By 4PM or We Are Getting Evicted

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

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 close this sales call and get all the money up front to pay the rent.

It felt like crushing pressure.

An utterly terrifying place to be.

I keep this photo on my phone to help me remember the miracle that occurred that day.

It was not so much a divine miracle… it was more a miracle born of flesh and blood.

I am far from the only man who has ever fought to save his family.

Millions and millions of men and women in different countries and cultures are forced to do this every day.

And yet I realised something profound as I turned on my camera and started that sales call.

I had only had one enemy…

And that enemy was me.

I must remain calm. I must set aside my own personal pressing needs. No ounce of perspiration or stress would be permitted to slide down my face.

I would put all of my attention on the needs of my potential client.

I would make the entire call about them…

That was the miracle of flesh and blood.

To surrender one’s own needs.

Two hours later, the client paid me $5000, and I went off and paid the rent.

I don’t know who needs to hear this right now.

Whatever you are going through, you have the strength inside of you to overcome all of it.

You may be feeling weak, or you may be trembling with fear.

And yet despite those feelings…

You are also extremely brave.

I believe in you

Geoff. X