Last May while sitting on the back porch of his home on the lake in Coeur D’Alene Idaho, Ed Mylett received a text from his good friend Tony Robbins. The text was harsh. Tony told Ed it was time for him to leave his comfort zone, step out of his shell and start bringing a bigger impact on the world.
At first Ed resisted. He’d been wealthy for quite some time now, and frankly didn’t want to be in the spotlight and his private life be interrupted. After all, Ed Mylett is worth over $400,000,000, and has what would be considered the dream life, by pretty much everyone. Ed didn’t want the public spotlight to interrupt the good thing he had going. Tony, being as convincing as he’s known to be, convinced Ed that his days of living a private life were over.
“Immediately after the text exchange, I called my son over and asked him how to start an Instagram account” Ed told me as we spoke on the phone recently. He went on to tell me he had no idea how any of the stuff in the social media world worked. He’d been enjoying life away from being online and was 100% happy about it.
In May of 2017, Ed Mylett, with the help of his son, registered his profiles on Instagram, Facebook and Youtube. He even decided to start a podcast. One of Ed’s philosophies is “maxed out” which means going all in and maxing out every opportunity you can. This was his opportunity to change lives and in typical Ed Mylett fashion, he was going to make sure it was maxed out.
Flash forward 11 months and Ed has over 550,000 followers on Instagram, he has 160,000 likes on his Facebook page, over 40,000 subscribers on Youtube, and his podcasts get over a million downloads the first day they drop on iTunes. All this has happened without running a single ad or paying for any form of marketing.
I’m pretty sure Ed Mylett is the fastest growing business personality in the history of social media. Sure, there are folks on social media with a bigger following, but Ed has grown to epic proportions faster than than your favorite social media business rock star.
One of the things that’s led to such amazing growth in the noisy world of social media is the quality of the guests on his shows and in his videos. Guys like Grant Cardone, Andy Frisella and Tim Grover have all been interviewed by Ed. After all, when you’re worth $400Ms you have some pretty cool and powerful friends who can lift you up.
His interviews aren’t your standard interviews either. You can tell there is just something different about Ed. He comes off genuine, caring and makes you feel like you’re in the room with him. In a time where most hosts seem to want to outdo their guests and interrupt them because they need the credibility, Ed really wants them to tell their story and he really wants his listeners to get something from his guests.
When you Google Ed, you’ll find he owns 3 amazing homes, 2 jets, exotic cars and plenty of other cool stuff that attracts people to business magnates like him online. One of the things that’s different about Ed than most social media stars with a jet and Ferrari is that Ed owns all his toys debt free. He doesn’t have loans on his home, his cars or his planes. This is how the world knows Ed Mylett is the real deal and not just some dude with a rented jet trying to be cool for social media.
Ed is the agency chairman of a large financial company which has over 40,000 people working in it, and that’s just one of his business ventures. While others may have had businesses handed to them, got lucky or be up to their ears in debt, Ed Mylett is what most of us aspire to be, rich without debt and 100% self made. It’s no wonder the social media world has been drawn to him like a powerful magnet.
If you’re not already following Ed Mylett on Instagram, Facebook, Youtube or iTunes he’s an absolute must and a breath of fresh air in a world of hot air. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is listen to his interviews or his podcast because they are full of wisdom and when I grow up I want to be like Ed. Check him out and you’ll be hooked immediately just like I was.
