🥂 Shooting your shot with Diego Ortiz | Destination Mexico OoO

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Do you let your past hold your future hostage?

It's tempting to settle deep into your comfort zone, convincing yourself that your current job is as good as it gets.

But it’s not just the past that tricks you into believing that life is never going to get any better.

🧠 It’s your own brain.

Neuroscience has proven that dwelling on risks and safety turns your brain into a fortress against action when opportunity knocks.

Maladapted neural pathways can make you someone who doesn’t shoot their shot.

You know who does? People like Diego Ortiz from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Diego found one of Crossover’s LinkedIn ads and sprang into action. He went from three months into a low-paying US remote job, to 3X his pay by shooting his shot.

💪 Nothing held him back.

Some might have said he was lucky to get a fair local wage. Or to have a job at all. In this global economy? Forget about it. But that mindset is downright dangerous.

⚡ It prevents you from embracing calculated risks

🧱 It builds a wall between you and future opportunities

⚓ And it anchors you to a job that doesn't fulfill you

I had the pleasure of meeting Diego Ortiz in Mexico during Dios de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead).

His intuition lead him to ACT when others might have scrolled past.

Diego is a prime example of the ‘carpe-diem’ mindset, of always taking your shot!

With everything to lose and a whole new life to gain, Diego didn’t hesitate to apply for a job with Crossover once he saw the transparent pay on LinkedIn.

💸 Imagine being paid what his colleagues in the US are paid!

☠️ RIP outsourcing and earning less just because of geography.

🤩 It was the start of something bigger and better.

This week, I sit down with Diego to discuss his transformative journey to a Sales Order Processing Consultant at GFI Software.

In Episode 55, we don sombreros at his family home, and head to the Cava de Oro distillery in the famous town of Tequila to sample some of the good life.   

Ah, the taste of success!

Join me on this Mexican adventure to meet a hotshot sales pro that doesn’t hesitate when opportunity knocks. It’s exactly the kind of go-getter spirit we’re after.

📽️ This Week on Episode 55:

🥂 Tequila and Traditions: Sip on the spirit of success with Andrew and Diego during Day of The Dead festivities.

📒 Remote Job Tactics: Unlock Diego’s playbook for shooting your shot at a better remote job

🤑 RIP Comfort: See how he left his underpaid US job and 3X his income

🗽 New York New York: Get a sneak peek into Diego’s new lifestyle funded by his equitable earnings

🏜️ Mexican Talent: This isn’t Tequila… but it is your shot at a better remote job

Rejection sucks, but regret is worse. Don’t let old habits keep you stuck in a joyless job where you aren’t paid what you’re worth.

They say, you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. So take them. Who knows how much better your life will be if you stop keeping yourself where you are now.

🔥 Take the shot,

Andrew

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