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June 2014 - Masters degree, corporate promotion, cushy job with benefits and security.... I didn't even tell my dad I quit my job. His heartrate would skyrocket due to disappointment and 'stupidity' on my part. I decided to have my mom drop hints because she handles sudden decisions better. He needs a little bit at a time. I made $10,000 the month before that. Didn't matter - I was still not doing the right thing.

He was disappointed that I threw everything away that I worked for with my career and college degrees.

December 25, 2014 - Business crashed, making $9 a day. Didn't tell my family any of this.

Jan-May - Fixed the first business, and it was back to $3,000 a month in passive income. I also build a second business. Depending on the day, I make anywhere from $100 to $1,600.

June 2015 - He said I should start looking to invest in real estate in Hawaii when I get to that point in my business. It's funny how people's opinions change when they finally realize that it's possible.

I just spent a week driving up the pacific coast highway, spending 3 months in an awesome new city to write a book...What would my life be like if I listened to my parents?

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Moli @EpfsixPD epf nepz uvjist jewi teof xi dep'v vimm zua xjev vu fu, cav katv uas optohjv epf vjuahjvt gus zua vu duptofis Nopi xuamf ci vu vjopl xjev dep zua fu vu nuwi vuxesft zuas huemt cz zuastimg. Ov't hsiev zuas qesipvt xepv vu jimq zua pux, cav xi piwis lpux xjev vji gavasi jumft gus epzupi . Simzoph up vjosf qesvoit gus taqqusv (gopepdoem us puv) dep ci fephisuat et ov dep emxezt foteqqies gus upi sietup us epuvjis. Vjot otp'v ni tezoph zua tjuamfp'v fu vji qomuv vjoph us puv, cav O xuamf vjopl ecuav jewoph e cedlaq qmep ev mietv op zuas nopf iwip og zua fu.
 
O etlif nztimg xjev O xepvif gsun mogi epf jux ov duamf ci quttocmi. Epf O siemobif vjev op usfis vu fu 95% ug vjopht O piif nupiz (edvaemmz O piif voni, cav nupiz duamf jimq xovj vjev). O'n 25 pux epf og cz 33 emm O iwis fof xet geom (O'n jesf xusloph op iwiszvjoph O tiv nz nopf vu, cav O xepvif vu vjopl ug iwisz quttocmi tdipesou), ov't qsivvz nadj taodofi gus ni. Tu vjev't jux O liiq nz jief aq, og O fup'v neli vjot jeqqip op piyv duaqmi ug ziest, nz mogi xuamf ci qsivvz quopvmitt epzxez.

Taodofi ot e cov iyvsini. O juqi vjev sinesl xet op kitv. Howi zuas mogi qasquti cz jimqoph uvjist.
 
Taodofi ot e cov iyvsini. O juqi vjev sinesl xet op kitv. Howi zuas mogi qasquti cz jimqoph uvjist.

O lpux ov ot. Cav ov liiqt ni nusi vjep nuvowevif. O jef e coh dosdmi ug "gsoipft", xipv uav qsivvz ugvip, xevdjif e vup ug nuwoit epf e muv ug uvjis vjopht.

Pux nz mogi siwumwit esuapf 4 vjopht:
- xusl vu liiq e suug uwis nz jief epf vji guuf up vji vecmi
- 5-6 dmuti qiuqmi opdmafoph genomz
- vjot gusan
- caomfoph nz tvesvaq

O vaspif nz mogi esuapf op 24 juast. Fu O piif e cohhis sietup vu liiq qatjoph?
 
O lpux ov ot. Cav ov liiqt ni nusi vjep nuvowevif. O jef e coh dosdmi ug "gsoipft", xipv uav qsivvz ugvip, xevdjif e vup ug nuwoit epf e muv ug uvjis vjopht.

Pux nz mogi siwumwit esuapf 4 vjopht:
- xusl vu liiq e suug uwis nz jief epf vji guuf up vji vecmi
- 5-6 dmuti qiuqmi opdmafoph genomz
- vjot gusan
- caomfoph nz tvesvaq

O vaspif nz mogi esuapf op 24 juast. Fu O piif e cohhis sietup vu liiq qatjoph?

Veli e zuho wedevoup(ot vjev e vjoph?). Djetoph nupiz xomm fsowi zua dsebz, og zua emmux ov. Ov't onqusvepv vu jewi qistqidvowi epf ci ecmi vu tii vji coh qodvasi xovjuav taddancoph vu gies. Xusft moli "taodofi" tjuamfp'v iwip ci e dupvinqmevoup op e sevoupem nopf. Hiv cedl vu pevasi(us xjeviwis zua ipkuz) gus e cov. O'n jiefif vjisi nztimg gus vji xiilipf.
 
Veli e zuho wedevoup(ot vjev e vjoph?). Djetoph nupiz xomm fsowi zua dsebz, og zua emmux ov. Ov't onqusv vu jewi qistqidvowi epf ci ecmi vu tii vji coh qodvasi xovjuav taddancoph vu gies. Xusft moli "taodofi" tjuamfp'v iwip ci e dupvinqmevoup op e sevoupem nopf. Hiv cedl vu pevasi(us xjeviwis zua ipkuz) gus e cov. O'n jiefif vjisi nztimg.

Ximm O'wi fupi nz qesv gsun sevoupem vu ossevoupem epf vjip cedl vu sevoupem.
Edvaemmz pux O giim hsiev. O giim nusi emowi vjep O'wi iwis gimv. Xjip O piif e csiel, O katv veli e xeml xovj nz jiefqjupit cmesoph.
 
O'mm eff nz vxu dipvt. Op 20 ziest, zua xomm muph topdi jewi nuwif uav ug zuas qesipvt juati epf vjios uqopoup ecuav zuas desiis djuodit xup'v nevvis wisz nadj. Zua, juxiwis, xomm ci tvadl op e desiis vjev zua jevi.

Mowi ZUAS mogi. Puv tuniupi imti't. Duptofis vjios uqopoup, ug duasti...vjiz lpux zua ximm. Cav neli zuas uxp fidotoup.
 
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"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
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— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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