I had a false belief at the time. I thought it would be easy...
I thought I could start my own online business without having the knowledge and understanding on how to do so...
Just by using what I had learnt in school and in my marketing degree...the traditional routes in life...
But the traditional routes is what everyone else goes through, right?
And everyone else, the 99%, are on the path that society has decided for them...9 to 5 until death...
So I knew that the knowledge I had already wouldn't be and wasn't enough...
And I thought...for some reason, that I was the only one trying to start my own business. That it was something brand new. Which, clearly it wasn't...
But the way I was going about it, I must have thought that...
Not once did I think "oh yeah others have done this too" and then looked at them for help, a blueprint to help me do it too...
When the penny finally dropped and I realised that others out there had done this, it was a real ah-ha moment, and a moment I'll never forget...
And the funny thing was, the more I learnt, and the more people I studied, their journeys and their experiences, I eventually had the ah-ha moment that they too walked a different path and they too looked to OTHERS to help them get the result they desperately wanted...
These people had mentors too!
Mentors that helped them get to where they are today!
They had invested in themselves too!
Just like I was doing now!
But knowing that was the easy part...
The hard part was knowing exactly WHO to follow...who to learn from...who to study from...
I went down rabbit hole after rabbit hole, wasting my presence time on this earth, and money, lots and lots of money following and listening to those not worthy of my time or money...
For every 1 "goodie" they was 5 "baddies" as I call them...
Not providing anything useful...
Just wasting my TIME.
And just looking for my MONEY.
Which lead me to disappointment, after disappointment...
And to losing my drive to even try...
And even my self confidence was taking a hit...
But I eventually came across the ones that WANTED to help others...
It was from studying these mentors where I acquired their knowledge, shared their experiences and gained the self confidence that would take me on my own personal development journey to become the person I needed to be in order to start my own side gig, and then to turn it into a fully functional online business...
Which then lead me to handing in my notice to my boss...
The day that I finally escaped 9 to 5 slavery...
The day I was finally free...
True Freedom to do what I wanted to do, with who I wanted to do it with and most importantly WHERE I wanted to do it, and some of it I'd get paid for...
True Freedom!
And it was all gained from following the right people...
Listening to and studying the RIGHT people...
The the right mentors that helped me on my journey...
That was the solution I was looking for all along...
In order to reach the destination I wanted to reach I had to learn from the very best, and model what they did...
So that I could achieve the same results...
And in less time than it took them...
And with far less headaches...
And that's what I did...
I upgraded my education with Life Education.
And that one change allowed me to start my own side gig up helping businesses solve their problems...
And then after a year and half of hell in my last 9 to 5 slave job...
I went out on my own...
Full time as a social marketing agency...
More time allowed me to help more businesses...
I had done it!
Finally!
I had my own online business where I could run from anywhere!
I could finally Work From Anywhere & Travel The World!
I had arrived at my destination...
True Freedom!
I had become as I like to say a "Digital Freedom Fighter"...
Someone that has escaped the life of a 21st-century slave by utilising what most of us now take for granted, 21st century technology...the internet!
I used the power of the internet "digital" to fight my way to freedom!
To get to a place in my life where most people describe me as being "lucky"...
It wasn't lady luck, instead it was the fact that I had gone on a personal development journey to become the person I had to become to achieve True Freedom!
The personal development journey that had resulted in me becoming a...Digital Freedom Fighter.
But to get to this point it was only possible after I had upgraded my education...
I upgraded my education...
And the funny thing is that most of the world isn't willing to put the time or work in to make themselves better...
They think they is no reason to improve themselves...
But if you continue doing what you have always done you will get the same results...
If you want to be in the 99% club...those people not willing to go the extra mile, not willing to invest in themselves, not willing to get better...
Then enjoy 9 to 5 forever, the boss, the alarm clock, trading your freedom 5 days a week to get 2...
OR...make a choice today...
Understand that education doesn't stop at school or University, that was just a taster...
And what you DID get learn in school was designed to make FACTORY workers, not even office workers which is everyone tends to do these days...
Just let that sink in...because if that's what you and everyone gets taught, how can you go onto better things, a better life UNLESS you start to educate and invest in yourself...
Albert Einstein, one of the smartest people to ever live once said...
"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.
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I now know what he meant by that quote...
The education at school and university was just the starting point...
Without setting up my game, and investing in myself after I finished and graduated, I wouldn't be where I am today...
I wouldn't be the person I am today...
The person I had to become to reach my destination of Free Freedom...
I had many people help me along the way, in books, online courses and so on...
They were all a piece of the magic puzzle, some of them more than others...
And today I want to share with you the best of the best, the people that had the biggest impact on my life...
To introduce you to The Mentors that helped me to change everything...
That helped and inspired me to improve myself, give myself the education I never got in school or University...
The education I needed to take me on my personal development journey....
My journey to a better version of ME...
Me 2.0.
Smarter, more confidence, knew what he wanted and how to get it...
And not only that, but provided me with a template, a journey to model after...
That's why today I want to share with you the 10 Mentors that had the biggest impact on me...
At the end of the day it's your choice...
Do nothing and continue on your path as of today...
OR, make a choice, go the opposite way than the 99%ers, choice a different path, so that you have a different result in the end...
I always say, You're Just A Choice Away...