12/27/2025
Today, December 27th, marks exactly two years since I lost my mother.
​Two years ago today is when my life fell apart.
​In between that two-year timeframe, I’ve lost my mother. I took a financial hit of a quarter-million dollars. I lost a big part of my company. My fiancé of 12 years—the mother of my children—decided to move on. And just recently, I lost my sister.
​In that short timeframe, I lost the 3 women that I cared about my whole life.
​On top of that, I just about lost all of the companies and real estate that I worked so hard over the last 15 years to build—all in the blink of an eye. Every time I thought I was going to get back up and move on, another bad part would hit me shortly after.
​I’ll be honest:
I reached a breaking point. I thought it was over. I wanted to call it quits. But I realized I had to keep moving forward.
​It’s been a fight from day one. I grew up poor. I didn't attend school because at the age of 14, I started my first job making $50 a day just to help support my mother and my sister. Then, at the age of 17, I started my first company.
​It was extremely hard because I didn't know the basics. I used to carry a little book in my pocket everywhere I went. I would go through that book to find the words I needed, and then I would copy them letter-for-letter onto whatever paper I was writing on at the time. When people asked what I was doing, I would just tell them, "I like to check my words to make sure they are spelt right."
​I had to do whatever it took to make it work. It is incredibly hard to try to run and operate companies, manage payroll, and line up contracts when you don't know how to spell on a first-grade level and can barely read on a fourth-grade level.
​But I didn't let that hold me back. I had faith. I prayed every night, and God provided a way for me to manage it. I am living proof that if there is a will, there is a way.
​I am sharing this not because I want pity or attention. I’m sharing this because I want you to know that you cannot give up.
​I learned a valuable lesson: When you think life is hard, it can always get harder. Be grateful and thankful for the situation you are in today, because tomorrow it could be worse. My motivation now is legacy. I want to build an empire to leave behind for my children so that if they ever face catastrophic events like I have, they won't be stuck.
​If you don't try, you’ve already failed. If you set your mind to "I can't," then you won't. But if you give it your all until you get it right, anything is possible.
​I hope this helps someone today who might be facing unbearable obstacles. I pray this reaches the right person—the one who thinks their life is over and is thinking about giving up. Please know that it is not worth it. Everything will work out. Just keep the faith and keep pushing forward.
​Jesse Seale
The Uneducated Entrepreneur
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