For those who haven't made a sale yet...

[JLE]

That’s why I chose to engage with you over DM.

Do better!

“I’d love a better job” = find a way to get it.

“I hope to have …” = don’t hope! Create the circumstances where hope isn’t needed. Where you create that success story.

How?

As I told you: expand on the list of options in front of you. But you are one stubborn person.

My suggestion remains: load up on audio books and reframe your own mind. Today your mind is external locust of control. Your language used in your posts gives that away fast.

I appreciate you @Antifragile. I apologize for being so stubborn. It's both a burden and a boon. I like people with a default how can I solve this sort of mentality and all of you have shown that here. There is a way out of my current situation and it falls on me to solve how to get out, I just can't see it yet.

Let me briefly walk you through my week just to show how much time/effort/thought/money I spend on this sport:
- I work 7 days a week, mostly to fund bodybuilding
- I eat about $200USD of food a week, none of that is eating out nor eating steak and caviar
- I ride a bus for about 3 hours a day going from home to work, work to gym, gym to home
- I go to the most expensive gym in the area as it has the most diverse equipment that I'd like to have access to
- I leave the house at 7AM and don't get home until 1030PM from work and the gym most days
- On my off day from the gym I meal prep for an entire week and I take my wife out on a date to keep her happy

So if you see that kind of a routine you'll begin to understand how little time I have and how much time/effort/money I sacrifice for this sport. I'm quite literally afraid to miss the gym in fear of regressing from the hard-earned progress I've made. I have put too much into this, far too many sacrifices already expended to ease up now. I've devoted my life to it. I cannot ease off of the gas pedal. Due to this I have basically no free-time aside from the time I spend with my wife on a date or the ample free-time I have as a Security Guard.

Question is, how do I best use the free-time I have as a Security Guard towards building a better income? You've suggested audiobooks several times to me now. I still don't know really what to listen to or how that will help me... I really don't know what to do. All I think about is becoming such a phenomenal bodybuilder that it would be foolish not to hire me. I obsess over that as it's all I've got. That's my all or nothing.

 

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[mikecarlooch]

All I think about is becoming such a phenomenal bodybuilder that it would be foolish not to hire me. I obsess over that as it's all I've got. That's my all or nothing.

I am nowhere near @Antifragile 's or kaks range of success in business (yet) however I just had a thought when I read this I think you may find useful..

Some questions to ask yourself -

Why is it your all or nothing? Are you physically/mentally incapable of acquiring new knowledge or skills? Obviously not. It's just a decision that you decide to make or not to make.

What will it cost you if you don't take the direction that Kak and Antifragile are pointing you in?

What could life be like if you do take their advice to heart?

You say that bodybuilding is the only thing you've ever done however I'd like to challenge that. If you were to sit down and challenge yourself to write out 20 references that link to things that can provide massive value to people, that you are ALSO good at, no matter how big or small, would that change your mind about what's possible?

 

[Artiom O]

Figure out a way that works for you.

The goal is to do the work that matters, not to be "busy".


Other ways of looking at it are:

Does it serve my clients or customers?

Can I invoice someone for it?

About doing the work, it sometimes gets a bit more complicated. Like when I figure out a solution, adjust, take action again, and only realize that it doesn't work.

The action only starts to fade when hours yurn into days, thinking about a solution. This pushes me into Stuck Mode.

Last time you helped me with finding problems (thank you). I now spot problems pretty often.

What is truly difficult is hooking them to respond and even into a conversation. And it only gets harder from there because I then have to ask him about the problems he has, listen and understand the situation.

I'm thinking about them, and my goal right now is just to fully help someone and solve his problem for free (Then we'll see about turning it into money and scaling. I'll also have the occasion to get some data and find out what the market wants.)

But for aome reason they seem to care less.

