When In Trouble, Who Do You Call?

After the 2008-2009 financial crisis, investing in US housing market was in trend. Everyone was talking about it. I didn't want to be left behind. Through a friend, I met someone in Tampa and we partnered to invest in Florida real estate market.

We started with buying a couple of properties and my relationship with my US partner evolved to the extend that I received an email from him to lend him money for a short period of time. I was debating with myself whether to do it or not. One of my Co-Contributors told me not to but I didn't listen to her. I decided to help him out as I had a long term vision with this relationship.

Long story short, in the process of transferring money between the two countries, of US and Canada, I was defrauded for a very large amount of money. The worst part was that I borrowed that money just to help him out. I was devastated. The amount was big enough to shake my business at its core. It took me a while to recover from this loss.

The moment I realized that I lost all the money, I was shaken and wanted to talk to someone.  It is that moment that I needed someone who understands my pain and I wanted to share what I was going through. Someone who understood the gravity of the situation. Someone who appreciates the reason this happened. The first person that came to my mind was my Co-Contributor.

I could have called my friends, family, or anyone else for that matter. But the first person I thought to call right away was my Co-Contributor. Why? Because my Co-Contributor was involved in every aspect of this transaction. She understood the reason I was doing this. But more importantly she understood the pain I was going through as she knew I borrowed this money to simply help.

When we are in trouble, the first person we tend to call is the person who understands us. There might be people, in our life, who loves us and care what we go through. But we are inclined to call someone who understands our situation. We will likely talk to a person who can grasp the importance of the matter at hand. Who else could be better than our Co-Contributor.
Our Co-Contributor understands our situation better than anyone else because they are involved throughout the decision-making process. They are aware of what is going on. In fact, they might have contributed to suggest doing what we have done. Now, that things did not go as we expected, they have a good picture of what is going on and therefore understand us better.

Our Co-Contributor can comprehend as to what happened and why it happened. First of all, they might be able to help us to sort it out. But more importantly, the very least they do is that they understand us. At the moment of trouble, we simply want someone to know what is going on. We want to share with someone who gets it. And that is a big blessing in that moment.

Mind you, when we say we call our Co-Contributor when we are in trouble, it is for a specific Co-Contributor who is involved in a specific matter. For example, if we have a family issue, we may not necessarily call our Co-Contributor. We call someone who knows the situation. So, we don't pick any Co-Contributor but the one that was engaged with us in that specific matter.

Co-Contributors are our best asset at the time of difficulty. They can offer the best to us because they understand the situation better than anyone else as they were involved. As an entrepreneur, we will have many difficult situations, throughout our business, and we need someone to call and share. It help us to move on and not give up because of a dark moment. Simply knowing that someone else knows what we are going through is a big help. Who else could know our situation better than our Co-Contributor?