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First, let me tell you how I came across the article. It was posted by a former mentor/boss of mine. He had started one of the highest flying retail businesses in the early 1980's doing direct response marketing before that was even a thing. His life took a turn for the worst with the loss of a child. Through that turmoil, he turned to philanthropy to heal the void left by the loss of his child. In that window, the business went to shit. He reinvented himself years later, only to lose that business in a death spiral caused by an asset-based lending agreement gone bad.
He finally cashed in, or maybe cashed out. He moved recently to a Caribbean island, where money stretches much further. Once upon a time, he had enough money to do what ever he wanted. Now, he has enough to scuba every day, wake up overlooking the waves of the Caribbean, and he's one day closer to reuniting with his child every time the sun comes up.
He did it all. He saw it all. And then recently he posted this article. Read this through the tired lenses of a once high flying entrepreneur. Read it a second time a few days later, and it will help you understand MJ's concept of the desert of desertion, which is not only a real thing but most businesses and entrepreneurs have to come through that fire in order to make it singed and smoldering yet successful if you make it to the other side.
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
First, let me tell you how I came across the article. It was posted by a former mentor/boss of mine. He had started one of the highest flying retail businesses in the early 1980's doing direct response marketing before that was even a thing. His life took a turn for the worst with the loss of a child. Through that turmoil, he turned to philanthropy to heal the void left by the loss of his child. In that window, the business went to shit. He reinvented himself years later, only to lose that business in a death spiral caused by an asset-based lending agreement gone bad.
He finally cashed in, or maybe cashed out. He moved recently to a Caribbean island, where money stretches much further. Once upon a time, he had enough money to do what ever he wanted. Now, he has enough to scuba every day, wake up overlooking the waves of the Caribbean, and he's one day closer to reuniting with his child every time the sun comes up.
He did it all. He saw it all. And then recently he posted this article. Read this through the tired lenses of a once high flying entrepreneur. Read it a second time a few days later, and it will help you understand MJ's concept of the desert of desertion, which is not only a real thing but most businesses and entrepreneurs have to come through that fire in order to make it singed and smoldering yet successful if you make it to the other side.
The Psychological Price of Entrepreneurship
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