EP 12 - Liz Herrera - The Importance of Investing in Yourself

Today’s awesome guest talks about Poker, Pokemon and E-commerce. On this episode, Steve introduces Liz Herrera, an Awesomer who ignored the well-trodden path of traditional systems and who instead created an opener for one of the first E-commerce stores. Liz also shares some memorable stories, words of wisdom, and valuable tips including: Why you should start building a team no matter where the journey is. Achievement should be measured against your own benchmarks. The positive results of putting yourself in uncomfortable situations. And why you need to invest in yourself and find the right mentor. So let’s hear this exciting episode and learn from Liz’ story, struggles and successes. Welcome to the Awesomers.com podcast. If you love to learn and if you're motivated to expand your mind and heck if you desire to break through those traditional paradigms and find your own version of success, you are in the right place. Awesomers around the world are on a journey to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. We believe in paying it forward and we fundamentally try to live up to the great Zig Ziglar quote where he said, "You can have everything in your life you want if you help enough other people get what they want." It doesn't matter where you came from. It only matters where you're going. My name is Steve Simonson and I hope that you will join me on this Awesomer journey. SPONSOR ADVERTISEMENT If you're launching a new product manufactured in China, you will need professional high-resolution Amazon ready photographs. Because Symo Global has a team of professionals in China, you will oftentimes receive your listing photographs before your product even leaves the country. This streamlined process will save you the time money and energy needed to concentrate on marketing and other creative content strategies before your item is in stock and ready for sale. Visit Symo Global to learn more. Because a picture should be worth one thousand keywords. You're listening to the Awesomers podcast. 1.23 (Steve Simonson introduces today’s guest, Liz Herrera.) Steve: This is the Awesomers.com podcast number 12 you can find all the show notes at Awesomers.com/12 now. Today my very special guest is Liz Herrera and in 1999 at just 22 years old, Liz ignored kind of the well-trodden path of traditional systems and business, and she instead created an opener for the very first E-commerce store and within 12 months she made their very first million dollars in profit. That's right! Not just sales. This is indeed a phenomenal feat for a young minority woman with no business pedigree, nor virtually an experience at that age, I mean who among us had experience at 22? However achievements like this are not typical for the extraordinary Liz Herrera. Now despite frequent discouragement from friends and family who did not necessarily believe in the industry. Liz was exploring, she didn't stray from that court journey to become an entrepreneur. In fact she's always been comfortable showing the world exactly who she is without regard for others opinions about her decisions and that's an Awesomer mentality for sure. Now because Liz has always acted in the direction her heart insists, Liz has made her millions many times over in all kinds of different industries. Liz Herrera is an internet entrepreneur, a former top 20 online poker earner in the world's top 20 by the way and her forte is recognizing opportunity in online marketplaces and quickly seizing upon it. After unexpectedly losing her many millions in poker due to the