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Hello there!
For starters maybe a little bit about my background. My name is Christopher and Im from Gdansk (Poland). I'm 29, currently working as a trader in a energy firm. I have masters degree from Gdansk University of Technology in Information technology and econometrics.
At the time I started my studies I also started to trade stock exchange and forex. I have spent countless hours on reading, learning, testing, trading, failing to profit in trading bussiness on my own. I started my first job at production firm with mostly data processing and analysis work, which didnt paid very well but I got some experience and occasional bonus which was nice. Then I switched to almost my "dream job" as a trader for an energy firm. Im currently there for almost 2 years now and not doing very well, the job comes with some weekend works, a lot of stress and some attributes which are not very good for me (like daily meetings). As it pays pretty well for me(Im making more then anyone in my family) but still it is under market rate for this kind of job knowledge etc. Nevertheless with all my experience Im not doing very well, I think my psychology is not made for this kind of job. With all this time studying the markets, trends, history, fortunes made and lost I thought i cracked the code for wealth - save, invest, compound interes and boom Your wealthy and free...
Of course we all know that this is the slowlane. I have a wife and small child (1 year old), I'm right now saving a bit less then 50% of my salary (which is for most people eye boggling figure) and with our current standard of living (which is pretty comfortable, night out once per month, some inexpensive vacation once per year etc.) with my savings we should be provided for more then a year. When I didnt get promotion at my job i started thinking, even if I would get it and boost my income and even if half of my savings would triple (Im a bit risk averse with this money, but Im very convinced about the commodities rise in the coming years). I would still need like at least 8 years to buy a flat to rent and earn some passive income (without mortgage), it really struck me like lightning then that it is not the way.
Then i stumbled on the fastlane millionaire, and it was clarifying what i have thought. It opened my eyes and I think it is one of the best books about bussiness ever written. So I joined the community here a couple days ago and started reading, all You guys make it look so easy to make money.
For now I have some mental blockage because Im always thinking - it cant be that easy, why everyone isnt doing this? etc. but Im working on it. So to get started I want to start with doing some freelance work on sites like freelancer, fiverr etc. to acquire some capital for the next ventures and see what's possible in the internet (income of 1-2k $ / month would be big enough for me) and maybe some "hustling" on local site's like craigslist.
Please feel free to comment, critique or just say hi in the thread
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a bit of formatting
For starters maybe a little bit about my background. My name is Christopher and Im from Gdansk (Poland). I'm 29, currently working as a trader in a energy firm. I have masters degree from Gdansk University of Technology in Information technology and econometrics.
At the time I started my studies I also started to trade stock exchange and forex. I have spent countless hours on reading, learning, testing, trading, failing to profit in trading bussiness on my own. I started my first job at production firm with mostly data processing and analysis work, which didnt paid very well but I got some experience and occasional bonus which was nice. Then I switched to almost my "dream job" as a trader for an energy firm. Im currently there for almost 2 years now and not doing very well, the job comes with some weekend works, a lot of stress and some attributes which are not very good for me (like daily meetings). As it pays pretty well for me(Im making more then anyone in my family) but still it is under market rate for this kind of job knowledge etc. Nevertheless with all my experience Im not doing very well, I think my psychology is not made for this kind of job. With all this time studying the markets, trends, history, fortunes made and lost I thought i cracked the code for wealth - save, invest, compound interes and boom Your wealthy and free...
Of course we all know that this is the slowlane. I have a wife and small child (1 year old), I'm right now saving a bit less then 50% of my salary (which is for most people eye boggling figure) and with our current standard of living (which is pretty comfortable, night out once per month, some inexpensive vacation once per year etc.) with my savings we should be provided for more then a year. When I didnt get promotion at my job i started thinking, even if I would get it and boost my income and even if half of my savings would triple (Im a bit risk averse with this money, but Im very convinced about the commodities rise in the coming years). I would still need like at least 8 years to buy a flat to rent and earn some passive income (without mortgage), it really struck me like lightning then that it is not the way.
Then i stumbled on the fastlane millionaire, and it was clarifying what i have thought. It opened my eyes and I think it is one of the best books about bussiness ever written. So I joined the community here a couple days ago and started reading, all You guys make it look so easy to make money.
For now I have some mental blockage because Im always thinking - it cant be that easy, why everyone isnt doing this? etc. but Im working on it. So to get started I want to start with doing some freelance work on sites like freelancer, fiverr etc. to acquire some capital for the next ventures and see what's possible in the internet (income of 1-2k $ / month would be big enough for me) and maybe some "hustling" on local site's like craigslist.
Please feel free to comment, critique or just say hi in the thread
Edit:
a bit of formatting
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