 

[Skroob]

Let me briefly walk you through my week just to show how much time/effort/thought/money I spend on this sport:
- I work 7 days a week, mostly to fund bodybuilding
- I eat about $200USD of food a week, none of that is eating out nor eating steak and caviar
- I ride a bus for about 3 hours a day going from home to work, work to gym, gym to home
- I go to the most expensive gym in the area as it has the most diverse equipment that I'd like to have access to
- I leave the house at 7AM and don't get home until 1030PM from work and the gym most days
- On my off day from the gym I meal prep for an entire week and I take my wife out on a date to keep her happy

From an outsider's perspective, here's what I read. Your entire life revolves around bodybuilding. Everything you're doing is 100% in support of that. That's fine, you have a passion. I think we've all been so obsessed at one point or another.

But that is all you're doing. You're stuck in a pattern, work/gym/sleep, and nowhere in there is anything that moves you forward in your goal to make a living from your bodybuilding passion. You say give it two years (God, you must be young! Two years feels like forever to us over-40s!) and you'll be out, but how if you're just doing the same routine?

I think what people are suggesting to you is that you have no reason to wait two years to start making moves. My guess is, you're probably already ripped. You could start picking up personal training clients today. You have an off day, use it. You're tired; man, so am I. Everyone is. Power through, it'll hurt for a bit but the rewards are worth it. Just like working out, right?

 

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[Lex DeVille]

If I had to make a sale today, I would list something on Facebook Marketplace.

If I had to turn that into a business, I'd flip washers, dryers, and treadmills.

I just got a new washer and dryer set. I listed the old set at $200. It was gone in about 10 minutes.

I saw a nice treadmill listed the other day at $50. Said the tread was messed up and needed to be tightened.

Anyone know how to tighten a treadmill?

I do, and it takes less than 10 seconds to make it work like new. In fact, I just did it for my treadmill. Could barely walk on it before, but now I can run at high speed with incline. You literally just need a $5.00 hex key set from Wal-Mart.

Once it's fixed, that $50 treadmill becomes a $300 - $400 treadmill. Hell, you can deliver and set it up for that price.

There's a ton of simple-fix stuff that people are too lazy to deal with on Facebook Marketplace.

You can pretty much find a YouTube video to fix anything.

 

[JLE]

From an outsider's perspective, here's what I read. Your entire life revolves around bodybuilding. Everything you're doing is 100% in support of that. That's fine, you have a passion. I think we've all been so obsessed at one point or another.

But that is all you're doing. You're stuck in a pattern, work/gym/sleep, and nowhere in there is anything that moves you forward in your goal to make a living from your bodybuilding passion. You say give it two years (God, you must be young! Two years feels like forever to us over-40s!) and you'll be out, but how if you're just doing the same routine?

I think what people are suggesting to you is that you have no reason to wait two years to start making moves. My guess is, you're probably already ripped. You could start picking up personal training clients today. You have an off day, use it. You're tired; man, so am I. Everyone is. Power through, it'll hurt for a bit but the rewards are worth it. Just like working out, right?

Hi @Skroob,

Anything I say opposing the idea of starting now is going to be disagreed with. I do have a reason for not doing so, but it wont be seen as valid. It essentially is so that I can take myself to being a greater bodybuilder than I currently am. I also am not extremely young. I'm 25, nearly 26, and would be close to 28 before I got started on this were I to wait, but still a part of me wants to wait. It's not necessarily 2 years, that's not the metric I'm basing this on, it's just easier to say "2 years from now" as that's a metric everyone else can understand.

Also, I work every day. The only day I have off from the gym is used towards meal prep and a date with my wife every week. I do that after a full day of work. So technically I could train a single person after work, meal prep for a week, and a date with my wife, but it seems sort of ridiculous at that point.

I have a plan in place but it takes time. It really falls on me to figure out what I should be doing in the meantime. I completely agree that these two years could be better spent doing something, but I'm not sure what.

Anyhow, I've clouded up Andy's thread far too much with my self-imposed limitations. Gonna respond a bit less. Thank you all for your comments.

