The Only Hope.

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi everybody.<br /> <br /> I know, the longer you build the foundation, the better the outcome. And I understand there is no list. And I understand that you shouldn&#039;t focus on money, but on solving problems. And I understand that business is a process, not an event. And I understand that the only person that can help me is myself, and probably nobody actually gonna answer to this. And if so, fine.<br /> <br /> Even asking for help was never my thing. People don&#039;t care about others people&#039;s problems and everybody knows it. I always thought &quot;If you want to something good, do it yourself.&quot; Because nobody else cares enough about you as much as YOU do. And even right know I&#039;ve already said &quot;I&quot; for so many times and will say it much more and it makes me feel really bad and selfish.<br /> <br /> I was not sure if I even should write this post, but here it is. Opening my soul here. I feel like it&#039;s my only hope.<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s the deal:<br /> <br /> I am 19 years old<br /> <br /> In the long run I want a brand. I never looked at side hustles as something good. Taking people&#039;s money for the crap that you made in few hours just to make a quick buck was never for me. I want good will compounding. Reputation. Make people&#039;s lives better. Overdeliver on expectations. Bring crazy value.<br /> <br /> And all these people are saying: &quot;Don&#039;t worry, you are just 19, you can start business at any age.&quot; Yes, you can. BUT! I don&#039;t want to do nothing and wait for a miracle to happen. I want to act NOW.<br /> <br /> BUT,<br /> <br /> Right now I need to make 200$ in 14 days. Like ASAP. Of course I could borrow it from people I know, but that&#039;s still leaves me the same useless person. I have to know how to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">make</span> this.<br /> <br /> And you probably laughed after reading this: &quot;He is chasing money, he can&#039;t make a buck, what a loser!&quot; And you&#039;ll be right. Right now I am a loser, but I am willing to work to change it. I&#039;ve seen people saying here that 1000$ a day is EASY, I think it was Johnny Boy who said it. And I kinda understand that, but it doesn&#039;t click. The thing with “a pistol to your head, make a sale this week&quot; doesn&#039;t work either. 1000$ a month is good money where I live. 200$ is 1/3 of avg. monthly paycheck. It&#039;s money that you could live almost a month with.<br /> <br /> But it&#039;s not just about 200$. It&#039;s about EVERYTHING.<br /> <br /> I just sit and always have an empty brain, like a fog inside.<br /> I don&#039;t play video games, I don&#039;t go out for &quot;clubs&quot; etc. I don&#039;t watch Netflix. I don&#039;t use tik-tok, IG, facebook etc.. Only use YouTube for watching people like MJ, Alex, Sabri Suby etc.<br /> I don&#039;t waste my time, but there is still none of it left. I always crave for more time and when I get that, I&#039;m just lost and don&#039;t know what to do.<br /> <br /> Alex Hormozi once said: &quot;That the basics of entrepreneurship: use what you&#039;ve got. Fuel yourself with anger and sadness if that&#039;s what you have&quot;<br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">FUEL TO DO WHAT?!?!?!</span><br /> If you don&#039;t know HOW to star the car, HOW to steer and HOW to get your car going, than what&#039;s the point of having a full tank????<br /> <br /> I never shared this to anyone and here&#039;s me saying it.<br /> If you read to this part - thank you. Down here are REAL feelings. And I feel embarrassed saying some of them, but that&#039;s the truth.<br /> I&#039;m sorry in advance for this way of thinking, but that is how I feel right now. No directions, lost, mad at myself like crazy.<br /> <br /> I am:<br /> <br /> Mad at myself for not being able to make in 14 days what somebody makes in 4 hours.<br /> Mad at myself for consuming a lot, but not knowing where and how to apply it.<br /> Mad at myself for not understanding what to do.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford to take part in a lot of activities and experiences<br /> Mad at myself for not being mad when I see a Lexus, Mercedes or BMW.<br /> Mad at myself for wasting time when I finally have some and not knowing how did I waste it.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford to move out.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford simple things, like a cup of coffee, face cleanser etc.<br /> Mad at myself for not having a SINGLE person with the same goals around me that I could talk to.<br /> Mad at myself for willing to grind but not having anything to grind on.<br /> Mad at myself for knowing the price of everything that I buy.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to tip that taxi driver that worked on a Christmas night while everybody had fun.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to help my family.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to give a good tip to the waitress.<br /> Mad at myself because it doesn&#039;t hurt bad enough.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford new clothes and having to wear old sneakers full of holes everywhere.<br /> Mad at myself for oftentimes not being able to afford food. <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Like that feeling when you didn&#039;t eat for a whole day, and you walk past some food place feeling super hungry and you see all these people enjoying their food and you know you can&#039;t even afford some. Yeah, that thing.</span><br /> Mad at myself for being <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><b>BROKE.</b></span><br /> Just mad at myself for being so <b><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">USELESS!!!!!!!!!!!</span></b><br /> <hr /><br /> And that is how I feel.<br /> Even saying it here felt like the weight off my shoulders,<br /> Tank you MJ for creating such a beautiful place.<br /> Thank you for reading this.</div>

 

