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This is nowhere near pithy.
A few weeks ago I made a comment likening newbies on the forum to Cute Little Zoo-Kept Sloths and millionaires on the forum to Apex Predators. Then I thought about that spectrum. Sloths -> ______ -> _______ -> Apex Predator
I dunno what the business evolution ladder actually entails cuz I’m not an Apex Predator. What are the animals in between Sloth and Ferocious Tiger?
There’s got to be transition points or milestones or specific habits or tiers of experience that reveal where you are in the journey.
If you don’t know where you’re at you can’t figure out how to get to where you’re going.
Sloth is kinda negative. I need positive words to describe these tiers not negative ones. Please help and edit.
The main reason I want to break this down is because when you’re a freshman you DO NOT go out for varsity sports - you find other freshmen to compete against in the junior varsity. Same with chess or anything really.
You need one or two tutors or mentors or coaches who are much better than you, so you can grow, but the ppl you check in with and play with are at your level. That way you’re not a demoralized lump of sadness.
Ugh. I’m not being clear.
I’m a small business owner. I’m not gonna sign up for Kaks Killbigger Incubator.
I’m nowhere near that level.
I might never be.
I’m not limiting myself. I’m just stating facts.
But I’d reaaaaally like to move up from where I’m at right now and someday see the ppl who are at that level from my front porch as they drive by so I can wave hi to them right before I turn around and impact my own few thousand or hundred thousand ppl.
First I gotta get a hell of a lot better at the level I’m at. THEN I can move up. Like neighborhoods!
Is it possible to define the levels?
I have this feeling that each level is packed full of common sense habits and mindset shifts.
If we can identify ourselves better then we can track our progress better.
I think? I’m looking for a way to turn this thread into a breakdown of the principles or habits of the different levels.
Newbies - No business, no profit. No CENTS. Lots of generalizations and ego. They’re shiny, happy, and HOPEFUL AF. Usually they just read the book and they’re here to learn. They have a “realization” or a “passion” and they’re excited but it’s often misdirected excitement. They need encouragement and low doses of common sense given at intervals so they don’t run away after getting smacked in the face by reality.
Small Business Owners - They own a Business, usually a service they do themselves or a product they sell. Profit from 20-80k. The concepts of Control, Entry, and Need are all utilized if not completely understood. They’re brave but disorganized. Lacking clarity. Time is misspent, resources misused. They don’t understand how to effectively scale, track their Progress, or grow in efficiency. They’re often tired, scared, disgruntled, and in need of faith. These ppl are most impacted by real stories and specifics that relate to their industry.
______ Business Owners - Profit 80-200k Have employees or clear ways to delegate major portions of the business. They’ve learned the importance of developing systems...???
People who Own/Invest in Multiple Businesses - ???
______ Ummm.. I don’t know how many levels there are but I know that one of them involves investing and networking to get really big and scaling or multiple streams of income.
I can’t describe levels/neighborhoods I’ve never been to. If you’re in a certain level what obstacles are you facing? What strengths do you have now that you didn’t have 50k ago?
It’s just.. two weeks ago somebody took the time to tell me about an app for managing my to do list.. and it changed how I utilize my time. I didn’t miraculously change because I’d been told about time management AGAIN or because the app is wicked cool (both of which are true) I changed because I had a little lightbulb moment where I realized I’d never get to the next level of maturity if I didn’t start SERIOUSLY caring about how I spent my time every. single. day. BECAUSE PPL WHO IMPACT MILLIONS CARE MORE.
And because Andy saying “How you do one thing is how you do everything” keeps echoing in my brain.
And now I’m wondering.. maybe somebody is ALREADY telling me what the next common sense thing to do is, to get me to my next higher income bracket, but I’m not paying attention to them cuz I can’t identify with them.. I need somebody at my level to speak my snarktastic self-deprecating language.
These lil convos I’m having in pm and participating in on the forum are shaving off years of trial and error. I’m really thankful for all the ppl who are helping me!! But.. at this point in time I’ve needed like five separate mentors. One to hear my fears and laugh at my jokes, one to boss me around, one to encourage me and give me tips, and one to give me specific ideas to do today.
My problem? They’re all way way way higher than my perceived level. Maybe we just need more small business threads...but I want to find the ppl who are struggling with the same stupid a$$ concepts I am!
It’d be nice to have a few ppl to go “ohhh yeahhhhh... I should try that thing!!” And know that they’re trying it out for the first time too.
It’s wonderful to get help from super successful ppl.. but sometimes it’s really hard sharing your day-to-day little wins with ppl who make 10x what you do. Ya know?
ALSO!!!!
I’m happy to tag ppl in threads because at least I’m starting to know who the knowledge experts are (kinda) and connect the right coaches/mentors but it.. it SUCKS when I’ve tagged somebody and the OP person is so new and disorganized that they waste the cool mentors time! Wtf?? Like, now I look bad for calling in the big guns when this ungrateful lil new dipshit doesn’t even respond back!
I really loathe wasting ppl’s time.
Ok. Let me explain a different way. I don’t want to call the CEO every time someone asking a question walks in the door even though MJ pretty much says hi to everybody because he’s cool that way.
I also don’t want to bother the CFO or the COO or the HR director every time a homeless guy/girl wanders in to the building shaking his/her crazy little fist.
You don’t go from homeless to CEO in one day. There is a progression of internal and external habits. I don’t know what the ones in the middle are! It seems like successful six figure earners jump in to the forum every week but never stay.. like they’re so convinced of their own awesomeness they don’t realize they could be made a TON better or help ppl!
I’m at the coffee machine on the second floor. Lol. Where are the ppl on the second floor?!?!
What the heck habits do I need to work on to get to the third, fourth, etc, etc floors?
