The “Entrepreneurial Dream” They’re Selling You is a Lie

Take my word for it — I’ve built my dream career from the ground-up, and there are no prancing, magical unicorns dancing in my office on the daily.

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I have a real bone to pick with any entrepreneur who blows up their Instagram feed with trips abroad, laptops on the beach and private jets with a glass of champagne.

Now, I’m no cynic — I’m actually a thoroughly-bred optimist, and I see every single day of my life as a new blessing, and feel blessed even more so when I consider that I get to make my full-time income from the comfort of my home office, while working solo in my social media and copywriting company.

I’m three years into the game. I’ve had every high and low of entrepreneurship you’ve heard of — with the exception of claiming bankruptcy or making a cold, crisp million dollahs.

But there are entrepreneurs out there who have experienced the pieces I have not— and more often than not they’re the ones on social media preaching the “good life” of running a business and being stinking rich.

If I could stand next to them, I would make a simple request:

“Stop lying to people. You and I both know that…