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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    So good...yet, so dangerous in other ways...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    When I got out of college and went to work I told people I felt like I'd won the lottery and I meant it. I'd gone from cleaning toilets to traveling all over the world doing international business and they paid me enough money to race motorcycles when I wasn't on the road. I turned down more...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    Soon after I left my company they laid off 200 non-manufacturing people. Almost all were highly educated, highly compensated people, who were let go only to juice short term results to sell the company. The company still actually needs them. Some of them had worked there for more than 30...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    I can't believe I shared that much, F*ck. I'll be distrcated all morning. LOL I hope making myself very uncomfortable helps others out there who might be reading in some way. I've actually considered starting a thread called "Winning the Slowlane and Still Losing" to say what I said here...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    Absolutely. We even see them here on the forum every day. If you're not doing what you're wired for you can get away with it for a while, decades even. As we age we lose physical resiliency. I think around 40 is when your body starts to tell you in ways impossible to ignore because no longer...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    As a manager it was tough for me to figure out there are many people out there that actually like being, not just managed but, micromanaged.
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    What funny is, I've worked from home a long time, and mostly had that freedom as an employee. I've been to almost every OB and pediatrician check up. I've ridden dirt bikes on my property at lunch, and shot squirrels with a quick tap of the mute button on conference calls. I paid cash for my...
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    Thanks, hard won knowledge...Not a theoretical post on my part.
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    Ever wonder how people end up in dead end jobs at 40?

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    The whole country sympathizes with the guy Vig describes in the OP. There are political movements that shake the world built on this very story. Almost everybody envies the guy in the dead end $100/hr job (and most political movements attack this guy), but all that really changes is the...
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    Don't let it kick your a$$...

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    One of my manual labor/trade jobs was wrenching. If you've ever worked in an auto shop, you've seen even some of the pros lose it and start throwing stuff when a car is kicking their a$$. One day I was really getting ready to break shit (working on my hot rod after hours) and the owner asked...
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    Finally I made it

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    Website looks good, much better than several of the app devs I've looked at. You need to share some of your work with a portfolio tab though. First thing I have done when looking at people to hire is install one of their portfolio apps and see what I think.
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    24 Years old: QUIT six-figure Job, Launched two Businesses, Over $25M+ Sales

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    Right thread, right time. The slowlane is desperately trying to pull me back in. Many thanks for the shares and updates!
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    Cut of lawsuit verdict

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    Yes, I was referring to both!
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    Cut of lawsuit verdict

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    You're going to get involved with shitty people if you do a lawsuit lead gen biz, just how it is...lots of sidewalkers out there looking for a winning lottery ticket. At least know if they have a true claim when they approach you. (Probably should've said this to start!)
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    Cut of lawsuit verdict

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    Legal standing is what allows someone to be a party in a lawsuit. Lead generation will be about finding people with standing that want to create a legal action. This will be important to your idea. Do more than a Wiki search, but for starters- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_(law)
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    Buying Business and 401(k) Advice

    Thanks guys- I am married to a great business attorney, certainly not discounting that part. Just have it covered.
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    How Do I Get Out Of Here?

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    Berkshire Hathaway was a textile business. If for some reason that name doesn't ring a bell, think "competing for richest man in the world". You've been given great advice. Enjoy your good fortune and give back to the world and employees that have supported your family by doing even more with it.
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    Money System - What Are You Investing That's Getting 5% Return?

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    Since I just pulled out to cash, I have this handy- 2005-2015- 6.8% in a very basic mixed stock index portfolio. Not including dividends. Volatility was pretty nasty over that time.
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    Wall Street F*cked it up...again

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    By the measure of sheer intelligence, those are some of the smartest, most driven people in America. How they use that intellectual horsepower, and whether they're manipulating people, is a more complicated question. Certainly HFT is pure market manipulation. Thieves like Jordan Belfort are...
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    Wall Street F*cked it up...again

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    My high level read is pretty simple, if you didn't figure out how to be on the side of the tech revolution, you were F*cked. If you did figure it out, you got to join the largest group in history to get rich. This is not to say the techies exclusively got rich, but that it allows for more...

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