“There are only two ways to learn how to do things: You either read about it, or you just do it and you fail miserably. But when you fuck up as much as we have, you’ll have the tools for every situation moving forward.” — Chris “Bulldog” Collins

Every entrepreneur dreams of success. No one has ever launched a business thinking, “I can’t wait to fuck this up!” But the truth is, the road to success is paved with failure — and, as BigMike says, if you haven’t fucked up at some point in your business, “you’re not pushing hard enough.”

The bottom line is that you will inevitably fail along the way in your journey to success. The key is to be able to analyze your fuck-ups as well as your successes to understand exactly what worked and what didn’t — and to avoid the same mistakes in the future.

On Episode 62 of Business Outlaws, BigMike and Chris “Bulldog” Collins break down the biggest failures they’ve experienced in life and in business, and discuss the lessons they distilled from them. From losing millions of dollars by succumbing to deal heat, to falling prey to unscrupulous business partners, Chris and BigMike hold nothing back in sharing the fuck-ups that ultimately led to their massive successes.

You will fail along your path to business success — but after listening to this episode, you’ll have the tools to understand and evaluate those failures and turn them into rocket fuel.

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