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I think one of the biggest relationship killers is when one person slowly becomes the other person’s emotional regulation system.

For me it’s been relationships where she’s always complaining about something and I’m always listening, reassuring her, helping her process it, making her feel better… and then a few days later, same thing all over again.

Honestly many women eat that shit up.

Obviously there’s nothing wrong with listening to your partner. That’s literally the most important part of a relationship.

The problem is when that becomes the ENTIRE fucking relationship.

At first it can actually feel good. You love this person and want to help them so hell yeah girl, bring it on!

Especially if you’re naturally really good at understanding people, you become the person she comes to with everything.

But eventually you might find yourself in a one way street.

You know everything about her internal world and she knows so little about yours.

You try to open up to her with struggles but that turns her off entirely and you can see the repulsion in her eyes and body so you laugh it off and shut that shit down.

Anf then it gets to be too much and you end things. Or you pull back emotionally and she ends things because ‘the connection isn’t there anymore’

I think most relationships don’t end when the person suddenly stops caring. They just got burned the fuck out and had no more battery life in them to give!

How do you navigate being there for your gf without getting depleted and starting a pattern of her relying on you to be her emotional regulation system?

One of the strangest patterns of being an INFJ is how many people think they know me deeply when, in reality, the connection was mostly one way.

Same thing has happened to other INFJs that I know and it’s a clear pattern here online.

I can deeply understand them, actively listen in a way they rarely experience. I’ll remember small details and I’ll actually legitimately care bc I like learning about people.

They feel heard and understood because, well? They are!

Because I understand them so deeply, they assumed they know me too.

But a lot of the time… they don’t know a damn thing about me.

I’ll try to open up but if I’m not heard when I speak time and time again, I shut down. Don’t have energy for that.

That’s the weird asymmetry.

Someone can walk away from a friendship thinking, “That person knew me better than almost anyone.”

And I can walk away thinking, “You literally have no idea who I am wtf.”

I think that’s why some people can feel incredibly attached to INFJs long after we’ve emotionally left the relationship.

To them, they lost someone who understood them.

To us, sometimes we finally stopped participating in a relationship where we were constantly understanding someone else without ever feeling truly understood ourselves.

I’ve ’door slammed’ people because of this pattern and now I am way more picky with who gets to be in my inner circle. It’s crazy there’s people from 5 years ago that are still trying to reconnect and it shows how one way it was bc there’s a reason I’m done with them but they still want my energy even after all these years.

Ts is exhausting. I know it’s on me ultimately and I understand very few people are active listeners but it still hurts

Honestly, this might be one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen on the internet.

I’m not even kidding. That’s saying a LOT.

It’s disturbing because it shows how many sociopaths exist out there. Makes me want to throw up.

If you spend any time on TikTok looking at videos about this case, you’ll see an incredible amount of support for a woman accused of killing her three children. (Actually, she admitted it so it’s factual)

Some of these videos have millions of views. Thousands of support comments. Individual comments of support with hundreds of thousands of likes….

WHAT THE FUCK PLEASE GOD TAKE ME OUT NOW IM FUVKIN READY

What blows my mind isn’t simply that people want to understand what happened. Of course mental illness matters and postpartum psychiatric disorders can be devastating.

But explanation and support are two completely different things.

I’ve seen people blame the husband for not being there, they’ll blame the medical system.

People search for seemingly every possible explanation that shifts responsibility away from the person who actually killed the children.

It’s damn near all middle aged white women giving their support. Never seen anything like it, all the same group think.

Would the public reaction look exactly the same if this were a poor Black woman?

My guess is fuck no. All the people making content supporting her are the same demographic of women it’s so bizarre. HOW?!? It’s to the point where POC are making content calling it out too.

This gotta be one of the most mindnumbing examples of group think I’ve ever seen on the Internet and it’s pretty so crushing for anyone who wants to start a family to see that there are so many women filled with this level of demonic energy. And I’m not even religious. That’s just the best way to describe it.

Am I missing something here? Is the reaction I’m seeing actually compassion for severe mental illness, or …??

God have mercy on us all

(Reddit mods: proof that this was written by a human is in the comments, videos showing me write this thing and another editing it. It’s ironic this keeps getting removed as ai content when I literally have proof writing and then editing the thing. That’s the whole point of my post is to show my work. The fact it keeps getting flagged as ai is hilarious and exactly my point)

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One of the funniest things to me is that it doesn't matter what I say, it doesn't matter how I write.. if I dare to space things out online and I make a Reddit post that has fucking spaces in between the sentences - for some reason Reddit always thinks that it's made by AI.