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[savefox]

<div class="bbWrapper">So do you want to build a real brand and provide value or make $200 in 2 weeks? Find a problem that needs to be solved or a solution that can be improved in some way and learn skills to do it. It takes more than 14 days. It&#039;s a process, not an event. $1000 per day washing windows or mowing lawns is only possible in 1st world countries where people have a lot of disposable income. The best way for you to make money would be selling products/services to Americans. There&#039;s a thread with a step by step guide on it. Getting paid might be a problem if you&#039;re in Russia , so you might have to find some loopholes</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 110221" data-quote="savefox" data-source="post: 1060836" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060836" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060836">savefox said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So do you want to build a real brand and provide value or make $200 in 2 weeks? Find a problem that needs to be solved or a solution that can be improved in some way and learn skills to do it. It takes more than 14 days. It&#039;s a process, not an event. $1000 per day washing windows or mowing lawns is only possible in 1st world countries where people have a lot of disposable income. The best way for you to make money would be selling products/services to Americans. There&#039;s a thread with a step by step guide on it. Getting paid might be a problem if you&#039;re in Russia , so you might have to find some loopholes </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>For now I need to make 200$ and I don&#039;t know how, but in the long run I want a real brand.<br /> <br /> And I see a lot of people in my town in Lexuses, Mercedes, BWM&#039;s, Porsche sometimes, so there is definitely a way<br /> <br /> Thank you for the reply</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 110221" data-quote="savefox" data-source="post: 1060836" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060836" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060836">savefox said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So do you want to build a real brand and provide value or make $200 in 2 weeks? Find a problem that needs to be solved or a solution that can be improved in some way and learn skills to do it. It takes more than 14 days. It&#039;s a process, not an event. $1000 per day washing windows or mowing lawns is only possible in 1st world countries where people have a lot of disposable income. The best way for you to make money would be selling products/services to Americans. There&#039;s a thread with a step by step guide on it. Getting paid might be a problem if you&#039;re in Russia , so you might have to find some loopholes </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>And the thing is, a lot is banned in Russia, like IG, Facebook, google ads, most of the services that y&#039;all are using are banned, so will definitely have to find some loopholes <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-haha.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy:" title="Happy :happy:" data-shortname=":happy:" /><br /> <br /> Moreover, Russian cards don&#039;t go through almost anywhere, except from... well, Russian services</div>

 

