THEY LAUGHED… WHEN I TOLD THEM MY PLANS
Listen up. Twelve years ago, I was sitting in a seafood restaurant in Chinatown, Sydney… forty friends around me… and I tell them — straight up — “I’m gonna have a million-dollar month.” And they LAUGHED. Not a little giggle. FULL. ON. LAUGHTER. And let me tell you something… That sh*t hurts. But here’s the part nobody talks about: That laughter? That doubt? That mockery? It’s FUEL… if you know how to use it. Fast-forward a few months. Same place. Same table. Same people. I stand up and say, “I failed.” They lose it again. Laughing, joking, all that noise. What they didn’t know — what they couldn’t know — was that my “failure” was still bigger than anything they ever aimed for. So I ask them: “What’s your yearly salary?” Twenty-eight grand. Thirty grand. Thirty-one grand. Cool. Then I hit them with this: “I didn’t hit a million. But I DID hit $879,000. And I put $320,000 NET profit in my pocket — twelve years of your salary.” Silence. Absolute silence. Because here’s the truth: Most people laugh at your dream because they’ve already given up on theirs. Most people mock you because they don’t have the courage to try. Most people call you crazy because THEY are terrified of being ordinary. And then I said something that changed my life forever: “I’m leaving Sydney. I’m going to Asia to build a new life and a new business. And I’m not coming back to Sydney while I’ve got a hole in my bum.” And I meant every word. I left the city. Left the comfort. Left the noise. Left the opinions. Left the people who didn’t believe in me. And I BUILT. Brick by brick. Client by client. Win by win. Today — thirteen years later — I’m talking to you from my HQ in Manila, Philippines. Travelling every two months. Running businesses. Leading an amazing team. Living a life I designed — on my terms. People call me The Business Guru now. But let’s be honest… I’m just a guy who DIDN’T QUIT When the world laughed. So here’s the REAL takeaway: Stop asking for permission. Stop waiting for support.