⛰️ Failure & setbacks · 🪙 Money
On payroll Friday, 2009
In March of 2009 I sat in my truck outside the bank with a personal guarantee in a folder and my father's voice in my head saying never sign anything you can't carry. I signed it. We made payroll with eleven hours to spare — sixty families, none of whom ever knew. People think the lesson is "risk it all." It isn't. The lesson is: know exactly what you're carrying, say it out loud to the people it would land on, and then decide. Maria knew before the bank did. That's the only reason the marriage survived the business.
— Marcus Reyes · Built a freight company for nineteen years, then sold itDemonstration
