I’m Tapping Out — My Journey From Entrepreneurship Back To A Job

I’m a professional wrestling fan. I have been since I was a little boy.

In professional wrestling as well as in other more up close and personal combat things, there is something called a submission hold.

Normally a submission hold is something that puts someone in a very uncomfortable and painful position. The only way to signal that you’ve had enough is tapping out. Not doing so can mean having something broken or passing all the way out.

You tap out to quit the match and preserve yourself so you can, in fact, fight another day.

Today I’m tapping out of entrepreneurship.

And in doing so beginning a new journey of content online where I tell this story as honestly as I can.

Because I’m certainly not the only one that will tap out of entrepreneurship.

If you’ve found your way here because you’re thinking about tapping out or already have, here are a few things to consider…

You’re Not A Failure

Tapping out can easily be morphed into savage self-talk that sounds a lot like, “you failed”.

I would offer to you and myself that we didn’t fail. We did what most people would never even consider trying…