[Kevin88660]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hi everybody.<br /> <br /> I know, the longer you build the foundation, the better the outcome. And I understand there is no list. And I understand that you shouldn&#039;t focus on money, but on solving problems. And I understand that business is a process, not an event. And I understand that the only person that can help me is myself, and probably nobody actually gonna answer to this. And if so, fine.<br /> <br /> Even asking for help was never my thing. People don&#039;t care about others people&#039;s problems and everybody knows it. I always thought &quot;If you want to something good, do it yourself.&quot; Because nobody else cares enough about you as much as YOU do. And even right know I&#039;ve already said &quot;I&quot; for so many times and will say it much more and it makes me feel really bad and selfish.<br /> <br /> I was not sure if I even should write this post, but here it is. Opening my soul here. I feel like it&#039;s my only hope.<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s the deal:<br /> <br /> I am 19 years old<br /> <br /> In the long run I want a brand. I never looked at side hustles as something good. Taking people&#039;s money for the crap that you made in few hours just to make a quick buck was never for me. I want good will compounding. Reputation. Make people&#039;s lives better. Overdeliver on expectations. Bring crazy value.<br /> <br /> And all these people are saying: &quot;Don&#039;t worry, you are just 19, you can start business at any age.&quot; Yes, you can. BUT! I don&#039;t want to do nothing and wait for a miracle to happen. I want to act NOW.<br /> <br /> BUT,<br /> <br /> Right now I need to make 200$ in 14 days. Like ASAP. Of course I could borrow it from people I know, but that&#039;s still leaves me the same useless person. I have to know how to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">make</span> this.<br /> <br /> And you probably laughed after reading this: &quot;He is chasing money, he can&#039;t make a buck, what a loser!&quot; And you&#039;ll be right. Right now I am a loser, but I am willing to work to change it. I&#039;ve seen people saying here that 1000$ a day is EASY, I think it was Johnny Boy who said it. And I kinda understand that, but it doesn&#039;t click. The thing with “a pistol to your head, make a sale this week&quot; doesn&#039;t work either. 1000$ a month is good money where I live. 200$ is 1/3 of avg. monthly paycheck. It&#039;s money that you could live almost a month with.<br /> <br /> But it&#039;s not just about 200$. It&#039;s about EVERYTHING.<br /> <br /> I just sit and always have an empty brain, like a fog inside.<br /> I don&#039;t play video games, I don&#039;t go out for &quot;clubs&quot; etc. I don&#039;t watch Netflix. I don&#039;t use tik-tok, IG, facebook etc.. Only use YouTube for watching people like MJ, Alex, Sabri Suby etc.<br /> I don&#039;t waste my time, but there is still none of it left. I always crave for more time and when I get that, I&#039;m just lost and don&#039;t know what to do.<br /> <br /> Alex Hormozi once said: &quot;That the basics of entrepreneurship: use what you&#039;ve got. Fuel yourself with anger and sadness if that&#039;s what you have&quot;<br /> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">FUEL TO DO WHAT?!?!?!</span><br /> If you don&#039;t know HOW to star the car, HOW to steer and HOW to get your car going, than what&#039;s the point of having a full tank????<br /> <br /> I never shared this to anyone and here&#039;s me saying it.<br /> If you read to this part - thank you. Down here are REAL feelings. And I feel embarrassed saying some of them, but that&#039;s the truth.<br /> I&#039;m sorry in advance for this way of thinking, but that is how I feel right now. No directions, lost, mad at myself like crazy.<br /> <br /> I am:<br /> <br /> Mad at myself for not being able to make in 14 days what somebody makes in 4 hours.<br /> Mad at myself for consuming a lot, but not knowing where and how to apply it.<br /> Mad at myself for not understanding what to do.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford to take part in a lot of activities and experiences<br /> Mad at myself for not being mad when I see a Lexus, Mercedes or BMW.<br /> Mad at myself for wasting time when I finally have some and not knowing how did I waste it.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford to move out.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford simple things, like a cup of coffee, face cleanser etc.<br /> Mad at myself for not having a SINGLE person with the same goals around me that I could talk to.<br /> Mad at myself for willing to grind but not having anything to grind on.<br /> Mad at myself for knowing the price of everything that I buy.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to tip that taxi driver that worked on a Christmas night while everybody had fun.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to help my family.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to give a good tip to the waitress.<br /> Mad at myself because it doesn&#039;t hurt bad enough.<br /> Mad at myself for not being able to afford new clothes and having to wear old sneakers full of holes everywhere.<br /> Mad at myself for oftentimes not being able to afford food. <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Like that feeling when you didn&#039;t eat for a whole day, and you walk past some food place feeling super hungry and you see all these people enjoying their food and you know you can&#039;t even afford some. Yeah, that thing.</span><br /> Mad at myself for being <span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><b>BROKE.</b></span><br /> Just mad at myself for being so <b><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">USELESS!!!!!!!!!!!</span></b><br /> <hr /><br /> And that is how I feel.<br /> Even saying it here felt like the weight off my shoulders,<br /> Tank you MJ for creating such a beautiful place.<br /> Thank you for reading this. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Food Delivery?<br /> <br /> If you need the money fast you got to find jobs that can start immediately.<br /> <br /> There isn’t much easily accessible public information available in English on issues relevant to foreigners.<br /> <br /> 1) Starting a company in Moscow/Saint Petersburg as a foreigner<br /> <br /> 2) Real estate prices and description. They don’t even have English option and I remember having to use google translate which the user experience is bad. <br /> <br /> 3) Investment amount and barrier to obtain Visa/green card in Russia</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1060859" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060859" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060859">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Food Delivery?<br /> <br /> If you need the money fast you got to find jobs that can start immediately.<br /> <br /> There isn’t much easily accessible public information available in English on issues relevant to foreigners.<br /> <br /> 1) Starting a company in Moscow/Saint Petersburg as a foreigner<br /> <br /> 2) Real estate prices and description. They don’t even have English option and I remember having to use google translate which the user experience is bad.<br /> <br /> 3) Investment amount and barrier to obtain Visa/green card in Russia </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I thought to take a job for that period, but I&#039;m studying from early morning until late evening. And even if I did, there is no way of earning that much money in 2 weeks. Avg is is $1,25/h <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /><br /> <br /> Thank you so much for the reply and 3 options that you gave me. Appreciate it. Will check it out</div>

 

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[DreamLund]

<div class="bbWrapper">My friend..<br /> I understand your struggle, I’m in the same boat. Never stop trying/learning and adapting. Hope you’ll get some extraordinary tips from here.</div>

 

[Panos Daras]

<div class="bbWrapper">Dude you are in Russia. You are F*cked what are we talking about here? Get the F*ck out of there. Things are going to be even worse when you lose the war.</div>

 

[Russo]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1060873" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060873" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060873">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Dude you are in Russia. You are F*cked what are we talking about here? Get the F*ck out of there. Things are going to be even worse when you lose the war. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I think he wants to, but it&#039;s not that easy. He cant just leave.</div>

 

[Panos Daras]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 121105" data-quote="Russo" data-source="post: 1060877" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060877" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060877">Russo said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I think he wants to, but it&#039;s not that easy. He cant just leave. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yeah true. That is sad. Still waiting for an American or someone from another privileged country to comment &quot;Just hustle and work harder and everything will turn out great!&quot;</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 123088" data-quote="HlundAlbin" data-source="post: 1060870" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060870" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060870">HlundAlbin said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My friend..<br /> I understand your struggle, I’m in the same boat. Never stop trying/learning and adapting. Hope you’ll get some extraordinary tips from here. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Hi! Thank you for the support! I also hope you&#039;ll get there man. Never stop learning, true, but be quick to implement. I&#039;ve read here that you should only take tips on the problem that is ahead of you. And that 100 cold calls will teach you more than 100 books on cold calls.<br /> <br /> Thank you for replying.</div>