 

[Skroob]

Hi @Skroob,

Anything I say opposing the idea of starting now is going to be disagreed with. I do have a reason for not doing so, but it wont be seen as valid. It essentially is so that I can take myself to being a greater bodybuilder than I currently am. I also am not extremely young. I'm 25, nearly 26, and would be close to 28 before I got started on this were I to wait, but still a part of me wants to wait. It's not necessarily 2 years, that's not the metric I'm basing this on, it's just easier to say "2 years from now" as that's a metric everyone else can understand.

Also, I work every day. The only day I have off from the gym is used towards meal prep and a date with my wife every week. I do that after a full day of work. So technically I could train a single person after work, meal prep for a week, and a date with my wife, but it seems sort of ridiculous at that point.

I have a plan in place but it takes time. It really falls on me to figure out what I should be doing in the meantime. I completely agree that these two years could be better spent doing something, but I'm not sure what.

Anyhow, I've clouded up Andy's thread far too much with my self-imposed limitations. Gonna respond a bit less. Thank you all for your comments.

In the spirit of bringing this back to Andy's original thread topic: What would you do if you had to make a sale today? I'd recommend that you get that first client. I wasn't a great developer until I started mentoring someone else. You learn more by teaching than you could ever imagine. If you can push yourself just a little harder and find the time for one client, the returns you get won't just be financial.

 

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[Kevin88660]

I work 7 days a week as a Security Guard, making barely above minimum wage. Split rent with my wife.


Have professional photos taken of me working out. Develop a simple landing page with testimonials and a clear CTA with one-click checkout. Paid ads leading to the landing page.


At least once a week in the gym I have someone coming up to me and complimenting my shape or asking for advice. Oftentimes more than once a week.


I'd be bodybuilding full-time. Competing in bodybuilding competitions and the grind it is to get in stage-ready shape. Spending time with my wife and dog. Enjoying some sunshine. Good food. Relaxing. Reading. Helping my parents financially. Quality time with my family. Maybe an occasional excursion to somewhere tropical a few times a year. Sounds like heaven...

Yet again. Same story for me. I don't feel ready yet. Still want to give it 2 years time or so.

There seem to be many business opportunities in the fitness industry. I remember YouTube keep pushing coach Greg videos to me. Basically about him discussing if someone is “natty”. It is entertaining as for fun content.

I did purchase Lyle MacDonald rapid fat loss handbook many years back. I see him as a legend in the field.

The fad these days seems to be about fasting.

 

[Andreas Thiel]

I am probably in an emotional state where I should not write such a comment, but the whole JLE vs the world discussion is really getting to me.

It is so easy to say the issue are excuses and that it is a mindset issue. My whole experience with mindset is that it is a result of your circumstances.
Yanking your mindset elsewhere gets you excited for 10 seconds and you are back in the gutter once reality catches up again.

The suggestions I see here are non actionable bs advice. All I see is virtue signalling, nobody who really takes the profound issues seriously.

 

[Lex DeVille]

I am probably in an emotional state where I should not write such a comment, but the whole JLE vs the world discussion is really getting to me.

It is so easy to say the issue are excuses and that it is a mindset issue. My whole experience with mindset is that it is a result of your circumstances.
Yanking your mindset elsewhere gets you excited for 10 seconds and you are back in the gutter once reality catches up again.

The suggestions I see here are non actionable bs advice. All I see is virtue signalling, nobody who really takes the profound issues seriously.

Then change your circumstances...

 

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[Andreas Thiel]

Then change your circumstances...

Yeah, can't get the story in the books about the move to a different location where the sun shines out of my mind.

But then again, there is the story about your past being like a tree trunk ... something that can't be changed. Feels like that is the case. Can't talk for JLE, but when it comes to dependence on a primary source of income people start bringing up their utter bullshit distractions and unrelated anecdotes.

