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    Chasing greatness - My grind

    HOT! MINDSET EXECUTION 
    I love your progress thread. It's motivating and inspiring. How long and often do you meditate? How often do you journal? Is there a structure to how you journal? Do you feel that these two habits have contributed to building your mindset, or was it the other things (reading, physical...
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    How to decide to hire someone or do it yourself?

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    I recently hired someone for a small part of my project by looking on UpWork, and the work they did was phenomenal. I had been struggling with this part of the code for 2 months, and they tackled it in 1 week. During that 1 week, I didn't hear much from them, so I panicked and thought they...
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    Are you poor or are you just afraid?

    Are you poor or are you just afraid?
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    How do you develop authority to deal with people?

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    Someone who can be messed with Person A: *messes with them for no reason* Person B: "Oh no, what did I do wrong to deserve that? What can I do differently? is there something wrong with me?" Person B continues to hang out with Person A trying to get their approval and change themselves. Person A...
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    Quarter life crisis and a broken sat nav

    HOT! RANT 
    Just read that you have decided to commit to web de!velopment Great job! I think my advice for improving your internal self talk and being nice to yourself will help you stay on this journey. And remember to reward your efforts, even a mental pat on the back will do. Actually learning a new...
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    Quarter life crisis and a broken sat nav

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    Haven't read all the replies yet, but to me the problem is clear as day. You have chronic stress. Probably ADHD too. You can't even think about starting a business until you deal with that. We are the similar age, I used to struggle with procrastination issues, self doubt and commitment...
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    This book pays you to read it!

    I remember reading the book when I was 18 or 20. I think maybe I had consciously practiced it's principles so much that it's become second nature to me, but I'd like to read it again. I naturally smile, make small talk, and am curious and interested in people.
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    Current scared of growth because of staff

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    Focus on what you want, not what you fear. This is the only advice you will need about that. "I want to expand my company, but I'm afraid of..." No, if you want to expand your company, expand it. "I want those other companies but they're far away..." No, if you want those companies, acquire...
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    I am struggling to find a path in business I don't know where to start

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    An advice is work on something that will be interesting to you even if you don't see money right away. Something you can see yourself working on without giving up.
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    I am struggling to find a path in business I don't know where to start

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    You don't sound like you don't know what to do. It sounds like you know several things you can do, you're just scared and want to be in control of the outcome. You want us to validate that it's a great idea and prevent your business from failing by giving you the right advice. You're afraid of...
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    [Progress] Developing My Sleep Tracker Game

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Dec 24, 2023 Alright fast laners, I finally have an update for you. I went from the fast lane to the SUPER fast lane. Project Update I finally decided to hire someone on UpWork today for a specific part of my app that has stumped me. I don't think I can learn this skill in a reasonable amount...
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    From Laid off to CEO: Building a Multi-Million Dollar Software Company [Progress Thread]

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Welcome to the fast lane :) I am doing the same too (all art and programming myself) really, game design and software is one of the last places you can make a lot of money with few capital other than hard work. Yes, it is a lot of work, but it's not impossible. I look forward to your...
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    [Progress] Developing My Sleep Tracker Game

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Just updating my thread that I am likely going to be making my game with a different, open source engine right now. I'm very intimidated, because it uses cpp (sorry I just like saying cpp instead of c++) but it goes with all the fastlane concepts that I will retain full ownership and control of...
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    Time ROI Theory: How to get 48 hours out of a day

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    Sorry the image is hard to read, I will type everything out. So with school started I began thinking about how do other people seem to do so much more in a busy schedule? I think time is not the same for everyone, and especially for how you spend each unit of time. "An hour is not an hour"...
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    Unity Game Engine just exercised their power of control that would destroy Indie Game Scene

    HOT! RANT 
    That is tough, I was using Unity for my game but I'm willing to switch it to another platform. I feel like the decision is this Unity is easy to use, because that company controls everything, updates everything, makes sure its easy to use to entice developers to use it. Their profit is used in...
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    Hold Long-Term or Sell for $400-700k? (24y/o, health issues, grew up in lower-class family)

    QUESTION 
    Look into DNRS by Annie Harper about the mold illness. I used her method to cure me of long term chronic health issues I had. She developed the program to help with her mold illness. I was in a very similar situation to you and couldn't work longer than 15 minutes at a time at my worst. My...
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    I'm broke!

    HOT! LANDFILL 
    Speaking as someone who was in psych hospital multiple times, struggled in college, at one point had no friends and no money, hopped up on psych drugs because "what is wrong with me?", yes, it is tough, but you can get out of it. I am now living on my own, make friends easily, in school and...
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    Doctors ,Electrical engineers and starting your own business

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    As someone also just starting uni in STEM, I vouch for sticking with electrical engineering too. I have relatives who saw through their patents and now still see dividends decades later and don't need to worry about retirement. I know some doctors of friends too too. Despite a doctor's high...
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    How many of you play video games?

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    when i am financially free rest assured I'll be devolving into a goo playing 16 hours a day.
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    The Hardest I’ve Ever Failed

    MINDSET FEEDBACK 
    It's gotta be a real uphill battle when you are in a situation of desperation. I feel so bad for your wife. I can't imagine the amount of pressure you feel with so many dependents. Are you educated in anything in particular? What can you do that nobody else can, that you can do better than...

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