Codie Sanchez

And so I thought, I better figure out how to become something besides a journalist or I'm going to become very jaded, very young.

It's amazing how fast 12 years flashes, which is something only old people say, which apparently I'm nearing.

It's amazing how fast 12 years flashes, which is something only old people say, which apparently I'm nearing.

But the beautiful part about working in corporate America is you learn on somebody else's dime.

But the beautiful part about working in corporate America is you learn on somebody else's dime.

And I'm a huge advocate for failing often without the ability to bankrupt yourself.

And I'm a huge advocate for failing often without the ability to bankrupt yourself.

These days, there's so much entrepreneurship porn about how you have to sleep on somebody's couch.

These days, there's so much entrepreneurship porn about how you have to sleep on somebody's couch.

And you've got to do it the hard way.

And you've got to do it the hard way.

And if you weren't homeless for a minute, you're never going to make it.

And if you weren't homeless for a minute, you're never going to make it.

And I don't actually think that's true.

And I don't actually think that's true.

I think you right now could be working in a corporate job and feel like you are stuck because your lifestyle has crept up to the point where it matches or sometimes even exceeds what you're making, even if you're making a decent amount of money.

I think you right now could be working in a corporate job and feel like you are stuck because your lifestyle has crept up to the point where it matches or sometimes even exceeds what you're making, even if you're making a decent amount of money.

And those handcuffs will tie you to a job you hate, working for people you don't like on things you don't want, where you are no longer the architect of your life.

And those handcuffs will tie you to a job you hate, working for people you don't like on things you don't want, where you are no longer the architect of your life.

And that's what happened to me and what I mean by golden handcuffs.