F*ck this I'm done. I have been reading entrepreneurial books for years, action faking while working towards getting into a PhD program in clinical psychology and now halfway through the program, F*ck this.
F*ck working for a looney toon of a boss who is probably a bipolar sadist in their free time, F*ck working 60 hours a week for five years so I can hopefully make $130,000 one day. F*ck pretending that most of what I do has a real impact on the world (therapy yes, most of the research meh).
I am not quitting my program yet because I don't have a better option lined up and that's where I am seeking advice from you. I have carved out 2 hours each day to work on a business in my spare time and am reading every well-recommended entrepreneurial book I can find on audible during every other activity I do that doesn't involve human interaction or work. I know I don't know much in this area, so I ask you for help in improving my gameplan.
Step 1. I wake up at 4 am and write down 20 problems that need to be solved along with solutions and first steps to those problems. I'm guessing there's not a hard and fast rule as to how long to spend on this but when do you move forward/what are your criteria for moving forward to the next step?
Is it when you have the first viable option that you can execute?
Is it where there is the most value to offer?
Is it the easiest to execute and then leverage something better later on?
After I get 20 ideas I highlight the ones that aren't blatantly terrible (e.g., an excuse generator app for when someone asks you to do something with them and you don't want to was a "great one") and then spend the rest of my time reading about what's been done on that topic and the tech behind it.
The thing is a lot of this stuff are in fields vastly different and challenging from my own, which is fine because I love to learn, but I just want to make sure I don't go down an educational, rabbit hole while deluding myself I am taking action.
Any thoughts about how I can improve this strategy would be appreciated.
Last but not least, if you read this MJ thank you, you changed my life, and I hope to impact people at scale one day, the way you impacted me.
PsyGuy
F*ck working for a looney toon of a boss who is probably a bipolar sadist in their free time, F*ck working 60 hours a week for five years so I can hopefully make $130,000 one day. F*ck pretending that most of what I do has a real impact on the world (therapy yes, most of the research meh).
I am not quitting my program yet because I don't have a better option lined up and that's where I am seeking advice from you. I have carved out 2 hours each day to work on a business in my spare time and am reading every well-recommended entrepreneurial book I can find on audible during every other activity I do that doesn't involve human interaction or work. I know I don't know much in this area, so I ask you for help in improving my gameplan.
Step 1. I wake up at 4 am and write down 20 problems that need to be solved along with solutions and first steps to those problems. I'm guessing there's not a hard and fast rule as to how long to spend on this but when do you move forward/what are your criteria for moving forward to the next step?
Is it when you have the first viable option that you can execute?
Is it where there is the most value to offer?
Is it the easiest to execute and then leverage something better later on?
After I get 20 ideas I highlight the ones that aren't blatantly terrible (e.g., an excuse generator app for when someone asks you to do something with them and you don't want to was a "great one") and then spend the rest of my time reading about what's been done on that topic and the tech behind it.
The thing is a lot of this stuff are in fields vastly different and challenging from my own, which is fine because I love to learn, but I just want to make sure I don't go down an educational, rabbit hole while deluding myself I am taking action.
Any thoughts about how I can improve this strategy would be appreciated.
Last but not least, if you read this MJ thank you, you changed my life, and I hope to impact people at scale one day, the way you impacted me.
PsyGuy
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