I’m typing this from 30,000 feet in the air as I travel across the Atlantic Ocean on my way to London for the first time. I’m heading there to help Shaqir Hussyin host a weekend mastermind event where attendees have paid between $5k-$8k to come and learn for 2 days.
I get a lot of questions about why I left MOBE and since I have the time now, I felt it would be best if I answered that question in a blog post. That way I can just send people here instead of saying the same thing over and over again 🙂
Most of you are probably aware that I was the Affiliate Manager for MOBE. I held that position for about 16 months. Well, I had given Matt Lloyd my notice back in June and July 17 was my last day.
Before I address exactly why I left, it’s important to explain why I joined MOBE as a staff member in the first place..
How I Found MOBE…
Back in early spring of 2014 I was primarily focused on product creation & affiliate marketing in the offline/local marketing niche. I was also serving my local business clients and assisting with their marketing as well. Business overall was going pretty well for me, I was happy for the most part, and I had found a nice comfort zone.
If there’s one thing that I’ve learned on my Internet marketing journey, it’s that pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone is ALWAYS a good thing. Every time I’ve done that, my business has benefited because of it.
I was running my business mostly by myself aside from some outsourcing here and there and my relationships with JV clients & other affiliates. But internally I had a desire to part of a bigger team and I wanted to experience affiliate marketing on a larger scale.
That’s exactly when I was presented with the opportunity to join the MOBE affiliate team. My friend & mentor Chris Daigle was working for MOBE at the time and had reached out for some assistance in the affiliate department (I honestly had never even heard of MOBE).
After speaking with Chris I was intrigued and felt a desire to push myself out of the comfort zone I was in and take a leap into joining the MOBE corporate team, so that’s what I did.
It was an incredible experience for me and I had the opportunity to see how a multi-million dollar affiliate business was structured. I had a first-hand view at exactly how everything was run and the 16 month journey I had was very eye opening and taught me a lot. Over that time we scaled from about 30 staff members to over 150 and grew monthly revenue from about 1.3 million to just around 6 million dollars.
Seeing & experiencing those types of numbers & growth taught me to remove the limitations & boundaries that we put on our beliefs and goals. I started to think much more “big picture” about my own personal and professional goals.
There wasn’t necessarily a handbook or guide to follow when it came to my role as an Affiliate Manager for MOBE, it was essentially formulated over time as the company grew.
After about 14 months the role had become much more defined and I had essentially formulated a process that needed to be executed in order to get everything accomplished. I had daily, weekly, and monthly routines and (for the most part) things ran smoothly as long as the processes were executed.
Enter the Dreaded Comfort one!
Yup, that’s right, after about 14 months as the affiliate manager for MOBE I had found myself in another comfort zone. Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, but if there’s one thing I’ve come to hate, it’s being in a comfort zone. So I decided it was time for a change and I gave Matt Lloyd my 30 day notice and made plans to leave MOBE.
So really the reason why I left MOBE was the exact same reason I joined MOBE in the first place.
So, what am I doing now? I took a role as the Business Development Manager for Shaqir Hussyin who many of you know is the #3 all-time earner in MOBE commissions. 
Shaqir has earned almost 2 million dollars in MOBE commissions and has also created 2 other million dollar businesses, all before the age of 27. His businesses is growing at an incredible rate, and believe me, he’s just getting started. I’m confident & optimistic with my recent change in roles and I know I’ll help Shaqir take his business to the next level.
So, What Should & Shouldn’t This all Mean to You?
What this shouldn’t mean is that you have any doubt or hesitation about MOBE or the direction the company is heading in. MOBE is still a great company with a ton of potential growth. As long as Matt Lloyd and the rest of the MOBE team keep up their current pace, the sky really is the limit for MOBE.
What it should mean is that you look to push yourself outside of a comfort zone the next time you find yourself in one. Don’t get complacent and comfortable, because as soon as you do, you’ll stop growing. Not only myself, but many other successful entrepreneurs will tell you the exact same thing.
Talk soon,
Matt