 

[Skroob]

I am probably in an emotional state where I should not write such a comment, but the whole JLE vs the world discussion is really getting to me.

It is so easy to say the issue are excuses and that it is a mindset issue. My whole experience with mindset is that it is a result of your circumstances.
Yanking your mindset elsewhere gets you excited for 10 seconds and you are back in the gutter once reality catches up again.

The suggestions I see here are non actionable bs advice. All I see is virtue signalling, nobody who really takes the profound issues seriously.

I don't know that I would say anybody was "vs" JLE in that discussion. From my standpoint anyway, he appears to be someone with the tools he needs to really take off, but is missing something: whatever it is that gets him to take that first step. Changing your circumstances is hard; however difficult things are for you, there's a comfort in the routine. For someone who should be ready to jump but won't, the only advice you can really give them is, do it anyway.

As for profound issues, mindset and such... Yeah not a lot of sympathy to be found here. This is a business forum, everyone offering advice is going to do so from the standpoint of "you want the fastlane, dontcha?" If the next step is to do something, people are gonna tell you to do something. If you're sad because life is hard and you want sympathy instead of action, Facebook is where its always been.

 

[Kak]

I am probably in an emotional state where I should not write such a comment, but the whole JLE vs the world discussion is really getting to me.

It is so easy to say the issue are excuses and that it is a mindset issue. My whole experience with mindset is that it is a result of your circumstances.
Yanking your mindset elsewhere gets you excited for 10 seconds and you are back in the gutter once reality catches up again.

The suggestions I see here are non actionable bs advice. All I see is virtue signalling, nobody who really takes the profound issues seriously.

You have brought this attitude to the forum for years. Over and over you are rubbed the wrong way by advice such as this. Why does that keep “happening to you?”

Has anything changed for you in these years? Could it be that aren’t taking the advice you continue to dismiss?

 

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[Andreas Thiel]

You have brought this attitude to the forum for years. Over and over you are rubbed the wrong way by advice such as this. Why does that keep “happening to you?”

Has anything changed for you in these years? Could it be that aren’t taking the advice you continue to dismiss?

I keep saying I have been trying to apply the advice all these years. I keep coming up with plans.
I keep plotting. I keep working on my SaaS. I have worked on the mindset and been enthusiastic and hopefull hundreds of times. I show up for GoalSumo.com every day. I can't get any closer to a product I could launch.

Maybe I am missing a relevant aspect of the advice because of some sort of filter, but I have tried being actively being grateful. When you wake up and "a2re allowed" to keep punching your balls, then I don't see howl reframing that is the answer.
You can't be happy without a single win and just convince yourself that you are happy. Being grateful for not being more miserable is brought up all the F*cking time by people who live awesome lives, but it is not a thing that works.

 

[Lex DeVille]

I can't get any closer to a product I could launch.

Weird.

GOLD! - EXECUTION - How to Create a $2k+/mo Passive Income Website in 30 Days (or Less)

If you’re making these and selling on Etsy, how do you plan to target certain people? Were you planning on using Facebook ads? All I need to know is that there is demand. Then I’ll figure out who it is afterwards. Does it matter who it turns out to be? Aha, we misunderstood each other - I was...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

 

[Vigilante]

I keep saying I have been trying to apply the advice all these years. I keep coming up with plans.
I keep plotting. I keep working on my SaaS. I have worked on the mindset and been enthusiastic and hopefull hundreds of times. I show up for GoalSumo.com every day. I can't get any closer to a product I could launch.

Maybe I am missing a relevant aspect of the advice because of some sort of filter, but I have tried being actively being grateful. When you wake up and "a2re allowed" to keep punching your balls, then I don't see howl reframing that is the answer.
You can't be happy without a single win and just convince yourself that you are happy. Being grateful for not being more miserable is brought up all the F*cking time by people who live awesome lives, but it is not a thing that works.

