Here is a true story that just happened in my personal life. This is kind of a venting video for me and also a very valuable lesson not only in life but also in business. This is NOT a marketing video, but i think you can get a laugh and learn a good business lesson too. I hope you enjoy it as much as i did while putting this together. (The best part for me starts around the 6:20 mark.)
TRUE STORY
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Nightmare man. I hope it leads to something good. You did the right thing man.
Brett
Damian,
Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them, but you know they are always there.
Those people were never friends, false, false,false. Probably sat in church today I suppose promising to ‘love thy neighbour’ and ‘do unto others’ and all that good stuff.
I say ‘get the hell out of there’ – it must be awful living there with tension like that especially since it impacts on the kids
Thanks Damian that video meant so much to me, your right it is all the little things that help. thanks mate
Damian;
I enjoyed watching your video from a third party perspective, and being a generation your senior. My opinion is that this incident was the culmination, of your neighbors 7 years of pent-up frustration of your family outgrowing your neighborhood and (perceived) friends. Your answer is correct, put yourself in a better environment, and thank God you can. I do agree that daylight, and a few days might show delayed damage. I once had a lady back into the cast rear wheel, of a mini-van I owned. (at Costco) No apparent damage, but the wheel was bent and and vibrated at about 60MPH. They are neighbors, not friends! Friendship $550?? Thank you for sharing.
Turn-Key Marketing, Team Member
Hey Damian,
I hope the end result would be a better neighborhood for you, your wife, and the kids. As Trish indicated in the comment above, this type of people are pretenders and definitely not true friends.
However, I’m wondering if you’re not giving too much credence to those fools. To go through as much change as you and your wife have done and contemplating, will give them a level of satisfaction that they do not deserve.
You have as much right to be in that neighborhood, school & church, and do the things you’ve always done as any one else. If family safety and security is not an issue, I say just ignore them and live your life your way. You’re going to see this type of behavior, more or less, no matter where you live. Enjoy yourselves, make decisions at the time YOU choose, independent of the buffoons around you, and let THEM suffer from their wrong doings.
Can relate to that one, and in my experience there are always gifts in those situations that are not evident until I choose a different perception.
Successful entrepreneurs seem very skilled and comfortable with the ‘acceptance’ and have an amazing opportunity to let go and move on.
That’s when good big things come out of the situation rather than bad big things. As Michael L says, it’s the allowing…!
Happy and wonderful new things in your life Damian, and I hope the Canadians win!!!!!
K
Interesting story (a bit long-winded) but I learned something from the punch line…
it’s the little things (like article marketing) that can add up to some major event that you never expected.
Thank You. I enjoyed it!
Best Wishes,
Carl Willoughby
One-Minute-Cure.com
i am a supervisor for a major transportation company in NYC and I do accident investigations as part of my job. You would not believe how many dirt bags there out there that will try to turn a non-incident into a big deal. i am sorry to tell you that there are so many loser scumbags out there that are so uncomfortable with there loser lives and feel they have to hurt others to feel good.
if it was me, i would have forgot about it. It is hard to believe there are really people out there that feel they have to hurt others.
If you are now making real money…get out of that scumbag location and move into an area where movers and shakers like yourself live. I deal with these losers on a daily basis and it is un-believable. Move into a rich area if you can afford it. I do not think that most rich people would think this was a big deal. A decent person would say forget about it and at the very least just pay the piece-of-shit a hundred or two for their trouble, but a decent person would just forget aboput if the entire incident. Bumpers are made to protect the car. The piece of shit should get a life!
You are right…Move Out!
Great story Damian.
Thanks for sharing this personal story with us.
Hey Damian,
Thanks for sharing bro. I always say that things happen for a reason.
I’m sure you and the family will find a great new neighbourhood and make some new (real) friends.
Take care
Sounds to me like they think you have a lot of money and maybe you should have been willing to buy them a new car. I mean sheesh – how selfish can you get? What, are they only ‘friends’ because they thought they had something to gain from the relationship?
On the other hand, this video will fly around the neighborhood too. I guess that’s one way to get your side heard by the people who wouldn’t otherwise hear it, but it’s certainly going to add fuel to the feud.
Not allowing your kids to play together? Pulling out of the church? Taking it to videos on the internet? Running away? Yes, it hurts when someone disappoints us – but stooping to their level is not the answer. And it’s not a good example for the kids.
