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The First Money I Ever Made

Name: The First Money I Ever Made
Uploaded: 2025-09-11T00:00:19+00:00
Duration: 34 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts the first time they earned money from a stranger. While at the gym, a woman asked for help with her diet…

11 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker recounts the first time they earned money from a stranger. While at the gym, a woman asked for help with her diet. They met at a pizza restaurant, where the speaker spent about an hour reviewing the woman's current eating habits and offering specific, lower‑calorie breakfast suggestions to aid her weight‑loss goals. Impressed, the woman wrote a $200 check on the spot, handed it to the speaker, and left. The speaker expresses surprise and amazement at receiving such a sizable payment for an informal, one‑hour consultation.

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The first money I ever made from a stranger was that I had a lady at the gym. I was in really good shape. She said, will you help me with my food? I think is what she said. And so we met at a pizza place, ironically. And I was like, okay, well, what are you currently eating? And she was like this. And I was like, well, what do you want to do? She's like, I'm trying to lose weight. And I was like, well, this is something I eat for breakfast that's less calories than your thing. It's pretty good. And try this and try this and try this. And it took like an hour. And she took out her purse and she wrote $200 on a check. And she handed it to me and she was like, "Thanks so much." And I was like, "Oh, thanks." And then she left and I was like, holy shit.