SmugMug is an online service where customers pay to share and store their photos and videos.
Chris MacAskill, the founder, had one of the worst childhoods. He had to be homeless and had to deal with a depressed mother. In fact, one time he stole something and got caught.
Yet he rose through his challenges and started SmugMug and lived a fulfilling life and also became a multi-millionaire in this process.
I loved this story because Chris’s life taught me one super important thing. What I thought was my weakness and failures in my life were indeed a blessing, but we will only realize it later.
His life is a testament to this. You will understand what I mean after you listen to this story.
What you could learn from this episode:
- What his childhood adversity taught him.
- What helped him to finish high school, even though he thought he was not good at studies
- How he mastered a subject in college, even though he hated it since childhood.
- How he discovered his strengths
- Why did he start SmugMug – was it just to make money or something else?
