How Can I Help?
By: Travis Hubbard
Tags: Entrepreneurship, Business, Money, Mindset, Startup

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been on the road attending meetings and working with remote teams. In years past, I’d hang out with coworkers until the early hours, but those days are over. A decent dinner then back to my room to catch up on work that has stacked up is my new modus operandi.

Books to read, stories to write, people to email.

So I had this bright idea.

I keep in touch with my readers through an email list. One night last week I thought I’d run a little experiment to see if anyone actually reads the emails I send them.

I sent an email to my subscribers that included a simple statement: I’d love to know what I can do to help you.

Responses started coming in within minutes. That rarely happens to me.

So I started reading and responding. Some of the emails required a more detailed response, I took my time to make sure what I sent back made sense and answered the original questions.

It was overwhelming.

I don’t mean overwhelming from a “volume of responses” perspective. No. The sincere and in some cases incredibly personal nature of the responses that I received was overwhelming. It triggered some pretty strong emotions.

I’m not completely freaked out about it, but I’m now aware of that fact that some of you read these stories and might actually take some sort of action. It’s an awesome feeling actually.

But I need to manage expectations.

I want to help you get where you want to be.

And the best way I know to do that is to share my experience.

I’m a 55 year old guy that has screwed up more often than I’ve been successful, but I’m not afraid to share my experiences, both good and bad.

I’m not that good of a writer, I’ve never studied writing, I typically don’t do any research for my articles, and I might post links in my posts that won’t make any sense.

I’m no startup genius, and don’t know jack about navigating the C-Suite.

But I do know what it takes to go from nothing to having more money than I ever thought I would. I know small business owners in the real world that have all become successful beyond their wildest dreams. Normal people, just like you and I, that conquered their fears and went out on their own.

Regardless of the doom and gloom being jammed in front of us daily, there is no time like the present to go into business for yourself.

It’s all about mindset, risk management, and a strong work ethic.

Things are changing. Fast.

I think it’s becoming pretty clear at this point that things are changing around the world. People are realizing that their destiny is in their own hands. There is only so much Big Daddy in the form of a corporation or a government can and will do for you.

It’s one of those things I’ve been fortunate enough to have known since I was very young.

Many people in my family have owned their own businesses and I spent a lot of time with them when I was a kid. I grew up being taught lessons that would carry me into life, being able to seemingly make money appear out of thin air, but at the same time making me a horrible employee:

I arrive early, complete assigned tasking, then want to leave to do things I want.

I question designs and decisions in the spirit of driving to a better solution, and that tends to piss people off.

I’ve become an expert at problem solving, risk management, and identifying bullshit.

The Bottom Line.

I think I’ve got something to add to the conversation that might be helpful.

I can’t tell you how to get rich, but I can suggest ways for you to earn money if you work hard enough.

I can’t tell you how to be happy, but I can tell you about being sad, and drunk, and fucked up out of my mind over failed relationships, and what I did to put it all behind me.

I can’t make you turn off the TV and live, but I can tell you about how I made changes in my life that had a very positive impact on me and my family.

See where I’m going with this?

You tell me.

The fact that people are thanking me for the stories that I’ve published on this platform blows my mind.

If there is anything that you’d like me to help you with, just let me know. I mean I’m not going to come paint your house or anything! Although if you’re picking up airfare and beer we can talk.

If you have a nagging question, or want more in depth information on anything I’ve written about in the past, just reach out. I’d be glad to spend some time digging in and either responding to your directly or writing an article to share with the world.