You'll regret it if you get married, you'll regret it if you don't get married. You'll regret it if you have kids and you'll regret it if you don't. Kierkegaard said this 200 years ago as follows - whatever you choose, you'll regret it, because the problem isn't in your choices, it's in romanticizing your life. A person always finds an untravelled path alluring and mysterious. That's why the issue isn't making the right choice. It's choosing and deciding which regret you'll live with. In life, we must choose our regret.
I saw a lady sharing that her man paid all the bills while she went to school and raised their kids. Now she's a registered nurse, and she's holding things down while he studies engineering. That's what partnership looks like.
tupac recorded 501 songs, but only 2 became top ten hits.
van gogh painted 2,100 paintings and only sold 1 while he was alive and it was 6 months before he died.
sabrina carpenter released 67 songs and five albums over the course of 10 years before she had her big hit "espresso."
glen powell spent 19 years trying to become an actor before "top gun: maverick" made him a star. 19 solid years.
and connor story spent 8 years waiting tables and he was ready to quit acting for good. and the day he almost got fired, he got an email and he found out that he got the lead actor role in "heated rivalry," the biggest acquired hbo show in history.
and you are giving up because you tried twice? or maybe 10 times?
look, a winner is just a loser that tried one more time and that's just it
winners lose more than losers even try.
I interviewed a guy worth $247M on Moneywise, Onyi Odunukwe.
He started Glo Tanning, built it to 7 franchises, then sold 5 for $2.3M in 2018.
That 5 turned grew to over 100 locations he owns now (as well as 26 other businesses).
He spends $75-100k a month.
- Has a full-time driver for $60k a year.
- Has a live-in nanny for $50k a year.
- Has a house in Dallas and a house in Tampa, and is building a 3rd house now (and buying a ranch).
He said he was offered $250M for a 49% stake in Glo and turned it down.
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I used Origami today to find website design leads in minutes.
Prompt I used:
"Find dental clinics in Miami that don't have websites."
It returned businesses I could actually reach out to. You can swap the business type and location.