Humbling Story + Lessons w/ Photo
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Updated: March 26th, 2025

The Post

  • Title/Hook: Humbling Story + Lessons w/ Photo
  • Format: Humbling story
  • Impressions: 10000
  • How many followers they had at the time: 20000

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Check out the post -> link

Why it works

Why it works:

People love a humbling story. The photo really helps here too - this one specifically represents the grind, sleeping on an air mattress etc.

How you can do it:

The format here is simple.

Share your humble beginnings Share how you conquered that struggle and where you are now and link to what you’re building (this shows authority) Share your a few lessons and make them easily digestable Add a killer photo like this one here.

Make sure to reply to every comment and optimize your bio to have the link to what you’re building etc.

meet the author
Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.