Like, if there were a competition, who could be the best worrier? I would win, hands down. I think for me a good plan is important because I am a natural worrier. A nything I do, whether it be in my personal life or my business, I like a good plan. ĪMY PORTERFIELD: You know that I am a girl with a plan. If you're an ambitious entrepreneur, or one in the making, who's looking to create a business that makes an impact and helps you create a life you love, you're in the right place. I created the O nline M arketing M ade E asy podcast to give you simple, actionable, step – by – step strategies to help you do the same. Fast forward past many failed attempts and lessons learned, and you'll see the business I have today, one that changes lives and gives me more freedom than I ever thought possible, o ne that used to only exist as a daydream. But it wasn't all that long ago that I lacked the confidence, money, and time to focus on growing my small – but – mighty business. INTRO: I’m Amy Porterfield, ex-corporate girl turned CEO of a multi-million-dollar business. And because of that, there is so much more freedom, I think, to be generous with your team members, i t's an opportunity to reinvest money back into the company, a nd you really move at the speed without the stress of owing anyone anything. It's like if we don't have the money, we don't buy it. W e just built a new campus and did it all in cash. I t's the safeguard, and that's how we run our business. And so to run it completely debt free, which I know is very countercultural, but that's what we do around Ramsey S olutions really well. It really limits your freedom in so many ways. And so you have to realize that debt doesn't give you freedom. ’ And we work with entrepreneurs all the time, a nd you just hear these horror stories of people that get into this business, get into a business, and rack up so much debt that they can't even keep their head above water, and it ends up being a curse rather than a blessing. And I think it's really important because it's so easy to say, ‘O h, gosh, if I could just have more money, it's going to be better. A nd it may take a little bit longer, but the risk is so much lower when you don't have all of these bills at the end of the month, when you grow at the speed of how you're growing financially. RACHEL CRUZE: “ I would encourage entrepreneurs to say, hey, don't build your business using debt b uild it at the speed of cash. Cl ick here to download the PDF version of the transcript.
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