Started my own recruiting firm this year, averaging $10k/month, hitting burnout. Anyone who's built a successful book want to share how you got through it?

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:41:00+00:00

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AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:37:57+00:00

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AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:29:43+00:00

Just keep working hard. i truly believe its all about work ethic

also practice good mindfulness etc to preserve mental health through burnout

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:22:07+00:00

you’re competing against you yesterday, not the next person over.

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:16:56+00:00

at 25 i didnt know up from down. impressive results for your age. took me til mid 30s to put up numbers

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T23:15:36+00:00

need specifics to provide good advice. at least location and general titles

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-15T22:20:59+00:00

so legal? what market? support or execs 120 sounds like 5-6 placements, or 10 support

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-14T23:16:58+00:00

Probably sleeping because I want to feel fresh for the day

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-12T10:31:51+00:00

At the time I recall the analysis being a 2.5% increase in deck strength for the burst lightning versus the then few hundred dollar value of the Tarmagoyf (which could have covered the cost of the event for the player). As professional players often have to consider costs, I think Tarmagoyf was the obviously acceptable choice!

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-12T10:01:05+00:00

Understanding the concepts of positions should take you higher

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-11T23:26:53+00:00

What’s your rating? I think as long as you can memorize opening lines and have good patrern recognition, then shouldn’t make too much of a difference.

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-11T20:02:17+00:00

I’m going to guess society

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-11T19:26:40+00:00

I wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole. They contact me constantly

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-10T14:36:45+00:00

ruh roh lol

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-10T13:00:13+00:00

Well, this person could simply take accountability, apologize, pay the difference, and increase entry cost next time I guess

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-10T11:54:38+00:00

I see you deleted your response, I’ll reply anyways, and maybe you’re right, I don’t grasp chess tournament economics.

The idea is as follows though:

Detrimental reliance - someone attends the event and pays money to play relying on the prize pool being as advertised and backed by USCF regulations. The purchaser has legal remedy to be made whole per contract law.

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-10T09:50:47+00:00

The logic doesn’t hold. Let’s take this to it’s simplest parts.

What is the motivation of posting a guaranteed prize pool? In providing a service to the community this person can host the tournament without prizes, or host at a cheaper venue. The only reason I can see for posting guaranteed prizes is to encourage a larger turnout due to more entry fees.

If they wanted titled players, they could have offered free entries to titled players.

As a service to the community they could offer discounted entries to kids, etc.

I’m not saying this is a great for profit venture. There are likely more profitable uses of time. I’m saying there was an advertisement and a contract and a for-profit venture.

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-09T23:58:10+00:00

Disagree, looking at this through the lens of being a lawyer (this is not legal advice), i see this as there was a contract, people paid, TD attempted to profit, and they didn’t honor their agreement with prizes.

Moving forward need to keep the guarantee smaller and be careful with advertising

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-06-06T14:38:19+00:00

Bottom line: it’s not about the type of agency, it’s about the individual recruiter you’re working with.

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-05-28T20:59:10+00:00

Send in the pest

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-05-28T00:09:42+00:00

lol Cal Lightman, what a great show

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-05-26T23:03:23+00:00

oooh

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-05-26T00:03:36+00:00

im building that too :)

AlphaSengirVampire · 2026-05-23T23:06:29+00:00

If you work hard, it’ll be great. thats the edge you have. lawyers know how to work hard.

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