It's actually fucking hilarious.

The problem with that is I've been writing articles like this for the last 10 years and that's just how I create my content.

Reddit and AI are interconnected.

Ai has digested all of Reddit posts and that's how it has learned how to be a human.

So it's frustrating that I've been writing this way for 10 years and it doesn't fucking matter what I say it's always going to be assumed that it's Ai.

But this is how I do it:

I pull up a Google doc and go to tools, then to voice typing.

Then I just rant like a crazy person and see what happens.

It ends up being whatever the fuck comes to mind - that's just how I make my posts.

And it's just strange to me that if something's well written and thought out, spaced correctly and looks good - Reddit just automatically assumes it's Ai.

Fucking god damn it.

And then they'll throw away everything that you had to say bc they’re so triggered by ai that even the slightest thought of it possibly potentially MAYBE being fake has them curl up in a ball.

Honestly people like that.. they're just stuck.

I was gonna say they're pathetic but I don't think that's right. Because I get it: fuck AI.

Fuck AI slop.

It's all over the Internet, especially Reddit.

I mean I'll make a post here and sometimes it feels like 95% of the comments are AI and there are no humans online.

Disturbing.

(Or at least that's what it feels like)

So I get it. But at the same time, it's also frustrating from my point of view because this is how I've been writing shit for the last decade and I’m not going to be changing any time soon.

Also, it’s damn easy to write like this because I'm not really writing in the traditional sense. I'm just… talking.

And then when I go back I'll clean it up and make it look decently polished.

It’ll be a mess of text but that’s how you start. Write a rough draft first.

It takes a bit of work but eventually I’ll end up with a nice little post like this.

I think the only way to do it is to prove to you that that's how I write my articles. Otherwise you’ll probably assume this was written with ai too. Lol.

But this is simply how I write my posts.

I've been a writer for years, I get paid to write. I’ve made a lot of money writing.

I’m a fucking copywriter and I'm all over the internet because of it. You've probably read something I've written.

I hate when ai is used to write posts and I feel as though I have a 6th sense in spotting that bullshit.

But this is how I do it and I have been doing it this way forever.

If you think you're not a writer but you know how to talk.. if you have thoughts and ideas that you can express but don’t like typing:

This is the way.

Google docs. Tools. Voice typing.

BOOM.

I’ll keep this short. Title essentially says it.

If you see early signs of disrespect and hate, envy, whatever - just bad energy.

I can promise you one thing:

It only gets worse the more money you make.

If someone shows you who they are, believe them.

A couple weeks ago, I made a post titled ‘Most of you shouldn’t be entrepreneurs’

And holy shit, so many of you got triggered.

The DMs are disturbing and hilarious. What the fuck guys?

Ironically, those responses kinda proved the point I was trying to make.

Think about it-

I’m some asshole on the internet. You don’t know me. My opinion has absolutely zero bearing on what you’re capable of doing with your life.

So if some dickhead writing a Reddit post can change your emotional grounding point and genuinely get under your skin, it’s worth asking yourself WHY.

Because entrepreneurship is going to hit you infinitely harder than anything I could ever write on Reddit.

Business will gut punch you so hard it’ll feel like the hand went through your stomach and ripped out your fucking intestines..

You’ll have people tell you you’re an idiot, you’ll lose money. You’ll throw stuff at the wall and not have it stick no matter how much you try.

Do this long enough and it’s a guarantee that you’ll make decisions that turn out to be catastrophically wrong.

You’ll work your ass off on something that completely fails.

And then you might have to keep your head down and ignore the world. And wake up the next morning to calmly do the same boring tasks you’ve been doing for the last 500 days.

That’s the game.

And behind it is emotional regulation: one of the most underrated skills in business. That’s what allows you to keep functioning when everything around you is going to shit.

And that includes not giving a fuck about somebody else’s opinion of what you’re capable of.

It shouldn’t matter what I think or what some loser Redditor thinks.

If the literal Pope himself walked into your house and told you, ‘You’re never going to make it as an entrepreneur,’ your internal response should basically be:

“Fuck off.”

That’s the mentality. It’s a fuck you, watch me type of energy.

So if my original post pissed you off, maybe don’t immediately dismiss that feeling.

Dig into it.

Why did some stranger’s opinion have that much power over your emotional state?

