Amy Porterfield
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858 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2025
last heard 29 Oct
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Thank you, my friend.
I feel the exact same way about you.
So thanks again for your time.
Thank you.
The worst day as an entrepreneur is better than the best day in a nine to five job.
Why would I ever have thought to become an entrepreneur? I had a lot of corporate jobs and I loved climbing the corporate ladder. Like I'm an ambitious woman and I like to win. I worked for Harley Davidson in marketing to working with Tony Robbins for seven years. And I got to a point that I thought, I don't want anyone telling me what to do ever again.
And then I eventually said, I'm going out on my own. Sometimes the decision to say no or to close the door makes zero sense, but in your gut you know that it's the right way to go even though it's so scary and you kind of want to throw up when you do it. Listen to that knowing because our gut doesn't lie.
I used to say that I had no example of an entrepreneur growing up. My dad was a firefighter, blue collar to the bone. He also had a side job because firefighters typically have a lot of time off. So heating and air conditioning, also blue collar. My mom stayed home with my sister and I. And so I always look back, why would I ever have thought to become an entrepreneur? Well, two things.
Number one, I actually didn't for a long time. I was in corporate jobs since the day I left college, from publishing to working with Tony Robbins for seven years. That was my last corporate job. I worked for Harley Davidson in marketing. So I had a lot of corporate jobs and I loved climbing the corporate ladder. Like I'm an ambitious woman and I like to win. So that was always a goal of mine.
And then when I found myself working for Tony, that's when I started realizing, wait a second, he talks about being your own boss and talks about going after what you want. And that must have just started to really rub off on me. However, if I go back to the days I used to play Barbies on the floor with my sister, I remember so distinctly now my dad saying, find a way to be your own boss.
We had no idea what he was talking about. We were very young. He wasn't his own boss, but he kept saying, find a way to be your own boss. And that must've just somehow seeped into me because when I became my own boss, I realized, oh my gosh, my dad has been saying it since I was very young. So that's essentially how it went, but it was never a dream of mine.
It was never a goal until very later when I turned 30.
For Harley-Davidson, it was at a dealership level, so I marketed for several dealerships in a town that I lived in. And I remember, I don't remember the book, I don't remember the details, but I do remember finding a book of how to get a job in a different way, meaning it's not apply to a job, send a resume.
It was essentially find the person that is going to be hiring you, do a lot of research, write a really cool letter that's different than a resume, and find a way to get it to them. And so I don't remember all the particulars, but I do remember doing it differently. I'm always looking for ways to stand out or grab someone's attention, which I do now in online marketing every single day.
But that's how I landed the marketing job at Harley-Davidson. I came in kind of a different way and had a different experience so that I caught their eye. But for Tony Robbins, it was different. So I was living in Ventura, California, where I was working for Harley, and I had broken up with a boyfriend who I'd been with for a while. And every night I could not sleep. I was heartbroken.
It was terrible. So every night I would lay on my couch, hoping I could fall asleep, watching Tony Robbins infomercials. That at the time, every single minute, an infomercial was on for Tony. It was a statistic. Every minute you could find a Tony Robbins infomercial. So I had no idea who this guy was, but I was motivated and it got me motivated. And I was like, I want more of this.
I feel like my life has come to a big stall with this breakup and not knowing where to go next. So I went to the library, bought some tapes. That's how long ago this was. Even though CDs were out, some reason I had some tapes and put them in a player and I would listen to these any chance I got. And so I decided I'm going to go work for him. I loved everything he taught. I believed in his content.
I want to go work for him. So I applied for a job. I got an interview. And at the time, I think I was making $60,000 at Harley and I was offered $30,000, but I I could travel the world, work with Tony directly, and have this amazing experience. Now, what I did next, I can't believe I did, because I turned down the job.
I don't know who turns down a job working directly with Tony Robbins, but I did, because I knew I was made for greatness, I knew I deserved more, and I did not, at that being that young, I didn't wanna go backwards with my pay. I just really couldn't afford 30,000 versus 60.
So I politely said no, but I said, if you're looking for somebody to be a manager in your content department, that's the role I was going for, I'm ready and I want it. So just let me know if something becomes available. Within a few months, something did. They came back to me.
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