Facebook Wantrepreneurs

[Scot]

I have a few friends like this on FB, and honestly it doesn't really bother me. In fact, it actually gives me a good laugh. One day their promoting a shady MLM company, and the next, it's some crappy product, then later, it's some comical fortune-telling service. These guys call themselves "entrepreneurs", but yet, after many years, they're still broke as a joke, living from paycheck-to-paycheck.

It's funny, I forgot about this thread. But the one person who initially inspired this thread stopped pretending to be an entrepreneur after 2 weeks.

 

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[G-Man]

It's funny, I forgot about this thread. But the one person who initially inspired this thread stopped pretending to be an entrepreneur after 2 weeks.

I don't understand why you have to keep calling me out over my FB posts.

I don't post anything about my own stuff on FB because even talking about it to people in person you have to suffer through their constant "advice" that's based on their "business" selling an MLM product in their hair salon, or "You had my barbecue sauce at 4th of July, right? Everybody says it's great. I'm gonna sell it to Kraft or something"

 

[AlphaWulf]

Step 3: Surround yourself with a new set of friends and mentors

Where do you find these people?!?

I know, I know. Right here: The Fastlane Forum. But I mean offline. In the real world?

I've cut off everyone that's slowlane so now it's just:
1. Me
2. My girlfriend
3. 2-3 gym friends
4. ONE fastlane mindset friend from high-school.

I'm pretty focused on work so I'm not really lonely or in need of 100's of friends. But having a larger group of fastlane thinking friends would be nice.

 

[G-Man]

Where do you find these people?!?

Business.

 

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[AlphaWulf]

Business.

Thing is, I work 100% online so all of my business contacts are online. Usually living 100's of miles away.

 

[G-Man]

Thing is, I work 100% online so all of my business contacts are online. Usually living 100's of miles away.

Email.

In all seriousness, there's a thread here somewhere about how to find a mentor. The reality is: quality friends/mentors/associates are acquired over a lifetime, usually one at a time.

High quality relationships are earned, not given.

 

[Scot]

Thing is, I work 100% online so all of my business contacts are online. Usually living 100's of miles away.

Definitely attend any local Fastlane meet ups. If there isn't one, plan one.

Also, check out local entrepreneur clubs or maybe consider spending 1 or 2 days a week at a coworking space.

 

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[PedroG]

I had a friend like this. Some people are too busy trying to look successful to actually do what it takes to be successful. They're constantly looking for confirmation of their greatness and pad themselves on the back over the smallest "step" that they take. I, on the other hand, keep my mouth shut about my projects. When I do start talking about it, they'll know I've made it.

Years ago I wrote a how-to ebook, and did sell a few of them. The site was on auto-pilot as I stopped spending time on it. I made maybe $10,000 over the course of 5 years. I was telling someone about this, and he was so impressed and asked me why I had never mentioned that before. "You handle success well," he said.

To him, that was success; something that I should be bragging about. To me, it was nothing. The bar I set for myself is a lot higher than that. That's the difference between wantrepreneurs and the ones that do become entrepreneurs.

 

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[JasonR]

Where do you find these people?!?

1) Start attending business events: local events, events you may have to fly to. Events from the Forum, Internations (if you're abroad), the DC, local entrepreneur events. There is no excuse not to find these and attend, no matter where you are

2) Host your own meetups and invite friends, friends of friends, and people you have "met" online

3) Add value wherever you go. I often get messages on this forum and through Facebook, solely because of my posts on here. I post here because I like helping people, but an offshoot of providing value is people will actively seek you out.

 

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[Andy Black]

I hit a squirrel on the road once. It took me weeks to get over it.

That's one big squirrel, or you were going damn slow...