Just 2 years earlier, I was broke. Not like homeless broke...
Like, "I almost wish I was homeless" broke because at least if I was homeless I wouldn't
have to pay my bills that kept coming in...
I didn't know what I was going to do.
Asking my parents for money wasn't an option.
I had no college degree so I couldn't just "get a better job".
I was driving for Uber on weekends to try to make a little extra cash...
I had been trying to figure out this internet marketing game for a several months now, and nothing was working.
I had spent my last $500 on a website (which I put on a credit card) that made me no money.
The feeling of hopelessness started to creep in.
See, I had started my first business when I was 19... A brick and mortar service-based business.
Set back after set back left me broke and frustrated.
Now 21, and living alone, I was trying to tap into the online world,
because I knew that was the future.
But nothing seemed to be working... AT ALL.
and I felt the weight of the world on top of me.
I had told everyone that dropping out of college was going to be worth it.
That I was going to be a successful "entrepreneur" - whatever that meant.
And now here I was. Broke. Miserable. And losing hope.
But I knew I couldn't give up.
As I sat there laying on the couch, I remember scrolling through Instagram and saw a kid on Instagram with over 50,000 followers. He couldn't have been more than 16.
After googling his name, I found nothing. He wasn't famous.
So I messaged him and asked him how he did it.
Surprisingly, he responded to me and said something along the lines of:
"Oh, it isn't hard. You just gotta know how to do it. Post pictures and use the right hashtags.
I bought a course on it, and it changed my life forever".
I stared at that message for a long time, deep in thought.
"A course?!" I thought... "I didn't even know that was an option!"
Now, courses have become much more popular... but back then, I had never even heard of such a thing! Online courses? That sounded awesome. I was so excited.
So I started looking around at courses...
While I was STOKED with what I found, the price tag stabbed me like a knife to my gut...
It screamed at me with an ear-splitting, deafening sound.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. You are broke. There is no way you can afford that.
You are a broke loser."
The course I wanted was $1,997.
And I was looking at less than $75 bucks in my account.
A week from payday and bills coming up.
But I wanted it.
No. I needed it.
I needed to get out of my situation I was in,
and I knew that course was the answer.
So I got up and went to work.
I drove for Uber every night.
I went to the dollar store and Goodwill and flipped things on craigslist and facebook.
See, when you are desperate and have a mindset to make something work...
you can make anything happen.
I saved up every penny I had...
And when I had about $700 saved up...
(which surprisingly only took me about 1.5 weeks - amazing what a mindset can do)
the course went on sale to $997.
And there I was... faced with a decision.
I didn't even hesitate. I put that course on my credit card, and the rest was history.
I watched the whole course twice in one weekend.
I applied everything it told me to, and then some.
I did all the extras. I studied outside of it. I was determined to make it work.
And thus began my journey to creating a social media empire and online marketing success.
As I look back now, the course wasn't even that great. It was good. But nothing special about it.
But it gave me the stepping stones I needed to make it.
Now, I will save you the time, and sum up the next 2 years of my life in 4 words.
I worked a lot.
BUT. That work, in less than 2 years, put be on Grant Cardone TV,
put my business on the front of Grant Cardone's website.
Got me in front of people like VaynerMedia Founder Gary Vaynerchuk,
Clickfunnels Founder Russell Brunson,
and Fortune 10 Consultant James Smiley.
And it has allowed me to help hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs... just like you.