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2020’s Biggest Lesson We Need Each Other

June 19, 2026 / 00:54

This episode discusses the impact of COVID-19 on personal and professional lives, featuring reflections on remote work and social interactions.

The conversation includes a guest sharing their experience of transitioning to self-employment just before the pandemic hit. They describe their plans to socialize and work from coffee shops, which were abruptly halted by lockdowns.

They mention how their prior training for remote work prepared them better than others during this challenging time. The guest reflects on the struggles faced by clients who were less accustomed to working from home.

TLDR

A guest shares their experience of transitioning to remote work just before COVID-19 and how it affected their life and clients.

Episode

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Was there a part of you? I I felt like there's a part of me that was like a little bit like smug in 2020 when I was

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like I was like now you all see what it felt like. >> [laughter] >> You know what's so funny? I literally so

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so leading up to COVID happening I I quit my day job I was I'd gone full time working for myself. I was like okay like

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and I had made this plan. I was like I'm going to go make new friends. I'm going

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to be that coffee shop guy who goes and works on his laptop at the coffee shop or at the co-working space like I'm

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going to be that guy. Literally the week I and I gave myself one week of like hey I'm just going to

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like kind of get adjusted to to working at home all the time and then that second week COVID happened and the world

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just shut down. >> And and but I'd still be on calls with a couple people that I would clients that

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I was working with and they were all struggling way harder than I was because I went I've been trained for this.

Episode Highlights

The Timing of Change
Just as I quit my day job, COVID hit, changing everything.
“I literally quit my day job right before COVID.”
@ 00m 11s
June 19, 2026
Prepared for the Shutdown
While others struggled, I felt trained for the lockdown.
“I’ve been trained for this.”
@ 00m 48s
June 19, 2026

Episode Quotes

I felt like now you all see what it felt like.
2020’s Biggest Lesson We Need Each Other
I literally quit my day job right before COVID.
2020’s Biggest Lesson We Need Each Other
I was going to be that coffee shop guy.
2020’s Biggest Lesson We Need Each Other

Key Moments

Smug Reflection00:04
Unexpected Adjustment00:29
Plans Disrupted00:37