Because if a stupid Reddit post can knock you off center, what happens when some real shit goes down?

I know I’ve said this shit before and it’s not a new topic but …

The heaviest thing is being the one everyone goes to for advice, being the shoulder to cry on, the healer of the friend group and the one who will dig deep and figure shit out - and then not being able to tell your friends that your grandma died bc they can’t handle it.

It’s not that it’s too intense, idk maybe. It’s more that their reactions are so brutally cold when some real shit happens that I’ve learned to keep it to myself.

I wish I couldn’t read people the way I do, but I’m gifted with damn near reading minds. I know that sounds like bullshit. But I can feel them so deeply I know where they’re at.

And after trying to bring up anything real to friends and seeing them shut it down I just end up pulling back altogether and shutting down, keeping everything to myself.

Everyone comes to me for their emotional issues but I have absolutely no one who I can go to for realz

I used to be Catholic and the portion I’m in reminds me of being a priest. People come to you with their sins and you take on that burden for them and offer it to God. But who does the priest go to when he’s beat down? He can’t go to anyone in the congregation.

Holy shit I’m living life like a pastor or something. I love everyone and want what’s best for them but I’m tired boss

AI is showing us something incredibly interesting about how we define beauty as a society.

As soon as something beautiful is revealed to have been made with AI, it can suddenly become disgusting to people.

But why?

The image itself didn't change.

The colors didn't change. The composition didn't change. The emotional response you had five seconds earlier was real. Nothing about the actual object in front of you became uglier.

Only the story changed.

And I think that's revealing something fundamental about human beings: we don't actually judge beauty in isolation. Maybe we don't even care about the art itself nearly as much as we think we do.

Because if beauty were purely about the thing in front of us, finding out how it was made wouldn't matter. You would simply continue enjoying it.

But humans attach stories to everything.

Who made this?
Why did they make it?
How difficult was it?
What did they sacrifice?
Are they talented?
Are they a good person?
Is this authentic?
What does liking this say about me?

All of that becomes fused with the object itself.

Beauty and ego are intimately connected because when we call something beautiful, we're revealing something about ourselves. We're saying, consciously or unconsciously, "This represents something I value."

So when the story behind the beautiful thing suddenly conflicts with our identity, our morality, or our worldview, it creates tension inside us.

Imagine seeing what you believe is one of the most beautiful photographs ever taken. You stare at it for ten minutes. It genuinely moves you.

Then someone tells you it was taken by one of the most horrific people in history.

Suddenly you might feel disgusted that you ever admired it.

But the photograph didn't change.

You did.

More specifically, the story you were telling yourself about your relationship to the photograph changed.

Now enjoying it feels like it says something about you.

That is where ego enters the equation.

The same thing happens with AI art.

Someone can look at an image and say, "Wow, that's incredible."

Then they hear, "It was generated with AI."

And suddenly:

"Never mind. That's soulless."
"That's ugly."
"That's not art."
"I hate it."

But five seconds ago, they loved it.

That contradiction is fascinating.

It suggests that when humans experience beauty, we're not merely perceiving an object. We're experiencing an entire invisible network of meaning surrounding the object.

Beauty isn't just visual.

It's narrative.
It's moral.
It's social.
It's psychological.
It's identity.

AI is exposing this because it can separate the beauty of the finished object from many of the stories we traditionally associate with creation.

There might not be a painter who spent 20 years mastering a brush.

There might not be a photographer who waited six hours for the perfect sunset.

There might not be a suffering artist pouring their childhood into every stroke.

And for many people, removing that human struggle removes part of what made the object beautiful in the first place.

Which raises a much deeper question:

Were we ever admiring the artwork?

Or were we admiring the human being we imagined behind it?

Maybe beauty has never simply been "this thing looks beautiful."

Maybe beauty is closer to:

"This thing, combined with everything I believe about where it came from, creates a feeling inside me that I want to identify with."

And AI is ripping those two things apart.

For possibly the first time at enormous scale, humanity is being forced to confront the difference between appreciating the beauty of a creation and appreciating the story of its creator.

And I think we're discovering that the story mattered far more than we ever realized.

Sometimes the classic advice is just accurate.

When you’re beat down after days of long hours - and when you don’t think you can take it anymore, some extra bs gets tossed on top.

You better fucking love the thing.

It’s just true. That needed extra boost of energy comes from caring deeply about the thing and genuinely believing the world needs it.

