A first-person monologue by Josh Trent reflecting on past risky behavior, personal growth, and self-love. The speaker recounts juvenile crimes and rehabilitation, links overcoming low points to greater capacity to give, and emphasizes inner-child work as crucial to personal development and risk-taking in business.
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I'm not proud of any of this, but I used to break into people's houses that I knew had guns to steal the guns. Like, just saying that sentence out loud is kind of stupid. Like, you're going into somebody's home that, you know, in that home, they have the ability to shoot you in the face. When people are like, you know, how do you take risk? You know, aren't you scared? What we're doing in business is, worst case, I sleep on my brother's couch for two months. Maybe I get a job at Facebook. Like, what are we talking about? Where's the risk? These are all things I learned. 16, 17 year olds going through rehab, going through being in prison. There were definitely periods of my life where I went through some tough times, but I always figured it out. I think it's part of our journey here. I think that's how God designed us to be here, is to figure out how do we love ourselves and believe in ourselves. The more you're willing to go into the inner child and do the work, the further you can go. The lowest you've gone is the highest you can go. And that's why a lot of people that have gone through the most actually had the most to give if they're willing to explore that.