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How Julian went from salesperson to running a successful video business

10 Jul 2024 · 0 min

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This is a YouTube interview (created/uploaded by Eric Deeran - Master Filmmaker) titled "How Julian went from salesperson to running a successful video business." The excerpt is a short conversational transcript in which Julian describes the importance of community (Slack, peers) and reflects that had he not taken the leap from a sales job to start his own video business, he likely would have remained comfortable but unhappy—building something for someone else. The clip highlights fear of leaving steady work, investing in oneself, and how community support helped.

Being able to be on slack, ask questions, talk to other people that are basically in the same shoes as I am and, and have that level of community as well.
100%, man.
Yeah.
And I, I guess kind of a weird question, but I guess, like, where do you feel like you might have been if you hadn't taken the jump, right? Because it was obviously scary to leave the sales job, invest in yourself, like to where a lot of people get hung up. Like what, where do you feel like you would have been if maybe you hadn't taken that leap on yourself?
For sure I would still be there. I would still, yeah, I would still be there, man. I don't know. I would still be there. Probably comfortable trying to earn more where I was at, but then ultimately not really being happy or satisfied because I was just building something for somebody else.