Day 1 Homework - Get Personal · Instagram For R*tards

Jonathan Pickett

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Day 1 Homework - Get Personal

I Voice Dictate to my Pocket AI a lot because im long winded, but here we are.... PERSONAL.

Struggles:

In March 2024, the same week my daughter was born, I filed bankruptcy. I lost my boat, UTV, House, Animals, I had to liquidate my shaved ice franchise. It was everything but my family and our car. With a newborn and no income, I had to start over.
I started a 13 truck trucking company that failed. My mistakes, expensive repairs, and a changing market, I pivoted to a trucking technology startup that raised $250,000 but I still ran out of money. I invested 4 years for nothing
I went from being a competitive bodybuilder to working 16–18-hour days as a truck driver. I sacrificed my body thinking I could make my businesses successful and STILL LOST BOTH.
At 18 and 19, I did door-to-door sales jobs and experienced constant rejection. This has wrecked my confidence. I still struggle with cold calling, prospecting, and asking people for their business.
In my head, it doesn't matter if you try or attempted something, it just matters if you did it. This can be perceived as toxic, but all that matters to me is results. This has hurt relationships including my marriage. Like, idc if you tried to do better, just do better. (gosh this seems bad ahaha)

Wins:

I rebuilt everything from practically nothing. Today, I own nearly everything I have, live in a brand-new home I chose with my family, have no debt, and have a successful business and 6 employees, and 2 partners in other projects.
Im jacked af again. Today, I'm in the best shape of my life, least amount of gear, and my blood work is great.
Although i'm scared of rejection and asking for the sale, i've become next level at growing and nurturing existing relationships to get new business by referrals.
Starting over, living in a mobile home in the middle of Iowa, with just my wife and baby, my perspective on opportunity is so different now. Like it even surprises the cash register at the dollar tree. I moved to the most affordable zip code I could tolerate, so I could live at a better standard and make a ton of money online.
I learned that I don't need to do it all. I had to become good at problem solving through, who can solve this problem, rather than just doing it all myself. Applying that, I've been able to scale fast without the catastrophic mistakes I've made before.

*** Key Note, Throughout this cascade of failures, I was cast out by my parents, sister, 1st brother, and my 2nd brother by just saying " I don't want to be involved" . And still am to this day **

3 BEST hooks....

I gave up bodybuilding because I thought i was going to get rich, but I just got fat, ugly and broke.
I spent years trying to become somebody, and ended up figuring it out in some dead guys mobile home in Iowa
I filed bankruptcy and the rebound turned me into a money grubbing Dave Ramsey like jew

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Day 1 Homework - Get Personal