You can’t fake that shit.

And that’s why I can only work on stuff I genuinely am obsessed over and deeply care about and love. Otherwise when shit hits the fans it’s damn near impossible to keep going

Every time someone speaks they are showing you a reflection of their inner world.

Every single thing.

(This post too, for example I crave a need to be understood)

It’s never ever about you and is always 1000% of the time about THEM.

People are open books and everything has deeper meaning and context

The craziest part about this whole thing to me is how one man, Ammon, is single-handedly shifting how people view Mormons.

The internet has some serious beef with the church of Jesus Christ of ladder day saints. They’re exposed and the world now sees how they operate.

Before this, Mormons in general were seen as sweet wholesome people by the collective. But for many people this is their FIRST impression of really hearing a Mormon speak..

And now they see an obvious sociopath and his goons from the church supporting his delusions. Holy fucking shit, Ammon, you’ve done more damage to your church than anyone in modern history.

After 15 years as an entrepreneur, many businesses, 30m in sales, done a lotta shit, met tons of biz owners. Here’s one of the most brutal lessons I’ve learned:

(and this is coming from an optimist who desperately wants to believe in the best in everyone)

Most of you have a completely shit work ethic and don’t have what it takes to be an entrepreneur.

Very very few people have any remote idea of what it takes and most people can’t focus on the boring everyday work.

Most of you are all talk and you have no idea how much you cringe tf out of anyone doing anything for real.

You’re looking for outside validation and you have no ability to put your head down and WORK. You just wanna talk, watch videos, plan - it’s exhausting being around people like that.

At a certain point you gotta shut the fuck up and do.

I’m very social and have met hundreds of entrepreneurs over the years, and tons of people starting a business who have gone to me for advice.

I’ve mentored many people and the pattern keeps repeating itself.

The biggest bottleneck usually isn’t intelligence, funding, connections, creativity, none of that.

It’s literally JUST work ethic.

THATS IT.

The rare ability to put your fucking head down and work.

STFU AND DO 😤

I’m not talking about being “busy.” I’m talking about sitting down for hours of deep focused work without someone telling you what to do.

That ability is incredibly rare even with entrepreneurs.

A lot of people say they want to build a business and they talk about ideas nonstop.

But that’s all they do. Talk.

It’s disgusting really.

One thing that’s surprised me over the years is how many people unconsciously carry over an employee mindset. They expect effort to automatically produce rewards and when it doesn’t immediately, their energy dissipates.

Sometimes you work relentlessly for months or years before the results show up.

That’s the game.

If someone needs constant encouragement then they just shouldn’t be an entrepreneur.

I [M, 34] lost over 100 pounds.

I went from around 270 lbs at 5’8” to being lean, fit, and muscular. Took 4 years of hyper focus, lifting, walking, and a strict carnivore diet.

I don’t think people are honest enough about what happens if you go through this transformation..

Everyone talks about the health benefits. That’s real of course. But almost nobody talks about how differently the world treats you.

The biggest surprise wasn’t women, it was men.

When I was overweight, guys constantly called me “buddy.” How they saw me was beneath them, at first glance people are shallow asf and that was my reality.

There was this subtle energy where people talked down to me, dismissed me and just didn’t take me seriously. I felt invisible. I’d walk into a room and it was like nobody even noticed I existed.

But now that I’m fit?

People ACTUALLY make eye contact.

Random people start conversations.

Women smile!

Women smiling at me? Wtf? I know that’s so simple but for many people that’s foreign.

Now men treat me with a level of respect before they know a single thing about me.

Especially in business and my professional life. I built multi-million dollar companies when I was overweight, but wouldn’t be taken seriously unless they heard what I did. And even then they wouldn’t treat me the same way they do now, not even close.

Now people often assume I’m competent before I’ve even opened my mouth.

It’s honestly depressing to see the underbelly of humanity. People are WAY WAY WAYYY more shallow than I thought. And it’s not like I had some idea that everyone was an angel. It’s just now that I’m on the other side it’s eye opening and .. yeah. Idk.

I have the same brain, personality, ambition.
Just a different body.

People who have always been attractive don’t know what it’s like to be invisible.

People who have always been overweight don’t know how dramatically the world can change.

The only people who really understand both realities are the ones who went through a major change.

We’re wired to make snap judgments based on appearance, whether we like admitting it or not.

That’s uncomfortable to say out loud, but after living both lives, I don’t know how anyone could convince me otherwise.

