With all the fake Instagram influencers sharing photos of their rented lambos, and gurupreneurs out there bragging about their latest 77 figure perfect launches…
I thought it would be fun to breath a little REAL LIFE into the online business world…
Each Friday I share my 5 biggest mistakes in business, marriage, parenting, relationships and life…
Why?
To let you know… YOU ARE NOT ALONE… And it ain’t gotta be perfect to move forward and succeed!
Entrepreneurship is a bumpy road y’all, and we all struggle from time to time!
Here are the rules:
I hold nothing back, if I messed it up, you will hear about it…
I don’t spellcheck or proofread this email… put your red pen away grammar police…
Hit reply and tell me the fail you laughed at most!
OK, here we go!
Sit back, and enjoy my 5 biggest fails from the last week!
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Fail #1 – YouTube / Live Recording DISASTER!!!!!
So yesterday I had this great idea…
We are starting a new Saturday edition of The Flipped Lifestyle Podcast in October!
Two episodes a week… yes!
These will be solo episodes where I tackle some of the biggest fears, mindset issues, and obstacles that entrepreneurs face.
Learn how to start, build, and grow an online business, plus hang out with me and the community LIVE all October!
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Fail #2 – Totally slacked on my email game this week…
I’m a big believer in emailing your list every day…
Maybe not EVERYONE on your list EVERY single day…
But most of them, most days.
I’m super consistent too…
Since 2015 I’ve averaged an email every 1.8 days to our list (yeah, i’m a nerd, and keep score…)
This week was kinda meh…
I sent an email on Sunday or Monday… and then just kind of DIDN’T…
It’s funny because I can totally see the exact drop off in sales this week starting on Tuesday.
I don’t like sales drops ever…
So get ready, I’m going to be rocking and rolling in your inbox next week lol!
GOOD REMINDER: No emails… no opportunity to give myself a raise every day! SELL Shane!
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Fail #3 –SCHOOL GOT CANCELLED AGAIN
OK, this one so much wasn’t my fail, but our lack of preparation for it totally effected us BIG TIME…
We were getting ready to go back to in-person school for the first time after officials made the call that they felt it was safe.
And literally the Friday before going back…
A local college in the county TESTED EVERY STUDENT on campus.
Well, of course, they found a few asymptomatic cases of Rona…
Which spiked totals in the county…
Which triggered all schools in the county to SHUT DOWN AGAIN.
Did I mention this school is 15-20 miles from our town? And has no bearing on our numbers?
Ug…
Luckily, we hired a tutor/babysitter to come work with the kids until school gets back in session…
But I wasn’t really prepared for them to be home this week.
That left us scrambling to make sure the kids set up for virtual school, planning schedules, and working our schedule around the kids.
They say we are going back Monday… we will see.
LESSON LEARNED: When I was a football coach, we always made two play sheets for every game. One with our starting Quarterback, and one without (in case he got hurt).
I’ll be taking that mentality into ever week from now on to make sure we are not taken off guard when the school suddenly closes for illness.
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Fail #4 – Literally ALL THE TOILETS ARE BROKEN…
Sometimes, the universe just likes to annoy you…
For fun, like a cat with a mouse.
We own two houses… one we use as an office/headquarters/studio…
And our lake house where we live.
There are total of 5 toilets between the two building…
3 at home…
2 at the office…
At one point last week 4…. FOUR… of the 5 toilets had something wrong with them.
FOUR.
How is that even possible?
Don’t my toilets know I need to use the bathroom between podcasts, coaching calls, important meetings, virtual school, and all the rest?!!?!
No.. they don’t care.
Toilets are selfish and just don’t care about your needs.
Anyway, I’ve go all but 1 toilet back up and running now.
Why 1 left?
Because my plumber got Covid and has to wait 14-21 days before he can fix it.
2020 man.
LESSON LEARNED: Not sure… How do you prepare for 4 out of 5 toilets breaking.
Maybe install a backup outhouse or keep a few buckets around.
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Fail #5 – I designed a bunch of merch for my son’s new blog and YouTube channel, ordered $300 in gear, and when it got here… it was all the wrong color!!!!
OK, so isaac started a new blog called “Sams Fishing: Learn to Fish With Us!”
We decided to start a merch store and create all kinds of stuff…
T-shirts…
Hoodies…
Neck Gaiters…
Masks…
Phone cases…
THE WORKS!
I spent HOURS… i mean HOURS making this stuff on Teespring.com one night.
We even had some family members buy some merch! Isaac got to taste those sweet sweet entrepreneurial profits!
The fruits of his… er… my labor!
With school starting back soon, I decided to order Isaac ALL THE SWAG so he could rep his brand at school!
One problem…
I’m colorblind…
I literally cannot tell red from green from orange, or blue from purple from pink.
Total chaos. Like, I SEE colors, they are just totally wrong.
So when I got Isaac’s gear… the logos were supposed to be blue… but I accidentally made everything PURPLE!!
Look…
As you can see, the logo that arrived was clearly PURPLE. Not blue…lol
The Blue logo was what it was supposed to look like (the one on the left) but I downloaded the one that was a darker purplish looking color… uploaded it…
And then ordered $300 in custom merch that cannot be returned including a mask, neck gaiter, hoodie, zipper hoodie, three t-shirts, a phone case, and a bunch of stickers.
Sigh.
LESSON LEARNED: The colorblind guy should always check with his not colorblind wife before designing anything or ordering merch that can’t be taken back.
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That’s a wrap for this week’s 5-fails friday email!
I hope you enjoyed the madness and learned from my mistakes!
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Until next time, get out there, take action, and do whatever it takes to Flip Your Life!
See you soon!
Shane Sams
Host of The Flipped Lifestyle™ Podcast
Leader of The Flip Your Life™ Community
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