My Inspiration to become an Entrepreneur and Invester - How it all started

About this video

Sean traces his path to entrepreneurship to growing up in Wakayama, in rural Japan, until age 14, where as a half-white child he stood out, was pointed at as a foreigner, and became shy. He says fitting in was a strong cultural norm he never shared, and that he always wanted to do something different and extraordinary rather than follow the crowd. From age 12 he pursued basketball and an NBA goal for about six years, then nearly joined the Air Force as a SERE specialist largely because it was hard to get into, before changing his mind. His work history ran through selling Cutco knives, three years in multi-level marketing where he says he made no money and burned through friends, family and online contacts, door-to-door Kirby vacuum sales for a few months, retail and telemarketing, and then timeshare sales in Oahu. He says the timeshare job paid about $60,000 a year when full-time, but offered no passive income or location freedom. After finding Kindle publishing videos on YouTube, he bought a course, published a first book, and made his first dollar online a couple of days later, by his account. He says he then paid $6,000 for ten mentorship sessions, and claims he reached $10,000 in a month after a year of publishing and has not dropped below that since, plus $1,200 a month from real estate investments, which he presents as his own results. He argues his four years of failed attempts and sales jobs helped his publishing through communication, copywriting, titles and descriptions, and that mentorship from someone who has already done it is the shortest path to success. He closes by urging viewers not to give up.

Key takeaways

• He attributes his entrepreneurial drive to growing up visibly different in rural Japan and rejecting a fit-in mindset
• He spent about four years failing across Cutco, multi-level marketing, door-to-door, retail and telemarketing before Kindle publishing worked for him
• Timeshare sales taught him selling but, by his account, paid about $60,000 a year with no passive income or location freedom
• He claims a course plus $6,000 of paid mentorship led to $10,000 in a month after a year of Kindle publishing — presented as his personal result
• He says prior sales experience helps publishing through copywriting, titles, descriptions and understanding buyer objections, and recommends learning from a mentor

Episode details: published October 5, 2018 · 11:40 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Sean Dollwet’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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