A loss is just a loss in the moment!

Let's talk a little bit about the subject of winning. There's a line that you have in the introduction that says, a loss is just a loss in the moment. And I circled that because one of the things that traditional education teaches us is that failure is a bad thing. You're taught not to fail on tests and quizzes and in front of the classroom. But in the world of entrepreneurship, or running a business like you are today, loss is actually a good thing, right?

When you lose, it gives you the opportunity to sit down, refocus, and look at it and say, oh man, what could have I done differently? Reevaluate.

Are there any big losses that come to your mind throughout your career that were like, wow, this is a big moment for reflection and an opportunity for growth?

I had one when I was really young. I had a buddy who was doing some investment stuff, and it looked really good. And he had the Range Rover and all the things. And I was like, this is great. Like, I'm gonna give him money, he's gonna make me money. And it ended up being a Ponzi scheme. And so I lost all my money. And it was like, I was young, I lost like 30 grand. And that was like everything to me, you know, and I leveraged myself. So not only did I lose cash, but I lost leverage.

And so that was devastating, you