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Wow I feel like we talk to the same people, I've had a fair share of idiots in my life who saw me working towards my goals and being an entrepreneur, assume it's easy and try to do the same thing, while only focusing on the end goal and not the process.

Point it, cutting them out of your life is a good idea.

Who cares what other people think/do?

Do your own thing, blaze your own path.

I think you're overreacting.

I think building a business is a lot like building muscles. You need to make a plan, take action/go to the gym consistanly, be disciplined, adjust as you progress, change up things, try different approaches etc.

So instead of telling him this, you make a generic reply, then decide to cut him out of your life completely, screenshot the conversation and rage about it in a forum. Who's mediocre now?

I've seen this quite a few times "I'm on the fastlane, fuck those lazy ass slowlaners underachievers" Really? Focus on yourself, focus on your business, don't look down on people, let successful people be your inspiration and stop the negativity.

I agree with everyone above.

This makes you look very immature and childish. I honestly don't see much wrong with what the guy said, and you're raging saying how he has made your hatred grow and that you cut him out of your life completely. With that type of attitude, I don't see you getting far in life. You act like you're too good for him or something. If he doesn't think business is worth doing or going into then that's his own problem and doesn't concern you, or maybe he just worded it the wrong way and you took it at face value.

I don't know, but this is a stupid post, the screen shot is immature, your attitude is childish, no, you're not grown up at all, and you need to stop acting like you're better than anyone else.

I am going to be extremely blunt with my response to this thread in the hope that it will get through to you.

You are a 16 year old who is working hard now to be free later in life, I commend you for doing that. But you don't seem ready, you let the little things get to you. Getting mad at him isn't good to begin with, and to take things further you hopped onto the forum and posted a thread about it.

How will that work in the business world?

You find some great manufacturer willing to make your product but he is lazy and inherited the business so you give up the opportunity by cutting him out of your life, that won't work. Being an entrepreneur isn't an occupation, it's a lifestyle. It's about how you think, how you handle situations, how your carry yourself, and what your mentalities are.

You need to learn to brush the little things off your shoulder and move on. Cutting him out of your life wasn't the right decision, everyone is entitled to your own opinion, you made a poor spur of the moment decision.

Not everyone will understand your views in life, already as a young entrepreneur you are of the very small percentage of people your age, you can't expect everyone to understand how you think. You're different for a reason, and a damn good reason at that, use it to your advantage, don't let it be your demise.

Regards,
A fellow 16 year old Entrepreneur

Originally Posted by Gold777

I don't know, but this is a stupid post, the screen shot is immature, your attitude is childish, no, you're not grown up at all, and you need to stop acting like you're better than anyone else.

The whole 'better than everyone else' attitude is all over the place. Problem is 95%+ of the people that have this attitude don't actually do anything, and only their 'thoughts' are what make them feel superior. I should know, I was there, ego bigger than the universe, looking down on the people with 9-5s.

But then I realized that the negativity and anger wasn't serving any purpose, and the only anger I should have is towards myself: a) for caring about what people do in the first place, and b) for thinking that I was better than anyone else, when the reality was I wasn't doing anything.

I can kind of understand an ego if you're pulling in big bucks and you've earned it, but ideas are worthless and mindset is crap if you don't actually do something. Most people don't do anything, including on here, or they think they're doing it, and yet they have a crappy website with not even a single customer.

A person can think they're the sh*t all they want, but if they never do sh*t, they will always be exactly that.

Waste of energy/emotion. People do grow up and change.

Is it just me or does anyone else get this sense that this kind of dramatic lashing out towards "slowlaners"/"sidewalkers" is strangely similar to people who are homophobic? Now, I'm not saying anything in particular about the merits of same-sex activity or morality --- but it's clear from experience, and also I believe there is some actual research, that people who are most virulently outspoken about being anti-gay are those who subconsciously have homo-erotic desires themselves.

They seem to be the ones most likely to complain about how they can't stand being around all the homos who are staring at their butt... sometimes building their careers preaching from a pulpit or a political podium about this kind of issue... until they get busted for being the client of a gay escort service.

I think there is a real psychological mechanism that accounts for this, and it is interesting to consider that the same mechanism might explain why we see people getting so emotional about the simple fact that the average human is by definition mediocre.

Every single reply on here was true, it was a very immature action on my part. Thank you to all the wonderful people on the forum for your feedback. Good to hear opinions from older more mature people. And a response to those who posted that I thought I was better than others, not at all. It's just when people waste your time, you tend to get angry, after countless months of wasted time, that's all it was, but once again, thanks guys.

And many thanks to @InLikeFlint best reply of them all.

great way of handling the feedback, very mature, although some of it was a bit unnecessary. just keep on learning bro, though many people say it was immature to cut him out of your life, i say it was a very mature thing to do, you know how long you've been dealing with his bs, and you know where you need to go and what you need to do to get there, so you're not doing anything wrong by wanting the best of everything, lifestyle & friends.

