034: Using a Freelance Business to Achieve Financial Freedom with Photographer Vincent Pugliese

Vincent tells his story of going from low paid photojournalist to financially free and what that has done for him and his family. A really great story with tons of valuable lessons including:

• Recognizing pivotal movements and taking advantage of skills to make more money
• Setting big goals and working hard everyday to achieve those goals
• Accepting short-term pain to get to long-term gain
• How Vincent and his wife used their side-business to pay off $140K of debt in 3.5 years
• Where people can start cutting and why most people are not willing
• Importance of investing in yourself and your career vs. driving a newer car
• Importance of taking notes on all of your struggles and successes because they could eventually turn into a book like it did for Vincent
• “Financial freedom” is different for everyone - for Vincent, it means he is never desperate for a job to pay his bills
• Financial freedom allows you flexibility to make money in different places
• How Vincent and his family of five live off $3,000 a month
• Importance of going to conferences and making connections
• When you are desperate for money and work, you think too much about what you need instead of how you can help someone else and make connections for them
• When you connect two other people, you are the hero and things will start to come your way
• Giving with no expectations to build your network and your business
• More money = more time = less stress
• Vincent focuses on one goal for 12 weeks and doesn't worry about the future
• The more you do, the more opportunities will come
• Book will be coming out in early 2018

Links:

• Vincent's website
• Special offer for EHS listeners - http://vincentpugliese.com/entrepreneurhotseat/
• Vincent's book - Freelance to Freedom
• www.Entrepreneurhotseat.com
• Andy Storch Coaching

If you are interested in coaching or have feedback or questions on the podcast, feel free to send me an email: andy@andystorch.com