The Challenges Don’t Go Away, They Just Get Different

Challenges don’t go away, they just get different. - Anthony Lee

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At an early age, Anthony Lee was told he wouldn’t make anything of himself. He grew up in a poor family and was taught a poor kid from lower-middle class Alabama couldn’t rise up.

Unlike most, he found a way to lift himself out. He worked hard, struggled, and built a business, selling his products through Amazon.

In this episode of FailToLearn we talk about Anthony’s struggles and how they helped him get where he is today.

What Anthony and I discuss:

How Anthony was looking for a way to make money and get more from life.
How he started trading commodities, and why it didn’t work for him.
Why he wanted to use his trading skills to get a job at a big firm.
How he practiced and made imaginary trades to test his skills.
What he went through to open his first brokerage account.
How quickly he lost his entire savings trading, and what happened after.
Why he wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.
Why he doesn’t compare trading in the market to gambling, even after losing everything.
How Anthony view networking, and why it’s important to you.
Why he changed his idea of success and was ready to settle for a job, until he came across copywriting.
Why Anthony finds copywriting a critical skill.
How he started importing products from China to sell on Amazon.
How much credit card debt he piled up to start his import business, and his wife’s reaction when she found out.
What he did when he realized how easy it is to sell on Amazon.
How he got started selling on Amazon, and what he would do different today, if he was starting today.
Why he said anyone with a physical store should be selling on Amazon.
How Anthony is working to scale and sell his products in physical stores.
How the fear of failure doesn’t go away.
How he realized he could repeat his system.
Why people who are entrepreneurial will always be entrepreneurial.

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