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[asaddaskari]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hello, my name is Asad and I&#039;m in the process of reading TMFL. I&#039;m 17 years old. Whenever people ask me what I want to be in life I always say &quot;isn&#039;t it weird that there is nothing I&#039;d be willing to do from 9-5, 5 days a week?&quot; People say &quot;do what makes you happy&quot; and I&#039;d say that happiness couldn&#039;t come from something I&#039;d have to get up in the morning for the rest of my life to do. Nonetheless, I&#039;ve done very well in school and am in the process of applying to colleges when I stumbled upon this book.<br /> <br /> I finally resonated with a &quot;career&quot; that aligned with what I always said; I want money (by which I really meant freedom) and not a 9-5 till I&#039;m 65. I honestly feel lost and I catch myself searching for someone or something that is going to give me the fastlane answer I want, but I realize that this is a consumer mindset, the exact opposite of what I need.<br /> <br /> This book has flipped my life upside down. As of two weeks ago (and still currently) I&#039;ve been preparing to apply to multiple schools and am employed as a finance intern with the hope of landing a nice job during college. Fast forward two weeks and I want to do anything but that. When I put this book down a feel myself starting to think that this is crazy and unrealistic (as most people will say) but once I pick it back up I know the true craziness is accepting the deal of working 5 days in trade for 2 off.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m young and that makes me feel grateful because I have a lot of time on my hands and I entered this world early. I feel like I have no idea at all where to start with anything but the key has to be to focus my attention on the right areas and never stop learning.<br /> <br /> Thank you for your impact on me, <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/1/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="1" data-username="@MJ DeMarco">@MJ DeMarco</a></div>

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

<div class="bbWrapper">Welcome Asad, and thank you for the intro. Was your intent on studying finance @ college?</div>

 

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 100961" data-quote="asaddaskari" data-source="post: 973279" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=973279" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-973279">asaddaskari said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Hello, my name is Asad and I&#039;m in the process of reading TMFL. I&#039;m 17 years old. Whenever people ask me what I want to be in life I always say &quot;isn&#039;t it weird that there is nothing I&#039;d be willing to do from 9-5, 5 days a week?&quot; People say &quot;do what makes you happy&quot; and I&#039;d say that happiness couldn&#039;t come from something I&#039;d have to get up in the morning for the rest of my life to do. Nonetheless, I&#039;ve done very well in school and am in the process of applying to colleges when I stumbled upon this book.<br /> <br /> I finally resonated with a &quot;career&quot; that aligned with what I always said; I want money (by which I really meant freedom) and not a 9-5 till I&#039;m 65. I honestly feel lost and I catch myself searching for someone or something that is going to give me the fastlane answer I want, but I realize that this is a consumer mindset, the exact opposite of what I need.<br /> <br /> This book has flipped my life upside down. As of two weeks ago (and still currently) I&#039;ve been preparing to apply to multiple schools and am employed as a finance intern with the hope of landing a nice job during college. Fast forward two weeks and I want to do anything but that. When I put this book down a feel myself starting to think that this is crazy and unrealistic (as most people will say) but once I pick it back up I know the true craziness is accepting the deal of working 5 days in trade for 2 off.<br /> <br /> I&#039;m young and that makes me feel grateful because I have a lot of time on my hands and I entered this world early. I feel like I have no idea at all where to start with anything but the key has to be to focus my attention on the right areas and never stop learning.<br /> <br /> Thank you for your impact on me, <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/1/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="1" data-username="@MJ DeMarco">@MJ DeMarco</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Welcome Asad. There’s soo many ways to get started nowadays. <br /> <br /> Have you made any revenue off your own back yet?</div>

 

[asaddaskari]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 1" data-quote="MJ DeMarco" data-source="post: 973890" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=973890" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-973890">MJ DeMarco said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Welcome Asad, and thank you for the intro. Was your intent on studying finance @ college? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yep. I thought that it was the smartest path in life ever since my cousin introduced me to stocks a while back. When I joined a program that would get me an internship, I put finance as my preferred area.</div>

 

[asaddaskari]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 973893" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=973893" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-973893">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Welcome Asad. There’s soo many ways to get started nowadays.<br /> <br /> Have you made any revenue off your own back yet? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Nope, but since I started reading this book I can&#039;t help but pick it up when I&#039;m doing nothing or google the 1 million random questions and thoughts that pop up in my mind all day. As of now, I feel like I don&#039;t know what to do besides google and read, but I plan on pushing myself until I do.</div>

 

[Andy Black]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 100961" data-quote="asaddaskari" data-source="post: 973961" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=973961" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-973961">asaddaskari said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Nope, but since I started reading this book I can&#039;t help but pick it up when I&#039;m doing nothing or google the 1 million random questions and thoughts that pop up in my mind all day. As of now, I feel like I don&#039;t know what to do besides google and read, but I plan on pushing myself until I do. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>My suggestion is to find someone to help and go help them. Keep doing that. Then figure out how to get paid helping people. Then figure out how to scale. <br /> <br /> Maybe the &quot;Who have you helped?&quot; call in my signature might help you.</div>

 

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[asaddaskari]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 23590" data-quote="Andy Black" data-source="post: 973965" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=973965" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-973965">Andy Black said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> My suggestion is to find someone to help and go help them. Keep doing that. Then figure out how to get paid helping people. Then figure out how to scale. <br /> <br /> Maybe the &quot;Who have you helped?&quot; call in my signature might help you. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Thanks for the advice! I&#039;ll check it out.</div>