There is a saying that you can’t help others unless you help yourself. I’d like to think there’s no point in helping yourself if you can’t help others in the process. As I said in my last blog, I can’t help but feel that I don’t really make much of a difference in the world with the work that I do. That’s why on January 1^st, I launched [1] Debt Free Earth. The mission statement of [1] Debt Free Earth is to help the earth get debt-free, one person at a time. By eliminating consumer debt and mortgage debt, I truly believe people will be happier, healthier and less stressed, leading to a better society overall. Now I have to admit, this mission was not my own. The man who started this mission is Dave Ireland, the president of IYD, Inc., [3] Invest In Your Debt. Dave was a Vice President of Finance with Eastman Kodak and retired at age 48 only to discover he was $250,000 in debt. Through what he has taught, he not only became debt free but founded his company. I have taught seminars on debt elimination using Dave’s materials and it’s awesome when someone comes up to me and tells me how using what I taught helped them. There is no better feeling than knowing I truly have made a difference in someone’s life and the lives of their family. Like Dave Ireland, I think I can make a difference on a more global scale, thus the website was born. So, hopefully I can help people out, make a difference in their lives and maybe help myself in the process. Because you can’t help others unless you help yourself, right?