Erica Duran is a Business Coach for Modern Online Entrepreneurs & Freedom Based Luxury Lifestyle Designer, she travels full time “living” at the luxury resorts that sponsor her podcast and web TV show. She gives expert guidance & support to her clients so they can earn a consistent $5K-$20K per month from anywhere.
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3 Key Points:
- Do you want to be Internet famous, or do you want to make money?
- You have to ask – and ask often – to get the answer you want.
- Get as CLOSE to your MENTORS as possible!
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Time Stamped Show Notes
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- [01:31] – Erica has few possessions, but those she has are of a high quality
- [01:52] – Erica sticks to tropical locales
- [02:41] – Defining how Erica generates revenue: most of it comes from coaching
- [03:20] – Describing a “sponsor”
- [05:26] – Worst Entrepreneurial Moment: There was a five year span where Erica couldn’t avoid disaster and emotional turmoil—at one point, she was one week away from eviction and bankruptcy
- [08:17] – If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room
- [08:41] – You can’t be a “couch preneur”—you have to get out there and do it
- [09:19] – Do you want to go down the content route or the Internet famous route?—because without revenue, you aren’t actually worth anything
- [11:22] – Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment: When Hilton Hawaii started following Erica on twitter, her whole brand and company suddenly became clear
- [13:23] – You have to ask – and ask a lot – to get that one yes.
- [13:46] – Biggest weakness?– Wanting it MORE than her clients
- [14:23] – Biggest strength?– A High-risk tolerance for risk in business
- [15:10] – What has Erica most fired up today? – Having back-to-back record-breaking revenue weeks and taking her clients to the NEXT level
- [18:19] – The Lightning Round
- What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? –Nothing
- What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? –The dreams of youth are the regrets of old age
- What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? –Never surrendering the gym or vegan diet
- Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – Coconut Calendar
- If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – The Science of Getting Rich
- [22:53] – EricaDuran.co
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