I’ve been $1 million in debt. I woke up one day, having the company that I built ripped out from underneath me in a hostile takeover, leaving me with a child on the way to college, a second one in the house, a wife who was a stay at home mother. All my money was in the company. I was $1 million in debt. And on that morning, the company was gone. It took me three days to get out of the fetal position and be able to breathe again.

Tell me more about having a shitty mindset and how nobody understands or has real world actionable advice.

Did you start from zero? Cool. You’re $1 million ahead of where I was when I had to restart. I don’t know anybody at this forum that I have met that was handed anything.

You’ve been here five years. If you’re going to cry over somebody who can’t get their shit together, that’s a pretty good indicator that you can’t get your shit together either. That’s not even what the thread was designed for.

You rip on the people trying to help. Meanwhile, you ignored the original post.

So let’s hear it. If you had to start making money today… If you lost everything… If you started from zero or $1 million in the hole, what would you do?

There’s only one answer that won’t work here. That’s taking a job as a security guard and telling your wife to wait two years while you watch YouTube videos.

 

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[Antifragile]

I’ve been $1 million in debt. I woke up one day, having the company that I built ripped out from underneath me in a hostile takeover, leaving me with a child on the way to college, a second one in the house, a wife who was a stay at home mother. All my money was in the company. I was $1 million in debt. And on that morning, the company was gone. It took me three days to get out of the fetal position and be able to breathe again.

Tell me more about having a shitty mindset and how nobody understands or has real world actionable advice.

Did you start from zero? Cool. You’re $1 million ahead of where I was when I had to restart. I don’t know anybody at this forum that I have met that was handed anything.

You’ve been here five years. If you’re going to cry over somebody who can’t get their shit together, that’s a pretty good indicator that you can’t get your shit together either. That’s not even what the thread was designed for.

You rip on the people trying to help. Meanwhile, you ignored the original post.

So let’s hear it. If you had to start making money today… If you lost everything… If you started from zero or $1 million in the hole, what would you do?

There’s only one answer that won’t work here. That’s taking a job as a security guard and telling your wife to wait two years while you watch YouTube videos.

You sir, I'd like to get to know you in real life! I tip my hat off to you.

 

[Vigilante]

You sir, I'd like to get to know you in real life! I tip my hat off to you.

You know how some people would never say to your face what they were saying online? Yeah that’s not me lol. But I really do want the best for everybody here.

 

[Skroob]

Weird.

GOLD! - EXECUTION - How to Create a $2k+/mo Passive Income Website in 30 Days (or Less)

If you’re making these and selling on Etsy, how do you plan to target certain people? Were you planning on using Facebook ads? All I need to know is that there is demand. Then I’ll figure out who it is afterwards. Does it matter who it turns out to be? Aha, we misunderstood each other - I was...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

Every time I see this thread posted, I get a little bit closer to pausing the project I'm on and knocking out some authority guides. I think I'm an authority on everything I ever talk about anyway, may as well write it down...

 

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[Lex DeVille]

Every time I see this thread posted, I get a little bit closer to pausing the project I'm on and knocking out some authority guides. I think I'm an authority on everything I ever talk about anyway, may as well write it down...

Self-care guides for people with Major Cat Depression will probably do well. MCD is a real problem these days.

 

[xShepherdx]

Weird.

GOLD! - EXECUTION - How to Create a $2k+/mo Passive Income Website in 30 Days (or Less)

If you’re making these and selling on Etsy, how do you plan to target certain people? Were you planning on using Facebook ads? All I need to know is that there is demand. Then I’ll figure out who it is afterwards. Does it matter who it turns out to be? Aha, we misunderstood each other - I was...

www.thefastlaneforum.com

If I was to 100% restart today with zero knowledge, cash, or ideas, I would steal @biophase gummy bear/art idea that was detailed in the thread and just get something going using the framework that Lex has provided.

