boy that I ever truly loved. And he's just the love of my life. He's amazing. And his name is Darren.
His name is Darren, and he is. one of the most brilliant, strong, faithful men that you'll ever meet. He's done extraordinary things, absolutely extraordinary things, and accomplished things that I wouldn't have even imagined in my wildest imagination when I married him. But he really is like one of the most humble Servants you'll ever meet in your life. He's very, very special.
High school sweethearts, you know, you see, you hear those stories every now and then, and it almost sounds like a Hallmark movie. It does, right? You know, but by the way, congratulations on 36 years. That's that's that's amazing. Congratulations.
Oh, yeah, I know it sounds like a Hallmark movie, but you know, if there's 36 years, there have been some up and downs. No, no, you mean it hasn't been all. Oh, it's just been roses all the way. Totally. We laughed.
We laughed. Just a path of rose petals the whole entire way, right? The whole entire way. You know, my dad, my mom and dad have been married for 65 years. And I tell my dad all the time, I'm like, Dad, what's your best marriage advice?
He said, Listen, you just kiss each other every time you walk by each other. Every time you pass, kiss each other. Wow. Wow, dad gra dad's advice for those out there listening, sixty five years of marriage. Uh, every time you pass each other, kiss each other.
Just show each other attention and affection, it sounds like. Yeah, yeah, that's good advice, right? Yeah, 65 years. Wow, that's a great. Please tell them, congratulations on that.
That's amazing as well. Oh, my God. I will. They're 85. Both my parents are alive and they've been in love since they were 19 years old.
I think they're more in love every day. I'm really not sure they've ever had a down. I'm not sure they've ever had an up and down. I just feel like it's been up all the way for them. Wow.
Now, are you going to tell me they were high school sweethearts too?
So they've been married since? No, no, no, no. They met in college. They met in college. Okay.
All right, so they're college sweethearts. Mm-hmm.
So high s you and they are the high school sweethearts? They're college sweethearts. Yeah. Well, that's fun. That's pretty amazing.
That that is.
So well, uh, you know, I met I mentioned you you know, you're out out on the West Coast out in California. And uh so have you ba d you is that I mean, I know it's home, but you grow up there, born and raised there.
Well, kind of interesting. I was born in San Jose, California. And then I have a I have two siblings that are seven and eight years older than me.
So I'm the baby, baby, baby, baby. And so when my brother and sister were in high school, it was a little crazy in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to my parents.
So they thought they would move us to Boise, Idaho, you know, the promised land, where it's a little more calm and chill. And so I grew up really from when I was eight until college in Boise, Idaho. And then as soon as I went to college, my parents moved back to California.
So as soon as we had babies, I followed them back to California because I wanted to raise my kids. They really are the best parents on the planet, and I wanted to make sure my kids had a lot of time with my parents.
So, you know, sharing that with them.
So, yep, so here we are back in California. We've been here for. Gosh, how long have we been here? Let me think. My oldest son is 34, so we've been here 33 years.
33 years.
Well, just one more thing, Jennifer, we have in common. I'm the baby of my family.
Now, I'm a big baby.
Now, I don't mean in the sense of being a whiner, but I'm talking physically in stature. I'm bigger than my older sister and my two older brothers.
So much, much, much leaner and trimmer than me. But anyway, just a lot of people, Jennifer. We have a lot in common. We do. This is fun.
So, so. I want to dive into in a moment, I want to dive into how we met and when I referenced us being in business together now. Another interesting little side note, though, is I learned in meeting you and getting to know you that you've had some time on the East Coast. In fact, you were with a company a number of years ago that was headquartered really kind of in my backyard, you know, Concord, Kannapolis, outside of Charlotte. I guess world headquarters was there.
And so you made over the years, I'm guessing, a number of trips into the Charlotte community, right? Nikita Cola Fair and I am excited. Did you hear the huge announcement, the big announcement?
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In fact, many, many trips into Charlotte, North Carolina. Really, that is where Um I I say I got my MBA in business there. Yeah, no, and I understand that. We'll explain that in just a moment as well. You know, as I mentioned in my introduction, you know, and it.
You've obviously been very successful out in the business world. I know we've talked, you and your husband have had some traditional businesses that have been very successful, direct sales businesses that have been extremely successful. I mean, otherwise, folks, as I'm talking with Jennifer here, if she wasn't successful, she wouldn't have been featured in Success Magazine. Hello, I'm just saying. And not to mention Prosper Magazine.
I don't know if you caught it in my introduction, but she has built-let me just emphasize: eight-figure business. Teams globally.
So if you I'm not again, I'm not a mathematician, but if you do the math on that, that's a lot of zeros, okay, is what is what that translates to. But, Jennifer, before we get to the global business, take a minute and give us a little background. I know you said you, you know, you're MBA in business, but give us your background. Like, what are some of the traditional businesses that you and Darren were involved in?
