Thread: What do i do with my life?

Originally Posted by Mike39

We have all put time into steering you in the right direction, and you sluff it off completely, no thanks, not even any acknowledgment!!, nobody else give this guy advice, it will just go in one ear and out the fcking other

ok so asking about a website idea for the landscaping company is making me erase the advice from my mind.

Yes! We didn't say go make a website did we, Jack told you to work with your uncle, I told you to familiarize yourself with the business world before you jump into anything. You know absolutely nothing about websites or how to go about making one, your not ready to make a website then, how are you going to add content? What is your revenue stream? Is there even a need for this? Are there other landscaping websites? Are you willing to pay for someone to cross every t and dot every I on your website because you have no clue how to do it yourself? This isn't the 90's, there are billions of websites in the world. Read THE BOOK, familiarize yourself with your surroundings before you go throwing money at hopes and dreams because you are lazy and don't want to work. Your still lazy as shit, "how much will it cost to get a website made for me?" Should have been more like I how can I make a website for myself! Let alone, you get a website up, what next, do you even know what these terms are? PPC, CPM, SEO, SERPS, do you know what web hosting is, do you know what HTML is, Css? The list goes ON AND ON, you are trying to SKIP THE PROCESS! Your not ready to create your own business! you need to start with developing your skills and knowledge before you will ever be able to enter the confusing world of business, websites, marketing, anything business related really, do you understand that?

Your skipping step 1-9 and going straight to step 10, it's like trying to put together a desk before you even have the hammer and nails to build it with

Originally Posted by JoeySpagz

ok so asking about a website idea for the landscaping company is making me erase the advice from my mind.

Website for a landscaping company? Hosting: $40. Domain: $15. Wordpress with some sort of green-colored theme: Free.

It'll take you maybe two hours.

Seriously, dude. If you're going to do anything, take the advice from the millionaire who drives a Ferrari. Talk to your uncle and work for free in the business side (door-to-door selling, business operations) until he needs you to work for cash in the labor side. If you do what your uncle tells you to do in the business side, he may pay you to sell his service to people and have you stop doing the labor.

Trouble is, he probably thinks you're just his lazy nephew who is only in it to get cash to buy his next motorcycle. Prove him wrong.

Mike's words are a bit harsh, but he's right. Entrepreneurship is a process and it all starts up in the mind. Change your attitude, change your mindset, one day at a time. I spent eight months transforming my mindset after picking up TMF.

Again, take Jack's advice. You have an opportunity thats a phone call away.

Originally Posted by Runum

Well, it is hard to take this seriously. You are a 19 year old man and you decided to come to complete strangers to ask us what to do with your life. We're not sure whether to take you seriously or not.

Working a full 40 hours a week at a fast food joint AND going to college full time all paid for by myself..

He is lazy and his parents need to kick him out of the house.

WTF does he need a website for?

I will tell him step by step how to start the business. I did it myself just like this. Then my friend did it exactly the same.

Business cards for $25.

Go door to door write the cost to mow the yard per month on the back of the card. Stick the card in the door.

When he gets a call and gets the first job go to Walmart and buy a push mower for $125. Put the mower in the trunk of your car, yes the lid will stay open so spend another $5 on a bungee cord to keep it from flying open.

There you go you have a business.

About 10 bucks a month. Host gator gives you the hosting, a website builder, a 1800 number, SSL Cert, Unlimited Bandwith, Unlimited Domains, and more for their $10 dollar monthly plan.

I'm still working on helping you out with an action plan from the PM you sent me. Just been busy. But you may not need help with that if you jump right into business.

HERE: http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

So, you talk to your uncle yet? If you haven't, pick up the fuckin phone and do it now.

Originally Posted by The-J

He's not a joke. He's a lazy kid in an extremely lucky position: he can afford to sit on his duff all day and play guitar or video games or whatever.

Key word: kid. I'm 19 too. We both have a lot to learn about life. Where were you at 19?

You choose what you are, kid or man. I'm not even 19. I'm 18 and support a full family of 5, 6 dogs, and several extended family. Labels are useless, you can be either your own man by working your ass off and giving no excuses or blame your age for ignorance and naivety.
This isn't directed towards you directly but towards mainly anyone that has a mindset of, " I can't do this or that because I'm just a kid/I'm too old to do this/I'm too inexperienced." Everything is done by action.


Btw advice to anyone new to the forum
Pay attention to JackEdwards, PatrickP, Biophase. There are a few others, but these 3 guys are always on point.


"Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t." - I love this

Originally Posted by Whole Paradigm

About 10 bucks a month. Host gator gives you the hosting, a website builder, a 1800 number, SSL Cert, Ubnlimited Bandwith, Unlimited Domains, and more for their $10 dollar monthly plan.

I'm still working on helping you out with an action plan from the PM you sent me. Just been busy. But you may not need help with that if you jump right into business.

HERE: http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

Your assuming he knows how to make a website (even using WP) after he gets hosting...... which. he. doesn't.

Originally Posted by Mike39

Your assuming he knows how to make a website (even using WP) after he gets hosting...... which. he. doesn't.

I assume nothing. However it's a drag and drop program which is easy to use. Instead of shooting him down help him or move right along.

Here is some basic, recycled, rehashed and unoriginal info. It may need some updating but it's a start. It wouldn't let me type it all here so I made it a PDF for you and attached it to this post.

Originally Posted by The-J

So, you talk to your uncle yet? If you haven't, pick up the fuckin phone and do it now

I did talk to my uncle and he said were gonna do something around october.

Originally Posted by JoeySpagz

I did talk to my uncle and he said were gonna do something around october.

Should have asked him "What can we do right now?"

He's a busy dude and that's fine. But I'm sure there's something he'd like to delegate to you if he didn't have to pay you.

Originally Posted by JoeySpagz

I did talk to my uncle and he said were gonna do something around october.

Go out and bring him business NOW, if he isn't going to be working until October, start your own lawn company and do it yourself, or work under his businesses name if he will let you? Not tomorrow, not October, NOW! He's not going to be mad at you if you give him 10 more customers.

Originally Posted by JoeySpagz

I been doing nothing with my life. i sit on my couch and do nothing all day. i cant find a job. what do i do? please help

Start your own business!
Here:

a) Go to the local store
b) Buy a set of yellow or orange colored paper & crayons
c) Go home and write: "I PROVIDE THE BEST CAR WASH IN TOWN... ANYTIME, AT YOUR LOCATION, WHILE YOU REST AT HOME OR FOCUS AT WORK " Call for appointment (PHONE!)
d) Take a walk several blocks around your house and drop your ads at every doorstep & car you can find.
e) The rest is up to you! (Do the best job possible and surprise your customer in every way you can).
f) If you do this and need advise of next steps let us know.

You can do it!
God bless.

Originally Posted by Mike39

start your own lawn company and do it yourself

I think I'm going to start my own company myself so i get some business skills on my own. He said if i had any interest in landscaping he might give me the company or sell it to me. He has 3 daughters and no one to leave the company to. He has over 100 houses. Then by time i get his company, ill have a lot of houses and split it into two teams. Sound like a good idea?

I don't make those decisions for you, you can't ask random forum strangers what to do every time you have to make a decision I know it seems like I'm being a dick, but if I didn't want to help I wouldn't be posting

Asking people what to do just makes it seem like you need your hand held. An awful lot like working for someone else IMO.

I think it is time for the ignore button...