There were many periods of my life of great tests.
Today, I’m going to expand on what I faced during Covid and how much I struggled with Language of the Poor (LOP) that year.
2019 was my second year in business as a recruitment founder with a business partner who in hindsight, I really should never have entertained.
He was a classic coat-tail rider.
Didn’t bring anything to the table other than some basic admin/invoicing skills but worse - a sneaky, conniving, and manipulative charming personality.
How we first linked up was more so a mentor-mentee relationship.
He was looking to get out of finance and I was looking to start a business. He sold himself as a financial and operational lead and I was to be the business’s face and engine.
Originally, this was supposed to be a GREAT matchup because a strong sales leader + operational badass usually make a wonderful team.
The mistake I made which I really hope you learn from are mainly these:
