The Bill Porter Story
Bill Porter who has suffered from cerebral palsy his entire life and made his living walking door to door selling Watkin's products. He can no longer walk so he uses the Internet to sell to his established and admiring customers on line.
Bill Porter
Portland, Oregon
Print Bill's picture out and hang it on my wall with the words.
“Poor Baby, you should be ashamed of yourself. You want to quit. How dare you!"
Lessons Learned:
- Use whatever resources and talents you have at your disposal. Don't cry about what you lack. Don't waste time wishing for something you don't have. Use what you got, NOW!
- Create value. In these times the cover letter and resume probably will fail to get you where you want. You have to create a value outside of yourself. You gotta have something that someone wants. Now, go figure out something to bring to the table that they want.
- Recognize the many faces of value.
- Work hard. Pray harder.
- Take it Easy! It takes time to create something of value. Patience. Persistence.
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Ten Things I Learned from Bill Porter: The Inspiring True Story of the Door-to-Door Salesman Who Changed Lives
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April 2002
Bill Porter worked for the Watkins Corp., selling
household products door-to-door in one of Portland’s worst
neighborhoods. Afflicted with cerebral palsy and burdened with continual
pain, Porter was determined not to live on government disability and
went on to become Watkins’s top-grossing salesman in Portland, the
Northwest, and the U.S. This book was written by the woman who worked as
Porter’s typist and driver and later became his friend and cospeaker.
The “ten things” include Mother Knows Best, Persistence Pays Off, and
Know Your Limits but Reach Beyond Them. This is an inspiring story with
real-life lessons about tenacity in the face of daunting odds.
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