What No One Tells You About Chasing Your First Million

Online Marketing Made Easy with Amy Porterfield

Amy Porterfield

Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

The real, unfiltered truths about chasing your first million dollars—and why it’s not what you think. If I could go back in time and sit down with the Amy who was chasing her first million dollars, this is the conversation I would have with her. And guess what? It’s not what you might expect. Reaching the million-dollar milestone in business is often seen as the ultimate achievement, but what happens when you get there? In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing the raw, unfiltered truths about what it really takes to reach $1M—and why it won’t magically change how you feel about yourself or your business. I’ll walk you through the money fears that held me back, the lessons I learned the hard way, and the mindset shifts that finally set me free. Whether you’re on your way to your first six figures or scaling beyond seven, this episode will help you redefine success on your terms. Here Are The 3 Key Takeaways From This Episode 1️⃣ There Is Nothing Wrong with Wanting to Make a Bunch of Money Owning your ambition unapologetically makes you a more confident leader, marketer, and decision-maker. When you shrink your money goals, you shrink your business. 2️⃣ My Biggest Fear Was Losing Money—But I Wish I Had Taken Bigger Risks Fear of loss holds so many of us back from making bold moves, investing in our businesses, or taking big leaps. But playing it safe keeps entrepreneurs stuck year after year. 3️⃣ Find Your ‘Enough’—And Build Your Business Around That Instead of constantly chasing bigger numbers, define what financial success looks like for YOU. Your ‘enough’ is the number that gives you the freedom and lifestyle you want—without feeling like you always have to push for more. Resources Mentioned In This Episode Let Them by Mel Robbins More From Me Free Masterclass: How to Have a 10,000 Subscriber Year To learn more about the Milly Club and apply: amyporterfield.com/club Follow me on Instagram: @amyporterfield Subscribe & Review If you loved this episode, please take a moment to subscribe and leave a review on Apple Podcasts! Your support helps us reach more entrepreneurs who need these insights. 🎙️ Thanks for tuning in to The Amy Porterfield Show! See you next week!

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0:00.0	Hey there. Welcome to the Amy Porterfield Show.
0:11.6	Reframed rejection as redirection. If it's not happening right now for you, it's not meant to happen right now. What is meant for you will
0:22.9	find you. Welcome to the very first episode of the Amy Porterfield show. And listen, if you're an
0:32.5	OG of the online marketing made easy podcast, then you're going to love the show because everything
0:38.5	you love about online marketing made easy, I'm bringing it over to the new show. But I hope
0:44.3	you'll be pleasantly surprised around some of the new topics that we're going to talk about
0:49.5	on the Amy Porterfield show. I want to expand on the conversations. I want to go deeper. I want to
0:55.3	take you behind the scenes. And so hopefully I'm in a surprise and delight with some of the topics
1:01.5	and conversations that we have on the new show. But I'm not going to step away from talking about
1:06.3	online marketing and webinars and conversions and list building and all that good stuff. But I also,
1:12.7	like I said, wanted to expand the conversation and really dive into some of those areas of
1:18.5	entrepreneurship and building businesses and balancing it all, all those topics that are just
1:24.2	as important. So today we're going to talk about money. And I want to tell you a
1:30.5	quick story before we dive in. So about a year or so ago, I was in line at a coffee shop. And there
1:38.0	was this guy behind me and it was a really long line. So there was nothing I could do but eavesdrop.
1:42.6	Right. So he started talking and he was telling this
1:45.1	woman, I just did this really cool scan. It's called Pernuvo. And this scan does an all overbody scan to
1:55.2	detect diseases of all kinds. And he was talking about how cool this scan was and how much peace of mind it gave
2:03.6	him. And I couldn't help it. I had to turn around. And I said, oh my goodness, I've been hearing
2:08.7	about this specific scan forever. So you really liked it? Like, tell me more about it. So he told me
2:15.3	more. He was gushing about how incredible it was. And then he said,
2:20.1	but it's really expensive. So you should probably look for an alternative. You're probably going to
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