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Earn Your Stripes.
“What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first steps to something better.”
Wendell Phillips
A personal list of defeats that spanned during the creation of Modern Analects:
May 2018
Received my 4th D in my major and could not walk at graduation*
An abrupt breakup after a 2 year run
September/October 2018
Was left an ultimatum and led to leaving my first sales job after five weeks
Totaled car on the way to the second sales job
November 2018
Was “let go” from the second job the week before Thanksgiving
Lost $1,500 and left with no car.
Loss is not always a bad thing — what’s gained are lessons.
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