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Hello Fellow Fastlaners
I've been lurking for a few months and thought it's about time I introduced myself. I've been running businesses from the time I graduated except for a 12 month stint in a job just after graduation to learn the ropes of a business that I wanted to get into. During my school and university days, most of my free time was spent helping my businessman dad for some pocket money so I had constant exposure to a business environment and helped me develop a business mindset.
After running my business for a few years, I was doing OK, I was able to pay my bills, pay my mortgage and make other small investments. I also spent a lot of time helping family members who needed my help at the time. I'm proud of the fact that I could make a difference in their lives and change their lives forever for the better. There's no better feeling and the satisfaction that comes with it, when you positively affect another human beings life. This is the time I realised why people become philanthropic when they have amassed enough wealth that they perhaps do not know what else to do with.
Anyway, as my business grew I struggled with scale as I was dependant on human resource systems and also had family that kept me busy and time got away. Recently I started assessing my situation and clearly my net worth was not growing fast enough. My days were busy and I was running a business making more than what I would have in a job, but yet, my net worth was not growing fast enough.When I mapped my trajectory, I would not reach my wealth goal if I stayed the course. Why is all my hard work not paying off like the way it should have? Being in business and coupled with hard work should have gotten me closer to my goal, I thought.Something needs to change! But more importantly something does not seem right.I had to find out what.
In my quest to find out what the hell was happening, I started reading, internet articles, various books and one day I stumbled across The Millionaire Fastlane and then Unscripted . I read both these books and thought, Holy Shi*t! So this is what is happening to me. I am caught up in the damn "Script"! Even though I was running my own business and I was the so called "Boss"!
I realised that what I needed more than a Business mindset is an "Unscripted" mindset. And more importantly, that it's not that I needed a "paradigm shift", but to realise the "Paradigm is Sh*t", my favourite phrase from the books.
A big shout-out to @MJ DeMarco for illustrating these concepts so eloquently in his two books. And thanks to all you guys who share information so generously here on the forum. I hope to do my bit one day.
Its abundantly clear to me now that I need to re-draw my road map, change course and hit the road in a new direction. I look forward to joining you all in this journey.
I've been lurking for a few months and thought it's about time I introduced myself. I've been running businesses from the time I graduated except for a 12 month stint in a job just after graduation to learn the ropes of a business that I wanted to get into. During my school and university days, most of my free time was spent helping my businessman dad for some pocket money so I had constant exposure to a business environment and helped me develop a business mindset.
After running my business for a few years, I was doing OK, I was able to pay my bills, pay my mortgage and make other small investments. I also spent a lot of time helping family members who needed my help at the time. I'm proud of the fact that I could make a difference in their lives and change their lives forever for the better. There's no better feeling and the satisfaction that comes with it, when you positively affect another human beings life. This is the time I realised why people become philanthropic when they have amassed enough wealth that they perhaps do not know what else to do with.
Anyway, as my business grew I struggled with scale as I was dependant on human resource systems and also had family that kept me busy and time got away. Recently I started assessing my situation and clearly my net worth was not growing fast enough. My days were busy and I was running a business making more than what I would have in a job, but yet, my net worth was not growing fast enough.When I mapped my trajectory, I would not reach my wealth goal if I stayed the course. Why is all my hard work not paying off like the way it should have? Being in business and coupled with hard work should have gotten me closer to my goal, I thought.Something needs to change! But more importantly something does not seem right.I had to find out what.
In my quest to find out what the hell was happening, I started reading, internet articles, various books and one day I stumbled across The Millionaire Fastlane and then Unscripted . I read both these books and thought, Holy Shi*t! So this is what is happening to me. I am caught up in the damn "Script"! Even though I was running my own business and I was the so called "Boss"!
I realised that what I needed more than a Business mindset is an "Unscripted" mindset. And more importantly, that it's not that I needed a "paradigm shift", but to realise the "Paradigm is Sh*t", my favourite phrase from the books.
A big shout-out to @MJ DeMarco for illustrating these concepts so eloquently in his two books. And thanks to all you guys who share information so generously here on the forum. I hope to do my bit one day.
Its abundantly clear to me now that I need to re-draw my road map, change course and hit the road in a new direction. I look forward to joining you all in this journey.
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