Starting over at 40 (Life After Business Failure)

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• MA

  @mattstone8111 · 11 days ago

  Been there, dude! Just remember it only takes one successful business to financially outperform a lifetime of employment.

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• IM

  @imveryhungry112 · 11 days ago

  At least you had the guts to try business.

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• DA

  @davydoeslife · 10 days ago

  Overwhelmingly amount of successful entrepreneurs have a bankruptcy in their past.

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• RI

  @ricky48483 · 11 days ago

  I started a garage door business with 0 experience for this same reason<br><br>I highly recommend you do the same. Startup cost is near 0 if you focus on repairs, average ticket is 600-800 with only a 10% COGS.<br><br>You’re much smarter than me, you got this.

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• FR

  @Francisco-po1cf · 6 days ago

  Social Media is full of information telling people what they want to hear and it ends up costing them. The information that makes the most money is the information that people want to hear.

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• HU

  @HunterHLeon · 7 days ago

  Amazing honesty and courage in your content. YouTube needs more videos like this. Real people helping people face reality.

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• SY

  @sychophantt · 10 days ago

  Years down the road you hopefully will say that was one of the best things to ever happen to you.

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• BI

  @billyfromhr3999 · 11 days ago (edited)

  45 and just shut my doors after 5 years. Again! Second business of mine to fail after year 5. Was quite the gut punch. Immediately went and took my CDL so I can get into something with some flexibility while I rebuild.

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• JO

  @johnh3819 · 11 days ago

  I&apos;m 100% convinced that you are going to be fine and everything is going to work out. You are plenty intelligent and capable. Look forward now and don&apos;t let negativity bring you down. Take massive action towards building your new life and career. Do some physical activity like some yard work for your brother who loves you. Keep busy and realize depression and regret can&apos;t hit a moving target. Massive action every day. Let&apos;s fucking go bro!

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• CE

  @CentrePointeTrading · 6 days ago

  Very glad to have found you. Im starting over at 34. Wife and two kids as well. I resonate with everything you said. New follower

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• AL

  @Aleks444as · 10 days ago

  One thing I wish more people talked about is the difference between looking successful and actually having control over your time. Those two things can be VERY far apart. The Rules Behind The Curtain by Elias Morgan goes into that distinction quite a bit, and honestly that was more interesting to me than any of the actual money stuff. Someone can look boring from the outside and quietly have way more freedom than the person trying to prove they made it.

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• ED

  @eddy_creative · 5 days ago

  So real 🙏🏼 I’ve sold on Amazon for 10 years and most “Gurus” make more money from their courses than they do from selling.<br><br>Even worse are the “Make £20,000” a month on Etsy by selling stickers or something. So moronic.

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