“You’ll never get far in business”,

he said, barely holding his frustration back as he hit the big red X and left the call.
He was going to feature me, a new entrepreneur, in Forbes – in exchange for something oh, so small and insignificant, it almost didn’t matter.

A date.

As someone who almost took her own life because of cyberbullying, I was unfazed – I always am. (for real – I take on petty hate, trolls and unwanted advances better than you take good news. Come @ me!).

I stood up from the sofa and poured myself a glass of water, imagining how the next 12 months of my life were going to go. Getting far in business was a given – I never had any doubt I’d succeed.

The question was… how? How was I going to get from living in a one-bedroom apartment above a car repair shop in Denmark, to living wherever I wanted, making all the money I wanted and helping all the people I wanted?

Not that making $1000/month wasn’t the-best-thing-evah (can you feel that sarcasm dripping from your screen?), but I was ready for a million-dollar business.

Well, call me queen obvious because the answer turned out to be right under my perfectly-shaped nose:

BRANDING.

As I was finishing my master degree in brand management, I quickly realized that the path to my dreams began with a simple move:

From working on Upwork for $8/hour, to building my brand on social media and cutting out the middleman.

In 45 days, I rebranded myself from “the copywriting and social media girl” to a branding specialist – and later, The Branding Queen™ (given to me by my clients, not myself, thank you very much!).

When I made $3000 in one day, selling my first program, I knew there was no going back. I’d cracked it.

I’d built, in a very short amount of time, a brand people raved about, threw money and opportunities at.

Fun fact: I’ve never had to pitch myself for anything in business.

Forbes? TED? Entrepreneur Magazine? Being flown all over the world, put in fancy hotels and paid to speak on stages?

Check.