In my experience, taking that first step and getting something out there for people to buy is the hardest part. Once you do that, the experience begins to pile up and the next steps start to become clear.

Heck, I'm a few years into this and that thread kicked my a$$ into overdrive. It's a goldmine!

 

[Skroob]

Self-care guides for people with Major Cat Depression will probably do well. MCD is a real problem these days.

JUST PUT THE CAT IN THE BACKPACK, LEX, HOW HARD COULD IT BE?

 

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[Vas87]

I do have a plan. It's less vague than "2 years" from now but I use that time frame as an example as it's easier to understand from the outside looking in. In the meantime I intend on improving my shape and competing at least once. I'm willing to let this take time.

Do you have an Instagram account? Show people your workouts, your diet, and your mindset. You can coach people online to get a healthy body. An extreme example is Wes Watson, look him up.

 

[Kevin88660]

I appreciate you @Antifragile. I apologize for being so stubborn. It's both a burden and a boon. I like people with a default how can I solve this sort of mentality and all of you have shown that here. There is a way out of my current situation and it falls on me to solve how to get out, I just can't see it yet.

Let me briefly walk you through my week just to show how much time/effort/thought/money I spend on this sport:
- I work 7 days a week, mostly to fund bodybuilding
- I eat about $200USD of food a week, none of that is eating out nor eating steak and caviar
- I ride a bus for about 3 hours a day going from home to work, work to gym, gym to home
- I go to the most expensive gym in the area as it has the most diverse equipment that I'd like to have access to
- I leave the house at 7AM and don't get home until 1030PM from work and the gym most days
- On my off day from the gym I meal prep for an entire week and I take my wife out on a date to keep her happy

So if you see that kind of a routine you'll begin to understand how little time I have and how much time/effort/money I sacrifice for this sport. I'm quite literally afraid to miss the gym in fear of regressing from the hard-earned progress I've made. I have put too much into this, far too many sacrifices already expended to ease up now. I've devoted my life to it. I cannot ease off of the gas pedal. Due to this I have basically no free-time aside from the time I spend with my wife on a date or the ample free-time I have as a Security Guard.

Question is, how do I best use the free-time I have as a Security Guard towards building a better income? You've suggested audiobooks several times to me now. I still don't know really what to listen to or how that will help me... I really don't know what to do. All I think about is becoming such a phenomenal bodybuilder that it would be foolish not to hire me. I obsess over that as it's all I've got. That's my all or nothing.

Two to three years seems reasonable as at near 30 years old you are not too old for business/entrepreneurship but too old for competitive body building I guess, if you are aiming for world level titles.

You could make use of the bus journey to film yourself talking to your phone camera. Just make simple YouTube videos to talk about your passion in bodybuilding, and give normies advice about nutrition and exercise.

After two years when you retire from bodybuilding at least you have a few thousands subscribers or fans, at worst.

You have a good start with your body and knowledge.

I don’t think any semi-pro athlete will have “mindset” issues.

 

[JLE]

In the spirit of bringing this back to Andy's original thread topic: What would you do if you had to make a sale today? I'd recommend that you get that first client.

I actually do have one client from this forum. Been helping him go from underweight to gaining muscle slowly for the past month and a half.

Answering your question though, I'd take pictures of myself working out and use paid ads to a landing page with a clear CTA. I bet it'd work too. It's not that I don't believe in myself. It's not that I don't think it would work. It's that I'm not my version of ready, as foolish as that sounds. I care so much about being my version of ready on something I'm convinced would work that I'm willing to wait 2 years for it.

I am probably in an emotional state where I should not write such a comment, but the whole JLE vs the world discussion is really getting to me.

We're complete opposites. Your defeatist attitude is completely juxtaposed to what I am. If anything, I want all of these rich entrepreneurs to tell me why I suck. Not only is it motivating, but it gives me perspective I didn't have.

I don't know that I would say anybody was "vs" JLE in that discussion. From my standpoint anyway, he appears to be someone with the tools he needs to really take off, but is missing something: whatever it is that gets him to take that first step.