 

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[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1060873" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060873" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060873">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Dude you are in Russia. You are F*cked what are we talking about here? Get the F*ck out of there. Things are going to be even worse when you lose the war. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>And why am I exactly &quot;f*cked&quot;? It&#039;s not as bad as you are taught to believe <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 121105" data-quote="Russo" data-source="post: 1060877" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060877" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060877">Russo said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I think he wants to, but it&#039;s not that easy. He cant just leave. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Nah, The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, right? Has it&#039;s upsides and downsides, just as any other country does. As I&#039;ve already mentioned: every other man in my city is driving a lexus, mercedes, audi, porche, bmw for crazy prices, especially talking rubles. So there is definitely a lot of money here. Just gotta crack the code.</div>

 

[Panos Daras]

<div class="bbWrapper">You know best. Stay and &quot;crack the code&quot; a.k.a befriend corrupt politicians.</div>

 

[Kevin88660]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060891" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060891" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060891">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Nah, The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, right? Has it&#039;s upsides and downsides, just as any other country does. As I&#039;ve already mentioned: every other man in my city is driving a lexus, mercedes, audi, porche, bmw for crazy prices, especially talking rubles. So there is definitely a lot of money here. Just gotta crack the code. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>RMB is top foreign currency traded in Russia now. And China is now cracking down on real estate speculation at home.<br /> <br /> U.S. congressmen pushing laws to curb Chinese investment in Russia.<br /> <br /> Soon I see all the Chinese money bidding up properties in Moscow and Saint Petersburg soon...Realtors’ paradise..</div>

 

[heavy_industry]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> People don&#039;t care about others people&#039;s problems and everybody knows it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>As an entrepreneur, your full time job is going to be caring about other people&#039;s problems.<br /> <br /> This is one of the core beliefs that needs to be turned on its head, if you want to be a successful business owner. The market is selfish. If you enter the selfish market with a selfish attitude, it will crush you and you will left empty handed.<br /> <br /> So the solution is to approach the market with a solution for one of the many problems there are in the world. That&#039;s when the selfishness of the market will start working in the other direction: people will throw money at you.<br /> <br /> How do you identify problems?<br /> To quote <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/23590/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="23590" data-username="@Andy Black">@Andy Black</a> , you see what people are already spending their money on.<br /> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pick a niche that interests you</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Inspect what other businesses are already doing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Take note of all their mistakes and shortcomings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Improve the product/service</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sell</li> </ol><br /> This is not going to be an overnight process. It takes months or even years of wisdom and skills. But if you have the discipline to execute the process I&#039;ve just described, and constantly improve, you will eventually get there.<br /> <br /> If you need money right away, freelancing could be a temporary solution, based on your own specific circumstances. Just make sure that the temporary solution doesn&#039;t become a permanent money trap.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Mad at myself </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>This is also something that needs to change immediately.<br /> The more frustration you foster within your mind, the more frustration will happen in your life.<br /> <br /> Winning the war within is the first step towards winning the external war of business.<br /> <br /> Being mad at the world or at yourself means that you don&#039;t understand how the world works. You are almost always living the life you deserve, mostly because it&#039;s your own creation.<br /> <br /> Upon realizing this, you don&#039;t need to be angry at yourself, or anyone else.<br /> All you have to do is stay calm and execute the process.<br /> <br /> Good things will happen.<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1060880" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060880" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060880">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Still waiting for an American or someone from another privileged country to comment &quot;Just hustle and work harder and everything will turn out great!&quot; </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>If you have electricity, internet access, are on this forum, and can understand English, you are much more privileged than you could possibly imagine.<br /> <br /> The other half of the planet cannot say the same thing, unfortunately.</div>

 

