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My First Million · 2026-10-12 · 24 min · 5,436 words

3 embarrassing moments that changed my life

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Alright, today I'm gonna talk about some embarrassing stories that happened to me. These are three Moments where I felt that sting of embarrassment, but something changed in me because it was it was so painful. Uh, as they say, sometimes the wound becomes the door. I feel like I can rule the world, I know I could be But I want to I'll put my law in it like my days off on the road, less travel. If I had to give myself one life mission, it was avoid embarrassment. I think in every social situation, I am fundamentally

At some level Just actively trying to avoid embarrassment. Probably even more than trying to avoid like pain and death. Cause I don't even think about those, but I definitely think about ways I could be embarrassed. And yet. Embarrassment seems to find me. And it finds You know, somewhat often. And uh and you know, there there is an upside to the embarrassment after the the sting wears off and the pain is gone. There is usually some sort of learning, some sort of growth, some sort of benefit. But even knowing that

I don't Go look for embarrassment. I still actively try to avoid it. And I'm sure you do too. So the first story The last thing you want to do as a founder is build something that nobody wants. You might dedicate years of your life just building, building, building, only to find out at the end. That nobody even wanted the thing in the first place.

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