# The Lie I Told That Made Me $100M

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Podcast: [I'd Like To Thank Myself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-d-like-to-thank-myself-7665047)
Published: 2026-02-19T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/e8698092
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Take the free Hot AF quiz: https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/quiz Join The Vanity Club. Where women over 40 come to look hot AF: https://www.cynthiagarcia.com/vanityclub Rewritten Beauty. The serum I built when I refused to disappear at 40: https://rewrittenbeauty.com Twenty years ago I lied straight to a woman’s face in a penthouse in Los Angeles. That lie built my businesses to over $100M. I quadrupled my price on the spot, made up a job title, and created a category of one before I knew that's what it was called. Here’s the scene… I was a broke nutritionist in Los Angeles competing against people with better credentials, more experience, and actual offices. Then one referral put me in a room I had no business being in, and I made something up on the spot that changed the entire trajectory of my career. That moment turned into a pattern I didn't recognize for twenty years. I repeated it six times across six different businesses, and every single time the result was the same: no competition, no comparison, and people lining up before I even had a sales page. In this episode, you'll discover: The exact lie I told a woman in a penthouse on Wilshire (and why it turned out to be the truest thing I'd ever said) What I was doing at every Starbucks in LA that no entrepreneur will admit to The made-up job title that accidentally became a business model worth millions Why the woman's friends never once asked how much I charged (and what they asked instead) How I went from a sold-out fitness brand to walking away at my absolute peak The $250K I made in one hour with no sales page, no funnel, and no plan The one business I hid for years because I was scared people wouldn't take me seriously anymore The pattern behind all six businesses that I didn't see until I said it out loud in t…

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