Well as far as your store goes,get out off that place A.S.P. YOUR NABIORS, THey are ALL CAPITAL CHILDERN, AND AS FAR AS THE Damaged CAR IS CONCERNED. I THINK, jUST BEFORE I MOVED I WOULD GO OVER see this guy, MAN YOU PUT MY INSURENCE UP THROUGH a CHIDISH ACT.and caused my wife and children a lot of heart ace. MY CONCINCES IS CLEAR BUT I KNOW YOURS IS NOT, I HoPE IT CRUSIFISE your mined, untill you grow Up. And I AM A NICE GUY. BUT i CAN,T FIND THE WORD TO SAY WHAT YOU ARE, BUT one THING is for sure, my mind is clear, AND YOUR SO CALLED WIFE AND FREINDS, well HAVE A GOOD LIFE, AND WHEN YOU BECOME A MAN LET ME KNOW, SOME HOW. And I WILL THROUGH YOU A PARTY, I WILL asume that YOU and your Partner are seperated,and SO CALL SISTER AND FReinds are long gone from your life, and that you have joined with growin ups. i am x S.A.S SO I WILL ASUME YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE, NO COMPANY WOULD EVER INSURE HIM OR IS WIFES CAR OR POSETIONS AGAIN. BY THE WAY DAMIAN MY COMPUTER SKILLS ARE COMING A LONG, AND SO IS MY KNOWLAGE OF THIS MARKETING BIZNESS. and THANk YOU FOR TRYING TO HELP ME A LONG IN MY JORNEY. NOT MADE ANY MONEY YET. still AS POOR AS CHUCH MOUSE BUT SOME DAY I WILL GET THEIR BERT.P.S. even my as improved. BE HAPPY WHERE EVER YOU AND YOUR WIFE LANDS, I HOPE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF GROWEN UPS AROUND YOU MY BEST REGARDS ALBERT LAUGHLAND
Great post. Friends are friends, Neighbors are sometimes friends. Sorry it took a little fender smack to find out.
hey man, wow I am sorry to hear what happened to you. It is definitely a lesson. We have to be careful of people. Here is someone you were living right next to, kids playing together and they seemed like good friends. But sometimes people can be so jealous and use an opportunity like this to play on how nice you are. What a shame, their loss. For myself as someone starting out with a small business now, your words have really encouraged me about keeping on with the little things and the big things will come. I believe that and it was good to hear you remind me to keep going. And I wish you and your family well wishes with your move. Even bigger things are in store for you!
Hi
Love the video, I know what you mean by so called fiends, the same happened to me many years back.
Anyway chin people like that are not worth it.
Keep making them videos mate.
Take Care
Steve
Hey Damian, don’t sweat it man!!,that guys a dick,just trying to cream it for all its worth and then some,dont be supprised if your neighbor’s sister shows up in a wheel chair claiming she was actually in the car when you piled into it doing 80!!!!,as far as moving/finding new friends goes you can move anywhere on the planet but you still got a friend in me bud!!!WHAT,WHAT,WHAT,WHAT!!!LOL!!
Hi Damian,
In our lives we all have ‘Events’ and those events have an outcome. Unfortunately the outcome is conditioned by the RESPONSE.
The formula runs
Events + RESPONSE = Outcome
The saying goes about your friends wanting you to do well in life, however just not any better than they are doing. Perhaps they have slowly become envious of your life style compared to their own.
This incident may have been the catalyst.
Bitterness rots you from the inside out! Best to let it go…..
Get a bbq going, send them a personal invite Get a bouncy castle and show them how big you really are..
Mark
What a nightmare for you and your family. Hope it all works out for you guys. I’ve had similar situations where I’ve found out who my true friends are…
Good Luck with your New Plans
Dude:
Watch the road while driving, you don’t have that accident forgiveness “card” anymore!
Hi Damian,
First off, I really liked your video. It was honest. It was real. A pain in the ass experience, yes, but I admire your honesty. I am a new member of Turnkey Marketing, and this whole internet marketing thing is new to me, but I would like to say thanks for all the great information and also thanks for being a regular guy. Thanks for teaching me that just being yourself is really what is key in this business. I haven’t made any sales as of yet, but I’m putting in about 6-8 hour days into my business and I’m feeling good and positive about it. I look forward to connecting with you in the future. I dig your style. Take care.
Trevor Mason
Damian,
You definitely needed to get it out of your head. The whole incident was just a pain in the ass and I can understand your anger/frustration. But as you say, there is always a moral to every story. And you really got it right.
A little goes a long way, in every angle: personal, business, career, etc.
Thnx for sharing,
Jorge R.
You personal experience story was AMAZING and has taught me valuable things. One small tip for the future, since you where having a hard time with the video cam, maybe try just uploading audio? Kind of like a podcast maybe? That way it will also load quicker for us guys with slower internet as well since audio loads faster than video, just a suggestion!
Damian,
Nice video. Did you follow though on your changes yet? Make the most of your situation and turn the small things into big things yet? I know you must have, nothing worse than a man who does not follow though on his word.
Best wishes,
Tony Robbins
Thanks Tony, I’ve learned a lot from you and not letting the negatives pull me down. We all have things that happen to us and it’s how we handle them that determines our outcomes. I choose to always look for the positive in everything. As Edison once said: “I’ve never failed once…I just found 10,000 which did not work, so i knew i was getting closer to the way that would!”
Damian