"Life is meant to be enjoyed not just endured" ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
CAROLINE GRUBB
DIGITAL ENTREPRENEUR & PROUD AMBASSADOR OF LAUNCH YOU
Launch You has enabled me to build a business that I run from my laptop, so I can work from anywhere in the world (including from my campervan!), and where I can work as much or as little as I choose, because I'm my own boss.
As well as being financially self-sufficient thanks to this business, I have the the freedom to travel as often as I like, and through my work I get to connect with open-minded, positive, heart-centred people around the world.
This was my dream, and Launch You have helped me to realise it.
MY WHY
I believe that creating our own dream online business can not only offer a way to pursue our passions which provides for us financially, but that can also become a vehicle for sharing our unique gifts & talents, while affording us the time to balance everything else that's important to living a healthy, happy life.
MY MISSION
My mission is to inspire, educate & empower people to create an online business that nourishes their heart, their soul and their pocket.
MY VISION
I envision a time when you are waking up every day feeling energised & excited for the day ahead, feeling connected to yourself & your unique purpose, shaping your life exactly as you choose and living life to the fullest.
MY STORY
Before I discovered Launch You, I spent 13 years as an IT Consultant for medium & large corporates, travelling to visit clients all over the UK, Europe & Asia.
Although many friends thought I had a glamorous job because I was often working away, mostly I spent my days in stuffy offices and evenings & weekends in airports, business hotels or traffic jams - not quite the idea of travelling I had in mind!
The best thing that ever happened to me was losing my job
When I unexpectedly got laid off in 2015, I felt liberated!
I set off in search of a way to live that wasn't stuck behind a desk and found a new way to earn money... as a photographer on cruise ships.
I got paid to travel around the world, chat to people and enjoy much more fresh air & daylight. Plus I got to make people smile for a living - it was my dream job! Or so I thought...
But while I visited many incredible places & had a whole lot of fun, I was still working for a boss and didn't have control over my time or where I spent it - I only got to go where the ship went, and often didn't get to enjoy the ports because of work duties.
This still wasn't quite the lifestyle of freedom I dreamed of
Then, in 2018, my best friend Anya suddenly passed away.
There were so many dreams she never got to realise. After her death, I realised just how short life could be...
My dreams, of being my own boss and living a life of travel & adventure that I'd described to her countless times over a bottle or three of Sauvignon Blanc, were still in the 'someday' box.
But now, I knew there was no perfect time, and I owed it to Anya's memory not to wait a moment longer. I had to make it happen.
And that's when I found Launch You
Launch You's cutting edge strategies and comprehensive education programs teaching online marketing attracted me because of the stories of real, down-to-earth people who had created massive changes in their lives by following the training.
People who had quit their 9-5 jobs and were now travelling the world, spending more time with their kids and doing work that fulfilled them.
I loved Launch You's emphasis on leading with value (not chasing the money), and that they taught transferrable skills, that can be used to sell anything, to anyone, anywhere in the world - in a legit, authentic, honest way, for people with no previous sales or marketing experience.
They key to success is finding the right mentors
Stuart Ross, digital entrepreneur, self-made millionaire & the founder of Launch You, has been in the online marketing space for over 13 years.
Through his organisation's world-class education programs, I have learned the digital, marketing, mindset & business skills I needed to make the switch from employee to entrepreneur and earn my income online.
I've gained skills that I know will enable me to support myself financially for the rest of my life - without ever needing to get a job again.
Launch You's positive, caring community of coaches, mentors & fellow students supported me (and continue to support me) through my journey to designing and living a life of freedom on my terms.
Thanks to Launch You, I'm now a fully fledged digital nomad
Since following Launch You's training program, I now earn my income wholly online through a business I operate solely by myself.
I choose my own hours and get to work from anywhere in the world - which enables me to travel as much & as often as I wish!
I regularly move around the UK and Europe, taking my laptop with me wherever I go.
And the people I work with are just my kinda people, which makes my work so fun & fulfilling.