Why Failure is Your Biggest Asset · Selling Online / Prime Mover

Sep 19 (edited) in Intro's & General Discussion

Why Failure is Your Biggest Asset

Most of us have heard

's stories about the potato gun, working with Tony Robbins, and setting a world record for sales on stage.

They're great!

But my favorite story is when he's hanging Christmas lights, fingers going numb, moments away from ruining the holidays for everyone... because he failed.

I don't relate to filming in Home Depot, befriending the top person in personal development, or speaking to a stadium full of buyers (not yet anyway).

But I can relate to that heavy weight on your chest. That burden that somehow also makes you feel so hollow and empty.

I can relate to being glad I'm alone in the silence of snow, the numbness in my fingers less painful than seeing the faces of everyone counting on me... everyone I've let down.

You see, the hero has to fall... or they cannot be a hero.

If Russell's story ended that day on the ladder hanging lights... he wouldn't be the hero of Funnels. He wouldn't be the person we're all so excited to learn from and study under.

But the story didn't end there.

He pressed forward... despite the weight on his shoulders, dismissing the pain of the moment, and determined to find a way.

What makes you the hero of your story is the decision to rise above the fall. The commitment to get back up and keep moving forward.

It's what makes someone like

@Rosa Medina

a hero as she chose to outgrow her small town of 10,000 and be a force of hope in a world wide community.

It's what makes someone like

@Jon Pakula

, already a hero as a fire fighter, who chooses to never settle, and instead find new ways to grow and serve - a hero.

It's what makes

@Michelle Leith

who broke her neck getting in a pool yet brings love and joy to this group;

@Brandon Hunsaker

who unites his parents in what's possible;

@Bryan Switalski

and

@Noelle Switalski

who are the world's greatest givers;

@Lea Ann Perkins

who is a mother to 8 children, and still finds time to serve a community of driven women;

@Sys Savanh

who's able to travel the world with his family while educating his young boys; and so many others in this community... heroes.

Your people want to -- NEED to -- know who you are.

That's why "imposter syndrome" is the biggest load of 🐂 💩 .

The only one that thinks you're an imposter is YOU!!

Because you haven't accepted that the challenges of your past are what have brought you to a place where you can serve those desperately calling out for your voice!!

There have been some incredible things said about me by members of this group. I'm honored, and humbled.

They are things that, 12 years ago when I used my bare foot to kick in a cupboard door out of rage, I would not have thought myself worthy to hear.

That 4 years ago, during the pressures of lockdowns and covid, I severely regressed as a husband and father... me, supposed to be "the family man" and there I was.

But I have risen beyond that. I am better and stronger because I refused to quit.

That's why, through Christ's mercy, I am the hero of my story. The hero my people need.

And it's the same reason you are the hero of your story. The hero your people need.

Lean in to what has brought you to this moment, and be amazed by what that makes possible.

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