New 40/40 Club member Derek Reynolds was originally born in New York City, the eldest of three siblings. He has lived in Charlotte and Greensboro, NC, Port St. Lucie, FL, and now resides in Locust Grove, GA. Derek tells us that he has worked in corporate America all of his adult life, until a series of corporate outsourcing and downsizing led him to become a PlanNet Marketing Rep/InteleTravel Agent full time.
Derek was a professional bowler from 2000 to 2012, with one PBA Title, 46–300s (perfect games), 48–800s (three-game series averaging 267 or better) and many other titles! He enjoys watching football (NY Giants), basketball (Golden State Warriors) and UFC. He says that he also loves going to amusement parks, having one year visited eight parks in four states!.
He relates, “My travel life started about three years ago. My manager from corporate America said to me, ‘Derek you are traveling all over the country, staying at hotels - why don’t you get paid for doing what you are doing anyway?’ I watched a video about being a Travel Agent, went to a meeting, signed up, and never looked back. I LOVE WHAT I DO!
“My mentor and ‘Little Brother’ David Dacosta is absolutely the best. When I first spoke to him about mentoring me back in March 2016, he agreed, even though at that time I was with another business venture. I joined PlanNet Marketing on October 31, 2016.
“A lot of my success comes from my incredible leadership - David Dacosta, Andre Sinclair, Taryn Cox, Mona Grandison, and Patrice Ray! Even though I do not have any upline here in Atlanta with me, I can literally call on any one of them at ANYTIME! Not everyone has a great personal relationship with their Directors. I am truly blessed because I have that. I did not want to market the business as much as I wanted to learn the travel side; however my Directors saw something in me and were determined to bring it to the surface. My confidence level has skyrocketed within the last four to five months to where I feel I can become a One-Star Director by the end of our 40 Days/40 Nights.
“Because of PlanNet Marketing, I have obtained a confidence in myself as well as developed an entrepreneurial mindset, which has grown to levels that I did not know I had. I would also like to give a ‘shout out’ to Alfred Ingram! In the absence of David Dacosta, he has taken me under his wing and has been there to mentor, educate, encourage, and commend my accomplishments. I AM TRULY WITH THE BEST PLACE ON THE PLANNET!”