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Hello everyone,
To preface, I read Millionaire Fastlane a few years ago and am currently reading Unscripted . Reading Unscripted reminded me that MJ had a very useful forum and there was no harm making a post to see what thoughts you all had.
To give you guys a bit of a background, I'm either cursed or blessed to be born into wealth. I have never once struggled financially in my life. I've never even held a real job. I'm ashamed to admit it . It's this shame which had me educating myself on business and eventually finding MJ's book(s). In my early 20's I had a sense of pride where I wanted to "make it on my own with my own business" and played at being an entrepreneur. But by my mid 20's it was undeniable that I didn't have the perseverance when things got tough and I got nowhere. I had no struggle, nor reason to struggle. I gave up. Every day the biggest disincentive to working was "what am I doing it for?"
MJ mentions not having to wake up to an alarm and doing things you wish to do with your own time. But I already do that everyday. As the only son I know very well I could just sit around all day and never have to work in my life. I never cared for material things and always lived rather frugally and spent most of my many hours of spare time reading, learning, exercising, in almost a monk-like asceticism. I have a home under my name and a nice car (all gifted by my parents of course), a wonderful girlfriend, but I'm dissatisfied. I didn't earn anything. I am a byproduct of luck.
This frustration at myself has left me at a crossroads. I'm not sure how to push myself into action other than subjecting myself to self-imposed poverty. I know it's truly a first world problem, but living a comfortable life unearned has been eating at me for far too long. I'm approaching 30 but I have no meaning in life.
I want to give entrepreneurship another go since I do remember that was one of the happier times of my life when I wanted to create something and worked at it, even though I failed and gave up easily. I just hope this time around I can find the mental fortitude to be able to push myself out of my comfort zone (both literally and figuratively).
Thank you if you spent the time reading, and for those who want the gist of it here's the TLDR; Spoiled kid wants to do something with his life.
What do you guys suggest? Any advice or opinions?
To preface, I read Millionaire Fastlane a few years ago and am currently reading Unscripted . Reading Unscripted reminded me that MJ had a very useful forum and there was no harm making a post to see what thoughts you all had.
To give you guys a bit of a background, I'm either cursed or blessed to be born into wealth. I have never once struggled financially in my life. I've never even held a real job. I'm ashamed to admit it . It's this shame which had me educating myself on business and eventually finding MJ's book(s). In my early 20's I had a sense of pride where I wanted to "make it on my own with my own business" and played at being an entrepreneur. But by my mid 20's it was undeniable that I didn't have the perseverance when things got tough and I got nowhere. I had no struggle, nor reason to struggle. I gave up. Every day the biggest disincentive to working was "what am I doing it for?"
MJ mentions not having to wake up to an alarm and doing things you wish to do with your own time. But I already do that everyday. As the only son I know very well I could just sit around all day and never have to work in my life. I never cared for material things and always lived rather frugally and spent most of my many hours of spare time reading, learning, exercising, in almost a monk-like asceticism. I have a home under my name and a nice car (all gifted by my parents of course), a wonderful girlfriend, but I'm dissatisfied. I didn't earn anything. I am a byproduct of luck.
This frustration at myself has left me at a crossroads. I'm not sure how to push myself into action other than subjecting myself to self-imposed poverty. I know it's truly a first world problem, but living a comfortable life unearned has been eating at me for far too long. I'm approaching 30 but I have no meaning in life.
I want to give entrepreneurship another go since I do remember that was one of the happier times of my life when I wanted to create something and worked at it, even though I failed and gave up easily. I just hope this time around I can find the mental fortitude to be able to push myself out of my comfort zone (both literally and figuratively).
Thank you if you spent the time reading, and for those who want the gist of it here's the TLDR; Spoiled kid wants to do something with his life.
What do you guys suggest? Any advice or opinions?
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