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  1. TheWiseGuy

    Did A Stable Career Kill My Entrepreneurial Drive?

    MINDSET 
    Just start something small. Find a problem (preferably one that you've encountered during your day job) and start bridging the gap. Don't overanalyse it; you're complacent because you're getting a fat paycheck, it happens to most people. You don't need to hustle 40 hours a week, just dedicate...
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    temptations in the entrepreneurial journey

    MINDSET 
    Better job means more money to funnel into your start-up, plus you'll be exposed to AI technology etc. Why is your entrepreneurial endeavours doomed by taking the job? You understand the logistics of potatoes and getting them into supermarkets, perhaps the AI job can introduce new ways of...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Starting a job made me realise how outdated the systems used by big a$$ companies are. There's so much wasted energy and needless complexity. Something I've learned from Henry Ford is that every needless movement inhibits actual work. And these movements compound into hours of waste over the...
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    If you don’t have a skill, is it best to go slowlane first?

    QUESTION 
    No, your brain is searching for any excuse to choose easy and crawl down the slowlane. It's like people who want to get a job "to sharpen up their knowledge of business" — it's really just a stalling tactic. Go slowlane, get a better paying job to keep a roof over your head. Work on...
  5. TheWiseGuy

    Wealth Windows: One Chart Shows You How to Get Rich...

    GOLD! HOT! - AI - 
    MJ, you're on a value-giving frenzy. Just when I thought it was over, you're coming back to YouTube. Always loving watching your OG videos from time to time, where you're sitting in front of the pool, haha!
  6. TheWiseGuy

    Failure is An Asset: My Execution Thread.

    HOT! EXECUTION 
    Been a hot minute since I updated this thread. For the past 3 weeks or so, I've been dedicating time & energy to learn the systems I'm using at my new job. An upfront time investment means I won't need to waste time catching up later + I'll be better at my job (earning more commission). In...
  7. TheWiseGuy

    I've Read Choose Hard, Live Easy: The Art of War for Decision-Making!

    HOT! BOOKS 
    Just finished reading 2 days ago, and a re-read is definitely warranted; there's so much useful tools. It's like a full workbook on how to kill fear and timidity. One thing that really stood out to me (and it's something I believe was either covered or hinted at in either Unscripted or TMF) was...
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    Choose Hard, Live Easy: The Art of War for Decision-Making (Release thread)

    HOT! BOOKS 
    LMAO. I'll have to look into that!
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    Choose Hard, Live Easy: The Art of War for Decision-Making (Release thread)

    HOT! BOOKS 
    Every time I'm out in public and checking my phone, I always envision MJ lurking somewhere behind my shoulder... (Im checking the forum, MJ!!)
  10. TheWiseGuy

    Rental Equipment as a Fastlane Business Idea? Am I wrong?

    IDEA 
    Cherrypicker is one, but as far as I know they rent little lifts and stuff. I think this is the biggest barrier to entry. If you're planning on outright buying these things, we're talking about a massive upfront investment. Do you have a plan to afford it? Or, could you connect supplier to...
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    What is your Decisional Fallout Condition (DEFCON)?

    HOT! MINDSET 
    I got 60 the first time, and 64 the next time. (I'm not sure which answer changed, but it wasn't intentional). Financial stability let me down (which will be solved next week due to a well paying job) And I've started to get the nasty habit of blaming others for my mistakes. This is a shift...
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    The thinkers and the rest of the world

    MINDSET OFF-TOPIC 
    Are people actually opposing your idea? The irony is they'll never ever have the means to purchase the island with their way of thinking.
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    Web Dev Positioning - the Anti-AI Play

    HOT! MARKETING 
    The average person is only exposed to the stuff they see while slobbering on donuts and doomscrolling. Their opinion means literally nothing. They will continue to consume, and they have zero business sense or critical thinking skills to decipher what's useful and what's not. It's always the...
  14. TheWiseGuy

    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Was just thinking this the other day. Needed a quick way to bulk send emails using smtp. Literally every service was begging for money, or vital features were just blocked behind a paywall. Only a few years ago, there were so many niche sites that were just made to help others without...
  15. TheWiseGuy

    ‘Just Start’ Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs. Here’s What Skipping a Business Plan Really Costs You.

    NEWS 
    Yup. And that part: "run ads" It's a lot more sophisticated than slapping together a meta ad campaign and pressing "launch". There's a million different parts that complete the puzzle, and it's a nut I'm still struggling to crack after 3 years of being an entrepreneur (if you could even call...
  16. TheWiseGuy

    ‘Just Start’ Is Dangerous Advice for Entrepreneurs. Here’s What Skipping a Business Plan Really Costs You.

    NEWS 
    I think the problems lays with people (of whom I've seen A LOT on X) saying it's as easy as: • Setting up a shopify • Running ads • Profit Creating value and distribution are life-long skills in of themselves. Crappy business plans aside, a few books would do no harm. It's a hard line to...
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    Choose Hard, Live Easy: The Art of War for Decision-Making (Release thread)

    HOT! BOOKS 
    Received my copy today from Amazon one day early! Also, re: the snap on the back of the book - you're looking fantastic MJ. You look healthy and more importantly, happy. Whatever you're doing is clearly working.
  18. TheWiseGuy

    No bullshit books that help you get rich

    HOT! BOOKS 
    Another fantastic book that I'm actually rereading: How to Win Friends and Influence People. One of the few books were you can get immediate results after only reading the first 25-50 pages.
  19. TheWiseGuy

    Work Life Balance - The mind of an unhappy slave

    GOLD! HOT! MINDSET 
    Great thread. People could do with a tone shift: "I do some entrepreneurial stuff in my freetime" (They will lose because their dreams are an afterthought) to "I work a job to support myself while being a noodle guzzling entrepreneur" To paraphrase something MJ said that stuck with...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

    HOT! CHAT 
    Funny story: Took some melatonin last night, and I expected some weird a$$ dreams. Ended up dreaming that MJ was in a local book store and I was ecstatic that all the hard cover versions of his new book were stocked. Then MJ showed me some weird electrical toy he made as a business idea. After...

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