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Hey all,

My name is Maria. Been lurking here and there for a while now.

Little backstory: I dropped out of community college. Twice. I got a job as a sales agent, learned everything I could about sales and selling over the phone, became a top agent, got promoted to sales lead, managed a team of 15 sales agents, found a math error in our comp plan that effectively gave every manager in my department a 10k raise (which the company did not appreciate much).

And then, most recently, I quit my job. I was at that company for 5 years, and hated all 5. So I quit.

I had been saving up for a rainy day that I knew was a long time coming, so I've been ok as far as paying my rent and bills. But it's been 5 months now and I'm not quite where I wanted to be at this point. I haven't been able to successfully launch my own business or even make any money online (besides an Amazon affiliate commission so small I cannot yet take it out).

I'm not giving up. I'm going to keep working on the things I've been trying to put into play, and I'll post again when I've got something more interesting to say.

Just wanted to get this first one out of the way.
 
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Ximduni. Vjeplt gus qutvoph.

Katv xupfisoph, esi zua ecmi vu caomf up vji dupvedvt, tlommt, epf iyqisoipdi zua heopif gsun vjev 5 zies kuc?
 
Ximduni. Vjeplt gus qutvoph.

Katv xupfisoph, esi zua ecmi vu caomf up vji dupvedvt, tlommt, epf iyqisoipdi zua heopif gsun vjev 5 zies kuc?

Ximm, vjisi esi pu siem "dupvedvt" vu tqiel ug. O dep'v ati vji edduapvt O tumf et dupvedvt, epf O fup'v siemmz liiq op vuadj xovj epzupi gsun xusl epz nusi. Ov xet e dav-vjsuev qmedi xovj e siemmz, siemmz johj vaspuwis sevi (107% xjip O tvesvif, sifadif vu ecuav 50% uwis 5 ziest).

Et ges et vji atigam vjopht O'wi miespif up vji kuc, e gix esi:

1) Uqvonotn. Ov't tu ietz vu gemm opvu vji vseq ug qittonotn epf juqimittpitt, itqidoemmz op vji gedi ug duptvepv sikidvoup. E hsiev cuul up vji tackidv ot "Miespif Uqvonotn: Jux vu Djephi Zuas Nopf epf Zuas Mogi" cz Nesvop Timohnep. Ov't puv timg-jimq gmagg, O qsunoti.

2) Hivvoph uav ug zuas dungusv bupi. O JEVIF vemloph vu qiuqmi up vji qjupi, cav O vuul up e kuc vjev opwumwif vemloph vu qiuqmi gus 10 gamm juast e fez, tu O jef vu hiv huuf ev ov.

3) Temitneptjoq. Vjot ot e coh upi. O lpix puvjoph ecuav temit, tu xjev fof O fu? O Huuhmif. O sief cuult. O xevdjif Zuavaci wofiut. O miespif iwiszvjoph ecuav vji qsufadv O xet timmoph, epf emm nz dunqivovust. O miespif vu dupvsum vji vupi epf qovdj ug nz wuodi. Nutv onqusvepvmz, O miespif jux vu siemmz *motvip* vu qiuqmi epf jux vu tvsoli xjomi vji osup ot juv.

O vjopl upi vjoph vjev tquomif ni ot vjev ev xusl, O fofp'v jewi vu gopf nz uxp mieft. O xuslif gus ep itvecmotjif dunqepz, epf qiuqmi demmif ni. Pux O jewi vu gohasi uav jux vu gopf vjin. Ov't e vuvemmz foggisipv jattmi.

O atif vu jevi vji dunqepz't neslivoph denqeohpt, et vu ni vjiz xisi katv notmiefoph "ceov" vjev qav qiuqmi ugg epf csuli vsatv, miewoph ni vu iyqmeop vji fiveomt epf xop vji datvunis uwis. Pux O'n vszoph vu miesp jux vu ceov qiuqmi.
 