I completely think I could succeed, reasonably well, at online fitness coaching were I to start now. Problem is, I'm holding myself back as I do not wish to start yet. Simple as that. I don't wish to wait 2 more years, but I'd prefer it over starting now. Seems as if everyone else has a bigger problem with me waiting to start than I do.

Do you have an Instagram account? Show people your workouts, your diet, and your mindset. You can coach people online to get a healthy body.

This is exactly what I intend on doing. This is actually how most bodybuilders advertise themselves and make their living. It would only take me 11 online clients charged at $200USD per month to entirely replace my full-time 7-day-a-week job.

I will do Instagram... Just 2 years from now...

Two to three years seems reasonable as at near 30 years old you are not too old for business/entrepreneurship but too old for competitive body building I guess, if you are aiming for world level titles.

As kindly as possible: you have no clue what you're talking about.

Nearly all bodybuilders peak in their 30's. I can list practically any reference for this.

 

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[Kevin88660]

As kindly as possible: you have no clue what you're talking about.

Nearly all bodybuilders peak in their 30's. I can list practically any reference for this.

I was saying it makes sense to pursue bodybuilding now as you don’t much time left.

 

[biophase]

Three times I've said:
I'm open to something better, but again, not at the expense of my "hobby" being eradicated from my life.

If you have a particular suggestion, I'll consider it.

Going to a trade school would take time I don't have and reduce my present income, going to college would do the same. I don't even have a car so I couldn't start my own general handyman service...

I don't wish to make a list of excuses as to why I can't get a better job as I frankly am more than comfortable with the job I work.

I don't love it and I clearly wish for better, but I don't see any better financial avenues that wouldn't detract from bodybuilding in some way. I really am trying even though it may not seem so.

I'm open to other forms of work and I never said this is the only job on the planet I could possibly have and still go to the gym but that's a roundabout-way to discredit me. Have an idea for what I could do instead without detracting from the gym? Suggest it.

You are treating bodybuilding as if it were a college degree. Many people could insert their hobby into your sentences.

If I play Call of Duty for 2 years I’ll get good enough to get on a pro team or become a streamer.

If I work on my garden for 2 years I’ll be able to sell gardening tools.

Honestly this train of thought is a pipe dream. In two years, you will need another year to get into better shape and then a third year passes by, you will say to yourself you need another year to be even better. Do you have a concrete goal of when you will start? It should be a weight in a certain body fat percentage I would think.

So in 2 years, one day you will look in the mirror and say to yourself yes, I am shredded enough to start my own personal training business. Then you quit your job and create a website and get clients.

I don’t see any type of planning here. There is no reason why you cannot start this now and if you do not start this right now, it will not be started two years from now. We can come back to this post in exactly 2 years to see if I’m wrong.

 

[biophase]

Point being: I'd love a better job. You guys are speaking to a brick wall. I know you have good intentions and I appreciate the effort, but as it seems, it's a worthless effort. I hope to have a success story in time.

You want a better job that pays more but you don’t want to learn any new skills. If you don’t want to physically demanding job, so you have more time at the gym, then you will have to get a job that requires your brain. Which means you need to learn something new which you don’t have time for. I guess we are just going around in circles.

 

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[Xeon]

2.) I would want that guy to pull the trigger, my life sucks
3.) I am mostly a ghost, at work I am tolerated as a cog in the software development machine

2) Tomorrow needs you.

3)

 

[biophase]

All I think about is becoming such a phenomenal bodybuilder that it would be foolish not to hire me. I obsess over that as it's all I've got. That's my all or nothing.

Honestly, this is the scariest sentence that you have written in my opinion. What if nobody hires you?

Why is your goal predicated on the judgment of outside people. You need a goal that’s based on your own hard work, not acceptance from others. You cannot control that so do not base your dreams on something like that.