Watch "My Fence Life" Live on Wednesday 6:30 CT . Part 3 as we discuss being an entrepreneur.
In this episode of *My Fence Life Live*, the conversation focuses on the realities of entrepreneurship and the emotional weight that comes with owning a business. The speaker describes entrepreneurship as a constant test of endurance, marked by uncertainty, missed payrolls, unpaid bills, customer dissatisfaction, fraud, theft, and even betrayal from employees or trusted people. He suggests that if someone has never sat in the dark, head in hands, trying to figure out what to do next, they may not truly understand what business ownership involves. At the same time, the episode acknowledges that despite the hardship, entrepreneurship can offer significant rewards. The speaker emphasizes that the upside of owning a company only comes after a heavy “pound of flesh” has already been paid through stress, sacrifice, and risk. He frames entrepreneurship as a difficult but compelling game—one that some people choose to keep playing because they are drawn to both the challenge and the potential payoff. Ultimately, the episode presents business ownership as a serious, demanding path that may be worthwhile for those willing to endure its pain.
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(191 words)You know there's an old saying that if you haven't sat there with your head between your hands in the dark trying to figure out what you should do next you're not even in the game entrepreneurship is full of uncertainty missed payrolls missed bills people will hate your products people will hate your Service fraud will be committed against you at some point people will steal from you employees will leave you people you trusted might betray you it will feel like a thousand monkeys on your shoulders at times it's a miserable sport that some masochist like myself and maybe you maybe you can't stop playing because we like the pain that comes along with it now don't get me wrong don't get me wrong there are huge upsides huge gains to be made from owning your own company and starting your own company but those only come in my opinion after that pound of Flesh has been taken and that pound of flesh is huge I enjoy playing the game and maybe you enjoy playing the game and maybe it's worth it to you or maybe it's not
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