A promise I made when I was 9 years old.

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to start a business.

Not for the money or lifestyle (yes they’re cool), but it’s because of something my parents did when I was a kid.

You see, I’m lucky to be born into a family who was doing well financially—and my parents took charity work seriously.

They would help support families to pay their rent when they couldn’t. Pay school tuition for families who couldn’t afford it. Help pay medical bills when families are struggling. Provide jobs for those who couldn’t find one.

As a kid, experiencing how some families were struggling to keep a roof over their heads, keep their kids in school, and pay for treatment—it flips a switch inside of you.

It makes you realize that you’re lucky in a lucky position and that you have a moral obligation to help those who weren’t as lucky as you.

I was 8 or 9 years old when I decided to be successful and start my own business.

There were 3 main reasons for it:

• Support my family’s lifestyle and retire them all.

• Provide job opportunities for those who need them.

• Do charity work (seeing the joy of helping others brought joy and a sense of fulfillment and purpose).

But as time went on, the promise I made felt more like a dream and not a goal.

But then I discovered the creator economy and the one-person business model.

With your creator business, you get to start your own business and have the same impact as a traditional business but in a different way.

Instead of employing people in your company, you're teaching them skills that they can use to start their own businesses.

Unlike normal charity work, with the one-person business, you're helping others solve their problems for free.

• Making an income by providing value to humanity (supporting your family).

• Teaching people a new skill that they get to leverage for themselves and start their own business (providing job opportunities).

• You’re helping your audience solve problems they have (charity work).

You may not have a company with hundreds of employees, but you did help hundreds of people become self-sufficient (and not have to rely on others to make an income to live a comfortable life).

If you haven’t already started posting your thoughts, interests, and knowledge online, start today.

At first, it might feel like no one cares. But they do—they just haven’t found you yet.

I’ve always told myself this:

If you can help 1 person to do something better (no matter how small), then you have a moral obligation to help them.

This might take days, weeks, or even months but it’s worth every effort.

Much love,

Hussain Ibarra <3

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