Hey guys & gals… I QUIT!!!
If you don’t know yet, in one week I am taking the leap from a
slave to the 8-5 workday and am going focus all of my energy, sweat and tears online.
Don’t worry, I won’t cry too much, but it is sure scaring the hell out of me and my lovely
wife, Heather, but that comes with any other entrepreneur’s experience out there.
I’m sure if you’re reading this post, you have at least the slightest interest in making some
money online, and I throughly encourage you to push, kick and fight until you could
succeed. Quitting my day job to focus solely on an online business has been a dream of
mine for so many years now, but not only until now have I had the courage and confidence
that there’s no way I could fail. Sure, failure is an element in the game, but there’s no sight
of it in my future.
I do have bad vision… maybe I need to check the prescription of my contact lens! 
Either way, I’ve decided to leave a day job where I was offered a full-time position for a
very successful construction company in downtown San Diego in marketing. For anyone
else who has graduated recently, you’d think I’m a madman and have gone off the deep end!
It’s crossed my mind a few times that I might be a little insane, but that’s what fuels the
desire. I have a flame in my stomach and a fire lit under my ass right now, hence why this
post might sound a little out of the norm.
Just Do It!
(thanks Nike)
It all boils down to the fact that I want you to feel the same. If you have some talent with
marketing online and have the desire to create some real money from it, I want you to
break from the norm and live your dream. I want to see you kicking and screaming and
sacrificing sleep hours so you could do what you want, and get paid for it.
All you need is the time to learn, get some experience, have the desire and most of all,
get the support of your family and friends. I have been absolutely blessed to have the
overwhelming support from my wife and family and two great friends, Matt Wolfe and
Josh Bartlett. With the help of them, I would not have the confidence to make this leap.
I urge you to do the same!
In the meantime, I have been burying my head in Gary Vaynerchuk’s book, Crush It!
This is a book that scream for you to pursue your passions and make a living from them.
If you haven’t heard of Gary, watch the video below of him at a recent conference.
You’ll soon realize that this guy doesn’t hold anything back! He has turned a decent
wine business into a $70 million machine! Listen to him speak, it’ll give you some
inspiration…
Joe is a full-time internet marketer living in beautiful San Diego, California.
Hey Joey,
Awesome blog post. Man, you have nothing to be scared about! You’ve got a great team in your corner and you literally know your sh*t. You’re going to make everyone proud when your risk turns in to a multi-million dollar empire.
The book Crush It was amazing! Gary is hilarious in that video! Who turned you on to that book, by the way?
Talk soon!
Matt
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YOU turned me on to that great book!! It’s definitely a great one… worth reading many times over.
Thanks for the support buddy… we’ll be living it up soon enough!
Joe
Alright Joe
Happy new year my friend.
Wow congratulations my friend I have no doubt a man with your qualities will do very well.
I wish you all the luck and success in the world Joe your a good guy and YOU deserve it.
See you in Vegas mate
Cheers
Marcus
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Hey Big Marcus!
Happy new year buddy, 2010′s going to absolutely rock for both of us. Thanks for all the support man!
Vegas is right around the corner, I can’t wait! See ya there
Take care,
Joe
Hey Joe,
Great post and it’s awesome to hear the drive in your words jumping off the page!
I think a lot of us have that tunnel vision where failure is not an option – even in perhaps the worst global recession ever!
Recession – resmeshion.
Now you have finally broke free of the shackles of the 9-5 I look forward to seeing what you have lined up and you know where I am if you need anything!
See you in Vegas (as long as the UK is not snowed under)!
David
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Hey David,
Thanks for checking the post out man, I was definitely feeling really energized and motivated when I wrote that – I’m happy you felt my drive from the post!
Vegas will be a whole new beginning for me, I can’t wait!
Stay warm man, I just looked up the weather in the UK and it looks COOOOOLD!! Expect the complete opposite in Vegas. It should defrost you!
See ya soon buddy,
Joe
Wooo hooo, Joe!
You are cut free of the shackles and the horizon is wide open with opportunity. I am looking forward to seeing you build on your passion!
I am so happy to see you following your dream and will be here to support you 100%. I have no doubt that you can reach any goals you set for yourself.
Here’s to a life-changing 2010!
-HF-
Yeehaw!! Ohhhh yeah!
Things will be getting kicked into overdrive in a few days, I can’t wait to feel the difference.
I hear that my new boss is going to be a real slave driver… he’s all about getting things done!
Joe
Hey Joe,
Congratulations on taking that step. I am sure you will have great success Joe but I don’t like the sound of your new boss
sounds like he’s not going to let you slack though.
