$12K Credit Card Gamble that Changed Everything with Paul Tembunde & Joan Ekobena

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Paul Tembunde and Joan Ekobena is a business executive and mindset coach based in the D.C. area. In 2002, he and his wife Joan launched a homecare agency with just a 12,000 dollars loan, growing it into a multi-million dollar business. Now, through Premiere Destiny LLC, they help others unlock their potential, live with purpose, and build a life of success.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Success starts in the mind, not the strategy. Mindset drives 90 percent of the journey, strategy follows belief.

2. Make your ‘why’ bigger than your fears. Courage is taking action even when scared, especially when it aligns with purpose.

3. You don’t need to have all the answers, you need to start. Resourcefulness and belief will carry you further than waiting for perfection.

Check out Joan and Paul’s website and learn more about their coaching programs - Premier Destiny

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by
0:08.0	high level. It's time to take your agency to the next level. Today we'll be breaking down
0:12.6	the $12,000 credit card gamble that changed everything to drop these value bombs that are brought to
0:17.2	Paul and Joan into EO Fire Studios. Paul is a business executive mindset coach based in the D.C.
0:21.7	area. In 2002, He and his wife, Joan, launched a home care agency with just a $12,000 loan,
0:26.9	growing it into a multi-million dollar business. Now through Premier Destiny LLC,
0:31.8	they help others unlock their potential, live with purpose, and build a life of success.
0:37.3	And today we'll be talking about
0:38.7	that leap of faith with that $12,000 credit card loan. We'll talk about uncertainty and fear.
0:44.2	We'll also talk about standing on the edge of a big decision and how friends and family can be
0:48.9	challenging and how to handle that and oh so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring
0:53.7	our episodes goes to Paul, Joan, and our sponsors.
0:57.7	Are you ready for the ultimate all-in-one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers,
1:02.4	coaches, and agencies, build funnels, automate follow-ups, manage clients,
1:07.2	and even white label your own software.
1:09.9	Say hello to our featured partner high level
1:13.1	and visit high level fire.com to start your free trial today.
1:20.5	All right, we have Paul and Joan with us right now.
1:23.7	And Paul, I want you to say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe
1:28.2	about becoming successful that most people disagree with.
1:32.2	Greetings, Fire Up Nation. Delighted to be here. Thank you so much, John, for having us. My name is Paul
1:37.2	Timber and I have my beautiful wife, Joan, here with me. Several years ago, we used a credit
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