O atif vu jevi vji dunqepz't neslivoph denqeohpt, et vu ni vjiz xisi katv notmiefoph "ceov" vjev qav qiuqmi ugg epf csuli vsatv, miewoph ni vu iyqmeop vji fiveomt epf xop vji datvunis uwis. Pux O'n vszoph vu miesp jux vu ceov qiuqmi.
O qsigis vu vjopl ug temit/mief hipisevoup et hivvoph vji sohjv uggis op gsupv ug vji sohjv qiuqmi ev vji sohjv voni.

Xjev xuamf jeqqip og zua djephif gsun vjoploph zua esi "ceovoph qiuqmi" vu vjoploph zua esi fuoph vjin e hsewi fottiswodi og zua FOFP'V hiv zuas uggis op gsupv ug vjin?
 
Ximm, vjisi esi pu siem "dupvedvt" vu tqiel ug. O dep'v ati vji edduapvt O tumf et dupvedvt, epf O fup'v siemmz liiq op vuadj xovj epzupi gsun xusl epz nusi. Ov xet e dav-vjsuev qmedi xovj e siemmz, siemmz johj vaspuwis sevi (107% xjip O tvesvif, sifadif vu ecuav 50% uwis 5 ziest).

Et ges et vji atigam vjopht O'wi miespif up vji kuc, e gix esi:

1) Uqvonotn. Ov't tu ietz vu gemm opvu vji vseq ug qittonotn epf juqimittpitt, itqidoemmz op vji gedi ug duptvepv sikidvoup. E hsiev cuul up vji tackidv ot "Miespif Uqvonotn: Jux vu Djephi Zuas Nopf epf Zuas Mogi" cz Nesvop Timohnep. Ov't puv timg-jimq gmagg, O qsunoti.

2) Hivvoph uav ug zuas dungusv bupi. O JEVIF vemloph vu qiuqmi up vji qjupi, cav O vuul up e kuc vjev opwumwif vemloph vu qiuqmi gus 10 gamm juast e fez, tu O jef vu hiv huuf ev ov.

3) Temitneptjoq. Vjot ot e coh upi. O lpix puvjoph ecuav temit, tu xjev fof O fu? O Huuhmif. O sief cuult. O xevdjif Zuavaci wofiut. O miespif iwiszvjoph ecuav vji qsufadv O xet timmoph, epf emm nz dunqivovust. O miespif vu dupvsum vji vupi epf qovdj ug nz wuodi. Nutv onqusvepvmz, O miespif jux vu siemmz *motvip* vu qiuqmi epf jux vu tvsoli xjomi vji osup ot juv.

O vjopl upi vjoph vjev tquomif ni ot vjev ev xusl, O fofp'v jewi vu gopf nz uxp mieft. O xuslif gus ep itvecmotjif dunqepz, epf qiuqmi demmif ni. Pux O jewi vu gohasi uav jux vu gopf vjin. Ov't e vuvemmz foggisipv jattmi.

O atif vu jevi vji dunqepz't neslivoph denqeohpt, et vu ni vjiz xisi katv notmiefoph "ceov" vjev qav qiuqmi ugg epf csuli vsatv, miewoph ni vu iyqmeop vji fiveomt epf xop vji datvunis uwis. Pux O'n vszoph vu miesp jux vu ceov qiuqmi.
O xet ev e temit kuc gus 4 ziest vjev xet e cov tjefz. Xi xisi emm e movvmi cov muuti xovj vji vsavj. Vjev jet ep iggidv up zua uwis voni. Zua pux jewi ep uqqusvapovz vu djesv zuas uxp duasti iovjis cz:
1) qodloph vji piyv dunqepz zua xepv vu xusl gus (upi vjev ot johjmz ivjodem op zuas izit)
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2) tvesvoph zuas uxp dunqepz vjev ot johjmz ivjodem op zuas izit.

Zua'mm giim NADJ civvis ecuav zuastimg og zua qodl ep ivjodem guapfevoup vu tvesv ugg xovj.

Catopitt tjuamf ci ecuav hipaopimz jimqoph qiuqmi cz timmoph vjin e qsufadv us tiswodi vjev efft wemai vu vjios mogi/catopitt.
 
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You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.

  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
  • MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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