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[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1060904" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060904" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060904">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You know best. Stay and &quot;crack the code&quot; a.k.a befriend corrupt politicians. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Sure, and you stay in a country where you are scared for your kids to get shot at SCHOOL and scared that you might be accidentally killed in everyday shootout, or get shot in the head when you withdrawing money from ATM by some crazy crackhead that got his gun so easily from some kid for a small sum<br /> <br /> If you are not from America, than my point is irrelevant</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1060907" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060907" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060907">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> RMB is top foreign currency traded in Russia now. And China is now cracking down on real estate speculation at home.<br /> <br /> U.S. congressmen pushing laws to curb Chinese investment in Russia.<br /> <br /> Soon I see all the Chinese money bidding up properties in Moscow and Saint Petersburg soon...Realtors’ paradise.. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>About that, I laterally live near china, small river separates us, it just like 400m (1300ft.) away from the embankment. So I guess that&#039;s why so much money is here.<br /> <br /> Realtors’ paradise, yes, good point <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="Big Smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /></div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 107881" data-quote="heavy_industry" data-source="post: 1060908" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060908" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060908">heavy_industry said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> As an entrepreneur, your full time job is going to be caring about other people&#039;s problems. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yes, I remember MJ wrote: &quot;To be successful you need to be altruistic in this selfish world&quot;. I was talking about ordinary people, they don&#039;t care. So I prefer to listen rather then talking for a few reasons<br /> <br /> 1) You can&#039;t learn if you are talking <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">(thank you for this one, Alex)</span><br /> 2) People like people that listen to them <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">(they also like to complain a lot, and I don&#039;t mind. Every complaint is an opportunity as MJ said in his books)</span><br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 107881" data-quote="heavy_industry" data-source="post: 1060908" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060908" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060908">heavy_industry said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> All you have to do is stay calm and execute the process. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I&#039;ll do what is required. <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">As Alex said: &quot;Sometimes you need to do what is required, not your best. Because your best is often not enough.</span> Recently picked up on stoicism <span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">(love it) </span>and was having a dilemma whether I should fuel my work with anger or be stoic and unshakable. And you&#039;ve just helped me decide. Thank you.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 107881" data-quote="heavy_industry" data-source="post: 1060908" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060908" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060908">heavy_industry said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> If you have electricity, internet access, are on this forum, and can understand English, you are much more privileged than you could possibly imagine. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Absolutely agree with you, gratitude is very helpful. <br /> I have running water, electricity, access to the internet and this beautiful community with a lot of great people like you, that are ready to spend their time of the day to help others. That&#039;s MEGA privileged.<br /> <br /> Thank you so much for the advice. That is really golden for me, hearing other person&#039;s opinion, because as I&#039;ve already said I have none IRL, and a lot of thinking is just on my own.</div>

 

[Kevin88660]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060930" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060930" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060930">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> About that, I laterally live near china, small river separates us, it just like 400m (1300ft.) away from the embankment. So I guess that&#039;s why so much money is here.<br /> <br /> Realtors’ paradise, yes, good point <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smile:" title="Big Smile :smile:" data-shortname=":smile:" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Recent Russia signed a deal to facilitate investment from China in her far east. Not sure on the details but since you are a local you should look into it.</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 64612" data-quote="Kevin88660" data-source="post: 1060932" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060932" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060932">Kevin88660 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Recent Russia signed a deal to facilitate investment from China in her far east. Not sure on the details but since you are a local you should look into it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks man! Will look into it</div>

 

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[eramart]

<div class="bbWrapper">Ok, seeing <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/47954/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="47954" data-username="@Johnny boy">@Johnny boy</a> mentioned here made me check about window washing in your area. It looks like you should be able to make 5-10 bucks per window. 40 or so windows later you should get your 200 )</div>

 

[fridge]

<div class="bbWrapper">Go door to door and offer to pull weeds, clean windows, or help with literally any outdoor task. You&#039;ll make that money in one day and actually learn something from door knocking.</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34054" data-quote="eramart" data-source="post: 1060963" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060963" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060963">eramart said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Ok, seeing <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/47954/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="47954" data-username="@Johnny boy">@Johnny boy</a> mentioned here made me check about window washing in your area. It looks like you should be able to make 5-10 bucks per window. 40 or so windows later you should get your 200 ) </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>In Russia it&#039;s usually houses like this: <br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/zavufp66rss-696x462-webp.48521/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/45/45137-76b0ab7d4e3386d32f4eadded0e78c7a.jpg?hash=iaWLrRystb" class="bbImage " style="" alt="ZAVufP66Rss-696x462.webp" title="ZAVufP66Rss-696x462.webp" width="302" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> Or<br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/devyatietazhki-panelnye-doma-webp.48522/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/45/45138-6e59123883c061dac353587005a8edd0.jpg?hash=qSjcPjVI3t" class="bbImage " style="" alt="devyatietazhki-panelnye-doma.webp" title="devyatietazhki-panelnye-doma.webp" width="269" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> But I think I saw a few American type houses near the city, might check it out, thank you for the idea!</div>

 

[Stepan]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 81604" data-quote="fridge" data-source="post: 1060970" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060970" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060970">fridge said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Go door to door and offer to pull weeds, clean windows, or help with literally any outdoor task. You&#039;ll make that money in one day and actually learn something from door knocking. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>In Russia it&#039;s usually 5, 9 or 14 floor houses where people have 1 yard for each house or for a few houseslike this:<br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/2960237-webp.48523/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/45/45139-d15c4feb2722001a07ba62a22af95b09.jpg?hash=NYqN_y7M8J" class="bbImage " style="" alt="2960237.webp" title="2960237.webp" width="300" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a><br /> People don&#039;t mown loans, don&#039;t pull out weeds. Grass is cut by people hired by the government in the summer. And people don&#039;t care about what&#039;s in the yard, sometimes some granny could plant some flowers, but that&#039;s about it<br /> <br /> Anyway, I&#039;ll find American type houses in my area and will get into it!<br /> Thank you for the advice</div>

 

