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MARK HOLDER

FOUNDER OF SILVER AMBITION

My Silver Ambition website is dedicated to those that want to achieve more, learn more and have greater financial security.

Personal aspirations can be very closely linked to financial freedom - you don't have the time to achieve the things you want to because you are tied to the work that brings in the money you need to live and provide for your dependents.

Launch You has allowed me to build a business that gives me financial freedom and more importantly the time to spend on the things that matter most to me: my family and our lifestyle.

And part of this freedom comes from helping others like me transform their lives with a modern online business education relevant to today's digital world.

MY MISSION

As an ambassador of the incredible Launch You ecosystem, I am here to empower, educate, and support you in achieving your version of success with our proven online business blueprint that, if followed, will make your success in life and business inevitable. 

 

I also want to steer you away from those "get rich quick" schemes and make you realise that it really is possible, but it requires hard work and committment to learn new skills. 

MY VISION

"For you to construct your own reality, your life by your design, making a living from your own experiences and bringing a positive impact to the lives of others."

MY WHY

  • I was in my late 50s and wondering why I hadn't achieved what I wanted to by now. I felt frustrated because I was STILL working hard for somebody else, with no time for my own goals and aspirations? And as time continued to slip by, I started to realisese that I still had no time for me.
  • I knew that if I could somehow break that cycle and have the freedom to earn a living how, where and when I wanted to, to give give myself financial independence AND time to do the things I wanted to do, I would do something about it. And that is exactly what I did.
  • It required investment in time upfront, to learn new skills, but that investment has been repaid many times over with time freedom, to do what I want where and when I want, and all with financial freedom. 

EVEN MORE ABOUT ME...

I am Mark Holder, aged 59 and I live in West Sussex.
I have spent my career working in a range of industries, but mostly in banking and finance. I am a qualified accountant, so this means a lot of the time I have worked with numbers, but not always, so a bit of a mix. I have worked in teams, I have led teams, I have worked on my own. I have been hard working and committed to the many companies and bosses that I have seen over the years.

I have always been hard-working...
I have always worked hard, worked long hours, worked weekends, worked at doing the best I can at whatever job I had.

...and this has brought its positives and negatives.
Financially I have generally been okay, but I have not spent as much time at home as I would have liked, working too long hours when I could have been spending more time with my wife and three daughters. And I regret this - you can always have more money, but you can never have more time.

Also, I have noticed things changing at work.
I suppose when I got to my mid-50s, I started becoming more aware of those in my own age-group, and how “older” colleagues were being treated – maybe because I was now one of them myself. With so much focus on sexism and racism, the much more subtle issue ageism (both young and old) seems to go under the radar. I have noticed that those in their sixties, with the most knowledge and experience, are often subconsciously marginalised or ignored, or the brunt of little jokes about how they don’t understand the technology or social media of today. You can see it undermining their confidence, their status, and their security within “the herd”.

For me the thing that really struck home was the occasional well-meaning and innocent question “when are you thinking about retiring?”. Personally, I have no intention of retiring, at least not in the traditional sense. I want to learn more and achieve more in many different ways. But it still sent a message that you didn’t really want to hear, that suddenly stops you in your tracks - of course the company will survive without you, and you may well be missed, but at some stage you will no longer be wanted.

I was also thinking “how did I end up here?” I had spent my life with my head down working hard, and now suddenly I was questioning everything, where all the time had gone, all those days, months, years, spent away from my family, the people I love the most, and for what? For a retirement pot that was probably not going to be enough to do all those other things that I had dreamed of doing when I actually had enough time to do them.

It was then that I started exploring digital marketing.
I am not talking about the “make millions in your spare time” (and if that is what you are looking for, then this is not for you – close this page and move on). I am talking about learning how digital marketing has transformed the global marketplace and marketing in general, much more than selling stuff to people, but also bringing together like-minded people with a common affiliation and interests across the world.

I started small, using spare time to learn new digital skills, training myself in amazing applications, technologies and services that allow anyone to reach out to the world – it truly is limitless.

I am progressing at a pace that suits me. I slowly "winding down" my conventional day job, but at the same time I am also slowly building a modest income. And I can see how even a modest income will give me so much more independence, allowing me to work when I want, where I want, and how I want. I will soon be stepping away from that day job for good.

But it is not all plain sailing, better to be upfront with you...

Home Truth #1

It requires effort.

 

You will need to invest time and some money to gain the knowledge and learn the skills. If you are not interested in putting in the time and learning something new, then this is not for you.

Home truth #2

It does takes time and it will require commitment.

 

There is a lot to learn, a lot to take in, and it can seem overwhelming to begin with. But like eating an elephant, you take it one bite at a time. It took me months before I started seeing any tangible progress. But stick with it, it is going to be worth it. But if you are looking for instant results, then this is not for you.

Home truth #3

It is as much about failure as it is about success.

 

Nobody hits the bullseye first time – not even expert marketers that have being doing this for years. It is all about trial and error, finding what works and what doesn’t. But by remaining patient and persistent, and accepting the fact that failure paves the road to success, you can succeed.

Home truth #4

You are unlikely to make millions.

 

You will be able to create a modest income that can provide you with freedom to pursue your goals and aspirations, or to supplement your retirement money, or just to give you more time (because as I mentioned earlier, you can always have more money, but you can never have more time).

So if you want to make millions straight away, then this is not for you.

I cannot guarantee you will succeed…

because I don’t know what success means to you. At the end of the day, I have never met anyone like you before! Your success is going to be different to everyone else. But even though I have never met you, I know that your own success is down to you and the effort you put in.

…but I can promise you

that I can provide you with excellent training resources and support tools you need to make that difference that is important to you.

Still interested ?

So if you are looking to learn new skills and are prepared to put some effort into making a change, then just sign up for free to take a look at our workshop videos. At least then you can then decide if this is something for you or not.

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Still interested but have questions?

Get in contact, ask me any questions, big or small. I'm here to help.