EP 543: Building a Tribe, Taking a Leap of Faith, Being Backed into a Corner with Justin Wegner
The Rich Outdoors
Cody Rich
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
This week I am joined by Justin Wegner of Backbone Swag. Just when Justin took the leap of faith in himself and went out on his own, life had other plans. Justin worked his way up to finally having some big contracts in the agency space just as COVID and 2020 punched everyone in the face. Every single project he was working on stopped or postponed. The problem is when that happens it is not like the bills stop coming. In this situation one could either lay down and say I guess I tried, or you can pivot and grind. Justin chose the latter. He instantly pivoted to an Idea he had about a clothing brand. After grinding, and learning, and grinding some more Backbone hit that 7 figure mark. I love that Justin calls it the 20 year overnight success. This is so true, you never see all the failures that went into what something is. This is a cool story and I hope it inspires some of you.
Show Notes:
Justin’s Story – 01:05
Justin’s Losses & Finding a Win – 10:47
Pivoting from Failure Towards Success – 23:14
Shifting Tracks & Building a Dedicated Fanbase – 34:26
Looking Back on Your Past – 40:17
Advice to Younger Self – 45:42
BackboneSwag.com – 54:13
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | But the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. |
| 0:15.0 | I can't even make this up. |
| 0:19.0 | He starts walking, I draw back, and he's down. |
| 0:22.0 | He's right there. |
| 0:31.0 | Alrighty, thanks for tuning in to the podcast this week. |
| 0:35.0 | If you have not yet, go check out my newest project, Rich Ideas Lab. |
| 0:39.0 | If you want to learn about all kinds of ways to make money and have the lifestyle you've always dreamed of, |
| 0:44.0 | this is the community for you. |
| 0:46.0 | More than just a bunch of great ideas, we're going to give you the resources to execute on those ideas and the community to help support and push you farther. |
| 0:54.0 | This thing I'm super proud of, go check it out, Rich Ideas Lab.com. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome to the podcast, man. How you doing? |
| 1:07.0 | I'm doing awesome, man. It's awesome to be here. It's really awesome to be here, man. |
| 1:10.0 | It's like we've just spoke about. |
| 1:12.0 | It's been a long time since I've seen you, so it's good to see your face. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah, we were joking about that. It was just a T.A. |
| 1:18.0 | I don't remember for a 17 or 18, but yeah, a lot has changed. |
| 1:22.0 | Your world got flipped on a 10, and probably at one point you thought like, it's all over. |
| 1:27.0 | And then like not like, dude, it's crazy how fast things can change. |
| 1:33.0 | And like, just you think you're at the bottom and then you're at the top and then you're at the bottom. |
| 1:37.0 | And you're like, dude, it is a roller coaster. |
| 1:39.0 | They say it's the roller coaster, but I don't know if that's even accurate. |
| 1:42.0 | I don't know that it's a roller coaster because, you know, something that I've noticed as an entrepreneur and, you know, |
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