Success Stories
Tishina Pettiford
Senior Vice President
“You can make excuses or you can make money but you can’t do both” was a quote that I lived by when starting 5LINX. I knew that in order for me to achieve my goals in life I would have to make some changes. Changes that would make me into a better person and then I could live each day by taking one step towards freedom. I never knew that following the so called American Dream of completing college, getting a good job and owning a home would make me feel like a caged animal. As if someone was giving me just enough to survive.
Completing college at the University of Maryland College Park was just the beginning. After college I went into the field of teaching. However, having a love for children wasn’t enough to pay the bills. Therefore, I decided to go into Corporate America; a place where I could work my way up a ladder that had a glass ceiling. After watching my boss who was about to retire go threw changes with the company, I decided that I didn’t want that to be me. I would lay my head down every night and pray for a better way. I Thank God that he answers prayers and I was smart enough to know that 5LINX was the answer.
Now, I wake up every day and I decide where I spend my time. My husband Brian and I have a 5-year-old little boy named Joshua. He is the reason why I’m so passionate about this business. I want him to have the things in life that I didn’t, travel the world and expose him to a different way of living.
Instead of worrying about what every one would say and being afraid of hearing the word no or I’m not interested, I made up my mind that one day I would be SVP, and that goal was accomplished in 17 months. I often tell people “life is about choices, STOP spending all of your time in the areas of your life that you want to change, make short term sacrifices for long term goals and you too will reach your true potential.”