If you’re new here, I’m the auction guy you probably saw on Insta, YouTube or X. You may have downloaded my Auction Starter Guide with the lists of all the auction sites and tips on getting started.
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Are you comfortable?
When I started on X in January of 2024 with 38 followers, I learned that sharing stories of success AND failure helped grow my followers.
It was uncomfortable, and it led to 55k followers today.
When I kept getting asked to create a guide or training program in August of 2024, I didn’t want to be a “course guy,” but I gave in and built a Costco Auction guide with Gumroad.
It was uncomfortable, and it generated $12,347.
When people began asking me to coach and mentor them, I created a Calendly account and linked it to Stripe.
It was crazy uncomfortable, and it generated six figures while I helped some great people find success.
When someone suggested I start a Mastermind, I wondered if anyone would join.
It was super uncomfortable. I was super stressed about it when we had fewer than 100 members in early 2025, and now we have 3,254.
When I started on Instagram last September, I asked my daughter for help as I opened IG on my computer. She looked at me and said, “Your first mistake is using your computer,” as she grabbed my phone.
I started recording videos for IG, and it was out-of-this-world uncomfortable for me to have my phone in my face.
Those months of discomfort have led to 87,605 followers on Instagram and thousands of additional newsletter subscribers.
Every time I stepped (or was pushed) out of my comfort zone, amazing things happened.
My challenge to you is to make yourself uncomfortable and to share the results.
If you have been on the sidelines, thinking about reselling, Costco auctions, incredible deals, and a different kind of life, you owe it to yourself to become uncomfortable.
For $5 a month, you can stop watching from the sidelines and start building your uncommon life with thousands of us.
Let’s be uncomfortable together as we build cool stuff and create our uncommon lives.
Cheers to your inevitable success!
~ Shannon Jean
