Showing posts with label America Successful Icon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label America Successful Icon. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 September 2013

SUCCESSFUL ICON#7: TIM APPLE from QUIT JOB.COM


I stumbled upon Tim Apple’s site while I was browsing the internet. I found this funny but interesting video and thought it would be really good to share this on this blog.

Tim Apple is the author of QUIT JOB book, where he shared how he actually quit his job and eventually made a living without having to work for other people. To learn more about this, do order a copy of his e-book and you’ll definitely pick up lots of tips in it!


Me: Hi Tim, it’s a pleasure to chat with you. Could you please introduce yourself and what business do you currently run?

Tim: Hi Angie, my pleasure too. I am an American young millionaire, author, angel investor and a public speaker. I was a Wall Street’s Trader and left my work to reinvent my life in order to have more time and more money. The first goal that I kept in my mind was to define a real and simple path that each person can use to find the way to make more money, quit its job, travel and discover the real dimension of the world and finally have more time to live the life.

Me: Ok, so what exactly does your business do?

Tim: Well, Quit Job is a global project to help each person to make money and have more time to live their life. In few words, I want to share the principles of millionaires that let them to accumulate their fortunes. In fact Quit Job will be a manual for success.

Me: How did you first start your business?

Tim: I was for a long time in contact with famous people in Wall Street and Silicon Valley, I understood in deep how to design the perfect business idea and method to make money without risk and without a time-consuming job.

Me: How did you first discover your passion and how do you know that you wanted to do it as a business?

Tim: Once, I had a stupid boss and I was wasting my time in a dark office. I thought that Life is out of the office and there I started to learn the right way to be independent firstly with the mind and later with personal finance. The advantage of Quit Job is that you will learn how to change your mind, how to acquire the right mindset to transform you from an employee to a millionaire, building the right machine to make money fast and without problems.

Me: Interesting, but how do you know that this business will make money?

Tim: Quit Job is the definitive and updated guide to design your perfect life. Everything starts from your desire and with Quit Job, it will drive practically with the right approach, transforming this desire in an empire.  

Me: When did you realize that you rather work for yourself than having a job and work for others?

Tom: When I discuss about the simple idea of entrepreneurial activity, what do you think? None of those authors know an operative answer. It is like asking how to play tennis, and would you rather ask a tennis player or to a journalist? You have to keep in mind this concept. It’s a fundamental thing. Quit job is path that I want that each person could read, it isn't' a real business. Business and money will not arrive writing books and e-books but creating something that has a huge intrinsic value.

Me: What is the advantage of working for yourself?

Tim: Working for yourself to me is everyone’s dream. Most employees have dreamed of being their own boss, and it has many benefits, but there are a few disadvantages to it as well. Advantages of working for yourself are that you are responsible to yourself. Your destiny is in your own hands, as well as your financial future. You determine how much work you do, when you go to work, when you quit for the day, when you take a vacation, how long the lunch break will be, and if you really want to put up with a grouchy customer. The business is in your hands and you decide. Instead of griping about the bad advertising campaign that corporate came up with, you decide on an advertising campaign yourself.

Me: What is your advice to those who wants to quit their job & pursue their dream?

Tim: One thing for sure, I’m currently a millionaire because every day I try to create services that will change the world. Remember that only those people that are so mad to believe to change the world will be those that will change it.

Me: What is your advice to those who are afraid to face their fear (afraid to step out of their comfort zone) and quit their job to start a business?

Tim: Allow me to use Steve Jobs’ phrase. It has driven me to change my life and I want to repeat it also in this interview:

“…Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” ~ Steve Jobs

Me: Thanks so much for your time Tim!

Tim: You're very welcome!




For a glimpse on the first chapter of his book Quit Job, get it HERE for FREE.

To follow Tim Apple, join him on his Facebook Group HERE.

Sunday, 18 August 2013

SUCCESSFUL ICON#1 : PAT FLYNN from SMART PASSIVE INCOME


I am extremely privileged to conduct this (the first for this blog!) short email interview with none than other, PAT FLYNN, the founder & blogger behind the famous
SMART PASSIVE INCOME! At the time this interview is conducted, he already has 67,712 followers on Twitters and 37,402 followers on Facebook!

Pat who is from California, is a doting father of two, has found himself a steady income of more than USD$10,000 every month doing business online and what makes him different is that he speaks directly from his experience and even shared (and being transparent) about his businesses, strategies and income (and expenditures) on a monthly basis without fail and then put it up for all to see. If you religiously follow his blog, you will not only get valuable tips but also insights on how to do online business.

He used to have a 9 to 5 job, which he really enjoyed. But unfortunately there are some things that we cannot control (like the economy) and so on, and he got laid off.

Without the 9 to 5 job holding him back, he has since been able to earn more money and work less (and more flexible) hours – which in the end allowed him to be home and spend time with his family.

He has also written a successful #1 Entrepreneurship book entitled LET GO. A humble person to know, if not because of the time constraint, I would love to conduct the interview longer with him.

(Above Pic) : Pat Flynn's Best Selling Entrepreneur Book, Let Go.

Here’s his advice for those who wants to quit their job to pursue what they love but unsure on how to go about it.

Me: Hi Pat, thank you for the time spared in this short interview. Quickly, what would be your advice for those who wants to quit their job to pursue what they love but unsure on how to go about it?

Pat: If you're unhappy with your current job situation and you'd like to eventually get out of it and work on something on your own that you love, know that you have more options available to you than the obvious two: stay with your current job, or quit and try something new. It doesn't have to be an either/or type of choice. Quitting without a plan is scary, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Me: So should we just pack our things and quit?

Pat: It's totally okay, and recommended, to keep your current job (because it provides you that immediate income and security) but also try something new on the side to test the waters, explore and see if there are any new opportunities available to you. Dedicating even an hour a day to yourself to explore other options can help you get on that path to eventually break free from what's making you unhappy.

You may also be able to negotiate a tele-commuting option with your current employer, and you might be able to work from home and keep your job, which could open up more time for new things on the side as well.

Me: Okay, so we stay on the job while exploring opportunities. And what do we do on the side?

Pat: What do you do on the side exactly? Use the skills that you have and begin to freelance. Freelancing and helping others on individual projects is a great way to get your foot into the door with starting your own thing full time, and while helping others you'll be able to better improve your own skills, see what it's like to actually work on your own, and you'd probably make a little bit of money on the side too.

No matter what though, the best advice I can give you is get started on something. Just start. You've realized that you're unhappy, which is the first step. The next step, which is the hardest one, is just getting started.

Me: Thanks for your time Pat!

Pat: You are most welcome!


(Above Pic) : Visit Pat Flynn's famous website SMART PASSIVE INCOME

So, the TAKE AWAY from this interview:

1       Just start doing something if you already realize that you are unhappy, that is the first step to discover what other options you have if you plan to leave your job.

2      Spend at least AN HOUR each day (while you are still working) to pursue something that you like to do online and I am not talking about playing games or gossiping in Facebook J You can do this during lunch time or even after work. Use that time to conduct research about the business that you are interested in, or if you already have a website Google up to find out on how you can promote your site. Learn from successful internet marketers. Subscribe to their e-books. There are so many things that you can do online if you dedicate that one hour each day.

3      It is okay to keep your job while you explore options.

4       If you want to quit, come up with a plan first!

Note : You can follow Pat Flynn on his Facebook HERE for more updates about his work.


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