Bryn Youngblut

Are Entrepreneurs Born?

Bryn Youngblut — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:56:08 +0000

I watched a video clip yesterday that got me thinking about my own past and how I was growing up.

From as early as I can remember I have always done my own thing. When I was a kid I had garage sales every weekend trying to sell my parents junk. I could go on and on with examples over the years.

I have never enjoyed school or being told what to do. I never was an ‘A’ student but I did just enough to get by and get it over with.

It’s funny when I look back at high school because I pretty much scraped by on most courses until my very last semester. I had somehow worked it out that I only had four classes to complete that semester and graduate and every single one was a business course, all with the same teacher. I gotta say I still slacked off in those courses but I managed to get straight A’s in all of them without much work. I think the reason for that is they were classes I was actually interested in.

Growing up were told the next step is to go to college or university. When I graduated high school I went straight to college for a degree in Business Administration. I didn’t attend many of my classes and partied pretty much daily while also working on building websites. Long story short I dropped out 2 years later with a certificate in “college exploration”, I am not joking that’s what it said. My parents were not pleased.

I was still figuring out online marketing and trying to make my own income. At this point I had been building websites for years without monetizing them because at the time it was more of a hobby. I wasn’t sure where I was heading or what my plan was but I have known since I was a child that I always wanted to work for myself. So with little money left to my name I got a job at a small steel distributor. It was literally just the manager and I was the only employee. It was a crappy job but the guy I worked with made it enjoyable and is now one of my good friends. After about a year in at this job it really dawned on me that I did not want to do this for the rest of my life. It fired me up to really start making some good money and that’s when my online business took off. I ended up staying with the company for probably 6 months longer than I wanted to purely because if I had left earlier they would be really screwed.

I believe anyone could be an entrepreneur but it really takes that drive and ambition. Most people are fine with being an employee and that is perfectly okay, if there weren’t employees who would we hire?

Do you believe entrepreneurs are born and if so do you feel you were?

Challenge Completed

Bryn Youngblut — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:55:40 +0000

I successfully quit drinking for an entire month and I gotta say after the first week or so it was very easy. I realized quickly how unnecessary alcohol really is.

Don’t get me wrong I am still going to drink but I don’t feel that urge to need a drink whenever I am stressed out about something.

I lost almost 10 pounds, and I’m not even close to overweight. I started running every other day or so and started eating healthier.

I really enjoyed doing this little challenge, I’ll have to think of a new one to do soon. Maybe I’ll do another not drinking month in January.

Maybe if others want to join me we can start a group on Facebook or something.

Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 3 Update

Bryn Youngblut — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:06:57 +0000

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.

Can’t believe I’m almost done the month already.

I remember the first week all I could think about was how awesome it would be to finish the month and have a drink again, but now I don’t even care.

I’m not gonna lie I am definitely going to have a celebration drink on December 1st, but I don’t see myself going back to my old ways.

I think the stress that comes with being your own boss can be overwhelming at times and by what I’ve seen in our industry it seems like a lot of people take to having some drinks to ease the stress. I wouldn’t call it an addiction or abnormal to have a couple drinks after a day of work. We used to drink stupid amounts every day in college, for no reason whatsoever but because we could.

I think everyone has their own way of unwinding, it’s making sure you don’t cross that line from casual to dependent.

Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 2 Update

Bryn Youngblut — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:29:04 +0000

This is just another quick update to my quit drinking for a month challenge.

Still going strong and half way done!

I realized the always needing something to drink (non alcoholic) thing was to do with the dryness of my house right now as I am waiting for my new humidifier to be installed. It takes a commercial size steam humidifier to work in a 6,000 sq ft house.

On to the next week!

Quit Drinking For a Month – Week 1 Update

Bryn Youngblut — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:41:34 +0000

At the start of this month I started a challenge to not have a single drink for a month.

Today is day 7 and everything is going great.

Some observations I have noticed:

My energy level is up a bit, however I find myself getting tired faster at night which usually leads to me having a coffee
I seem to always need to have some sort of a drink, whether it be water, coffee, ginger-ale or cranberry juice (maybe I should get checked out for diabetes)
The first few days it felt very annoying not having a glass of red wine with my dinner, however I don’t really think about it anymore
My stomach feels much better, some days it would hurt or feel gassy

That’s pretty much it for now.

Happy making monies!

My Quit Drinking For a Month Challenge #2

Bryn Youngblut — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:02:35 +0000

Over a year ago I attempted to not have a drink for an entire month. You can see that post here.

I think I lasted like 12 days, which isn’t that great but I was also in a different stage of my life where I went out a lot more. This time should be much easier since I live out of the city now and rarely go out.

I will be starting November 1st. Anyway I’m not sure what else to say about it, but I will write updates.

Bonus Rant:

I feel this constant need that I should be writing more on this blog. The problem is most things I could write about I don’t want to because they will just increase my competition and hurt business. And then there are other things I don’t want to write about because they are just stupid and pointless and I get sick of seeing all the bullshit other people write about just to get a post out. I’d rather see one solid post every month then a bunch of garbage every few days. And yes I know this quit drinking post is just useless to most people but to me it’s a great way to keep myself committed knowing I have made my challenge public.

Who I Would Like To See As A Keynote Speaker At Affiliate Summit

Bryn Youngblut — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:17:46 +0000

Mark Cuban.

Who would you like to see?

Using Social Proof To Increase Conversion Rates

Bryn Youngblut — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:26:29 +0000

I have seen very good results by simply adding a Facebook “Like” button on my landing pages. Put it somewhere below but close to where you want the visitor to interact, your email submit, click here button, etc.

Of course you’re going to want some “likes” to begin with so it doesn’t hurt to purchase a few hundred to get it rolling, then it can naturally grow from there.

Some tests I have done showed the like button almost doubled the conversion rate which is pretty huge for something so simple.

Time to add a Google +1 into the mix?

Kiva – Support Entrepreneurs Around The World

Bryn Youngblut — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:32:49 +0000

I last wrote about Kiva 2 years ago here and I still really believe in how great it is.

It’s not like donating money to a traditional charity where 15-20% of the money actually goes to the cause and the rest goes to things like the salaries of overpaid CEO’s.

You loan money to entrepreneurs all around the world, they repay the loan and you can now loan the money out again to someone else. It’s genius.

You can diversify the risk by only loaning small amounts (from $25) to each entrepreneur, many people donate to make up the total amount.

They have almost a 99% repayment rate, which is incredible.

If you haven’t checked it out yet or were never convinced I really think you should give it a chance.

Here is my invite link. I don’t make anything from this post or by referring people, I just really believe in the service that Kiva offers.

Working To Live vs. Living To Work

Bryn Youngblut — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:44:49 +0000

While playing 36 holes of golf yesterday with a buddy of mine we got to talking about how many people don’t understand how we can play so much golf. It’s costly and time consuming. Most people I know only have time to play at night after work or on weekends.

I understand how most people don’t have the luxury to be able to do whatever they want whenever they want, so I take complete advantage of it. Who wouldn’t?

I watched a short video the other day titled 3 things I learned while my plane crashed (watch it, it’s inspirational). It got me thinking about how short life is and how we need to utilize every moment that we have. I particularly liked when he talks about being a “collector of bad wine” and how he no longer wants to postpone anything in life.

So, are you working to live or living to work?

Bryn Youngblut

Are Entrepreneurs Born?

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