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Whether she became an entrepreneurial success with her business out of inspiration or desperation, she never gave up and continued doing the transformation work at full strength. Sophia Amoruso, CEO of a successful million dollar business today, knows firsthand about struggle and going without money. For Amoruso, struggling early in life and through college gave the the willpower and inner strength needed to venture out on her own and try her hand at starting a business, by buying and selling stuff through an eBaY page. Because of her willpower, her business mindset envisioned doing business on the web globally. She grew her business organically using InstaGram.com, Facebook.com, and Twitter.com.
Forbes has a wonderful transformation business success story about this wonderful young lady. She had already been through virtually 10 retail jobs by the age of 22. She once worked at a college she was attending while working on her business idea coming into fruition. Her mother and father lost their jobs when she was a little girl. That didn't stop her from moving forward with her life transformation. She toyed with the idea of buying and selling and immediately saw success on ther web. Excited about what could become more of it, she transitioned from selling things on an eBaY page, to officially transitioning into domain name ownership and starting her own website. She went from struggling with virtually no finances in the beginning of her business ambitions, to virtually earning over $100 million online in as little as six years, according to an online article from the New York Times. Is she doing the transformation work? Absolutely.
Sophia's story from humble beginnings to abnormal business success is inspiring. She inspires anyone who learns of her story and struggle to never give up on their business dreams, no matter how hard things seen in the moment. Sophia also teaches anyone to have a huge vision where you desire your business to be. She thought outside of the box and succeeded. She's no different than you. We're human.
If you're struggling with starting a business and have lack of finances or faith and you find people putting down your dreams or not believing in you and walking away, keep moving forward anyway. Allow the negativity of people mistreating you, disrespecting you, and walking away as a means of indirect positive energy to work intellectually on your business dreams. Don't let what people say and do bring you down to the point of giving up on yourself and your entrepreneurial ambitions. These are the same people that quietly sit back and analyze your progress. When they see you succeeding or spontaneously in the spotlight later on, most of them tried to come back and in some cases "speaking through other people" wanting to be a part of what you're doing. And in most cases, hoping to be friends again. Keep moving forward and don't look back. This is the heart of a true entrepreneurial transformation chance when you refuse to quit and progress in the midst of adversity.
Sophia continues to do an amazing job with her online business that she started from scratch off of an idea. You can't ignore someone who virtually went from struggling to earning close to $100 million less than seven years, can you? Truly, Sophia is an inspiration to aspiring entrepreneurs giving them hope about their future.
Be encouraged. Don't throw in the towel, no matter how long it takes for your business to flourish. Keep doing the transformation work. Show up. Think positive. Make a difference in the lives of others. Give freely without expectation. Be of service with a cheerful heart. Before you know it, you'll leapfrog over any and all obstacles in your way and you'll be on your way to getting more business than you can handle. Hang in there and keep the faith.