TDW #045: The (Abridged) Story of My First Exit

Issue At-A-Glance:

• Quote: good Samaritan
• Tweet: MITs
• Thought: my first exit
• Surprise: GDocs to HTML

Read Time: 4 minutes

Different Quote

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.

via Margaret Thatcher

Different Tweet

 My best productivity advice, in one compact tweet. I call the tasks my MITs — Most Important Tasks. Forgot where I learned that years ago. Never forgot it. How do you stay productive?

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Different Thought

The (Abridged) Story of My First Exit

This is the Classic Cup in Kansas City.

It's where I got the check after selling my first business.

Story goes like this…

I got a call one day:

Hey, we’d like to buy your course.

“Cool,” I thought to myself. “Why don’t you just go to the website and buy it like a normal person?”

They must have sensed my irritation:

**No, you don’t understand. We’d like buy your course—the material, the lists, the paying clients, and everything attached with it.

Oh.

OH.

OH!

At the time, I didn't even know you could do something like that.

Turns out you can.

And I did.

So fast forward a month to the Classic Cup…

We had a nice meal.

Towards the end, the check was slid slowly across the table.

I knew how much was on it. We’d negotiated the price well before sitting down for the celebratory lunch. It wasn’t a surprise.

But, still… wow.

I waited til I got to my car to open the envelope.

And there it was.

It wasn’t retirement money

It wasn’t FU money.

But it was a permanent reminder that I could do this.

I mean, someone else saw so much value in my business they offered to buy the whole damn thing. It was a moment I’ll never forget. I mean—how could I?

So I keep the picture above on my vision board as a reminder.

It was just a few years prior that the amount on the check sitting in my hands was more than I used to make in a whole year.

Unreal.

So let’s wrap up with this:

I want you to picture one, specific goal you have in mind for your business.

Humor me on this one…

Got it?

OK.

Now, I want to gently remind you that whatever you envisioned is 100% possible. For you. It may take longer than you want. It may not look exactly how you pictured. The players and details might look different.

But if an ADHD-riddled, broke, former pastor with ZERO business experience can do it...

Anyone can.

Different Surprise

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