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How to handle humiliation by family when you are a failed entrepreneur at age 35?

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[–] miamiscubi@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

What do you mean by humiliation?

They may genuinely be worried about your future and ability to provide for yourself. If you are always chasing dreams, not able to sustain yourself, rely on family for financial means, then yeah, you're doing something wrong. I'm not saying this is your case, but I haven't seen any comment suggesting that you have savings left or are in a stable situation.

They probably would prefer for you to succeed, but they may have also seen that you had flaws in your ideas. Building a 2 sided marketplace is usually very difficult, and I still don't understand what your value proposition was, or what made you believe you had any expertise in it at all.

I'll tell you one thing. My business supports my whole family. It pays our mortgage, it feeds us, puts our child in school. If it started failing, I would feel no shame in getting a job. My identity is not wrapped up in being an entrepreneur, and I don't think that's a healthy mindset for most people.

My identity is wrapped around being a problem solver, finding solutions that provide value, and being compensated for it. I don't quite care what form that takes. I have many friends that have regular jobs, that are very good at them, that make great income, and guess what? They're super happy, and have very fulfilling lives.