62 y/o and filing for bankruptcy 😪


My email yesterday struck a chord.

I received emails like this:

While I love hearing from you guys, these emails break my heart

I can’t help but feel terrible.

I know exactly what it was like to be in this position.

I’m not in my 60s, but I’m familiar with being and feeling stuck.

2 years ago, my first business was failing me.

I did well in my first year.

But I didn’t build my sales engine.

My clients ghosted me. A big proposal fell through.

I got hit with a massive tax bill.

I couldn’t deny it.

My business was failing.

To make up for it, I started working hard.

Hustling. Late nights.

But not making any progress.

Barely able to make things work.

Only to wake up and do it all over again.

I did this for months.

I felt trapped. And headed for burnout.

But I stumbled across an Australian-based business community group on Instagram.

In pure desperation, I joined.

I felt like I had run out of options.

Over the next six months?

I recovered my business to $25k p/m

Grew my Medium following from 6k to 25,000.

And sold my one-person business to a larger consulting company.

All of that in six months.

That’s the power of a community.

A group of people who support and challenge you.

It wasn’t easy. But the group got me through my darkest moments.

Hard work isn’t the fix.

You can’t solve a problem using the same thinking that caused it.

That’s why I built Launch To $5k Inner Circle™.

We fix what’s broken.

→ Your offer
→ Your system
→ Your confidence

So if yesterday’s email hit home…

And today’s one hurts in the best way…

Reply “READY” and I’ll send you the details.

Stay Limitless,

Michael “six months can change everything” Lim

Michael Lim

🏆 x 5 Award-Winning Social Entrepreneur. Sold my first one-person business at 28. Currently traveling Southeast Asia.

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