Jacqueline ElliottLeadership Strategist | CEO, Mother, Wife, Legacy-Builder

Don’t set yourself up for failure….#shorts

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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This YouTube short (uploaded by Jacqueline Elliott, recorded Dec 27, 2023) is a brief personal reflection in which the speaker describes sacrifices made to start a business — including selling their house and sleeping on mattresses — and the emotional distance and lack of understanding they experienced from family members.

Questions this video answers

Their house.

Because they sold their house to start a business.

I did not speak about my sacrifices to my family. I did not tell them what I was going to go through. I didn't tell them that I had to sleep on mattresses because we sold our house and wanted to start a business. I didn't tell my family that I knew they were going to think I was stupid, that I was going to think I was crazy. That they didn't believe how I believe. They don't understand what it's like to travel around the world. You can be the happiest couple in the world. Where's your house, honey? They don't get it. They're never going to understand that.