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Bigger Dream // Ashley Revely
Ashley Revely In Round 1 of the START Experiment, I was a wallflower. I didn’t buy into the thought of successful community maintenance with strangers via Facebook. I wasn’t even sold on the dream that I was dreaming. Then, in the second round, I decided that it was a “get what you give” scenario. I let myself dream and ended up finding my real dream. I have lost 55lbs in 5 months, and have chosen this START round to ditch the scales and numeric means of tracking progress to be as body-positive as I can. My ultimate goal is to lose 60 more pounds, get my fitness certification, and become a body positive fitness coach. I was encouraged by others to dream bigger. I shared my heart and now it swells with the sense of belonging I now have. I jump around in subgroups and am really active on #STARTsingles, but I love the main group too. While I love the thrill of likeminded individuals, I also glean from dreamers dreaming different dreams. I even found someone doing what I am longing to do, and would have never found her otherwise because her goal isn’t in the same subgroup as mine. I am thankful for the START Experiment. ...
Read MoreInternet 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 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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