Well, our traditional businesses that we've been involved in, actually before we got involved in direct sales or that industry, we had a book fair company and we were partners on a dental practice. It's an interesting story. My husband's not a dentist, but my brother is. He asked us to be partners and kind of help him expand multiple offices. And so we did that.
And we just loved business ownership. We always loved it. But it was interesting. I mean, we went to business ownership because my husband I worked for corporate America for many years and you know the little A little trick in corporate America is a lot of times when you get on salary, you think you're getting a raise, but you're actually getting a demotion because you're expected to work more hours. Even though it's more pay, you're working way more hours.
So dollar per hour, he was making less. And we just, you know, we, yeah, somehow that got mixed up. And so we decided, you know what, we're going to go ahead and write our own paycheck and be business owners.
So anyway, that was a great route for us, but it did take. You know, it took a lot of time. The good news is we could determine how many hours we worked and how much money we wanted to make. But there was a cap on that because we didn't have leverage in what we were doing.
So we found we found ourselves in a spot where he was gone from home a lot.
Well, and for those, there are probably some out there that can relate. You know, you're offered that pay raise and they go, oh, but by the way, right, or from hourly to salary. And the minute you go do that, then they're like, oh, but we need you to work 70 hours from home as well as being in the office. You know, I'm exaggerating slightly. Yeah, but that's about it right there.
You nailed it. There's a different expectation, right? The minute you go salary, they're like, well, what do you mean you can't work, you know, overtime tonight? You know, you're on salary, right?
So anyway.
Okay, so you made the leap from the corporate world into direct sales. And of course, that's how we most recently met as well. I know you've been involved in a part of that industry for many years. I actually was trying to. Calculated.
I first got involved in that industry right after, right after, literally a month after retiring from the crazy wrestling world in 1993, technically December of 92, I got involved in that industry, in that world, and just kind of fell in love with it. Like I just, I saw what you're talking about, the opportunity to just kind of create your own income, create your own hours, no limit to what you can earn just based on the effort you put in and having patience and all of that. Give us a so you made that leap. What's a success story or two? Because I know you're big on helping others in addition to being successful yourself.
Share a story or two on what you've done to help others be successful in that space.
Well, I think the biggest thing, and this just gets me really fired up when I talk about this. Um when we got involved in direct sales. Really, where we were is my husband, Darren, he was gone about 80 to 100 hours a week.
So we we do live in California and his commute was two hours each direction every, you know, Monday through Friday.
So he was gone. I mean, you know, he had a four-hour commute every Monday through Friday.
So he would like, he would leave before we got up in the morning. Me and the four kids, and he'd get home a lot of times after we were back in bed. We just didn't see each other, and really, we fell in love with Jesus. I mean, this is what happened: we got involved in a Bible study, and we literally fell in love with Jesus. And all of a sudden, you know, we'd prayed for years, like, God, like, please show us a business.
Like, we love business ownership, but can you point us to one that maybe doesn't demand quite so many hours or the commute? But we fell in love with Jesus and Our prayers started changing. We're like, Lord, show us a business that will allow us more time for ministry. And our family, and you know, just to do your work. And so that really led to us finding network marketing.
It's a crazy story, but ultimately, we really did have a heart that, like, you know, we wanted to grow the kingdom. We wanted to do amazing things for the Lord while, you know, while owning our business and having time with our family. And so when we got involved in network marketing, it was just a weird thing. Like the Lord really blessed it. I'm very humbled.
I want you to know I. I don't really take credit for what we've done. I did do work, but I know we were very, very blessed. And what ended up happening is You know, we just got on our knees right when we started our business and we gave it to the Lord. We just let him know, hey, you know, let this be your, let our business be your business, be in our business.
And we just prayed that everybody we met, that we would just be able to love them and really impact their lives for the better. And if people felt more valued, they felt seen and heard, and they felt more of who God created them to be because we were in contact with them, then we won. If they joined our business, that was a bonus, right? Yeah. And so it was interesting.
You know, when we knelt down and said that prayer, we promised the Lord that we would give him 10% of we give 10% to the church of, you know, everything that came through our pipeline through that business. And we did that from day one. And I remember a pastor said to me a long time ago, you can always tell what's important to people by the way they spend their time and their money. And we also knew from ministry that a lot of times pastors have a vision, but they don't have the provision. They lack the provision.
And so we really were on a mission to do something amazing. And I. I just know the Lord blessed it.
So, what ended up happening, in kind of a nutshell, I would say this is the most exciting story I could tell you: is that we never were like recruiting within our business or sharing. with people at church, but we were just sharing with people outside of church. And as we were making an impact on their lives, people wanted to know, what are you doing? What's different? And we found all of a sudden that people started coming to church with us.
