How I made my first sale as a college dropout 👇

Firstly!! I'm stoked to go live this weekend and show ya'll how that first sale is now become automatic, daily sales without me even pitching to my organic audience...

It started in 2019.

I dropped out of college at 19 with no real idea what I was going to do.

I'd been a straight A student, offered multiple scholarships, and a promising future in Law.

But I just knew I didn't want to live the way I'd watched most the people around me live.

Yet I had noone with the life I wanted to give me advice...

Meaning my brain thought "best bet is to do the OPPOSITE of what most people suggested, until I find someone in business to show me the way."

3 years later I’d make $30,000 in one month.

I started going to local networking events.

I’d meet business owners, as a 19 year old, and ask them questions.

I was pretty shy, which meant I listened. I listened and observed to every story, lesson, and mannerism.

From brick and mortar shops to real estate investing strategies…

To online marketing.

From 19 to 22, I spent all the money I made from a well paying job in fashion (turns out you don’t need a degree in anything to have a cool job), on 4-figure masterminds.

But at 22, I still wasn’t making money through a business.

So instead of being logical, I quit my job. LOL.

That put me under some pressure.

I joined a mastermind where everyone was a good 10 years older.

They were in online consulting and education businesses.

After 3 weeks, the topic of writing came up and I mentioned that I wrote a lot.

The man running the mastermind paid me $2,000 to write 200 pages.

That was my 1st sale. And it felt like a ton of money at the time.

(Little did I know I’d go onto quote $20,000 for the same project 6 months later)

Then in May, I sent an email to everyone (about 45 entrepreneurs) I’d met.

I called it my “sandwhich email” because I started with a personal note, then a pitch, and then referenced back to something personal at the end of the email.

It must've been natural enough that I booked 10 sales calls, and sold 6 people.

That was my first $10k month.

I was 22, just moved to California, and that was the first time I realized I’d never have to live with my parents again unless I wanted to.

For 2 months I'd listened, asked questions, and shared any valuable resources I found.

At 23 I hit $50,000 a month.

Unlike in School, no one cared about my age.

People 30 years older began asking me for advice.

I had no idea what I was doing.

But I just kept getting around people who did.

I was obsessed with reinvesting my money into masterminds and events.

I spent $20,000+ traveling to business events in 2024.

I got invited to meet Alex Hormozi in June, then again in July, and then won his Skool Games in August.

I signed multi million clients, and leveraged their brands to increase my status in the industry.

Not that things went perfect…

Multiple unexpected tax bills, going unconscious in a foreign country due to a low blood sugar, and sleeping on a chair at an event when I couldn’t afford an airbnb, were all things that made it fun.

Genuinely.

And to think, most people told me this was the risk.

Quitting my job, dropping out of college?

Now I didn’t limit myself to one avenue or way of thinking.

The only risk was getting trapped in a 9-5.

There’s always someone smarter, a better way, and a faster solution.

Just get around the people who have the life you want.

(Hint: they’re probably not on a college campus)

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