Invest In Yourself: The Digital Entrepreneur Podcast · Phil Better

Escaping the 9-to-5 for Digital Freedom with Austin Medlin

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Austin says sellers fail because they are “too friendly” and care too much about what people think.

Phil Better sets the tone with his usual mix of hype and practical curiosity. He introduces Austin Medlin as a coach in the sales and coaching niche who has spent years helping online coaches and reps close better deals. The episode centers on the idea that solid sales skills can create freedom without turning into pushy nonsense. Austin then traces the moment he walked away from a job he no longer wanted to keep. He describes reaching the point where he was simply done with it. There was no polished transition waiting for him. He had very little money saved and no clear fallback plan. Instead of dressing that up, he treats it as the real starting line. He says the first move was deciding to trust himself. From there, life got even more makeshift. His ex at the time paid the bills while he helped build her network marketing and fitness coaching work. That arrangement did not stay simple for long. He explains how he tracked shared expenses in a Google doc and watched the total climb. At one point, the running tally reached about 50 grand. Rather than dodging that pressure, he uses it as part of the story of getting serious. The episode then shifts into the idea of high-ticket sales. Austin presents it as the vehicle that finally gave him traction. He says that once he committed, things improved fast. By month three, he says he never made less than $20,000 in a month. The point is not just that the numbers went up. It is that he stopped treating the work like an experiment. He went all in on one lane. He says he planted his flag and committed to his craft. Phil keeps the conversation grounded in the kind of language the show likes best. That means validation, blunt follow-ups, and a willingness to let the guest explain the hard part in plain speech. The result is a founder-to-founder conversation about earning freedom rather than waiting for it. It is less about theory than about the discipline of choosing a lane and pushing hard enough to see whether it can carry you.

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A direct sales story about betting on yourself, going all in, and building income with discipline.

The episode treats leaving corporate life, betting on yourself, and finding a sales model that pays as a practical move, not a slogan. The guest talks about quitting with no money saved, leaning on support at home while helping build a network marketing company and a fitness…

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