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Finished the book. Now starts the work week.
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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Excitement is diminishing.
That's why I asked you to return here and continually update.
Diminishing excitement (or passion) is normal. How you respond to it makes the difference between breaking through, or breaking down.
Everyone comes here excited. And then when real life knocks 'em down, they give up and return back to their job, back to their TMZ, and back to their excitable weekend.
I don't remember the source of this image but I wish I'd found it years ago:
The graph details the timeline and emotional phases of people making big transitions.
Eg. For the (a) above, it can be you discovering and reading TMFL
Remember that the initial feelings of excitement aren't meant to last forever.
Uncertainty and confusion are normal.
Don't quit, push through the struggle and emerge as a better man.
Very busy weekend, not much time for myself. Now that I'm back at work I have a couple hours a day to learn.
@DevinMK6
You have got a lot of people motivating you here. So that's not in short supply. What you need is to get down from the clouds and get your hands dirty. You read the book, you have read many threads here. Tell us about your niche. What businesses are you looking at? What are your plans for the next 10 months of 2017?
I am not kidding here. If you asked me the same question, I can list you what I am trying to do this year and what tasks I have already done and what are in process and what are pending. Specifics, specifics, specifics!
I have no experience in real estate and I don't live in the US, so I will leave it to the others to comment.
But you are lowballing like crazy if you think $1000 per month is too much. I made a software product in 3 months. Makes me about $600-$700 passively every month (link). I own a forum, makes about $600 passively every month! (link) I could spend 3 days on Upwork and make $1000. Not boasting, I didn't get to this easy, there's years of process behind this. But just telling you it can be done.
Don't get trapped into analysis paralysis. It took me 2 weeks to start a blog in January this year. (link) I spent $200 in total, got 600 subscribers. In the 4th week I realized this wouldn't work the way I thought it would. So either I pivot or cut the losses. I haven't decided yet. I am most likely going to give it up. Lesson being, don't be afraid to fail. @MJ DeMarco says in TMF , regret of failure is easier to live with than the regret of never having tried. Just do something, fail, learn, repeat.
Watch Gary V's 2017 challenge to learn about flipping stuff. (Google it)No action yet. Been struggling to find a way to start. I've been reading threads on ecommerce, import/export, buying/selling, etc.
I'm going to start selling all the electronics that are just wasting away on my desk. Maybe start flipping on craigslist until I can find someway to start.
Watch Gary V's 2017 challenge to learn about flipping stuff. (Google it)
Another introduction from another new member.
My name is Devin. I live in a small town in Oregon and I recently turned 20. I have high aspirations in life but not once have I done anything to achieve my goals. And that’s why I’m here.
I currently work in a warehouse for 10 hours a day, 4 days a week making $13 an hour. Albeit an improvement from my prior jobs, it’s not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. Just like everyone else here, I want to be a millionaire. But I want to be a millionaire so that I have the freedom to do anything, and without worry. I want to be rich so that I can help my parents, my family, my friends, and the people around me. So that I can live my life without worrying about being able to pay my rent, car insurance, etc. To do the things I love with the people I love.
That’s who I want to be.
My one major flaw is that I have ZERO discipline. I’ll start with something, get really excited about it for a few weeks, and then just stop like it never even happened. But that goes with everything in my life from video games and TV shows, to going to the gym and hobbies. That’s the main thing that I need to work on.
I started reading TMF recently. I haven’t even gotten half way through the book and it’s already changing the way I think (Or maybe that’s just me getting excited about a new thing I found). I just hope that this will be the one thing that I can stick with and never lose interest in. This is where I’ll be making a change in my life for the better.
My problem is that I feel I need to surround myself with like-minded people who want to be successful in life (hence why I’m here). I see people who I went to high school with, post on social media a screenshot of their bank balance and it’s appalling. I have $450 in a tin can under my desk and that is $450 more than what they have in their banks. And they haven’t done anything to try and change that. In my town of 8,000, most of who are on food stamps or other government programs, it’s hard to find anyone who shares the same mindset. The one person that I’ve been able to find is my girlfriend. Both of her parents spent years in college to become doctors where they make $5k+ each for 2 weeks of work. That’s amazing. But they’re trading time for work, and I’d much rather have that in passive income.
