I just turned 50. 2024 was my most brutal year ever. Sleepless...
Michael Girdley@girdley
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Jan 18, 2025
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I just turned 50.
2024 was my most brutal year ever.
Sleepless nights, emotional hurt, ending of decades-long relationships, feeling betrayed, physical symptoms of stress — the whole entrepreneurship rollercoaster.
What I learned in 15 lessons (it was a lot):🧵
2024 was my most brutal year ever.
Sleepless nights, emotional hurt, ending of decades-long relationships, feeling betrayed, physical symptoms of stress — the whole entrepreneurship rollercoaster.
What I learned in 15 lessons (it was a lot):🧵
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As an example of how off-base things got:
Every Friday morning surprised me for a few months with another costly problem.
So, I woke up dreading the end of each week – to the point I had trouble eating. It was ridiculous. (Easy way to lose weight, though.)
Every Friday morning surprised me for a few months with another costly problem.
So, I woke up dreading the end of each week – to the point I had trouble eating. It was ridiculous. (Easy way to lose weight, though.)
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I've had investments & deals underperform, shut down a business, replaced four CEOs, and spent much time fixing things.
So when I sat down to reflect on the year, 26 lessons came out in a few minutes.
(It turns out that pain is indeed the best teacher.)
Here are 15 of them:
So when I sat down to reflect on the year, 26 lessons came out in a few minutes.
(It turns out that pain is indeed the best teacher.)
Here are 15 of them:
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Lessons on managing people
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Lessons on dealing with stress
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Lessons on building businesses
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Lessons about money
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Lessons about life
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The whole list is actually 26 lessons long.
It’s as much for myself as anybody else.
But if you’re curious, I’m sending them all to my newsletter subscribers on Saturday.
Subscribe here → girdley.com/newsletter
Nothing like HARD LIFE LESSONS with your morning coffee!
It’s as much for myself as anybody else.
But if you’re curious, I’m sending them all to my newsletter subscribers on Saturday.
Subscribe here → girdley.com/newsletter
Nothing like HARD LIFE LESSONS with your morning coffee!