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Leonor Rodrigues
21, Lisbon. Runs partnerships with US insurance, home warranty and credit card companies.
My story
Three years ago my job was standing at the door of a shop saying good morning.
Five hours a day, in the same square of floor. They did not let me leave it. Every single minute felt like an hour. And when they handed out the positions, one of them would smile and say: you are going to the door. Nobody says good morning back. Not one of them.
I quit after two months with about two thousand euros saved, and I did nothing with it for almost two years. I would promise myself I would wake up at six. I would wake up at nine, feel like a failure, and write off the day. I watched content about business every single day. Nothing existed outside my head.
The money ran out, so I went back to retail. Twice.
Now I am 21, and I run partnerships with some of the biggest insurance, home warranty and credit card companies in the United States. I email them cold. They have never heard of me. Their CEOs still get on calls with me, because of what they find when they check.
Same city. Same bedroom. Different woman. I stopped waiting to become someone impressive, and started showing up as the woman who already was. Then I built another page, and another. Twenty-three websites, across twenty-three niches, in about ten minutes each.