But I don’t even know where to start besides here.
A little diddy about my life in an Oregon city. I intend on being an active member here and I really do want to make a change in my life. I've read through multiple threads on the forum and one post that really hit me was by Vigilante on a 1 year post.
Some people register here, post epic 1AM excitement induced rants, and never log in again as their Subway Sandwich Artist career flounders.
Yet another group registers, racks up a significant post count, zero speed/rep bank, and stays for years. If I owned the place, I would bounce them out much like you might a 29 year old child still living in your basement.
A third group comes in here talking the talk, but not walking the walk. They may get some rep, and even have some good posts, but later you learn they're actually pizza delivery drivers. Much like a kid that grew up in the church, they might know the right words to say, but don't really get the theology for themselves. They just regurgitate what they heard.
Then... there are people like YOU. YOU are who MJ wrote the book for. YOU are who MJ built the forum for. YOU are the reason people like me hang out here.
Courage. Transformation. Guts and determination. You'll get there. You are an #ActionTaker
That speaks to me because I'm usually the one to get excited but never come back again. But I want to be the determined one that gets shit done for a change.
I want to be a millionaire. But I want to be a millionaire so that I have the freedom to do anything
My one major flaw is that I have ZERO discipline. I’ll start with something, get really excited about it for a few weeks, and then just stop like it never even happened. But that goes with everything in my life from video games and TV shows, to going to the gym and hobbies. That’s the main thing that I need to work on.
My problem is that I feel I need to surround myself with like-minded people who want to be successful in life (hence why I’m here).
Reviving an old thread but I'm still here. Been busy recently.
Just moved out with the girlfriend. Really getting an idea on how to save and manage my money. Downsized a lot of my stuff. Going to start selling everything I don't use as much anymore (Subwoofers I never installed in my new car, video games I don't play anymore, etc.).
I've just been trying to improve my life overall. I stress about money and my future more than I should. I've started eating better, reading more, bettering my relationship, and just becoming happier. I feel that's more important right now.
Although I took a break, I haven't lost sight of what I want; to become a millionaire.
(I'm not looking for anyone to pity or chastise me. This is just an update to say that I'm still focused.)
Hey bro,(This post was created during my drunken stupor)
I'm awake at 2 in the morning while my girlfriend is asleep in our bed. I'm watching re-runs of American Dad while typing this post on my girlfriends Mac. I'm thinking to myself "Why do I want to become rich?". I instantly think of my dad who is medically disabled and is working for my aunt (who is by the way well off because of her many smart investments and savings as she worked as a bank teller for 20+ years). My passion is cars. I want to help my dad build a jeep as a project car so we can grow together as father-and-son. I want to be able to donate money to charities and animal shelters to help better people's lives.
I consider myself a "Jack of all Trades". I jump from hobby to hobby and absorb information very quickly. But as I read more and more about entrepreneurship, I see that most successful people focus on one thing and grow off of that. And I just don't think I can do that. I'm very worried as to where I'll end up in life and that scares me. I want to be someone that people can look up to and say "I want to be like him". I want to e successful and help the people around me.
I don't know why I'm posting this right now. Maybe because I have social anxiety even when talking through the internet and I need to be intoxicated to do so. Or maybe because I'm posting on an entrepreneurial site so it makes it feel like I'm actually contributing to my financial success.
I think I'm going to start off by taking some Udemy courses for web design and start from there. I have my eye on a buddy of mine from High School who is a personal trainer. Once he gets certified and is committed to helping others I think I'll design a website for him and bring him more clients.
But who knows. I'll probably end up like another person that just cruises on in through the forums and leaves it all behind in a week or so. Just to go back to their 9-5 job. But I'm going to finish "A Paperboy's Fable" tonight and then I will pick up another book to read.
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