Bulletproof Entrepreneurship: When You're Ready, Dodging Becomes Unnecessary

Christo Popov once said, "Being an entrepreneur means understanding everything."

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If you are a musician, you have to understand music.

If you are a doctor, you have to understand the human body.

If you are a lawyer, you have to understand the law.

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I never knew I was an entrepreneur until I heard these words from Christo Popov five years ago.

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My so-called "career path" began at the age of 17.

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My first job was at the nearest McDonald's in Plovdiv.

My first monthly salary was 230lv (115€).

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It was one of the many punches life threw at me. I hated every second of it.

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I promised myself to do whatever I could to never feel that way again.

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So, I started studying.

It's funny because studying, as many people understand it, is again a product of the matrix, a product of the system.

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I went to college while working night shifts to pay the bills at home and for the semester. Three years like that: work, study, train, repeat. Not much sleep, though.

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Just before graduating, I started my first job as an X-ray technician with a mind-blowing salary of 300lv (150€). :D You understand why I am laughing, right?

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Immediately, I told my boss to fuck off and found another job for 600lv (300€).

In six months, another one.

Another job brought me to the breaking point.

Basically, a full month of work without a free day and availability calls in the middle of the night to go to the hospital. For the maximum I managed to earn operating within the matrix in Bulgaria - 400€.

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I decided to change the matrix and go to Germany. I started learning German from scratch.

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I worked literally any job I could find, including one year "illegally" taking care of a millionaire's garden, painting walls, and importing kitchens from Bulgaria to Berlin. I delivered food for various employers, including Takeaway.

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I was waiting for the matrix to approve my diploma in Germany, so I could start the "dream job" as an X-ray Technician for a better salary.

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Of course, the matrix didn't approve it.

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Then I decided to work around it. That's where the screaming entrepreneur in me started to awaken.

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I recorded a video of myself presenting in a crappy German and sent it to the biggest hospital in Berlin and Europe - Charité - Universit?tsmedizin Berlin .

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I got the job almost immediately, without the need for stupid documents. Well, working for less money than my colleagues, but the lesson here is clear - I have to bring out the entrepreneur in me.

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A year and a half later, I decided to quit this "dream job" and dive deeper into the unknown. I called myself a personal trainer. This is my passion.

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Just when I thought I escaped the matrix, a new version of it punched me in the face.

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The corona crisis.

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How good do you have to be with timing that the moment you decide to be a personal trainer, every single gym in the world will close their doors?

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Yes, I needed to find a job, but before that, I invested every single saving I had into my dream. To get certified and hire a mentor, desperately hoping to not go on the job market again.

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Well, the mentor encouraged me to find something; otherwise, it's stupid considering the situation. So, of course, I listened to him.

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Welcome to delivering pizza again. :D

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I started part-time at Takeaway while working on being a personal trainer. I was struggling to find clients, given the corona situation. That's why I hosted training sessions literally in our living room. My wife didn't like the idea, but I loved it because of the entrepreneurial vibe.

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During this time, somehow I managed to keep myself on my feet. I proposed to my wife and started organizing a wedding.

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We invested in our first home in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

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I decided to follow the advice of Warren Buffett - "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful."

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I educated myself differently. The real way - through books and podcasts.

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So in the middle of the crisis when people were rushing to buy toilet paper, we saw that S&P, DAX, and all kinds of ETFs were on a 50% discount. What a chance! We put a portion of our savings into it.

After the wedding, the gyms slowly started opening. I started gaining a bit of clientele, and life started to look promising again.

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I was working part-time delivering pizza for Takeaway in Berlin, and every other moment and penny I was investing in my business.

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Similar to the story of Ben Francis MBE , just that I am not that successful like him, yet.

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My wife and I started traveling, visiting almost all countries in Europe, and we even went to Vietnam.

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Life as an entrepreneur is fun. Just when you think you know all the answers, life changes the questions. A Christo Popov ?

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In the middle of our vacation, my Steuerberater Robert Schulze called me that I have to pay an extreme amount of money to the matrix, daring to act as an entrepreneur. :D

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Buy, buy dreams.

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I was prepared, of course. I know the matrix. She will always find ways. I paid the shit and forgot about it, but they kept searching for me again and again. The agents. :D

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Then I thought if I go to a forgotten village in Bulgaria, I will somehow find peace, and everything will be fine. :D Of course, I was not thinking I am going to escape the agents, but at least have some peace while fighting them.

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Nope. Things don't work that way. I lost almost all of my clients for this move. And yes, my wife and I went on a journey all the way from Berlin to Bulgaria with our Ford Focus 1999, which was a gift from a thankful client and friend of mine.

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So I burned the boats for real this time, and it was only me vs. me.

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Either I become a successful Online Personal Trainer or.... I don't know what.

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Well, the hard truth was that I didn't succeed in finding enough clients to maintain a normal life.

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It was again one of those punches life gives you. But then I remembered. I am not only a personal trainer. I am an entrepreneur, right? Entrepreneurs find solutions to problems.

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So I decided to reflect on all of my previous experiences so far and think about how to sell them.

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For four years of battling as self-employed, I gained a lot of knowledge in Marketing, Sales, and Google Ads. I found my first clients with Google Ads, and some of them are still with me to this moment. Why not try to sell this and find a remote job?

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That's exactly what I did. But it was super hard.

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I sent 150 letters with not a single response. Another punch of life.

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But what I learned so far is that if you only don't give up, life will give you what you want.

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Somehow, I managed to not give up.

In these situations, when there is no rational explanation of how things can work out, people seek higher meaning and higher support.

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So I went to the nearby chapel, hit my knees on the floor, and started asking questions....

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What am I doing wrong? Why is it so hard to have a normal life? Why are you not giving me what I truly deserve, God? Why, why, why? I don't want that much, do I?

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I let it all go at that moment.... I cried like a baby and let everything go.

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This was the moment in which miracles started happening.

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Only one company responded - Logifleet AG. After 150 rejections, I finally got a chance.

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I gave my all in the interviews. I was already empty anyway. I had nothing to lose.

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They gave me the job, and I even went to Switzerland to meet the team.

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I made it. I sold myself again.

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Then clients started writing me and wanting me to help them with their training and lifestyle.

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In a matter of four months, my life transformed rapidly, living the life I never even dared to dream of.

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I bought my dream motorcycle, learned skiing together with my wife, and we are about to have a baby. Working together with the best team in the world and working with the best clients, fulfilling my mission to inspire and help people live a healthy and strong life.

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This is life, and this is entrepreneurship.

Now, good luck describing my CV to the agents in the matrix.

I am out.

Thanks, God!