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You’re not working hard.
Your competitor’s three levels above you.
Your mini app has no users.
You’re losing sales.
Your runway’s exhausted.
You’re about to lose your job to a fresh grad who wants it more.
Your friend unsubscribed from your newsletter.
Your podcast has no views.
You lost all your money in the trenches.

Good.

This is the part where most people fold.
Blame bad luck.
Blame bad timing.
Blame everyone but themselves.

Not you.

You don’t fold.
You don’t cry.
You don’t explain.

You work.
You work when it’s hopeless.
You work when it’s humiliating.
You work when no one’s watching.

Because the gap won’t close itself.
The losses won’t fix themselves.
The dream won’t build itself.

Nobody’s coming.
Get back to work.

Felt every line. This isn’t failure, it’s the forge