Posts made in August, 2013
Internet Entrepreneur // Sean Nisil
Sean Nisil My risk during the first round of the START Experiment was to move from a hobby blogger to an Internet Entrepreneur. For me, the biggest shift was in how I approach what I’m doing with my blog. In the first 24 days of the START Experiment: I was featured on a large financial blog providing some tips on kids and money. I started a professional network of business men and women on LinkedIn dedicated to pushing their Start risks forward into their careers. We’re now almost 200 members strong. I made a number of great relationships which continue to grow. I interviewed one of my blogging role models, Jeff Goins, and am working with him to set up a book tour in San...
Read MoreDream Career // Brittany Gross
Brittany Gross Technically, my start started three months ago, when I decided to quit my job and move to Nashville to pursue a dream career. When Jon Acuff asked for risk takers, I knew I really didn’t have much to lose, and I was proven right. In the process of accountability, wise words, new friends, mentors and peers, I was able to apply and land a full-time job which uses my degree in radio. As a bonus, I was able to land a part-time job in concerts, which is my dream area of work. Beyond the fact that I achieved my risk, I was able to connect with others in my new hometown and re-ignite old...
Read MoreDating // Stu Tully
Stu Tully It had been a long time since I’d been on a date, let alone been in a relationship (over five years, to be exact). After a bad breakup, I felt I didn’t have anything to offer to a lady in a relationship, `additionally, I had pretty low self-esteem about myself in general and I just stopped trying. Thankfully, the Start Experiment helped me to rid myself of this mindset. One of the goals I set for the initial 24 days was to go on a proper date with someone I met in real life. To be honest, I felt this was the most difficult of my challenges because it depended on someone else. My other goals could be accomplished through self-discipline, but this one needed an outsider to agree to go out with me. Without anyone on my dating radar, I took the risk of opening myself up more. I began attending all sorts of activities and gatherings with the intent of simply meeting people. I dropped my usual quiet façade and began introducing myself to people, taking the initiative instead of waiting for them to ask me. The turning point came at a wedding reception I attended on day 20 of the experiment. Instead of just sitting off to the side, I actively asked girls to dance. It was a risk, considering I didn’t know any of the persons I asked, but one agreed. We ended up dancing together for the rest of the night. Afterwards, I asked her to go to dinner the next week. She agreed. And the rest is history, so they say. I write this the day after our dinner date. It went quite well. I’m not sure if it will develop into a proper relationship, and frankly, I don’t care. I put myself more out there than I had in years, and although taking the risk was frightening, it was ultimately worth it. I could have never imagined this particular goal succeeding when I started the experiment, yet here I sit, knowing that making the risk was indeed the best course of...
Read MoreFacing Fear // Amy Campbell
Amy Campbell I read the START book on a family vacation in May of 2013. I’ve been divorced for 12 years, I’m the mother of an 11 year old and I’m a statistic-breaker. It’s statistically improbable that I would be an entrepreneur. I created MyResumeLady.com in September of 2008 because Dave Ramsey said in Total Money Makeover that I needed to get another job to pay off my bills. Had it not been for being “released from serving” my corporate employer in March of 2010, I doubt very much I would have had the guts to be a “Quitter” and launch TheRedChecker.com in June of 2010. Both are debt free growing companies. The Red Checker (TRC), is heading into year four with some incredible case studies and advocate global-footprint companies as clients. Our processes are proven. We have a lot to be proud of. But, we never tell anyone about it and we don’t do the things for TRC that we do for our clients world-wide. Why? Fear. It is my fear that has kept me from taking TRC to the possible heights. Fear that says: Who am I to say that? It’s already been said, better, by someone else! What are they going to say about me whenever I say “THAT”? I spent the first 24 days committed to my START. I would do content building for my own thought-leadership positioning and utilize the tools I have for lead generation, lead capture, marketing/lead qualification and revenue generation, just like I do for my clients. Until START, I have hidden behind my consulting and haven’t really found the courage to tell others about it. I found that the START Experiment provided a safe, positive, non-judgmental place to turn for encouragement about my struggles. The wonderful thing was, we were all taking a really big risk. We told complete strangers our deep fears and nobody laughed. Instead, people commented that they had felt or thought or done/not done, many of the same things. It was such a wonderful bonding thing to happen. I began to really care for other STARTers and cheer for their successes, and prayed for their struggles as well. STARTers were raw, open, honest, collaborative, witty and funny, loving in many cases, and overall, some of the most amazingly REAL people I have found anywhere on the web. Plans have been made to meet several who have been instrumental in enhancing the START Experience for me. This level of inclusiveness is rare. Very rare. In 24 days of START, with the daily posts from Jon and the encouragement of other STARTers, I soft launched my new website, published a whitepaper on becoming a thought leader in your industry, began scheduling posts for social media, and have held audience with 5 new prospects. That is more progress than I’ve made in a year, or possibly two. I am committed to my audacious goal of doing more of those things mentioned previously, and also taking the message online to YouTube and GIVING AWAY THE INFORMATION companies need to make Marketing a Revenue Generating Machine. I want to be a blessing to others. I want to grow and employ passionate and inspired people who are looking for meaningful, worthwhile...
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