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SFR 11: In Your Profession, The "Real Enemy" Might Surprise You…

SFR 11: In Your Profession, The "Real Enemy" Might Surprise You…

FromSales Funnel Radio


SFR 11: In Your Profession, The "Real Enemy" Might Surprise You…

FromSales Funnel Radio

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Sep 27, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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All right, all right, all right. Today I've got a sweet story for you guys. I was, so it's Monday right, and I was coming out of church and yesterday I was in church and this guy and I just got in this conversation. I've seen him before. I've haven't really talked to him that much though. Great guy. I was sitting there and actually we were walking out and our little kids were running around screaming like crazy right and he goes, "You're in the Army right?" I said, "Yes". He goes, "I don't know if I should publicly say that but I just did so." He goes, "Man, like is that cool and stuff?" I was like, "Just like anything there's pros and cons you know. There's really fun times and there's really boring times." He goes, "You do marketing stuff right?" I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." He goes, "So what do you do?" I start telling him. I go, "Hey, I build sales funnels and I do this and this and this." He was like, "This is really really interesting." I could tell like something was bothering him. He looked over and I asked, him, "What do you do for work? You do like supply chain management stuff?" He was like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." I was like, "I almost did that in college but like you guys are crazy smart. Like you guys have so much" ... I remember my supply chain classes that I took being up all night making these ridiculously huge Excel models. They were cool but man it was rough. It was super super rough to do that stuff. My brain ... I wasn't cut out for it. I got bored really quick. He goes, "That's just the thing man. Like I'm so, I don't know, I can't say what it is." I was like, "Are you just really really bored?" He goes, "Yeah". He goes, "I'm so bored. I hate my job. I hate what I do. I don't ..." He got animated. It was the first time I'd seen him kind of open up. He and I have spoken before but you know small talk. We're not really friends or whatever. It's not that we're not but we just haven't done anything. Anyways he starts opening up to me. He's telling me how bored he is with his life. He said, "The only think that I like about my job is the fact that it provides for my family. I like that. I hate going to work though. I hate doing what I do." He looked at me and goes, "You are so lucky." I felt like, I mean I didn't know how to react to that because yes, I am. He was like, "You wake up every single day and you're excited to go to work." I was like freaking yes man. It's not even seven o'clock in the morning right now and I'm all ready at the office. I get up early to just crush it because you guys know that I have a normal job on the side so I do this in the mornings and I build sales funnels in weird times of the day so that I can keep moving towards my dreams and make extra money and it works. I make a lot of extra money with this. He looks at me and he's like, "You're so lucky man." He's like, "And you're in the Army. How's that? Is that super fun?" It's just like, it's exactly what I said before man, it's like, there's really good times and there's really boring times. Anyways, there's a book by Tim Ferriss. I'm sure you guys have all heard it, The 4-Hour Workweek. In that book, the first time I read it, I thought this was kind of a weird comment that Tim Ferriss said in there and Tim Ferriss, I remember he said, "The real thing that we're fighting in this life is boredom." I thought, I don't know if I really agree with that. I don't know. I wish I could remember the rest of the quote. I should have looked it up before I started recording. He said, "The real thing we're fighting in this life is boredom. We should do things because it excites us and that's the only reason." I started thinking about why I am where I am and that actually is one hundred percent spot on true that I started learning how to drive traffic because I thought it was really freaking cool and I could send traffic over to tons of different sites and make money. I remember the first time that I made money online. I went to sleep. My buddy and I
Released:
Sep 27, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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My first 5 years in entrepreneurship was 34 painful product failures in a row (you heard me). Finally, on #35 it clicked, and for the next 4 years, 55 NEW offers made over $11m. I’ve learned enough to see a few flaws in my baby business… So, as entrepreneurs do, I built it up, just to burn it ALL down; deleting 50 products, and starting fresh. We’re a group of capitalist pig-loving entrepreneurs who are actively trying to get rich and give back. Be sure to download Season 1: From $0 to $5m for free at https://salesfunnelradio.com I’m your host, Steve J Larsen, and welcome to Sales Funnel Radio Season 2: Journey $100M