POWER OF FREE! #6: What’s Your Story in Intelligent Content Marketing: Losing It All

It all went to hell in a handbasket. It was unbelievable. Just as it moves, basically unpacked and felt now I’ve arrived, it all started to unravel.

Now, I won’t go into the details of, of what happened at the end of the day, these are mistakes that I made, and I take full responsibility for them, but I learned things. So I thought I’d share with you the lessons that I learned in the losing it all years. And in the in the big immigration deal. What I learned was, you should never undervalue yourself. If you know what you’re worth, you should just demand what you’re worth. I also learned that you should never allow yourself to be rolled over. When my dispute started with my ex partners, even though they were far better resource than me. I’m a lawyer, they always say that, you know, lawyer has himself for clients is a fool.

But you know what, at least annoying enough not to be rolled over. Me. So litigated and litigated for two and a half years. Then one of my ex partners got cancer. And I thought enough’s enough. Let’s move past this. I haven’t been rolled over, let’s drop hands. I’m focused on the future. But that’s what I learned. You don’t be rolled over. I also learned, you choose your partners very, very carefully. So then in the, in the microservice era of my life, I learned that loyalty, loyalty is honorable. But blind loyalty is stupid. Because I met a man who became my mentor. And I didn’t have the experience at that time to understand that, you know, he had flaws like everybody else, what I take him to be a sign of strength, ultimately, in hindsight, I realized was actually a sign of his weakness. I also learned that when you’re putting in your business together, you never ever, ever, ever bring your money. So ask your friends or your family to invest in your business.

Now, I won’t go into the details of, of what happened at the end of the day, these are mistakes that I made, and I take full responsibility for them, but I learned things. So I thought I’d share with you the lessons that I learned in the losing it all years. And in the in the big immigration deal. What I learned was, you should never undervalue yourself. If you know what you’re worth, you should just demand what you’re worth. I also learned that you should never allow yourself to be rolled over. When my dispute started with my ex partners, even though they were far better resource than me. I’m a lawyer, they always say that, you know, lawyer has himself for clients is a fool. But you know what, at least annoying enough not to be rolled over. Me. So litigated and litigated for two and a half years.

Then one of my ex partners got cancer. And I thought enough’s enough. Let’s move past this. I haven’t been rolled over, let’s drop hands. I’m focused on the future. But that’s what I learned. You don’t be rolled over. I also learned, you choose your partners very, very carefully. So then in the, in the microservice era of my life, I learned that loyalty, loyalty is honorable. But blind loyalty is stupid. Because I met a man who became my mentor. And I didn’t have the experience at that time to understand that, you know, he had flaws like everybody else, what I take him to be a sign of strength, ultimately, in hindsight, I realized was actually a sign of his weakness. I also learned that when you’re putting in your business together, you never ever, ever, ever bring your money. So ask your friends or your family to invest in your business.

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