[Matt Lee]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1060873" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060873" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060873">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Dude you are in Russia. You are F*cked what are we talking about here? Get the F*ck out of there. Things are going to be even worse when you lose the war. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>What am I reading? I know it&#039;s probably sarcasm and a joke but you&#039;re saying this to a 19-year-old guy you don&#039;t even know after he took the time to write something that seems genuine.<br /> <br /> I question your motive when you wrote this. Why bother writing something that might live in his head rent-free and feed into other reasons that he can&#039;t do something? Tough love? To vent? To make him feel bad? Humor? I&#039;m getting bad vibes from reading your responses.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> People don&#039;t care about others people&#039;s problems and everybody knows it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>That might be true. Evolutionary this statement is a fact. 99% of the population, also known as consumers, believe this statement to be a fact too. But I don&#039;t think you want to be like the 99%. I don&#039;t think anyone on this forum does.<br /> <br /> <b>As MJ says, if you want to become the 1% you do and think the opposite of the 99%. <br /> <br /> They take, you give.<br /> They need, you fulfill.<br /> They complain, you hush up and work. </b><br /> <br /> But it seems you know that.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeSpoiler"> <button type="button" class="button bbCodeSpoiler-button button--longText" data-xf-click="toggle" data-xf-init="tooltip" title="Click to reveal or hide spoiler"><span class="button-text"> <span>Spoiler: <span class="bbCodeSpoiler-button-title">but let&#039;s say you don&#039;t</span></span> </span></button> <div class="bbCodeSpoiler-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--spoiler"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content">How do you think you will get people to hand you money anyways? In seriousness, they don&#039;t care what you want. They don&#039;t give a damn about your sob story either. They won&#039;t care much about what you think you deserve. For them, it&#039;s &quot;me, me, me, me&quot;. <i><u>What can you do to help me improve some aspects of my life, if not you&#039;re wasting my time.</u></i><br /> <br /> They only care about themselves and that&#039;s good for people like us. (because how do you solve this equation and get people to hand us bills?)<br /> <br /> You put their problems first then they will hand you the bill. You treat their needs so that they will treat yours. It&#039;s an equivalent exchange. You feed fine wood into a fireplace and then it will grant you warmth. It&#039;s not about altruism. Altruism is bullshit. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has a motive. Martyrs are selfish people. They want to be seen as martyrs and possibly go to heaven or <i>stand for something they believe to be true</i>. (nothing wrong with that.) Just the game. Accept the rules and play.<br /> <br /> If you want the dough and don&#039;t want to work a salary for it, you find a way to get people to hand you the dough willingly. An offer that they can&#039;t refuse. (fix their problem via product or service.)</div> </div> </div> </div><br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Right now I need to make 200$ in 14 days. Like ASAP. Of course I could borrow it from people I know, but that&#039;s still leaves me the same useless person. I have to know how to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">make</span> this. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Why the time frame btw?<br /> <br /> If you really needed the money what&#039;s wrong with getting a job if you don&#039;t have a skill you can sell(for now)? Getting a job doesn&#039;t make you useless or a loser.<br /> <br /> Contrary, it&#039;s a loser&#039;s mentality to think anything he does externally can make him a loser. It&#039;s all in your mind. How you do the little thing is how you do a big thing. It&#039;s all a stepping stone. If you need money, go hustle, get a job, it doesn&#039;t matter. If Fastlane is what you want, waiting tables temporarily could be the first step you need to take to get there. Your story, your circumstances, your unique path.<br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I never shared this to anyone and here&#039;s me saying it.<br /> If you read to this part - thank you. Down here are REAL feelings. And I feel embarrassed saying some of them, but that&#039;s the truth.<br /> I&#039;m sorry in advance for this way of thinking, but that is how I feel right now. No directions, lost, mad at myself like crazy. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>It takes balls to admit that you are lost. It&#039;s another matter though to go and figure out what you need to do and do it. What are you going to do? There are threads on here on how to make money(step by steps guides actually). You say you live in Russia, do people in Russia have problems a 19-year-old could solve? (yes they do.)<br /> <br /> <b>So the question is: What problems do you deem worth solving with your particular skill set?<br /> <br /> edit: if you don&#039;t have the skills, what&#039;s stopping you from learning them?</b></div>

 