Great video. He is a guy that like to speak his mind. I will have to check out the book.
All the best and to your success in 2010,
James
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Hey James,
Thanks a lot for the kind words, man!
Yeah, my new boss will definitely be crackin’ the whip, but at least he’s a lot like me, so we get along.
I highly recommend that book, it’ll definitely open your eyes to some stuff you haven’t heard of. He’s big into building and promoting your brand through video and social media. It’s kind of like an extension of what AJ teaches.
Let me know if you get it! Take care!
Joe
Wow Joe,
Taking the plunge ~ congrats. You are doing a great job and I like the way you speak to your list. I am looking to succeed online this year. I recently partnered with Jeremy Palmer to work closely with over the next 2 years.
Here’s to a successful 2010.
Richard
South Florida
Thanks a lot, Richard… I had to take the plunge sometime!
It looks like you’re setting yourself up with a really great guy. I hope it pays off for you ten-fold, man! You have to let me know your progress!
This will be a great year for both of us, best of luck!
Joe
Hey Joe!
Its been a long time
Wow Joe thats Awesome! You must be excited to make that leap. I wish I could say I quit, but I still need that full time job to pay the bills and feed the kids, but hey maybe someday.
Good Luck!
Jim
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It’s great to hear from you, Jim!
Thanks a lot for the encouragement. It took tons of planning and a boat load of confidence to make it this far, but now is the real test. I’ll keep you and the rest of the others informed with how everything goes!
Take care and best of luck to you!
Joe
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Hey, thanks for stopping by the blog!
I use the default spam plugin, Akismet plug to filter all the spam from my comments. For those it misses, I just moderate/delete the ones that snuck through.
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Talk soon,
Joe
Congrats Joe!! That is very exciting, best of luck to you.
My boyfriend is currently working towards the same goal, I sent him a link to your blog, maybe he can learn a thing or two.
Well done!!
Hey Pam! Thanks a lot, it feels great to be a one man show!
I’ll be sure to give even more of an update in the coming days… things keep moving and changing for the better.
Hopefully your boyfriend is learning some great stuff and puts it to action. Action is the key word there, none of this could have been done without jumping forward!
Best of luck to him and you… come back soon and leave another comment!
Talk soon,
Joe
Hey Joe,
I guess I haven’t been here in a while as I didn’t know you were quitting your job. Great for you. By the time you read this you should have been your own boss for about two weeks. How does it feel?
Slow but sure I’m starting to see more and more AJ students quit their jobs. I think it’s great.
Good Luck Joe and if you ever need help or words of encouragement just give me a yell.
Later,
Jeff Sargent
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Hey Jeff,
Thanks a ton for the great words and support, man! I guess it has been about 2 weeks since I’ve quit my job… time really flies when you work for yourself!
It feels amazing man. I feel like I’m working at least twice as much for myself as I did before. But if it’s something you’re passionate about, you don’t mind working from morning to morning!
Keep trucking along man… AJ’s course definitely helped push me towards quitting my day job.
Talk soon,
Joe
Hi Joe,
Sounds like you are busy! Keep up the fantastic work. Sounds like you will be going places in 2010. Great stuff.
Warmest Regards
Andrew.
Hey Andrew, thanks for stopping by and checking everything out. I’ll be sure to keep you and everyone up to date with what I’m up to!
Talk soon,
Joe
Hey Joe! I know it’s been awhile since you posted this, but just wanted to add that I think it’s AWESOME! I’ve been working online for awhile, and am finally making enough that my husband decided to ditch the teaching job he hates to follow his own passion.
Yay for all of us with the cajones to be different!
Hey Amanda, thanks for the awesome words! It’s crazy that it’s been about three months since I began working full-time online and it’s definitely the best decision I made!
Congrats on allowing your husband to get out of his day job. That’s the ultimate goal for my wife, so you’re great motivation!
You’ve got a really cool looking blog, I’ll have to check in from time to time.
Take care!
Hey Listen,
I don’t know if you’ve made the leap yet but how are you doing with that? Coming from the position of someone that has made that leap, I would advise anyone to be sensible here. Make sure you’ve got enough money to cover your bills for at least six months, as it’s not all plain sailing. If you’ve got all that covered then give it a go! Just remember stay focused!…just keeping it real..
Hey Vee,
I actually did make the leap back in the middle of January (I need to really update this page! =X)
It was definitely scary quitting my day job, but luckily I did my due diligence and had money saved and some extra streams of income, do my bases were covered. It had definitely not been smooth sailing. I continue to learn each day and make slight changes to my business. I’m starting to see a good consistent income now, so it’s only up from here!
Best of luck to you!