Dear Alex Hormozi, you were right...

[@thabangramodipa]

Let's go Merdaaannn!!!!! So happy to see you break through the noise. Appreciated the vulnerability while also not leaving us feeling hopeless. You picked us up with some practicals and topped it off with a fundamental and freeing truth that lightens our burdens on a deeper level. Isaiah 40:4 says that "Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. That valley of despair will indeed be lifted my dudes. Keep it up.👏🏽👏🏽

[@theMerdan]

@@thabangramodipa thank you very much for your kind words, and well said!!😊

[@rishabhcdb]

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this. In the past 2 months, I've went through EXACTLY what happened to you. Finally starting to take actions, after months of planning (watching youtube videos), feeling anxious 24*7, fearing that it won't work out and I am just wasting my time. I thought there's just something wrong with me, but one day it hits me.... THIS IS WHAT HARD FEELS LIKE!!!!

[@theMerdan]

That's right. Just take that first step and keep going. Push through the valley because you're learning right now.

[@ginseng_effect6870]

Beautiful message at the end, thank you for sharing it 🙏🙏

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for watching! I hope it was helpful!

[@jpzhouoffical]

Beautiful written, love the video Merdan. Proud of you and incredibly powerful message!

[@theMerdan]

Thank you very much, JP! Your words mean a lot to me! How are you doing?

[@kaloyandichev]

Good job brother. As a young Christian business owner, I love your dedication. After 4 years of the valley of despair, I can recommend the book ‘The One Thing’. It helps you learn how to confidently remove the wrong decisions out of your never-ending to do list before you do them. Leaving you with a much better focus on the right things while still giving it your all. Additionally, my favorite business book by far is ‘Ready Fire Aim’. It helps you envision the future much better and organize what big problems to solve at what times plus it gives you the confidence to lead a team in that direction.

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for your book suggestions! I should read 'The One Thing' I hope you're out of the valley now! How is your business going now?

[@kaloyandichev]

​@@theMerdan Wonderful. Have a marketing agency with 4 spectacular employees. We're hitting record months lately and starting December, we'll pivot to a different Vehicle as Alex Hormozi likes to say. (simontaniously going against his advice to keep your eyes on the main target). About the valley of despair, I believe it's more relevant in the beginning and later on changes to 'Fear of Losing it All'. Once there's something to lose, e.g. employees, retainer clients, consistent revenue, etc, it always feels like the end of the world to 'lose' it. For reference, one of the often rising fears I have is '2 bad months and suddenly we can't pay the team and the whole thing ends.' In reality, it never gets to that point. Another one is with new ideas "If this doesn't work, we're done..." Still, it's also good for it to exist. It keeps you alert. It keeps you hungry. It also stops you from making some obviously dumb decisions.

[@theMerdan]

Each phase got its own problems and fears, I guess. That's inevitable.

[@Sidhantfnu]

I’m thanking merdan 2024 on behalf of merdan 2027 to kept the promise you took and working hard (late night and exhausted days) but we made it. Proud of you. (RANGER ROVER in the garage) .❤

[@theMerdan]

I appreciate that! 😊 I appreciate that! How are you?

[@Sidhantfnu]

@@theMerdan good 😊

[@lanenicholds4113]

That last bit is beautiful. Thanks bro. We will get through this valley 💪🏻❤️

[@theMerdan]

Thank you! We will indeed!

[@cutestuff59FR]

I’m also a Christian entrepreneur and hopefully my story will help you. I have a few tips for you when it comes to business ideas. My first 3 ideas didn’t work out, I’m currently at my 4th and I only started seeing real traction these past 2 years. I’ve been running small businesses with no real impact (at least not yet) for 6 years now! The first 4 years were failures, financially speaking but I gained so much knowledge and that wilderness season helped me mature. I learned over the years that I was sowing the wrong seed to the wrong soil. Doing business for extremely greedy and selfish reasons somehow always backfires. Galatians 6:7-9 helped me overcome many things. Meditate on that passage and don’t give up on your dreams to succeed as an entrepreneur. And give yourself time, years, not months. Success is measured in years & decades. Keep praying and don’t give up ❤

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for sharing your story! It's very encouraging to hear. And I loved the verse. What's the good seed that you refocused on? I guess I am trying to ask what it looks like. Also, we can connect somehow and chat more?

