Camaro68
Bronze Contributor
I just recently stumbled upon this forum, and the book. Tremendously motivating. I’ve read several threads and my favorite are the personal stories describing the process. I don’t really care if you are selling scrub daddys, watches or lampshades, it’s the story of the process, the good, the bad, success and failure, the nitty gritty that I love. So interesting to hear what people go through and the drive that they have.
I’ll outline where I’m at now, how I got there and where I want to go. I’ve started the thread to share/motivate others in a way hopefully that I have, as well as to document the start of the journey from here on out with the new knowledge and understanding of working SMARTER, not necessarily HARDER. (I’ll get into that in more detail later).
I can attribute everything I have in my life to one single word…TENACITY, never giving up, never allowing the thought to enter my mind. Not accepting NO for an answer. I don’t want to hear excuses of why something cant be done, I want to come up with options and possible solutions to try. This mindset has made all the difference thus far.
I grew up the only child of a single mother. She was a very hard worker carrying three jobs throughout my entire life. She had a college degree in a terrible field (Interior Design) but never used the degree. Instead she worked three part-time jobs as a lunch lady at the local high school, a school bus driver, and a librarian at the local public library. She would work 12-14hrs a day for most of the time minimum wage. She is essentially financially illiterate. Typical Slowlane mentality I remember as a child hearing her arguing with credit card companies on the phone and crying about not having money. She meant well but spent beyond our means (didn’t take much). Growing up I remember my best friend, whose parents were very well off from managing (not owning) real estate, mainly apartments, would go school shopping and buy a new $100 pair of sneakers, that used to blow my mind, they also took family trips every year to Hawaii, while I stayed at home and rode my bike down to the river to fish.
Now stay with me here, this isn’t a pity party, it all comes together.
I’ll outline where I’m at now, how I got there and where I want to go. I’ve started the thread to share/motivate others in a way hopefully that I have, as well as to document the start of the journey from here on out with the new knowledge and understanding of working SMARTER, not necessarily HARDER. (I’ll get into that in more detail later).
I can attribute everything I have in my life to one single word…TENACITY, never giving up, never allowing the thought to enter my mind. Not accepting NO for an answer. I don’t want to hear excuses of why something cant be done, I want to come up with options and possible solutions to try. This mindset has made all the difference thus far.
I grew up the only child of a single mother. She was a very hard worker carrying three jobs throughout my entire life. She had a college degree in a terrible field (Interior Design) but never used the degree. Instead she worked three part-time jobs as a lunch lady at the local high school, a school bus driver, and a librarian at the local public library. She would work 12-14hrs a day for most of the time minimum wage. She is essentially financially illiterate. Typical Slowlane mentality I remember as a child hearing her arguing with credit card companies on the phone and crying about not having money. She meant well but spent beyond our means (didn’t take much). Growing up I remember my best friend, whose parents were very well off from managing (not owning) real estate, mainly apartments, would go school shopping and buy a new $100 pair of sneakers, that used to blow my mind, they also took family trips every year to Hawaii, while I stayed at home and rode my bike down to the river to fish.
Now stay with me here, this isn’t a pity party, it all comes together.
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