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By 4PM or We Are Getting Evicted

A man will do almost anything in the world to save his kids

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Geoff Talbot
Apr 16, 2026
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The anxiety was hitting me so hard I could barely breathe.

The rent was due at 4 pm, and I had one single sales call for the day.

I was doing my calls and all my work with a cheap headset over GoToWebinar from a Starbucks in the Los Angeles Foothills.

Yeah, I was that guy (see pic from 2015)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.

I had to find a way to …

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