[@neojoel8613]

thank you. we will win in life. amen

[@theMerdan]

@@neojoel8613 You are welcome! We either win or learn. There is no failure.

[@jameshizon4861]

Great one. Was also rejected by yc and am Christian so well needed

[@theMerdan]

By Y-Combinator? It's okay, God has a plan for you. We won already anyways.

[@jameshizon4861]

@@theMerdan yes - still applying tho / won't give up.

[@forcedhappiness3757]

Beautiful stuff bro truly god bless you

[@theMerdan]

Thank you very much for your kind words. They mean a lot to me!

[@withchriswong]

Hey my brother, just letting you know, you’re not ready for it, you’re just moving past the pain that reality did not meet your expectations. You’ll reach new peaks, and new troughs. You’ll experience extreme joy, and more heart wrenching pain on a whole new level. It all comes with the journey and you’re never truly ready for it, but you learn to calibrate your expectations and you learn to respond to the reality of your circumstances, despite your feelings, which will determine whether you succeed or not. Best of luck, mate! I hope you get to where you want to be. ❤

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for the encouragement!

[@JuanMejia-x2g]

Great video! Im in the same place right now, except im building a software. And its a struggle to even know what the most important lever to pull, do I need to put more time into the application or more time into customer acquisition. Its what hard feels like is all I remind myself!

[@theMerdan]

That's the struggle. And I think you won't know until you do something. If you allow me to share my opinion, I would say get your MVP out and focus on customer acquisition just enough to get feedback and improve your product. You cannot optimize acquisition on an undeveloped product, so technically, application improvement is the lever, but you need a few customers to improve. In short, you gotta do both but with the intention of improving your app, not getting more customers and making more money. When you see that your users are increasing without you making much effort on advertisement, then your product is good and you can crank on acquisition. This is what I would do.

[@follownask]

I feel your pain.

[@theMerdan]

It will pass soon. We will be on the other side. We lose only if we stop. You got this!

[@rickymunger9431]

You aren’t giving yourself enough time. Most businesses don’t even break even until 3-5 years, and those are just brick and mortar shops.

[@theMerdan]

That's right. Reality slapped me in the face even though I thought I was getting it!

[@oamenEmmy]

Subscribed ❤

[@theMerdan]

It means a lot to me! Thank you! I am glad you liked the video and it was helpful.

[@Divyv520]

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[@AlexRechevskiy]

Christ almighty, the religious angle came out of nowhere.

[@theMerdan]

I am not an angel 😁 but I pray God uses this video to help others.

[@dylansolorzanobarrera6822]

Hormozi, come to Christ bro 🙏❤

[@AaronMakelky]

Authentic, all of us have been there man! Subscribed & look forward to following your journey- Fellow Wyoming Entrepreneur 🫡

[@theMerdan]

Thank you very much! Yeah, these days will pass, too And I am blown away that we are from the same state! Love it.

[@smsadirul]

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[@theMerdan]

I am good, thank you! I'm not looking for a designer currently.

[@samuelrosales9032]

Everything in the video is awesome. I just wanted to point out that Jesus is not God on a human embodiment. Look at the original scripts in Greek; different words are used to refer to Jesus, God and spirit. Jesus was a man.

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for your kind words! But I respectfully disagree.

[@rinathama]

I'm in the valley. We will make it out. Mark this comment we'll come back to it. When I come back I want your number. We'll be good buddies and we'll remenisce on this times.

[@theMerdan]

Thank you for the support, man! I will definitely remember this comment!