Amy Porterfield

I used to be in these rooms 10, 12 years ago, and it was a bunch of white dudes.

That's all that was in the room.

So at least now I'm seeing more diversity, but that's because I'm asking for it.

Other people are asking for it.

We gotta speak up.

Well, I want people to care more about freedom than security.

But I think what stops people in their tracks is that they are valuing security more.

And what I mean by that is when I was in my nine to five job, I had only known corporate up until that point that I decided to go out on my own.

I really liked the paycheck every other week, the health insurance.

That tends to be a big thing for entrepreneurs.

What am I going to do about my health insurance?

There's a lot of solutions for the record, but we tend to think like this is security.

I'm getting a paycheck every other week.

I have insurance.

I have paid time off.

I am safe.

And if we value safety over freedom, we don't take the risks.

We don't get in the game.

We sit on the sidelines and we absolutely are playing small.

So over the year, the day that meeting happened to the year that went by where I decided to find the courage to leave, I had to start valuing freedom over security, which meant that I wasn't sure if I was going to make enough money right out of the gate.