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The Price For What You Want

Name: The Price For What You Want
Uploaded: 2025-05-09T00:00:43+00:00
Duration: 31 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this motivational monologue, the speaker recounts the early days of launching a gym with no capital, describing how he lived in a crowded house near…

9 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, the speaker recounts the early days of launching a gym with no capital, describing how he lived in a crowded house near the beach with six roommates, constant sand, noise, and pets. A mentor uses the metaphor of "sand in the house" to illustrate that the inconveniences and sacrifices—like sharing a bedroom and paying low rent—are the price of being close to opportunity. The speaker concludes that such trade‑offs are intentional, voluntary choices entrepreneurs make to grow their businesses.

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When I started my gym and I had no money, I actually lived in a house with 6 other people. There was like sand there all the time, a lot of noise, people going in and out, different pets. And I talked to a mentor about how it was kind of like driving me nuts. He said, well, you live close to the beach, right? And I was like, yeah. He's like, well, sand in your house is the price of living close to the beach. I was like, huh? And you have a lot of people that you live with and you split a bedroom. I was like, yeah. And he's like, well, do you pay a lot in rent? And I was like, no, I do that so I can pay very little. And he's like, right. The price of growing your business is that you have 5 or 6 roommates. These are trades that you willingly make. Always.