Originally Posted by OsmanS

great way of handling the feedback, very mature, although some of it was a bit unnecessary. just keep on learning bro, though many people say it was immature to cut him out of your life, i say it was a very mature thing to do, you know how long you've been dealing with his bs, and you know where you need to go and what you need to do to get there, so you're not doing anything wrong by wanting the best of everything, lifestyle & friends.

Thank you, and that's really true. A lot of the people who replied really don't know how long I've been dealing with this kid, I agree that the action to post on here was immature. But cutting him out of my life was the right choice, he's wasting way too much of my time, and like MJ says, time is your most valuable asset.

Originally Posted by OsmanS

though many people say it was immature to cut him out of your life, i say it was a very mature thing to do

That's because you're also 16...

All jokes aside, it's not that cutting someone out of your life is immature, it was the context of this specific situation from what we could see, that made it seem immature. Has Chris been trying to help this guy get the fastlane mindset for a while now? We don't know, maybe or maybe not, but even then, this guy couldn't have been a "friend" because there's no way I could ever just cut a good friend out of my life because they have different views than me, THAT'S what makes it immature.

Hate to use this as an example but.. oh well

It's like saying "Oh you think gay marriage should be legal? Okay that's it, I'm cutting you out of my life completely!"

We all know that would be an immature thing to do^. This situation is no different:

"Oh you think business isn't worth doing and would rather be in the slowlane? I'm cutting you out of my life completely!"

If he was an acquaintance then maybe the situation would have been looked at slightly differently, but someone you call a FRIEND? Completely unnecessary and unwarranted reaction/response.

Originally Posted by Gold777

That's because you're also 16...

All jokes aside, it's not that cutting someone out of your life is immature, it was the context of this specific situation from what we could see, that made it seem immature. Has Chris been trying to help this guy get the fastlane mindset for a while now? We don't know, maybe or maybe not, but even then, this guy couldn't have been a "friend" because there's no way I could ever just cut a good friend out of my life because they have different views than me, THAT'S what makes it immature.

Hate to use this as an example but.. oh well

It's like saying "Oh you think gay marriage should be legal? Okay that's it, I'm cutting you out of my life completely!"

We all know that would be an immature thing to do^. This situation is no different:

"Oh you think business isn't worth doing and would rather be in the slowlane? I'm cutting you out of my life completely!"

If he was an acquaintance then maybe the situation would have been looked at slightly differently, but someone you call a FRIEND? Completely unnecessary and unwarranted reaction/response.

Never said he was a "good friend" just said friend. And it's different from a topic like gay marriage, gay marriage is like politics & music, a topic that you should never argue about, everyone has their own opinion and it doesn't really affect your life. Where as entrepreneurship, does. I feel like the people around you really affect your life in a big way, so it's good to make sure they're all doing something positive, specially when you're an entrepreneur and someone who's constantly talking about material possessions, money, etc and never wants to do any work, and claims they don't want to live slowlane? And just constantly wastes your time, not adding value to your life, can't really be a good person to have around, just how I feel.

Originally Posted by ChrisTirado

Never said he was a "good friend" just said friend. And it's different from a topic like gay marriage, gay marriage is like politics & music, a topic that you should never argue about, everyone has their own opinion and it doesn't really affect your life. Where as entrepreneurship, does. I feel like the people around you really affect your life in a big way, so it's good to make sure they're all doing something positive, specially when you're an entrepreneur and someone who's constantly talking about material possessions, money, etc and never wants to do any work, and claims they don't want to live slowlane? And just constantly wastes your time, not adding value to your life, can't really be a good person to have around, just how I feel.

You're right, and I would never argue with that. Some people can be a cancer to your mindset and/or well-being and it's smart to set those people straight or get rid of them.

With that being said, I can only speak for myself but I only have "good friends". If I don't consider someone a good friend, then they're not a friend at all to me. Because as you just learned, they can either tick you off, drag you down, or just not be a good person to have around in general. Stop having "friends" and start having more "good friends", because if you've wasted all of that time with just a "friend" then let this be a valuable lesson. Friends are people who don't add any value to your life, good friends are people who are good to have around that actually do.

Originally Posted by Gold777

You're right, and I would never argue with that. Some people can be a cancer to your mindset and/or well-being and it's smart to set those people straight or get rid of them.

With that being said, I can only speak for myself but I only have "good friends". If I don't consider someone a good friend, then they're not a friend at all to me. Because as you just learned, they can either tick you off, drag you down, or just not be a good person to have around in general. Stop having "friends" and start having more "good friends", because if you've wasted all of that time with just a "friend" then let this be a valuable lesson. Friends are people who don't add any value to your life, good friends are people who are good to have around that actually do.

Exactly right, I should've written the post a bit better for a stranger to understand rather than how I did. But I appreciate you communicating with me in a reasonable way to understand where I'm coming from.