I had ā¬72 to my name when I got on a call that changed everything.
Let me say that again: Seventy-two euros. Total. And Iād already spent ā¬48.24 of it on cold email tools, betting on myself when I had almost nothing left to bet. Iām in Greece. No safety net. No rich parents. No backup plan. Just me, a PC, and this belief that I could build something real. For two years I was grinding, trying business models, failing, learning, repeating.I made some money here and there⦠but nothing scalable.Nothing predictable.Nothing that felt like a real breakthrough. I was tired of duct-taping YouTube information together and praying it would somehow become a system. So I did something uncomfortable: I booked a clarity call, not because I had the money, but because I needed some direction. On that call, hereās what hit me: I had been trying to sell an outcome I hadnāt achieved yet. I had an offer about āscaling businesses to $50K/monthā⦠but I'd never scaled anything to $50K/month myself š¤¦āāļø @Ian Kirk didn't sugarcoat it. He said: "That's difficult, man. Just to be completely transparent." And honestly? I needed to hear that. ā That was a punch I needed. He broke down exactly what I was doing wrong: ā No clear ICP ā Overcomplicating my offer ā Building a job, not a business. Then he told me something that I've never heard before in those 2 years: āNever state your price first. Let them tell you what the outcome is worth.ā And something stuck in my mind "Ā You donāt win by collecting more free information. You win by collapsing time and learning from people whoāve already walked the path." I left that call with something better than money: ā Clarity ā Direction ā A simple plan ā A system to master ā And a reason to stop drifting Since then, Iāve gone all-in on what actually moves the needle. ā Everything Iām building right now comes from that decision. If youāre sitting where I was, low on money, high on ambition, wondering if you should bet on yourself⦠This is your sign. One conversation can shift your entire trajectory.