132: How the Enneagram Helped Me Make My First Million Dollars

Chances are, if you listen to me, you’re someone who’s ambitious, wants to change up what they’re doing, has a passion project...⁣⁣In short, there’s probably something in your life that’s not going how you want it to.⁣⁣Listen now⁣⁣⁣8 years ago today I ventured into an accidental career.⁣⁣A short 6 months earlier, I did my hail mary pass to God while on a plane to see my dad before he passed. At the time, I was working a corporate job I was very good at, but hated.⁣⁣I made a decent living, and it was hard to walk away from that salary—especially as a sole provider for my children.⁣⁣But I knew I wanted something more. And my dad’s 12-day cancer diagnosis made me reevaluate some shit in my life. ⁣⁣I was mad that I had put myself in a situation where I was reliant on someone else.⁣⁣I wanted to be in a position that if anything came up that I needed to handle, I could drop everything and go.⁣⁣While in corporate America, I was filled with bitterness and rage. And then my dad passed away suddenly. Ultimately, I walked away from that corporate job to get help and checked myself into rehab, and it was in rehab that I was introduced to the Enneagram.⁣⁣⁣Quotes:⁣:35⁣I know if you listen to me, there’s something that’s not going in your life the way that you want it to.⁣⁣2:17⁣Looking back I can see where the fear was for me, but that’s also where the Hail Mary pass to God came.⁣⁣5:22⁣In rehab, I was introduced to the Enneagram.⁣⁣7:01⁣I’m an Enneagram 8, they’re [my kids] are a 2 and a 7, and just using that framework the little bit I knew at the time made a huge difference. ⁣⁣9:35⁣I knew that I was going to have to communicate effectively with every person I talked to—I’d have to speak to what was in it for them in every conversation and mean it from the bottom of my heart.⁣⁣11:50⁣Those first 6 months in my network marketing business, I was ignorance on fire, I was passionate in all my healthy 8ness.⁣⁣15:26⁣Sure enough, those 82 people generated 15,000 people into my organization.⁣⁣18:49⁣The ability to speak to everyone, all nine Enneagram types will allow you to stay in your zone 90 percent of the time.⁣⁣21:36⁣This wouldn’t have worked if I didn’t start with me.⁣⁣24:37⁣Using the tool of the Enneagram has helped me really keep a perspective that is true and compassionate and loving and filled with grace. ⁣