Hi Everyone,
My name's Greg - (28) I'm the employee of a Fortune 50 Company. I grew up with the 'Slow Lane' Mantra burned into the back of my mind... Stay debt-free, go to school, get great grades, find a job and all my life I believed I was a very fortunate person. But a few years into my job at this Fortune 50 company and I started feeling like something was missing. I wrestled with this sense of... disgust with my situation over the past year.
It's not that the company is bad, or the job even... I just feel like I'm being held back from something bigger. One day I spotted a friend with a Dave Ramsey book... and recalled that I had one on my shelf. So I pulled it book off my shelf (I admittedly had left it there for almost ten years). Then my journey into the world of rethinking the way I do my finances began.
I swept through the Dave Ramsey book within two days... and started my journey slashing my credit cards and living within my means. Naturally, this wasn't enough. So I headed for Barnes and Noble where I found Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Two days later, I'm convinced that this was a destination I wanted to aim for. I just didn't (and still don't) have the guts to take the leap, mostly because I don't know how.
A friend of mine recommended I read MJ's book, so I ordered both of them off Amazon and let them sit for about a week or two. Last week, I went out for a drink with a few coworkers and found out that a couple employees who started two years after I did had at least two promotions on me. Despite having been promised a promotion and outstanding performance reviews... This burned me badly. So I decided to bite and started reading Millionaire Fastlane .
It is a genuinely thought provoking book and I realize the urgency of the situation I'm in. At this point, I'm just looking for a way out of the Slowlane - but I don't have a whole lot of skills up my arsenal.. More of a jack of all trades so to speak, so I'm uncertain as to where I'd like to take the leap. On top of that, the thought of walking out of my 8-5 job and living off a very finite budget is a bit intimidating.
I know this is a journey I want to take, and it's a matter of time before I do. I'm just hoping to meet a few people who've been through the same path before and see if I could gain a mentor or two along the way.
Thanks.
Greg
@MJ DeMarco
My name's Greg - (28) I'm the employee of a Fortune 50 Company. I grew up with the 'Slow Lane' Mantra burned into the back of my mind... Stay debt-free, go to school, get great grades, find a job and all my life I believed I was a very fortunate person. But a few years into my job at this Fortune 50 company and I started feeling like something was missing. I wrestled with this sense of... disgust with my situation over the past year.
It's not that the company is bad, or the job even... I just feel like I'm being held back from something bigger. One day I spotted a friend with a Dave Ramsey book... and recalled that I had one on my shelf. So I pulled it book off my shelf (I admittedly had left it there for almost ten years). Then my journey into the world of rethinking the way I do my finances began.
I swept through the Dave Ramsey book within two days... and started my journey slashing my credit cards and living within my means. Naturally, this wasn't enough. So I headed for Barnes and Noble where I found Rich Dad, Poor Dad. Two days later, I'm convinced that this was a destination I wanted to aim for. I just didn't (and still don't) have the guts to take the leap, mostly because I don't know how.
A friend of mine recommended I read MJ's book, so I ordered both of them off Amazon and let them sit for about a week or two. Last week, I went out for a drink with a few coworkers and found out that a couple employees who started two years after I did had at least two promotions on me. Despite having been promised a promotion and outstanding performance reviews... This burned me badly. So I decided to bite and started reading Millionaire Fastlane .
It is a genuinely thought provoking book and I realize the urgency of the situation I'm in. At this point, I'm just looking for a way out of the Slowlane - but I don't have a whole lot of skills up my arsenal.. More of a jack of all trades so to speak, so I'm uncertain as to where I'd like to take the leap. On top of that, the thought of walking out of my 8-5 job and living off a very finite budget is a bit intimidating.
I know this is a journey I want to take, and it's a matter of time before I do. I'm just hoping to meet a few people who've been through the same path before and see if I could gain a mentor or two along the way.
Thanks.
Greg
@MJ DeMarco
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