On November 26, 2016 I made a long post about my “business partner” that stabbed me in the back, locked me out of all our business accounts and tossed me overboard. Well, well, well…. my how a little time changes every thing. He thought he was a big shot and knew everything about the business that basically I started and ran day-to-day. I did 99.9% of the work and he got 50% of the profit. Every month. His eyes got big. He thought he was a genius. If he cut me out and locked me out he could have it all! 100% of the profits. Yea. He thought so.
Turns out that a few birdies have been whispering in my ears. He burned our biggest supplier for a TON of money in the summer of 2017. He kept the money owed them and found a new supplier. Over time since the summer of 2017 I have been getting more and more whispers about what was actually going on. He lost our best account in the spring of 2017. He used the money he stole from me and from our biggest supplier to start another business in 2017. That business finally went belly up in February 2018. And I mean BIG BELLY UP!! Employees quitting due to his fraud with customers, etc… Another of our original suppliers terminated his account in March 2018 due to non-payment. His business phone lines are dead. In March of 2018 a birdie told me he approached one of my friends and asked to borrow $10,000. The friend said sure you can. If you put up collateral for the loan. At that point my ex business partner hung up the phone. Imagine that! He wanted a $10K loan for free with no collateral!
His house was foreclosed on in late 2017. The bank sold his house in the spring of 2018 and he received a 30 day eviction notice from the sheriffs. After speaking to our old suppliers I was informed his business had dropped down to 5% of what it was when he stabbed me in the back in October 2016.
Aint it sweet. The man who thought he was invincible stumbled and fell off the cliff.
Schadenfreude (/ˈʃɑːdənfrɔɪdə/; German: [ˈʃaːdn̩ˌfʁɔʏ̯də] (
listen); lit. ‘harm-joy’) is the experience of pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction that comes from learning of or witnessing the troubles, failures, or humiliation of another.
Coyu featuring Cari Golden Profound Pleasure — Schadenfreude
Do I feel bad? Should I feel bad? Is it bad to enjoy Schadenfreude? Do I have an ounce of sympathy or empathy for him? The answer to all above is no, I do not. Since October 2016 I have learned that is his modus operandi. To steal from others. To lie, cheat and steal anyway he could from anyone. Karma has just begun for him. Karma grinds slow but exceedingly fine.
The good news out of all of this is just like what I said back in the November 2016 post. That I would look back in 6 months or a year and laugh about it. And that’s exactly what happened. In many ways it was good. It freed me from a nightmare. I had known for about a year things with him were getting worse and worse. I wanted to cut the cord but kept putting it off. He played his hand and made the decision for me in late 2016.
As of today I have built the business back to 80% of what it was in late 2016. And that is fine with moi. Now I keep all the profits and do not have to give any away to lazy, good for nothing freeloaders and scammers.
Behind every dark cloud there is a silver lining. It’s so true. I was going nuts back in late 2016 but now I can say it’s probably the best thing that could have happened. At the time I could not see it. A year and a half later it’s crystal clear.
Keep your mind on your dream. Don’t look at the past. See it as clear as day in your mind. Think about it everyday. Live it in your mind. Live every minor detail. See yourself as if it was actually in the physical world. Do not listen to the doubters and the negativity. Keep your dream to yourself. It’s your dream and no one else’s. The dreams I have seen come true most likely would mean little to you. Because it’s not your dream. Your dream fits you like a glove. Likely it does not or could not fit others. Be careful who you tell your dream to. If anyone. My advice is to tell no one. And even when it comes true tell no one. A bag of gold does not increase in value if others know about it. People tend to not care. Because it’s not their dream. Why should they? It’s your dream. Your hearts desire. What drives you mad. What keeps you awake at night. What you think about all the time. It wants to reach you just as bad as you want to reach it. That’s what the burning desire deep inside you feeling is. It’s indescribable but that’s as close to the feeling as I know. It’s way, way beyond words. Don’t be one of those who on their deathbed is filled with regrets the way they lived their life.
Time passes so quickly. You will blink and 20 years has gone by. I will leave you with two quotes. Both are by Steve Jobs.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”
Somewhere In Colorado
“Something is about to happen. Something very wonderful.”