Has anyone else here gone through a major weight loss or glow-up and noticed the same thing? Or had a completely different experience?

Men are the true romantics.

It’s funny to me that society usually associates romance with women, because when you actually look at who is doing the romantic gestures, it’s overwhelmingly men.

Who plans the surprise dates?
Who buys the flowers?
Who lights the candles?
Who writes love letters?
Who spends hours figuring out the perfect date?

Most of the time, it’s men doing those things for women.

I’m not saying women don’t care about their partners or don’t show love in other ways. Obviously they do!

But they aren’t romantic at all.

In fact, giving a man flowers is so uncommon that when it happens, it literally goes viral online because people think it’s so unusual or adorable.

I mean that says everything right there.

We’ve had it backwards the whole time.

Men are often portrayed as less emotional and less romantic, but if romance is defined by grand gestures, gift-giving, surprises, and courtship, it seems like men are doing the majority of it.

"But-"

So what.

"But what if I-"

So what.

"But what if it flo-"

So what.

"Well what if I fucking fail and embarrass myself and-"

So fucking what.

No matter what happens; Your body will still get the sleep it needs and food to survive.

You will not die. It's not literal life or death.

DO THE THING

I can’t fucking STAND when someone calls me ‘buddy’

Almost every single time I’ve been called buddy by another guy, it somehow feels condescending.

It’s literally never felt friendly or warm and it’s always being said by some dude who’s fake nice but really just a dick.

The vibe I get is:

‘You’re the little guy, you’re beneath me’

It feels like a subtle social hierarchy move. An ego check and it’s just bad vibes.

MAYBE once or twice a true genuine ‘yeah Buddy’ has been said that I really fucked with.

But all the other buddy’s? FUCK EM!!

Think about it - you generally don’t call someone you view as having authority over you ‘buddy.’

Imagine having dinner with the president of a country or a CEO you deeply respect, and calling them ‘buddy’

The interesting thing is that I used to be over 100 pounds overweight, and I got called buddy constantly.

Literally all the time ALLLL THE TIME!

Now that I’ve lost the weight and gotten fit, I NEVEREVEREVER FUVKING NEVRR hear it anymore! (That realization sparked this post)

Maybe it’s a coincidence or maybe it’s exactly the fuck what I think it is.

It made me realize that the words people choose often reveal how they perceive you!!

‘Buddy’ can absolutely be genuine and friendly in certain contexts. But in my experience it’s frequently used in a way that subtly establishes social positioning and I want no part of that shit GTFOAFO

The business world can be absolutely brutal.

A lot of businesses are cold, transactional, and purely driven by numbers.

Efficiency matters and strategy matters. But somewhere along the way, many companies forget that business is ultimately about people.

One thing I’ve found is that if you genuinely care about your customers, your team, and the experience people have with your brand, you eventually stand out in a way that is very difficult to compete with.

Empaths have a massive advantage in business that I don’t think gets talked about enough. (Or ever? Never heard anyone talk about this online!)

The challenge is that if you have a good heart and you’re a genuine person, you can get absolutely burned in business. You trust too much. You give too much. You assume others have the same intentions that you do and unfortunately that’s not the case for most.

But you don’t have to become cold to succeed!

You just need damn strong boundaries.

Personally, I’ve found that the best approach is surrounding myself with people who stay in their lane and complement my strengths.

Meanwhile I focus on what I’m naturally good at:

•	Understanding people  
•	Creating experiences people remember  
•	Protecting the culture and vibe  
•	Making customers feel valued  
•	Building genuine relationships  
•	Paying attention to how people feel

I also believe empaths often have a strong intuition about people. While that comes with its own burdens, it can be an incredible strength in business.

You pick up on things others miss. You understand what customers actually want. You notice team dynamics early. You can often sense when something feels off before the data catches up.

