9d (edited) • PiggyBANKING Wins!
The Bad Little Piggy Lied To Me.
I pressed send anyway.
$1,584.97 landed in my account by 2:08 PM Monday.
Chad here.
Since 2023, I've been "trying" to build PiggyBANKING income...
partnerships, deal making, licensing.
Income that doesn't require trading hours for dollars.
And if I'm being honest?
I've been like a slow roasted pig about it.
Not because the opportunities weren't there.
Not because I lacked the skills.
I was slow because of a voice.
A bad little piggy sitting on my shoulder whispering that it'll never work.
That partnerships are a pipe dream for people like me.
Sound familiar?
That voice gets loudest when we're staring at an outreach email.
Cursor blinking.
Finger hovering over send.
"Why would they say yes? Just keep freelancing. Go back to the 9-5."
Most people listen.
They draft the email and never send it.
They tell themselves they just need a little more time to prepare.
2026 is where I changed.
It started with walking away from a lucrative partnership... on purpose.
That decision was the exact moment I stopped "trying" to make deals and started actually making them.
Since then?
Two partnerships in motion.
Another partnership is an auction I'm running next Tuesday.
Not because the bad piggy voice disappeared.
Because I stopped letting it run point.
Then last week, I got a reminder that this extends beyond deal making.
Last August, our septic pipe backed up completely.
We replaced everything...
New pipes, new ductwork, the dryer outlet too.
Life moved on.
Fast forward to this past week.
My homeowners insurance came up for renewal, and a thought hit me:
"What if insurance could reimburse us for part of that damage?"
Right on cue, the bad piggy showed up loud.
"No way they cover that. It's been nine months. You'll spend months fighting the claims adjuster."
I filed the claim Monday morning anyway.
2:08 PM — $1,584.97 deposited.
The claimable total was $2,584.97 with a $1,000 deductible.
We got every dollar we were entitled to.
In one afternoon.
That's what pressing send actually looks like.
The bad piggy voice costs us partnerships.
It costs us money sitting on the table.
It costs us opportunities that were already ours.
Most people treat the fear of rejection like a stop sign.
They won't send the outreach.
They won't file the claim.
They won't make the ask...
Because the bad piggy already told them no before anyone else could.
Here's what I've learned: the opportunities don't live on the other side of certainty.
They live on the other side of the send button.
You don't see the yes before you ask.
You don't get the deposit before you file.
You don't land the partnership before you press send.
The doing is the path.
Not the planning.
Not one more week of polishing the outreach.
Every deal I've seen get made started with someone who pressed send before they felt ready.
Every deal I've seen stall started with someone waiting to feel ready first.
Fair warning... the bad piggy voice doesn't go away.
I still hear mine every single time.
The difference now is I treat it like a signal.
When it shows up loud, something worth pursuing is usually on the other side.
That's the actual shift.
Not confidence.
Not certainty.
Just recognizing the voice for what it is.
A liar.
If you're sitting on a partnership pitch, a deal you haven't proposed, an ask you've been putting off...
The only way to the other side is through it.
Press send.
File the claim.
Make the ask.
That's where the $1,584.97 moments live.
That's where PiggyBANKING income gets built.
The bad piggy was wrong about me.
It's probably wrong about you too.
Let's get piggy wit it,
PB Chad
P.S. I'm writing a post over at The PiggyBANKING Newsletter covering the easiest partnership path I took to land those two deals. You can read the lead up to it here: https://thepiggybankingnewsletter.substack.com/p/trying-to-jump-from-freelancer-to
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