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I've created a few threads in the past that ended up being false starts. I'd get excited about a business model but then my mind would trick me into thinking that there are insurmountable obstacles - that it wasn't for me. My biggest problem has been having to figure it all out before I start for fear that I will have wasted time and money for nothing. And this is what has kept me from taking action!
It's like I believed that there was way of bypassing some of the pain and hard work, as if I could start from a different place than where I'm at. We'll thankfully that belief has been blown to bits. I now know that I can only start from where I'm at - at a point that thousand's of steps away from financial freedom. It will require me to change my thinking, to start with the mental, financial and time resources I have. I will have to learn, take action, asses the results and repeat. Over and over and over again.
I'm OK with this - quite happy about it really! This realization has taken me from feeling hopeless to hopeful. I know as long as I keep engaging the process and learning to execute better it's only a matter of time.
So where am I starting from? I've got a few hundred dollars to my name, rent is coming up and I don't yet know how it's going to be paid on time, I have no car, but I start a new sales job on Monday. I have been unemployed for 1.5 months. During the last couple of weeks I have been marketing myself on craigslist and have gotten a few gigs repairing guitar amplifiers out of my house (previously did this full time for a few years when I lived in another state). Not only has this provided some income, but I've been using it as an opportunity to practice writing copy, testing ads, and finding ways to offer better service. Obviously not fastlane, but necessary and educational.
This is my "point of entry" on the path to the fastlane. I have no idea what twists and turns it will take or what sort of business I'll be in down the road. I don't care if its ecommerce, SaaS, or an "offline" business. People's pains I find along the path will determine that. As long as I keep moving I'll find them! I'll document my progress here.
Someone dropped off two guitar amps for me to fix last night, so it's time to get to work!
It's like I believed that there was way of bypassing some of the pain and hard work, as if I could start from a different place than where I'm at. We'll thankfully that belief has been blown to bits. I now know that I can only start from where I'm at - at a point that thousand's of steps away from financial freedom. It will require me to change my thinking, to start with the mental, financial and time resources I have. I will have to learn, take action, asses the results and repeat. Over and over and over again.
I'm OK with this - quite happy about it really! This realization has taken me from feeling hopeless to hopeful. I know as long as I keep engaging the process and learning to execute better it's only a matter of time.
So where am I starting from? I've got a few hundred dollars to my name, rent is coming up and I don't yet know how it's going to be paid on time, I have no car, but I start a new sales job on Monday. I have been unemployed for 1.5 months. During the last couple of weeks I have been marketing myself on craigslist and have gotten a few gigs repairing guitar amplifiers out of my house (previously did this full time for a few years when I lived in another state). Not only has this provided some income, but I've been using it as an opportunity to practice writing copy, testing ads, and finding ways to offer better service. Obviously not fastlane, but necessary and educational.
This is my "point of entry" on the path to the fastlane. I have no idea what twists and turns it will take or what sort of business I'll be in down the road. I don't care if its ecommerce, SaaS, or an "offline" business. People's pains I find along the path will determine that. As long as I keep moving I'll find them! I'll document my progress here.
Someone dropped off two guitar amps for me to fix last night, so it's time to get to work!
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