What is the quickest way to become wealthy under 30?
If you are not good at acting, dancing, singing, sports or prostituting yourself.
Eros Campitelli, studied at Colleges and Universities
Updated May 24
One of the people I know, which almost 10 years ago (yes, I’m old even though I’m only 30), became what you define “wealthy” in 7 years.
And he started at 21, so that makes Mark a “wealthy under 30”, right?
Mark did not finish high school and dropped out at the age of 13. After repeating two classes!
I always thought that Mark was intelligent in his own way, even though he did not appreciate reading books, watching movies, going for a hiking weekend. He is not the kind with whom you’d have a deep philosophical conversation.
But Mark had, and currently has, a strong ability: he really knows how to sell anything to you.
Mark started at 15 years old as a bartender for a chalet on the seaside. He learned how to speak to people, how to make them laugh and, most importantly, he learned how to network.
After attending a bar tending course, he applied for a job in a very nice hotel where he knew that managers, executives and many other important people were staying when travelling.
There he started working for his success.
He knew an executive that asked Mark if he wanted to join his sales department to become a salesman.
Mark replied that he did not know how to sell.
The executive replied that he could learn, he could join his team for an apprenticeship, with the minimum wage but with commissions.
The first year - in Mark’s words, has been hell. He didn’t learn how to sell to businesses. He got only 10 commissions that year, when the average salesman got, at least 70 commissions.
The second year - Mark and other three salesman got their first big client for a 3 million contract. Client burst up and didn’t pay a dime to them.
The third year - Mark started going out on his own, meeting his own clients (it was a B2B business) and got 50 sales that year.
From the third year on - Mark got 90–120 sales per year and became the top salesman. In those last three years (until 2017) he earned 427′000 euros in commissions only.
Only. Commissions.
It seems that you want to know how did he do that. Let me explain.
He attended 6 sales courses.
For the first two years he worked 10 hours per day.
He began to read books on how to prospect, how to negotiate and how to close a sale.
That’s it. Hard work, planning, executing.
Here’s the minimalist approach to sales.