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[BizyDad]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1061040" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061040" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061040">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> People don&#039;t mown loans, don&#039;t pull out weeds. Grass is cut by people hired by the government in the summer. And people don&#039;t care about what&#039;s in the yard, sometimes some granny could plant some flowers, but that&#039;s about it </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Okay, that&#039;s a list of things that people don&#039;t do.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060891" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060891" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060891">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> As I&#039;ve already mentioned: every other man in my city is driving a lexus, mercedes, audi, porche, bmw for crazy prices, especially talking rubles. So there is definitely a lot of money here. Just gotta crack the code. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Can you wash cars for rich people? There&#039;s all kinds of tricks to cleaning the insides of cars too.<br /> <br /> Maybe you can learn how to wax the car. How to apply protective coating to the car. Eventually, maybe you learn how to paint the car. On youtube, you can learn pretty much any way to fix the car. If you can&#039;t watch youtube, get a VPN. <br /> <br /> And if you don&#039;t have access to the products that I&#039;m talking about, maybe you can figure out a way to make some at home. <br /> <br /> Speaking of home, these crazy rubles people probably also need their houses cleaned. And when stuff breaks in their house, they&#039;re going to want somebody to fix that too. <br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1060832" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060832" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060832">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Just mad at myself for being so <b><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">USELESS!!!!!!!!!!!</span></b> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> You have no skills because you&#039;re spending all of your time watching people telling you to build up your skills.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 112340" data-quote="Matt Lee" data-source="post: 1061050" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061050" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061050">Matt Lee said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So the question is: What problems do you deem worth solving with your particular skill set?<br /> <br /> edit: if you don&#039;t have the skills, what&#039;s stopping you from learning them? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Oh wait, he just said that...<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 107881" data-quote="heavy_industry" data-source="post: 1060908" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1060908" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1060908">heavy_industry said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> As an entrepreneur, your full time job is going to be caring about other people&#039;s problems.<br /> <br /> This is one of the core beliefs that needs to be turned on its head, if you want to be a successful business owner. The market is selfish. If you enter the selfish market with a selfish attitude, it will crush you and you will left empty handed.<br /> <br /> So the solution is to approach the market with a solution for one of the many problems there are in the world. That&#039;s when the selfishness of the market will start working in the other direction: people will throw money at you.<br /> <br /> How do you identify problems?<br /> To quote <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/23590/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="23590" data-username="@Andy Black">@Andy Black</a> , you see what people are already spending their money on.<br /> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Pick a niche that interests you</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Inspect what other businesses are already doing</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Take note of all their mistakes and shortcomings</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Improve the product/service</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sell</li> </ol><br /> This is not going to be an overnight process. It takes months or even years of wisdom and skills. But if you have the discipline to execute the process I&#039;ve just described, and constantly improve, you will eventually get there.<br /> <br /> If you need money right away, freelancing could be a temporary solution, based on your own specific circumstances. Just make sure that the temporary solution doesn&#039;t become a permanent money trap.<br /> <br /> <br /> This is also something that needs to change immediately.<br /> The more frustration you foster within your mind, the more frustration will happen in your life.<br /> <br /> Winning the war within is the first step towards winning the external war of business.<br /> <br /> Being mad at the world or at yourself means that you don&#039;t understand how the world works. You are almost always living the life you deserve, mostly because it&#039;s your own creation.<br /> <br /> Upon realizing this, you don&#039;t need to be angry at yourself, or anyone else.<br /> All you have to do is stay calm and execute the process.<br /> <br /> Good things will happen.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> If you have electricity, internet access, are on this forum, and can understand English, you are much more privileged than you could possibly imagine.<br /> <br /> The other half of the planet cannot say the same thing, unfortunately. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Hey <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/107881/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="107881" data-username="@heavy_industry">@heavy_industry</a>, see that &quot;coincidence&quot; that just happened? Lol. Told you. Daily event. <br /> <br /> Hey man, just curious, when are you going to take all this wisdom you&#039;ve got and turn it into something more than a health progress thread?</div>

 

[Panos Daras]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 112340" data-quote="Matt Lee" data-source="post: 1061050" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061050" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061050">Matt Lee said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What am I reading? I know it&#039;s probably sarcasm and a joke but you&#039;re saying this to a 19-year-old guy you don&#039;t even know after he took the time to write something that seems genuine.<br /> <br /> I question your motive when you wrote this. Why bother writing something that might live in his head rent-free and feed into other reasons that he can&#039;t do something? Tough love? To vent? To make him feel bad? Humor? I&#039;m getting bad vibes from reading your responses.<br /> <br /> <br /> That might be true. Evolutionary this statement is a fact. 99% of the population, also known as consumers, believe this statement to be a fact too. But I don&#039;t think you want to be like the 99%. I don&#039;t think anyone on this forum does.<br /> <br /> <b>As MJ says, if you want to become the 1% you do and think the opposite of the 99%. <br /> <br /> They take, you give.<br /> They need, you fulfill.<br /> They complain, you hush up and work. </b><br /> <br /> But it seems you know that.<br /> <br /> <div class="bbCodeSpoiler"> <button type="button" class="button bbCodeSpoiler-button button--longText" data-xf-click="toggle" data-xf-init="tooltip" title="Click to reveal or hide spoiler"><span class="button-text"> <span>Spoiler: <span class="bbCodeSpoiler-button-title">but let&#039;s say you don&#039;t</span></span> </span></button> <div class="bbCodeSpoiler-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--spoiler"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content">How do you think you will get people to hand you money anyways? In seriousness, they don&#039;t care what you want. They don&#039;t give a damn about your sob story either. They won&#039;t care much about what you think you deserve. For them, it&#039;s &quot;me, me, me, me&quot;. <i><u>What can you do to help me improve some aspects of my life, if not you&#039;re wasting my time.</u></i><br /> <br /> They only care about themselves and that&#039;s good for people like us. (because how do you solve this equation and get people to hand us bills?)<br /> <br /> You put their problems first then they will hand you the bill. You treat their needs so that they will treat yours. It&#039;s an equivalent exchange. You feed fine wood into a fireplace and then it will grant you warmth. It&#039;s not about altruism. Altruism is bullshit. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has a motive. Martyrs are selfish people. They want to be seen as martyrs and possibly go to heaven or <i>stand for something they believe to be true</i>. (nothing wrong with that.) Just the game. Accept the rules and play.<br /> <br /> If you want the dough and don&#039;t want to work a salary for it, you find a way to get people to hand you the dough willingly. An offer that they can&#039;t refuse. (fix their problem via product or service.)</div> </div> </div> </div><br /> <br /> Why the time frame btw?<br /> <br /> If you really needed the money what&#039;s wrong with getting a job if you don&#039;t have a skill you can sell(for now)? Getting a job doesn&#039;t make you useless or a loser.<br /> <br /> Contrary, it&#039;s a loser&#039;s mentality to think anything he does externally can make him a loser. It&#039;s all in your mind. How you do the little thing is how you do a big thing. It&#039;s all a stepping stone. If you need money, go hustle, get a job, it doesn&#039;t matter. If Fastlane is what you want, waiting tables temporarily could be the first step you need to take to get there. Your story, your circumstances, your unique path.<br /> <br /> It takes balls to admit that you are lost. It&#039;s another matter though to go and figure out what you need to do and do it. What are you going to do? There are threads on here on how to make money(step by steps guides actually). You say you live in Russia, do people in Russia have problems a 19-year-old could solve? (yes they do.)<br /> <br /> <b>So the question is: What problems do you deem worth solving with your particular skill set?<br /> <br /> edit: if you don&#039;t have the skills, what&#039;s stopping you from learning them?</b> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Of course, you are getting bad vibes from my response. I am telling people what they HAVE TO hear not want they WANT TO hear. I was also born in a country where you don&#039;t have the opportunity to grow. So I packed up my stuff and left and got a better future. I genuinely want to help people. Most of the people here say new age feel-good positive vibes bullshit that is not going to do the job. Do you know what will? Getting the F*ck out of Russia! Sorry truth hurts and there is a F*cking war going on that this 19-year-old you want to help with your new age shit could be drafted and die. Ignorant idiots. ignorant idiots everywhere...</div>

