Hey, my name’s Dean Holland and this is my blog – Watch Me Fail.
Strange name for an entrepreneurs website huh?!
Let me explain…
In 2004 I turned to the internet searching for a way to make some extra money
Friends and family all thought it was ridiculous and weren’t afraid to say it
“That stuffs all a scam”
“It’ll never work”
“You’ll fail… just you see”
And so off I went with my stubborn attitude to prove the world wrong!
In my first year I made…. Nothing
Year two… Nothing
Year three… NOTHING
In sheer desperation I kept throwing more money at new courses, training and software
All of which promised riches untold for little work or effort
Being young and dumb, I believed every bit of it
I wanted to believe it too!
By 2008 I was in my mid-twenties and rather than rich and free…
I was in more than $60,000 of debt across credit cards and bank loans
Lying to everyone around me through fear and shame
My life was a complete and utter mess
But failure had taught me my first greatest lesson:
You can’t keep doing the same thing over and over and expect a different result
In November 2008 I took the last money I had available on a credit card and got some real help
Help was in the form of joining a coaching program to learn Affiliate Marketing.
Thankfully, this was the turning point in my life
Less than 12 months later in July of 2009 I walked into my boss’s office at my day job and handed in my letter of resignation
At which point I became a full time affiliate marketer and began to create the life I now live
Today, I have two businesses…
Internet Profits – A business education company that helps beginners learn affiliate marketing
COABE cosmetics – A womens cosmetics company that I run with my wife
Whilst I’d love to say its all been easy…
The truth is, I’ve failed more than I’ve succeeded in two decades of business
But through that failure and the valuable lessons it’s taught me, I’m blessed to say I’ve achieved more than I could have ever imagined
Including…
Selling millions of dollars worth of products on the internet across my various ventures
Selling tens of thousands of copies of my own Affiliate Marketing book, putting me in the top 1% of all self-published authors on the planet
Helped thousands of people start and grow businesses online by sharing the knowledge I’ve learned
Spoken on some of the industry’s biggest stages, been featured by Entreprenuer.com and even delivered TEDx talk
However, the reality still remains…
I’ve failed more than I’ve succeeded
But today, I no longer view failure as a bad thing
Why?
Because when you’ve failed as much as I have, you come to discover than failure teaches the greatest lessons of all
Which brings me to this blog… and YOU
Through regular posting of content I intend to share EVERYTHING
What I’ve learned
What I’m doing in the trenches of business and the experiences it brings
The plans I devise to overcome challenges and grow my businesses
Along with the all valuable lessons both success and failure reveal
I guess you could say…
You get to be a fly-on-the-wall and watch me fail all the way to success!
I hope you learn from my wins and my mistakes so you don’t have to experience as many failures as I do…
…So you can reach your goals faster than I was able to.
With that said…
Thanks for reading.
Be sure to visit often as I’ll be updating and sharing pretty much every week, at least once.
Why not start now – Go ahead and check out some of my latest posts over on the blog
“Believe & Achieve”
Dean Holland