Matt Ryder was $2,000 short on rent with a pregnant wife, a toddler, and $4,000 in savings. He frames the crisis as a mindset test and argues that breaking under pressure is part of the hero's journey. His message: don't quit.
I've been incredibly broke. I had an 8-month pregnant wife. I had a 2-year-old. I had $4,000 in the bank. I had a $6,000 rent check due, and I was like, all right, I better figure this out. Dwelling over this, there's no purpose behind it. I think a lot of the time that hero's journey in terms of mindset is people who broke under pressure and then came back from that. Hmm. I just haven't broke under pressure yet.
