Age: 38

Family: Cindy (sister) 40; Brothers: Aaron, 35; Timothy, 26

Highest Education: Completed most of 12th grade

Year Started Business: 1994

Type Of Business: Health nutrition and weight loss

Market: Anyone looking for better health and/or weight loss and who wouldn’t mind earning some extra income

Number Of Employees: None

Best Month (Gross Revenues): $36,000

Hours Worked Per Week During Start-Up: About 65 to 80 hours a week—"That’s what I was giving my employer, so it only made sense to work as hard for me as I did with an employer."

Hours Worked Per Week Now: "Now that I have the business under control, it takes maybe 16 to 20 hours weekly to make it work great."

Favorite Business Magazines: Forbes—"This magazine helped me immensely to learn how to do taxes properly."

Favorite Business Books Or Authors: Audio books of motivational and inspirational speakers, such as Jim Rohn, Anthony Robbins, and James Ray

Relaxes By: Car shows—"I love speed and power and own a few beautiful cars myself...I have a lot of fun with these vehicles."

Keeps In Shape By: "I’m a very big believer in keeping extremely healthy...because you have to be healthy first in order to help others be healthy."

Favorite Part Of The Job: Helping someone conquer a health problem or a weight loss situation while helping them with their finances, because, until someone is financially healthy, everything else will suffer

Least Favorite Part Of The Job: "When someone gives up on me, they also give up on themselves. I often see bigger and better things in someone else’s life than they can see on their own."

Companies Admired: Herbalife International, Amway, and Mary Kay—"These companies have created more millionaires than any other company on the planet."

Favorite Quotes: For things to change, you must change. – Jim Rohn; To be different, you must make a difference. – Dr. Katzen; You're more than you think you are. – Mark Hughes

The Person Who Most Influenced His Life: Mark Hughes—"His life was a legacy for all of us to stand back and admire. With only a ninth grade education and very little money, he created one of the largest companies on the planet. I would have followed this man anywhere."

Heroes: "While some people are complaining about their lives, there are hundreds—maybe even thousands—of people that are challenging themselves. Some may be in a wheelchair, or maybe they have other physical challenges. Yet they go on day by day making the best of every day. When I think the world is coming down on me, I look to them with all their challenges. These are my heroes."

Special Accomplishments: Included in the 2000 Who’s Who in American Business; featured in Today magazine in 2000; received several other achievements and awards too numerous to mention

Months Before Achieving A Profit: Three days

Any Books, Tapes, Or Reports Authored: An autobiography entitled A Boy I Knew Once, due out in spring 2003

Contact Mark At: (517) 882-5620, (517) 882-5180 or markpgruell@Ameritech.net.