08/17/2024
$73k in 3 weeks in bookings for my immersive adventure village in the middle of nowhere desert.
Not surprised at all right? No. I’ve been scared as hell for 3 years building this.
The project was supposed to be dead about 5 times.
I went through 3 engineers, the first two wasted 5 months each on it before throwing in the towel. No one wants to stamp building on a lake bed.
I couldn’t get a builder in the 2022 construction boom, the lowest bid I got was $1,000/ft, no wanted to build in the middle of nowhere for a 7 unit project.
The county initially demanded we build 5 miles of road, we got an easement through a neighbors yard down to 1 mile.
The county demanded individual septic tanks 150 feet away from the dry lake bed from units 25 feet deep.
The project ballooned $1M over budget because of my lack of experience and proper planning.
We stretched our lender so far over budget they couldn’t lend any more to us.
I could go on and on and on, this list keeps going.
Am I insane?
Am I overconfident?
Did I make too many mistakes?
Did I dream too big?
Am I an idiot?
Am I good enough? Smart enough?
Did I build something that’s total crap?
Is anyone going to care about this?
Look, you’re an idiot until your not, then you remember who you are.
Everything is happening for you not to you.
If you are working on something and having all of these doubts come into your mind, you’re not special.
This is everyone, all the time.
And when you stop having these doubts is when you might be a little over confident and reckless.
I was absolutely overconfident and reckless in this, it’s been major pucker butt this whole time.
But here we are.
We’re winning.
Keep pushing, keep believing, keep evolving, keep learning, and whatever happens after you’ve done all you can is what’s supposed to happen in order for you to become the person you need to be to do all those dreams you have inside your head.
Tell me what you’re working on below, share your fears, and let’s address and overcome those and remind yourself WHO TF YOU ARE
Business is 80% psychology
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