#211: 5 Things I Said "Yes" To In The Early Years (But Say "No" to Now)

Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Today I’m taking a trip down memory lane to my early days—

the first few years when nothing seemed to go as planned and everything that came my way felt like a BIG deal…I’m getting personal and raw and sharing with you what my business looked like when I first started out, the decisions I made to get where I am, and the most significant challenges along the way. (You asked, and I answered!)
More specifically, I’m sharing those things I said “yes” to in the early days—the yeses that got me where I am today, in a multimillion-dollar business with an incredible and engaged audience.

Wherever you are in your own business, you need to know:

The business you have today will look dramatically different a few years from now… but it is the choices you make today—the things you say yes or no to—that will lead you towards where you’ll be tomorrow. And then tomorrow you’ll be able to make different choices, but because you and your business will be in a different place. So here’s a little help to get you to (hopefully) make better decisions...

This episode is brought to you by:
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Check out these highlights:

The most important question I ask myself every time my business hits a milestone or pivots in some way or another. [2:53]
Speaking opportunities—yay or nay? [4:55]
The time for sacrifices. [7:06]
Trading knowledge and experience. [8:49]
What to say to coffee chat invites. [11:58]
And how they’re completely different than “Can I Pick Your Brain” invites. [13:13]
The right way to collaborate with other people. [17:33]
And the right way to have other people collaborate with you! [20:14]

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're listening to the online marketing made easy podcast episode number 211
0:07.7	Welcome to the online marketing made easy podcast business advice so easy you'll feel like you're cheating and now your host
0:16.0	Amy Porterfield
0:26.5	Hey there welcome back to another episode of the online marketing made easy podcast
0:31.8	I'm your host Amy Porterfield and today we are going to take a trip back to my early days
0:38.5	those first few years when nothing seemed to be going as planned and
0:43.8	Everything that came my way felt like a big deal or a big opportunity or a really big challenge
0:53.8	Those early years I wouldn't trade them for the world, but I never want to go back to them
0:59.1	So in episode number 152 how to avoid FOMO fear of missing out in your business to make better decisions
1:08.1	I talked a lot about what I say no to today and why I say no
1:13.9	It was a popular episode because many of you realized like I did that I was saying yes because I just didn't want to miss out on a
1:22.8	potential
1:23.8	Opportunity, but when you say yes, you are saying no to something else
1:28.2	So in that episode we explored what your FOMO yeses were costing you all
1:34.4	Link to that episode if you missed it. I definitely think it's worth checking out
1:38.7	Now in today's episode
1:40.4	It's a little bit of a follow-up on that episode because we're talking about these yeses and these no decisions
1:46.7	But there's a twist because we're gonna go back to my early days and look at what I said yes to
1:53.2	Because in my brand new podcast Facebook community that many of you are a part of so thank you for being there
2:00.4	I asked you what you wanted more of and so many of you said
2:05.2	Give us the details about what life and business look like in the early years
2:11.4	You wanted to know about my business and what it was like starting now and the decisions I made to get to where I am today
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