An entrepreneur shares losses of $15,000, $30,000, $100,000, and $20,000 across different ventures. He argues these failures forced him to examine his priorities and deepen his faith, and that the ability to lose large sums is actually a privilege that accelerated his growth.
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Me and one of my buddies, we hopped on a Zoom meeting last night just to recap the day. And the first thing he says to me when he gets on the call is, JT, I just lost $20,000. And we both started dying laughing because we are blessed to be able to lose $20,000. I remember earlier this year in March, I had one of the most horrific days of my life. I woke up, lost, like, 15 grand, lost another 30 grand that afternoon, and then found out I was gonna lose another hundred thousand dollars. And I remember when I found that, I walked outside onto the porch, onto the balcony, and I started praying. I was like, God, lead me in the right direction. I know I need to live a better life for you. And honestly, that moment brought me so much closer to God that I'm so thankful that it happened. So in saying that, sometimes you just need these failures and you need to get hit a little bit in the face in order to achieve what you want. But the fact that we're able to lose, you know, 20, 40, 50, 60, $100,000, like, that's an absolute blessing.