A few weeks ago I made a comment likening newbies on the forum to Cute Little Zoo-Kept Sloths and millionaires on the forum to Apex Predators. Then I thought about that spectrum. Sloths -> ______ -> _______ -> Apex Predator
I dunno what the business evolution ladder actually entails cuz I’m not an Apex Predator. What are the animals in between Sloth and Ferocious Tiger?
There’s got to be transition points or milestones or specific habits or tiers of experience that reveal where you are in the journey.
If you don’t know where you’re at you can’t figure out how to get to where you’re going.
Sloth is kinda negative. I need positive words to describe these tiers not negative ones. Please help and edit.
The main reason I want to break this down is because when you’re a freshman you DO NOT go out for varsity sports - you find other freshmen to compete against in the junior varsity. Same with chess or anything really.
You need one or two tutors or mentors or coaches who are much better than you, so you can grow, but the ppl you check in with and play with are at your level. That way you’re not a demoralized lump of sadness.
Ugh. I’m not being clear.
I’m a small business owner. I’m not gonna sign up for Kaks Killbigger Incubator.
I’m nowhere near that level.
I might never be.
I’m not limiting myself. I’m just stating facts.
But I’d reaaaaally like to move up from where I’m at right now and someday see the ppl who are at that level from my front porch as they drive by so I can wave hi to them right before I turn around and impact my own few thousand or hundred thousand ppl.
First I gotta get a hell of a lot better at the level I’m at. THEN I can move up. Like neighborhoods!
Is it possible to define the levels?
I have this feeling that each level is packed full of common sense habits and mindset shifts.
If we can identify ourselves better then we can track our progress better.
I think? I’m looking for a way to turn this thread into a breakdown of the principles or habits of the different levels.
Newbies - No business, no profit. No CENTS. Lots of generalizations and ego. They’re shiny, happy, and HOPEFUL AF. Usually they just read the book and they’re here to learn. They have a “realization” or a “passion” and they’re excited but it’s often misdirected excitement. They need encouragement and low doses of common sense given at intervals so they don’t run away after getting smacked in the face by reality.
Small Business Owners - They own a Business, usually a service they do themselves or a product they sell. Profit from 20-80k. The concepts of Control, Entry, and Need are all utilized if not completely understood. They’re brave but disorganized. Lacking clarity. Time is misspent, resources misused. They don’t understand how to effectively scale, track their Progress, or grow in efficiency. They’re often tired, scared, disgruntled, and in need of faith. These ppl are most impacted by real stories and specifics that relate to their industry.
______ Business Owners - Profit 80-200k Have employees or clear ways to delegate major portions of the business. They’ve learned the importance of developing systems...???
People who Own/Invest in Multiple Businesses - ???
______ Ummm.. I don’t know how many levels there are but I know that one of them involves investing and networking to get really big and scaling or multiple streams of income.
I can’t describe levels/neighborhoods I’ve never been to. If you’re in a certain level what obstacles are you facing? What strengths do you have now that you didn’t have 50k ago?
It’s just.. two weeks ago somebody took the time to tell me about an app for managing my to do list.. and it changed how I utilize my time. I didn’t miraculously change because I’d been told about time management AGAIN or because the app is wicked cool (both of which are true) I changed because I had a little lightbulb moment where I realized I’d never get to the next level of maturity if I didn’t start SERIOUSLY caring about how I spent my time every. single. day. BECAUSE PPL WHO IMPACT MILLIONS CARE MORE.
And because Andy saying “How you do one thing is how you do everything” keeps echoing in my brain.
And now I’m wondering.. maybe somebody is ALREADY telling me what the next common sense thing to do is, to get me to my next higher income bracket, but I’m not paying attention to them cuz I can’t identify with them.. I need somebody at my level to speak my snarktastic self-deprecating language.
These lil convos I’m having in pm and participating in on the forum are shaving off years of trial and error. I’m really thankful for all the ppl who are helping me!! But.. at this point in time I’ve needed like five separate mentors. One to hear my fears and laugh at my jokes, one to boss me around, one to encourage me and give me tips, and one to give me specific ideas to do today.
My problem? They’re all way way way higher than my perceived level. Maybe we just need more small business threads...but I want to find the ppl who are struggling with the same stupid a$$ concepts I am!
It’d be nice to have a few ppl to go “ohhh yeahhhhh... I should try that thing!!” And know that they’re trying it out for the first time too.
It’s wonderful to get help from super successful ppl.. but sometimes it’s really hard sharing your day-to-day little wins with ppl who make 10x what you do. Ya know?
ALSO!!!!
I’m happy to tag ppl in threads because at least I’m starting to know who the knowledge experts are (kinda) and connect the right coaches/mentors but it.. it SUCKS when I’ve tagged somebody and the OP person is so new and disorganized that they waste the cool mentors time! Wtf?? Like, now I look bad for calling in the big guns when this ungrateful lil new dipshit doesn’t even respond back!
I really loathe wasting ppl’s time.
Ok. Let me explain a different way. I don’t want to call the CEO every time someone asking a question walks in the door even though MJ pretty much says hi to everybody because he’s cool that way.
I also don’t want to bother the CFO or the COO or the HR director every time a homeless guy/girl wanders in to the building shaking his/her crazy little fist.
You don’t go from homeless to CEO in one day. There is a progression of internal and external habits. I don’t know what the ones in the middle are! It seems like successful six figure earners jump in to the forum every week but never stay.. like they’re so convinced of their own awesomeness they don’t realize they could be made a TON better or help ppl!
I’m at the coffee machine on the second floor. Lol. Where are the ppl on the second floor?!?!
What the heck habits do I need to work on to get to the third, fourth, etc, etc floors?
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