I was $704,000 in debt and too scared to tell anyone

A raw, honest story about going from $1.6 million in GCI to $704,000 in debt — and the one phone call that changed everything. Sometimes the most powerful business strategy is simply telling the truth about where you are.

A few years ago, I was living two completely different lives.

The one the world saw... and the one that was eating me alive at 2am.

In 2017, I did 1.6 million in GCI.

Paid off my Range Rover.

Zero credit card debt.

I had arrived. Or at least that's what I told myself.

Then I shut it all down to start a health and wellness venture.

And it nearly destroyed me.

By 2021 I had accumulated $704,224 in debt.

Hard money loans.

Credit cards maxed.

Borrowed from family.

A 418 credit score.

I remember staring at my phone at night scared to answer it because I didn't know if it was a debt collector.

I wasn't telling anyone.

I was showing up online like everything was fine.

It wasn't fine.

The thing that got me out wasn't a secret strategy or a lucky break.

It was a phone call with my mentor, Sharran Srivatsaa, where I finally told the truth about where I was.

He asked what I needed.

I told him I needed to be around other salespeople and invest in coaching.

He wired me the money that day.

I don't know why.

I just know he believed in me more than I believed in myself in that moment.

I paid back almost all of that debt in under a year.

Not by grinding harder.

By going back to the industry that once gave me everything, with sharper skills, a clearer head, and the right people around me.

That experience is why I show up the way I do for agents today.

Because I know what it feels like to be in the dark and not know the way out.

And I know how fast things can change when you get the right diagnosis and a real plan.

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