A friend lost roughly $5 million in timber during a hurricane because the damage wasn't insurable. The speaker uses that catastrophe to argue most people overreact to small losses, and shares how he processes setbacks: feel it, learn from it, move on.
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Y'all saw all the storms like Georgia, North Carolina, all that stuff. He has a farm in South Georgia and I was like, hey, how the farm? He's like, hey, we were good. It went a little east, so it didn't hit me. He goes, but my buddy, I just got off the phone with him. I don't know how many acres, but he lost because of the storm $5 million worth of timber. Storm just knocked over, uninsurable because of what it is. Someone in your world lost their mind over client canceling a $40 app yesterday. Y'all lost your mind over something to that, you know what I mean? Like, trust me, I lose my mind still. But what I try to not do is let it linger. I try to catch it quick and move on from it. Take a lesson from it. Let's go. You know what I'm saying? Like, shitty day. Like, I didn't just lose $5 million worth of timber or lose my house or my life or my family or, you know, I mean, like, you can, you can always make things relative to other things.