Jason Fried worked at a hotel cafeteria during college. Now he's hosting the Loan Signing System Conference at that same venue, completing a full-circle moment in his life.
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So here's a true story. I'll start from the beginning. So I went to Yanto State University. Go Aztecs. And so I used to be so broke that I would at this hotel that I used to work at when I went to college, they would have a cafeteria for employees. So I would get here early because I couldn't afford lunch. And then I would get off shift as soon as I could so I can go back to the cafeteria, eat dinner. So I would get two of my meals paid for five days a week because I couldn't afford lunch or dinner by going to school. And then a good night would be a $50 take home. And I had to save up five days and 50 night, $250 a week. I'd save those tips up to make my $750 rent because that's what it cost me to rent out a room at Dorchester West. And then my paycheck would cover my food and gas, which was like another 600 bucks. And to think that the same place where I made me make 2,500 bucks a month, I'm now throwing a conference that is going to make extreme revenue. And so it's just crazy how life is full circle, you know what I mean? But I learned a lot of those lessons early in my life of just keeping your head down, working hard, don't play victim. I was juiced on a free meal, you know what I mean? I was juiced on a free hamburger that this amazing hotel would supply me with. And I took full advantage of the cafeteria before and after. And to now think that I'm going to throw a thousand person conference in the same place where I used to like make $50 a night from is just amazing how life comes full circle like that, you know what I mean?
