Linda Kim

“Do you think you got lucky?”

Someone asked from the audience. Or if anyone could build the Airbnb business like I did. And it made me think about how people see success when they’re looking at the outcome instead of the journey.

People see the stages, the events, and the seven-figure business. They don’t see what it took to get there.

I was a single mom in the middle of a very stressful divorce. I’d just been laid off from my corporate career of over a decade. I didn’t own a single property, had no real estate experience, and I’d never run a real business before. I was nervous and scared.

But I decided to bet on myself. I invested $35K in a mentor, took a huge financial risk, and poured countless hours and energy while being extremely busy into learning something completely new.

I had no guarantee it would work. I just knew I couldn’t keep waiting for my circumstances to change.

And here’s what I want you to understand. If you’re waiting until you have more money, experience, confidence, or until life finally settles down, you might be waiting forever.

There will never be a perfect time. There will always be a reason to wait. There will always be another excuse.

At some point, you have to decide that the possibility of creating a different life is worth the risk of trying.

You don’t become confident and then take the leap. You take the leap and build the confidence along the way.

If you’ve been waiting for a sign to take that first step, maybe this is it.

Share this with a friend who might need encouragement 🙏