Kate Erickson is a creator, engager and implementer over at Entrepreneurs On Fire, a 7-day a week podcast that interviews today’s most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. She is also the host of the podcast Kate’s Take and author of The Fire Path: A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Your Online Business. Kate is passionate about helping entrepreneurs create freedom in their business and life through developing systems and processes that can help their business scale and grow.
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Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode:
- Michelle introduces Kate Erickson.
- Kate shares the story of how being turned down for a promotion at her 9 to 5, led her to become an entrepreneur.
- “Sometimes I think it takes getting knocked out of your comfort zone to make a change.” ~ Kate Erickson
- Kate moved across the country to be with John Lee Dumas (her other half) and to begin her entrepreneurial journey.
- Kate was trying to provide a service to people, but wasn’t sure what their problem was or who she should be targeting.
- Making connections is important for business, but you must know how to turn friendships into client relationships.
- Kate went to at least 12 meetings where she pitched herself and continued to receive NO after NO.
- A potential client and friend finally helped Kate to see that she hadn’t zeroed in on a focus, so people didn’t really know what she was offering.
- Kate shares how uncomfortable pitching herself made her and how she overcame this.
- Kate shares one of the best books she read to improve her money mindset: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, by T. Harv Eker
- Kate took a break from her business to go back to corporate where she felt challenged doing advertising and marketing.
- Six months after John Lee Dumas started his business, Kate left her job to join the EOFire team.
- Kate shares an incredible story of the transformational training she attended and what it was like to feel like she was invisible.
- Kate shares what she would tell her younger self.
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