 

[heavy_industry]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 72777" data-quote="BizyDad" data-source="post: 1061054" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061054" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061054">BizyDad said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hey man, just curious, when are you going to take all this wisdom you&#039;ve got and turn it into something more than a health progress thread? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thank you for your kind words.<br /> <br /> I don&#039;t want to play the &quot;humble&quot; card, but I still believe that I&#039;m an idiot that doesn&#039;t understand anything, about anything.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve just figured out a few things, some through life experience, but most of them through learning from the titans of the fastlane forum (you being one of them). This is just the beginning of the journey. I&#039;m looking forward to meeting heavy_industry in the year 2025.<br /> <br /> With that being said, I am currently working full time on 2 different projects, with a few others planned for the near future. Taking things one step at a time.<br /> <br /> <hr /><br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/113862/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="113862" data-username="@Stepan">@Stepan</a> <br /> In addition to that <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/112340/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="112340" data-username="@Matt Lee">@Matt Lee</a> said, I would strongly encourage you to completely ignore all advice that comes from people with an external locus of control.<br /> <br /> Do not allow your external circumstances to define who you are as a person. But instead, understand that your <b>actions </b>define who you really are. Understand this, and soon you will get to a point where you will be able to define your external circumstances as well.<br /> <br /> I&#039;ve never met any successful person that views themselves as a victim of their life.<br /> All winners understand that we are the source of our life. We create our life.<br /> <br /> <br /> The world is not happening to us, we are happening to the world.™<br /> (<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/4862/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="4862" data-username="@Kak">@Kak</a> Radio Show - © All rights reserved)</div>

 

[constant]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 113862" data-quote="Stepan" data-source="post: 1061039" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061039" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061039">Stepan said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> In Russia it&#039;s usually houses like this:<br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/48521/" target="_blank">View attachment 48521</a><br /> Or<br /> <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/48522/" target="_blank">View attachment 48522</a><br /> But I think I saw a few American type houses near the city, might check it out, thank you for the idea! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Oh we have those too from the soviet era. They look so gloomy.<br /> <br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 114807" data-quote="Panos Daras" data-source="post: 1061064" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061064" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061064">Panos Daras said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Of course, you are getting bad vibes from my response. I am telling people what they HAVE TO hear not want they WANT TO hear. I was also born in a country where you don&#039;t have the opportunity to grow. So I packed up my stuff and left and got a better future. I genuinely want to help people. Most of the people here say new age feel-good positive vibes bullshit that is not going to do the job. Do you know what will? Getting the F*ck out of Russia! Sorry truth hurts and there is a F*cking war going on that this 19-year-old you want to help with your new age shit could be drafted and die. Ignorant idiots. ignorant idiots everywhere... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>What country were you born in and where did you move? (If it&#039;s fine to ask)<br /> <br /> Edit: nvm looked at your profile, ignore the question.<br /> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 107881" data-quote="heavy_industry" data-source="post: 1061067" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=1061067" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-1061067">heavy_industry said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> With that being said, I am currently working full time on 2 different projects, with a few others planned for the near future. Taking things one step at a time. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>I&#039;d like to hear about them. You gonna make a progress/success thread one day?</div>