Long story short, I'm a guy in my early 30s (and still single), accomplishing nothing in life all these years, while everyone I know has soared way ahead of me in terms of relationships and career.
I currently work as a low-wage visual designer.
Actually, from the age I was 15 all the way to now, I've been an on-and-off "entrepreneur."
I would get excited by a business idea, go into it, buy a domain, setup my own products (my background is in visual design).........and 8 / 10+ of these "ventures" never saw the light of the day (because of the "arid desert / grind syndrome" mentioned in the Unscripted book).
The other 2, well....they saw 1 - 3 sales (one was a apparel customization biz, the other was a calendar software).
The reason wasn't in my work ethics though; I would work on my "ventures" after coming back from school in the past, worked on it while guys my age were out with hot girls, worked on it after I'm back from work.
After currently at 75% of the Unscripted Book, I realize what is my main issue: I did every single thing wrong. EVERY SINGLE THING. I was the "DO WHAT YOU LOVE" guy.
I was the loser who believed that as long as you have passion, it's enough to overcome all obstacles in life. Just like in the movies and those inspiring stories.
When I launched my "ventures" back then, I didn't care about the market. All I cared about was to create a product I personally love, then find ways to market it out. It failed hard.
And now that I look at other businesses also doing the same thing, I can understand why they failed.
This business which I'm in the process of starting now (going to launch in 1.5 - 2 months time), will probably be my 12th "venture". And this one is going to see the light of the day. It's related to the pet industry (but not pets or pet products) and it fulfills most of the C,E,N in the CENTS commandment.
(I can't say about T and S yet as I have not reached that part of the book).
This will be one of the few posts I'm going to be posting here, as I'll be spending all my time and energy trying to improve my business, and also to improve my personality, as I tend to be socially awkward, something I want to change too.
The Unscripted book, as well as MJ, is what I wished I had back then 20 yrs ago, then perhaps I can avoid most of all my screw-ups. Back then, I paid a lot of $$$ on those books which MJ said to avoid. You know, the shortcut feel-good type of books and DVDs etc.
So, in the coming 3 - 5 years ahead:
I currently work as a low-wage visual designer.
Actually, from the age I was 15 all the way to now, I've been an on-and-off "entrepreneur."
I would get excited by a business idea, go into it, buy a domain, setup my own products (my background is in visual design).........and 8 / 10+ of these "ventures" never saw the light of the day (because of the "arid desert / grind syndrome" mentioned in the Unscripted book).
The other 2, well....they saw 1 - 3 sales (one was a apparel customization biz, the other was a calendar software).
The reason wasn't in my work ethics though; I would work on my "ventures" after coming back from school in the past, worked on it while guys my age were out with hot girls, worked on it after I'm back from work.
After currently at 75% of the Unscripted Book, I realize what is my main issue: I did every single thing wrong. EVERY SINGLE THING. I was the "DO WHAT YOU LOVE" guy.
I was the loser who believed that as long as you have passion, it's enough to overcome all obstacles in life. Just like in the movies and those inspiring stories.
When I launched my "ventures" back then, I didn't care about the market. All I cared about was to create a product I personally love, then find ways to market it out. It failed hard.
And now that I look at other businesses also doing the same thing, I can understand why they failed.
This business which I'm in the process of starting now (going to launch in 1.5 - 2 months time), will probably be my 12th "venture". And this one is going to see the light of the day. It's related to the pet industry (but not pets or pet products) and it fulfills most of the C,E,N in the CENTS commandment.
(I can't say about T and S yet as I have not reached that part of the book).
This will be one of the few posts I'm going to be posting here, as I'll be spending all my time and energy trying to improve my business, and also to improve my personality, as I tend to be socially awkward, something I want to change too.
The Unscripted book, as well as MJ, is what I wished I had back then 20 yrs ago, then perhaps I can avoid most of all my screw-ups. Back then, I paid a lot of $$$ on those books which MJ said to avoid. You know, the shortcut feel-good type of books and DVDs etc.
So, in the coming 3 - 5 years ahead:
- I want to live a meaningful life which truly belongs to me (currently working a zombie job which I don't believe in, only for the salary to fund my business)
- I want to give my parents a better life so they can go on holidays and leisure classes instead of working hard at their age (mid-60s)
- I want (a few) people to stop talking down to me and treating me like some low-IQ lesser human just because I earn a lot less than them
- I want to be less socially awkward and more socially confident
- I want to find a girl whom I like and who loves me (unlike my single friends who just wanna "settle" with any human who's a female). I want to be the guy whom girls would be proud to be with, and to introduce to their peers (this has more to do with my personal development than Unscripted ).
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