I Made a Million Dollars in My First Year of Business and It Almost Killed Me.

And If you fix my mistake. You can do better.

In my first year of business, I got a taste of what it's like to make serious money. I started the first ever major crypto event in Dubai and it was the go-to place for companies in the Web3 space to get investors and large clients in the UAE. And i was making a lot of money. I hit about USD 750,000 in my first 6 months and i was only 25 years old.

Now, to make almost a million in my first serious business at such a fast pace with a regular service based business. I had to go nuts. I mean seriously, it was nuts. I was making deals from 11am to 3pm with East Asia, 3pm to 8pm with Europe. Then I would do a night shift when the employees went to home and close deals with the US/Canada until 4am! And then wake up and repeat this process for 6 months non-stop.

And it was working. When i kept seeing the deals close and the leads come in. I stopped going to the gym, i stopped dating, and i stopped socializing. Because i thought that i can fix all of those areas of life when i am a multi-millionaire.

I ended up gaining 30kgs of fat. That's right. I gained 30 freaking KGs of pure grade A 100% fat. I was a hot-round mess. And at one point, it was so depressing. I just spent 3 months indoors not going to the office and eating ice cream at home. Not even driving my nice sports car parked downstairs.

It was a disaster, but i was very blessed to learn this valuable lesson at such a young age.

Here is the lesson: You cannot live without exercise. Period. Make sure that doing exercise (ideally lifting weights & cardio) is part of your daily routine.

So, if you hit the gym this week. You just had a massive win.
if you went for a walk today. You just had a massive win.
if you did some pushups. You just had a massive win.

Whatever you do, do not stop exercising! It will save your business and your life.

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Photo on left (Fat, Unhappy, Making money for the short-term)
Photo on right (Fit, Happy, Making money slower but for the long-term)

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