PlanNet Marketing is pleased to welcome Aleasha Stevens to the 20/20 Club! She says, “Growing up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA I envisioned two things: teaching and living in France. Unfortunately, as a single mom, teaching barely put food on the table. So, I left the classroom to become a trainer, pre-sales engineer, and marketer for an edtech company. Climbing that ladder led me to the vice presidency of a school accreditation organization where I experienced more financial freedom but little time freedom, so I took a leap of faith to become a full-time entrepreneur. Now, with PlanNet Marketing, I can still coach, train, and develop people while traveling the world!
“My love for travel was sparked in my senior year of high school as a foreign exchange student in Paris. In college, I studied abroad in ten countries throughout South America, Asia, and Africa, where I also had the opportunity to go on a safari with my mother while she was living in Saudi Arabia for ten years. Later, my corporate travels took me to Japan, the UK, and every state in the US except Alaska. However, my thirst for France could not be quenched, even after taking a sabbatical to teach there.
“While I have decades of transferable skills and expertise from other industries, I had to humble myself and recognize that I don’t know jack (excuse my French) about the travel industry. So, any time our leadership recommends a book, Amazon makes a sale. When they say, “do this” I do that. Get plugged in: ✓. Make a list: ✓. Get more nos: ✓. Pique, show, and 3-way: ✓✓✓. My stance is this: I’ll do exactly what you say is right unless it’s proven wrong. So far, they’ve never steered me wrong.
“Ultimately, it’s my love of reading, traveling, and learning that makes this work feel more like a vacation because, as they say, “when you do what you love, you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