Empaths are relatively rare in business because entrepreneurship often attracts highly analytical, strategic personalities but I genuinely believe the businesses people love most have heart and soul behind them, and likely an introverted empath behind the scenes bringing the magic to life I think we need more empaths in business.
The business world can be absolutely brutal. Let’s be honest - a lot of businesses are cold, transactional, and purely driven by numbers. Efficiency matters. Strategy matters. But somewhere along the way, many companies forget that business is ultimately about people.
One thing I’ve found is that if you genuinely care about your customers, your team, and the experience people have with your brand, you eventually stand out in a way that is very difficult to compete with.
Empaths have a massive advantage in business that I don’t think gets talked about enough.
The challenge is that if you have a good heart and you’re a genuine person, you can get absolutely burned in business. You trust too much. You give too much. You assume others have the same intentions that you do.
That’s why one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this:
You don’t have to become cold to succeed.
You just need boundaries.
Personally, I’ve found that the best approach is surrounding myself with people who stay in their lane and complement my strengths. Let analytical people handle analytics. Let operators handle operations. Let detail-oriented people handle details.
Meanwhile, I focus on what I’m naturally good at:
• Understanding people
• Creating experiences people remember
• Protecting the culture and vibe
• Making customers feel valued
• Building genuine relationships
• Paying attention to how people feel

I also believe empaths often have a strong intuition about people. While that comes with its own burdens, it can be an incredible strength in business. You pick up on things others miss. You understand what customers actually want. You notice team dynamics early. You can often sense when something feels off before the data catches up.

Empaths are relatively rare in business because entrepreneurship often attracts highly analytical, strategic personalities.

But I genuinely believe the businesses people love most have heart and soul behind them, likely an introverted Empath behind the scenes making sure its brought to life with the right touch of magic ❤️

The companies with raving fans don’t just sell products.
They make people feel something. And that’s your STRENGTH!! 💪

So if you’re an empath and you’ve ever thought that your sensitivity, your intuition, or your ability to deeply care was a weakness in business, I want to challenge that belief.

Protect your energy.

Build strong boundaries.

But don’t lose your heart.

So really just making this post to encourage you to GO FOR IT!! You got this!

The world needs more empath business owners and if you’re called to do something, on behalf of people who like companies with morals - GO FOR IT!!

Because the world doesn’t need more businesses that treat people like numbers, it needs more businesses run by people who actually care.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned after years of building businesses:

Test demand before spending months building.

I used to spend 6+ months creating products before launching them, only to find out nobody actually wanted what I built. It was painful, expensive, and a huge waste of time.

Now, I validate ideas as early as possible.

Create a simple landing page explaining your product or service. Run a small amount of traffic to it. If people are interested, have them join a waitlist or request early access.

The goal to measure genuine interest before investing massive amounts of time and money.

I've had ideas that immediately showed strong signals through paid traffic, which gave me the confidence to double down and get them to market quickly. I've also had ideas I was personally convinced would work that showed very little interest, saving me months of building something that wasn't resonating.

You don't need a perfect product to learn whether people care about the problem you're solving.

Test early and learn fast, pivot..

There’s one question I ask other business owners in order to cut the bullshit and get right to the heart of what matters:

“If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about your business right now, what would it be?”

It’s kinda amazing how much people open up with this question.

It’s like allowing them to step back and dream for a second, what would they do if a magic genie appeared and granted any wish for their business?

The answers are all over the place and often times ‘money’ or ‘more sales’ is NOT the first response. You get SOO much info!!

I mean some people have back orders and can’t process enough of whatever it is they’re selling, other people might need to find a niche expert to hire. Whatever - it’s usually very damn specific.

People immediately cut through the surface-level conversation and tell you what’s actually going on.

This is especially useful if you’re just meeting them for the first time.

But it’s not just some stupid networking thing or something cringe like that. NO FUCK OFF FOR EVERN THINKING THAT

This only works if you take what they say and chew on it and try to solve the puzzle.

Remember their answer and try to connect them with other people you know.

I’ve found that business is often less about having all the answers yourself and more about connecting the right people together.

Real life example of how this works -

I have a friend with a landscaping company who needed about 1,000 square feet of extra space to store equipment in a new area. He was considering renting a warehouse but wasn’t sure if it made financial sense.

I knew another business owner with extra warehouse space. He had offered me extra space a while ago but it didn’t work out, so I connected the two guys.

Now the landscaper gets free storage space in exchange for taking care of the warehouse owner’s landscaping needs (house and outside the office).

Everyone wins. (Including - selfishly - me. Bc of you do this over and over again it opens countless doors you will have literally unlimited opportunities)

Putting that together took MAYBE 5 minutes butthe impact on both businesses could last for years.

This has honestly become one of my favorite parts of business. It’s just fun! And the karma comes back where if you do this for years you will have a safety net around you!

I love chewing on problems to see if I can help solve them. Sometimes it’s a quick intro or other times it’s some idea that moves things in some way.

So I’ll ask you:

If you could snap your fingers and change one thing about your business today, what would it be?