And even that kind of helped grow our church. But we ended up outgrowing our church two different times. And because of The provision that God was blessing us with, and us passing that on to the church. Um, you know, we were able to help establish an amazing home for our church family. And I think probably it ended up happening two different times.
I don't know if you want me to go into all that, but we've been involved in some church planning and being a part of two big churches that exist out here in the Modesto, California area. But I'll remember, like, one of my favorite things was: I'll never forget this, our pastor sent me. And they're in a card. I can't remember what summer this was. I want to say it was like maybe 2009, but it said, I just want to send you guys a thank you.
And I want you to know that I'm praying for your business, and I pray that the Lord continues to bless your business as you continue to bless the kingdom of God. He said, I want you to know that you're just what you've given. This summer has paid every church expense that we have. And I just remember thinking, oh my word, by holy cow. But it is it really, like for me, I go back and I think, man, when I saw.
The business plan that I saw years ago, I remember God putting like that yes in me: like, go, girl, go. Like, this is what I have for you, go. And sometimes I think we hesitate. You know, when God says go, He means now. And I've thought so many times, what if I wouldn't have said that yes?
You know? And so I'm really, I'm so grateful that we have been able to do some of that work through our business.
So, anyway, that might have been more than you asked for, but I'm going to give that back to you. No, it's not.
So, just to recap there, real quick.
So, you've had through your success, your financial success, but in helping others, you've been able to help fund a number of churches and just that one testimony right there that every expense was paid because of your guys giving. And all that leads me into in our last few minutes here, the time just goes so fast here, is in us and us partnering up. And people are probably wondering, you know, what company we're partnered in. I will give you that before we conclude. But you've been helpful because I've been kind of wrapping my head around what do I want to do here?
You know, how do I want to present this? How do I want to move forward? And you used the word provision several times. And so I just put, you know, what? I'm going to do.
To work on the provision project, and I'm going to bring others aboard. And it's been fun partnering with you, and of course, Robert, who our listeners will hear from here as well down the road. And as part of the Provision Project, Jennifer, I wrote this down: strengthen the body, fund the mission, and build the legacy. Strengthen the body, fund the mission, and build the legacy. And so, I've always been a nutrition guy for many, many, many, many years, 50 plus years.
And of course, always got my head on a swivel and looking for something of quality. And of course, through a mutual friend, we met. We've partnered now with a company called Tranant. Just go ahead and let the cat out of the bag. A company called Tranant that have, for me, just state-of-the-art cutting products, you know.
uh lab tested, clinically studied, plant-based. But take a minute, we've only got a couple of minutes left here and and just tell our listeners out there why they might want to uh delve deeper into checking this out. Oh, yeah. Oh my gosh. And I'm so blessed to be partnered with you.
I'm so excited about what we're creating. But if you really, if everybody just, Think about this. People today, they're really struggling in two areas. Most people are struggling with their health and their finances. Like just think about it.
Like when it comes to the health, it could be just as simple as stress, low energy, maybe weight management, aging, sleep, hormones, whatever it is.
Okay, so we have the health thing on one side, but then on the other side, we have rising costs. People have less time than they've ever had. They have no backup plan. And so if we all just think about this, like if nothing changes in the next five years. Will you be where you want to be?
when it comes to health and finances. And that's really why what we're doing is so impactful. I mean, right now. I believe the health and wellness industry is booming. People are looking for alternative ways to solve their problems, but they're also looking for like an amazing flexible online income.
People want to work remotely. They want to make their hours what they can so they have time for their family. They can prioritize their church work or whatever their passion is. And so we really sit right at the intersection of both. I don't think timing could be any better than it is right now for what we're actually doing.
And I love sharing what we're doing.
So, anyway, I'm going to hand it back to you. No, that's amazing. And I think I'll just say if COVID taught us anything, it's that we can work remotely. You know, we can work from home. And so this industry just falls right in line with that.
And so, you know, I'm excited to be working with you and Robert. And, you know, part of my vision is to help people get healthy, certainly through the products, help them create, if wealth is finances, is an issue for them, to help them turn that corner as well. And just looking to place strong people, position strong people around me and around us, Jennifer, to help us achieve some amazing goals that we've all set for ourselves. And so, Jennifer Dowd, woman, businesswoman, extraordinaire, wife, mom, grandma, and but you can't get any better than this to partner with someone who's. Who's helped build eight-figure incomes globally around the world?
Last but not least, you're wondering how did I find out more? Go to Trenot.com/slash Koloff. That's T-R-A-N-O-N-T dot com/slash Koloff, last name Koloff, K-O-L-O-F-F. Jennifer, thank you for being on the show today. Oh my gosh, I had a blast and I am so excited about where we're going, what we're creating, and for anybody to have the blessing to be partnered with you.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Well, it's going to be a fun journey together.
And for all our listeners out there, I encourage you to go out today and just have a God blessed and we God feel. Wow. Amen.
