MBA2655 The 5 Biggest Mistakes I've Made in Business (and how I fixed them)

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Marketing

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like you’re one big decision away from a breakthrough—or a facepalm moment? You’re not alone. In this lesson, Omar gets personal and shares the five biggest business mistakes he’s made over the years—and exactly how he bounced back from each one.

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0:00.0	If you're in business long enough, you're going to screw up. It's just part of the game.
0:04.1	It's inevitable. And if you haven't made any big mistakes yet, you're just not deep enough in
0:09.6	the game or maybe you haven't pushed yourself enough. Regardless, today I want to share with you
0:14.0	the five biggest mistakes I've made in business. And more importantly, how I fixed them.
0:20.1	Now, I'm not going to lie, this is a
0:22.5	tough episode for me to record and to share publicly because honestly, some of these mistakes
0:28.2	are pretty atrocious and it costs me a lot of time, a lot of effort, but it's not about
0:33.1	being perfect. It's about learning fast, faster than your consequences can catch you. These mistakes,
0:39.8	they're real, they're painful, and like I mentioned, they cost me time, they cost me money,
0:44.7	they cost me a lot of sleep, they cost me my hair, right? This is how I got all my gray hairs
0:49.0	through the consequences of some of these mistakes. But each one of them help me get sharper,
0:55.4	help me get smarter, and more profitable at the end. So I'm going to share them in hopes
1:01.6	they help you. Let's get into it.
1:09.5	Welcome back to the $100 MBA show.
1:11.8	I'm your host, Omar Zen Home, where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week,
1:16.3	Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business.
1:22.9	Mistake number one, following your passion instead of the marketplace.
1:28.3	This one is a romantic one.
1:29.8	You hear this advice constantly online, follow your passion and you can't go wrong.
1:35.6	This is horrible advice in my experience.
1:38.0	Horrible advice.
1:39.2	Why?
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