The First or The Last | Hosted by Jay Awal

Not every failure is loud.

Some don’t crash.

They don’t explode.

They just… don’t work.

In this episode of The First or The Last, Jay Awal shares a quiet failure, something he built with confidence, effort, and expectation… that went nowhere.

No hype.

No spin.

Just the truth.

This episode is about what happens after the excitement fades and the results don’t come — and how failure, when faced honestly, becomes instruction instead of defeat.

The Bible says in Proverbs 24:16,

“For though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again.”

This episode isn’t about falling.

It’s about what you do after the fall.

Jay also echoes a hard truth from The War of Art, which teaches that resistance shows up strongest right before meaningful work and what it disguises itself as.

You’ll hear:

• Why some failures don’t feel dramatic, just down right discouraging
• How building without listening leads to wasted effort
• The difference between effort and alignment
• Why the market tells the truth, even when it hurts
• How failure trains builders who are willing to stay in the fight

This episode is for anyone sitting with something that didn’t work... a launch, an idea, a season and wondering what it means.

Because failure isn’t the end.

Ignoring it is.

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Lead or follow.

Build or consume.

Obey or delay.

You’ll either grow first or finish last.