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失业后，转角遇见成功 　　The global financial crisis destroyed me in 2008. The years immediately after were some of the worst years of my life. I lost everything， or at least I thought I did. 　　I was in Vegas when Lehman Brothers folded1）. It was my birthday， and it was the first time I’d ever lost big there. I should have known something wicked was coming， but I didn’t. So when my consulting contract didn’t get renewed， I didn’t panic. I kept doing business as usual. When my tenants defaulted2） on rent， I kept paying mortgages. A year later， I still had $50，000 plus in the bank， enough of a cushion. 　　I suppose at this time I should make you aware that I was not exactly a low-profile person. I was （and am） in luxury goods and hospitality， and I consulted with companies catering to high net worth individuals. I helped them design sales and business strategies to keep their clients happy in the short and long term. Needless to say， the luxury sector was massacred3）， and is still clawing its way out of the muck and mire， at least in the United States. 　　So， with enough money to float for six to 10 months， I kept looking for work in my field. 　　And looking， and looking. Nothing. 　　Any kind of business consulting， nothing. Six more months go by. Any kind of sales， nothing. Six more months. This was where it got scary. I was up for waiting tables， bartending， limo driving， grocery bagging， anything. But nope. Bear in mind that up until this point， I had never even gone a month without a job since I was 12 years old. 　　My confidence was shot. I mean decimated4）. I was a shell of the man I had been only two years previously. I had the stink of failure all over me. 　　A friend of mine owned a couple of car washes. He offered me a job. It was outside work， taking orders when people drove in to the wash. “Would you like the undercarriage5） done？” It was winter in Colorado. I declined. 　　My buddy with the car wash called again a few weeks later. I said no again. Not just becau