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<\/figure>\n\nIt\u2019s brutal. When Pe\u0165o Sagan said there\u2019s nothing nice about cycling, he was right. <\/p>\n\n
It\u2019s pure suffering, especially when you\u2019re not out in nature, but just grinding for strength and endurance.<\/p>\n\n
This time, I was pushing high watts, and more than 5 times I thought about quitting.<\/p>\n\n
My legs were gone. Zero energy. Sleep wasn\u2019t great either. <\/p>\n\n
But somehow, I finished it. And yes, I pounded my chest with pride that I didn\u2019t give up. <\/p>\n\n
But going back to what my client told me…<\/p>\n\n
I started to wonder: How do I actually come across to others?<\/p>\n\n
That everything goes easily for me?<\/p>\n\n
That it\u2019s all comfortable?<\/p>\n\n
That people see me winning, but don\u2019t see the grind, the sweat, the pain, the quiet lonely battles?<\/p>\n\n
Maybe it\u2019s time to talk about the things I messed up.<\/p>\n\n
The 1000 cold emails in 2022 that brought 7 replies and 1 meeting that went nowhere.<\/p>\n\n
The LinkedIn spamming when I invited everyone to discovery calls, hoping someone would care.<\/p>\n\n
My stubbornness, thinking I could build a business alone without help \u2013 it cost me over 8 months.<\/p>\n\n
My pride, not hiring a sports coach and trying to prep for a marathon by myself, where at the 32nd km I nearly died (literally). <\/p>\n\n
All the people who didn\u2019t choose me. Who ghosted me. Or canceled collaborations we agreed on. <\/p>\n\n
The nights spent studying, testing, experimenting \u2013 only to be useless the next day.<\/p>\n\n
All that physical pain, but also the mental pain, when it felt like the whole world was against me…<\/p>\n\n
There\u2019s a lot I could write about.<\/p>\n\n
But while you might be stuck on one failed attempt…<\/p>\n\n
\u2026I\u2019ve already got dozens of hours behind me.<\/p>\n\n
Another discovery call in my calendar. A few offers on the table with dream clients… <\/p>\n\n
And no, I\u2019m not bragging. That\u2019s not the point. <\/p>\n\n
I just want to remind you of one thing:<\/p>\n\n
I\u2019m human. I make mistakes. A lot of them. They hurt. And I suffer often… <\/p>\n\n
But I don\u2019t let one or two losses stop me.<\/p>\n\n
Because sports taught me \u2013 before you can start winning, you first need to learn from losing.<\/p>\n\n
And that\u2019s exactly what most people don\u2019t do.<\/p>\n\n
They go in circles. Drown in fear. <\/p>\n\n
Look for reasons why not, instead of ways how yes.<\/p>\n\n
They avoid failure, pain, and the unknown…<\/p>\n\n
At the very beginning of my business journey, Daniel Kraft told me something I\u2019ll never forget:<\/p>\n\n
\u201cIf you choose this entrepreneurial path, it will always be about signing the next client\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n
And that path won\u2019t be \u2013 and doesn\u2019t need to be \u2013 pleasant.<\/p>\n\n
That will never change.<\/p>\n\n
Either you\u2019re cut out for it. Or go get a job instead. <\/p>\n\n
And me?<\/p>\n\n
3 years later, I\u2019m still playing this same game.<\/p>\n\n
Not as an immortal.<\/p>\n\n
But as someone who refuses to give up, even when he hits the ground hard, or when it hurts down to the bone.<\/p>\n\n Finish line Half-Ironman: 5h 26min<\/p>\n\n With that, I wish you a great weekend \u2013 and challenge you to think about how you\u2019ll start the next week.<\/p>\n\n Will you let every failure slow you down or stop you? Always in your corner.<\/p>\n\n Pali \u201cjust a mortal\u201d Lo\u0161onsk\u00fd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cPali, I\u2019m glad you\u2019re just human too.\u201d That\u2019s what one of my amazing clients told me, and I have to admit \u2013 I kept thinking about that sentence the whole day. Let me give you the context. On Wednesday mornings, I almost always have my 2-hour bike training in the office. It\u2019s brutal. When Pe\u0165o […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.betodi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-10-1024x682.png\")
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