My name is Stormy Wellington, also known as Coach Stormy,
and I blew a bag.
So, you may know me from Amateurs Millionaire's Club,
you may know me from being a multi-million dollar earner
in the industry of network and and direct sales,
you may know me from being a best selling author.
I have about four different books,
three that's based upon self help and personal development,
and one that's based upon my story, my memoir.
You may know me from Instagram. A lot of people know me
from being the voice of the colored girl.
Most people know me by being you know,
a source of inspiration. I am bold, I am unapologetic.
So it just depends on what day of the week,
there's multiple days I do.
I'm a mother, I'm a ex-wife, I am a millionaire coach.
I travel all around the world showing people
that they can make money through network marketing.
But, I also teach people
that when you learn to rule your mind,
and when you learn to train the brain,
there is nothing that you can't accomplish.
So I like to look a certain kind of way,
so you may know me from being that girl
that looks a certain kind of way
but speaks differently than the way I look.
So I like to make people kind of think
that I'm, you know, uneducated, and then when I open my mouth,
they start to realize that wait a minute,
this girl is more powerful than she appears to be.
So you may know me from your child
listening to one of my CD's.
I'm all over Apple, I'm all over Spotify,
I have a album that's actually doing very well right now.
The last regular ... I wouldn't even call it regular,
because people used to always say to me,
"Girl, you got a good job." I used to be a TSA agent.
I used to wear that thick, blue shirt,
those thick, ugly, blue pants, with the big, fat belt,
and I was the girl that a lot of you cute girls
would come through the airport,
and throw your Chanel bags up there.
And I remember back in those days, feeling like a peasant.
I remember, I used to work at the busiest checkpoint in Miami,
at the Miami International Airport.
We would see about 15,000 people a day,
and it's so funny, because when I think about that,
that was one of the defining moments of my life,
working at the airport, realizing that I deserve better,
when I was making 13.75 an hour.
Yeah.
So, when I was a TSA agent, at first I was excited about it,
because it was a government job,
and everybody would say if you work at the government,
you have a secure job.
And then I got even more excited when I realized
that I could climb the quote unquote corporate ladder,
because I was going to be a customs agent.
And so I was always excited about
just the thought of going from TSA to customs.
I remember, if you ever fly,
pay attention to the stripes on the shoulders.
One stripe means you're just basic,
two stripes mean you're a supervisor,
three stripes mean that you're a manager.
So I remember my dreams and aspirations
was to go from one stripe to two stripe to three stripes,
then to go to customs.
What really made me have my shift
was when I went to work one day,
and some real cute girls came through the airport.
And I remember looking at them, saying,
"What is different between me and them?"
I just believe that they just had a different thought process,
and I believe that they just had different relationships.
And I'll never forget going on lunch break one day.
I went on lunch break,
and I was just like, "I'm not going back."
I had no idea where I was going,
I had no idea what I was going do,
but I remember that day like it was yesterday,
seeing these cute girls come through,
throw their bags on the conveyor belt.
I had to check it, I had to do my job,
but that day I went to lunch,
and I just went AWOL, and I never came back.
So, after I quit my job, I was in a tough place.
Obviously, my income,
I took care of my two kids at the time,
because I had two kids, you know,
from the income that I made from the airport.
So it was really rough for me when I first quit,
but I started to really look around or opportunities,
because I'm really an entrepreneur at heart.
I don't like jobs, I don't like being told
what time I've got to be to work,
I don't like lunch breaks,
you know, I don't like, you know, 15 minute breaks.
I never felt comfortable, feeling like I had to hide
when I was in the bathroom. Putting your feet up,
because you took an extra five minutes in the bathroom,
and so for a long time I struggled,
when I first quit my TSA job,
but I ended up relocated to Atlanta, Georgia,
and Atlanta, Georgia is what began my shift.
When I got to Atlanta, Georgia, it was real challenging.
I was staying different friends, from pillar to post.
I remember, one week I'd be at this person's house,
next week I'd be at this person's house,
and then, this was back in the days
when you were able to kind of ...
anybody could get approved for a house
if you had a social security number, you know?
