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I Lost Everything

Name: I Lost Everything
Uploaded: 2024-11-29T15:00:33+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker recounts a dramatic personal journey: after quitting a job and moving to an unfamiliar area, they started a gym with no…

29 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker recounts a dramatic personal journey: after quitting a job and moving to an unfamiliar area, they started a gym with no money, even sleeping on the premises. Through relentless work, they grew the gym into a chain of six locations, eventually selling them and investing the proceeds into a new venture that ultimately failed, leaving them with nothing. The speaker reflects on the paradox that experiencing failure can increase the probability of future success, suggesting a resilient mindset despite the loss.

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And then I lose it all. I had left my job, went to a new area, didn't know anyone, started a gym, didn't have enough money to have an apartment, slept at my gym, made the gym successful by working there every hour of the day, was finally successful enough to be able to open a second location, a third, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth. Finally feel like I taste the success, like I'm actually doing something, I'm actually pretty good here. Like that bet that I made actually paid off. I sell all those locations, I put the money in a new thing, and then it's gone. I could look back and say, wow, I just spent all those years and I actually have nothing to show for it. The beauty of it is after you fail, the likelihood that you're successful goes up.