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There Was Something On Me For 2 Hours… And I Had No Idea ~ This Week’s Self Made Success
There Was Something On Me For 2 Hours… And I Had No Idea ~ This Week’s Self Made Success
There Was Something On Me For 2 Hours… And I Had No Idea ~ This Week’s Self Made Success
The thing slowing you down might be the one you’re not seeing
Self Made Success
Apr 20, 2026
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V#67 EDITION ~ April 20, 2026 |
The Thing You Don’t See Can Hurt You Most |
Sometimes…
The thing that can hurt you the most…
Is the thing you don’t even know is there.
Last week I was in my backyard, standing by the pool…
Talking to my phone like a crazy person.
(You know… trying to record a video for local businesses without looking like I just escaped from a hostage situation - LOL)
Now—full honesty…
I’m NOT a huge fan of being on video.
So I’m out there doing take after take after take…
Trying to look “natural” (which somehow makes you look even LESS natural, right?)
Anyway…
Right before I started…
I felt something hit the back/side of my shirt.
Just a little buzz… Like something bounced off me.
I brushed it off in my mind.
Didn’t think twice.
And kept going.
Because I had a goal— Get this video done so I don’t look like an idiot on the next Zoom workshop.
So I stayed focused… Kept recording… Adjusted… Improved… Got a little better each time.
About 30 minutes later, I finally got something I didn’t hate.
Victory!
I head back inside… Sit down at my desk… Start working again. Life goes on.
Or so I thought. |
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About 2 hours later…
I’m on the phone with my parents… Just chatting, checking in on them…
When I notice something on my right shoulder. I look down…
And my brain goes—
“Wait a second…” “Oh my gosh…” “Is that—???”
Yep.
A full-blown, not-playing-around… Bumble bee.
Just… hanging out on my shirt like it pays rent.
Now here’s the part that makes this story WAY more interesting…
I’m VERY allergic to bees.
Like…“Let’s not test this theory again” level allergic.
And this thing had apparently been with me the ENTIRE time.
Outside.
All of it.
And I had NO idea. |
So now I’m frozen.
Trying not to move like I’m in some weird game of “Don’t Die.”
I call my daughter in like I’m defusing a bomb— “Hey… I need your help… and I need you to stay calm…”
We grab a fly swatter… She gently coaxes it off my shirt…
We take it outside… Set it on the concrete… And for a second… It just sits there.
Not moving. We both look at each other like— “Okay… maybe it’s done?”
Then… Out of nowhere… That thing fires back up… Starts flying…
And we BOTH jump back like we just saw a ghost.
Meanwhile my mom is still on the phone hearing the whole thing go down.
Good times. |
🧩 Riddle Me This |
I’m small enough to ignore, 👉 What am I? Answer at the bottom of newsletter |
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Now… Here’s The Point |
That bee?
That’s how most people run their business.
There’s something sitting RIGHT THERE… On their shoulder…
That can hurt them… Slow them down…
Or flat out wreck their progress…
And they don’t even see it.
It might be: • Not following up with leads
And because it’s not obvious…
They ignore it. They keep working…
While the real problem just sits there.
Waiting. |
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The Truth |
It’s not usually the BIG problem that gets you.
It’s the small one…
The hidden one…
The one you brushed off at the start. |
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Final Thoughts | ||
What’s sitting on your shoulder right now… that you’re pretending isn’t there?
Find it.
Deal with it.
Before it deals with you.
Until Next week...
xo,
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Answer to Riddle: |
Answer: The hidden problem |