It didn't matter what your tax returns looked like,
it didn't matter really or truly if you had the documentations,
as long as you had a 550 credit score.
And so I got myself a nice house,
not really realizing
that I didn't have the means to pay for the house.
But that was really what woke me up,
because I started to find other opportunities
outside of what I was accustomed to, you know?
When you are someone who grew up with men
that was either taking care of you,
you know, or of course,
finding ways to get your hustle on,
whether it was scheming, scamming, stealing, plotting,
you know, it's kind of challenging to find new ways.
But, one of the beautiful things about being in Atlanta, Georgia,
it's like the black mecca, you know?
African Americans can not only just survive in Atlanta,
they can thrive.
And I remember working this job
where I was able to collect a million dollars,
and close accounts in collections.
And I remember my boss called me in the office one day and says,
"Hey, your performance, out of this world,
you brought a million dollars in seven months,"
and I later learned that those accounts were closed,
which means they wrote those accounts off.
So to be able to collect a million dollars
in seven months in closed accounts
was pretty spectacular, right?
Well, the day my boss told me that my raise was 25 cents,
that literally became, again,
another one of my defining moments.
I walked away from that job, I went AWOL,
and I got into network marketing.
When I made my first check for 5,000 dollars,
see what you got to understand
is nobody around me believed in me.
My mom thought I was crazy and stupid.
You know, I became a member of the NFL,
no friends, no family left.
None of my friends wanted to hear from me.
I became that girl that like, stay away,
because she's going to try to sell us something.
But there was one thing that I always understood,
because I used to be involved in retail.
I always understood the power of buying something for wholesale,
and then having the ability to retail it.
I always understood the margin in between was your profit.
And so even though I didn't understand
how everything worked, I understood making commission,
and I understood the margins from wholesale to retail.
What was the most money I spent in one day?
I would have to say the day
that I became a Tony Robbins platinum partner.
I paid 85,000 dollars that day,
to become a Tony Robbins platinum partner.
That day was the same day that I had to pay the down payment
for one of my events. The venue was about 30,000.
I was staying in a very expensive hotel,
my invoice by the end of the week,
because I was at a conference, a seven day conference,
was about 8,000 dollars. I flew first class.
So I would have to say my most ...
yeah, probably about 130,000 dollars.
Just the other day I spent like 67,000 dollars,
but it wasn't spent. I paid 10,000 to my attorney,
I had to pay 42,000 for my home getting decorated,
and then the next day I had to pay
another 85,000 to the contractor.
So, I don't really specifically look at the money
I spend in a day, but I look at the money
that I spent over a period of 30 days.
My money's more managed in 30 day increments.
Oh my god, I treat myself like a queen.
I'm a queen, I believe in paying myself first.
I average anywhere between, you know,
I'm not get into my money. I treat myself like a queen.
I treat myself, you know, with the utmost respect.
I respect myself.
As of today, I would never loan money again
without some type of contract,
and some type of collateral, okay?
I do believe in giving back, you know,
that's why I give 10 percent to my charity account,
because I have a charity account,
and so once my charity account every month is exhausted,
now when you ask me borrow money,
there needs to be a business transaction,
meaning you need to tell me what is going to be my return.
I like 12 percent, that's my number.
And what's your collateral? Do you have any assets?
Do you have anything to give me for this loan?
I don't do loans anymore, because right now,
I probably have 150,000 somewhere in the world,
from people that borrowed it from me.
From closest friends that borrowed
and don't even hardly talk to me anymore.
So what's coming?
First of all, I just got to say this, the sky is the limit.
I do women's conferences,
so I know that that version of my life is expanded.
My goal, and my mission, is to keep growing
as an African American woman
who dropped out of school in the ninth grade,
who was told that I wouldn't amount to anything, and I did.
I am Stormy Wellington, also known as Coach Stormy,
and yes I blew a bag, I invested a bag,
I spent the bag, I bought some bags,
I bought some cars, I bought some properties,
I bought homes over in Africa
where I am a philanthropist, I help people to get a bag,
so yeah, we get all kind of bags.
We even have Chanel bags, and Erman's bags,
and Gucci bags, and so yeah, we blowing bags,
but we're investing bags as well.