Done it.
Been lurking a while, just paid for INSIDERS Membership. Time to step out of the shadows and say "Hi".
MJ says in the guidelines:
"the purpose of this forum is to create positive, motivational and accelerative winds for our users".
Yes please. Actually a (fairly gentle) motivational and accelerative kick up the **** might be more appropriate.
I'm an British woman living near the Southern English coast; a beautiful part of the world 2 hours from London.
I was raised to "go to University", never had any plan beyond that, even how to get up the corporate ladder (so guess what, I didn't) and it's taken me a couple of extra decades to "get it" unfortunately. My parents had no clue, though my father owned a specialist shop himself for 30 odd years. So much I'd ask him now if he were still alive, I think I'm basically very like him.
After my MS, I joined a large IT consulting company for a small handful of years. I worked on teams which created bespoke software systems for large clients using from a mix of off-the-shelf software and custom coding - but not done much coding myself, and I never loved that bit. Since they downsized me, I've worked in much smaller companies trying to help software teams keep it together and (urgh) sort of customer support where the company didn't want to put a proper structure in place...and just drifted along for years.
Ending mid-2012, I had a tiny bricks and mortar business (read - created a job for myself) for 1 year; it was a fad service business and I knew before I started that it had little growth potential and was probably good for 18 months only; so I chose a tiny retail unit with a month's notice from me or the landlord and spent the minimum I needed to to set up. I regarded it as a short course in running a business, as long as I didn't lose too much money I'd be satisfied. In fact the business technically made a MINUTE profit over the year - not enough to live on.
I closed it after a year because the fad was over and income was obviously dropping off. Another month and I would have been losing money. I was very very bored too; too much energy going into running it day-to-day and not enough payback to motivate me further.
I wish I'd had a mentor; I would probably have set up within someone else's business for the year and not had my own shop.
Learnt quite a lot though.
I have been lurking here long enough to know that although I am a mere babe - in Entrpreneur terms only
- I sort of fit here.
My my current friends are really not of the mindset I find on this forum (surprise
). The the ones who do have "businesses" have all created self-employed jobs and are really content with that.
However I am making more of an effort to meet people face-to-face.
Some of the books I've read, not an exhaustive list:
Think and Grow Rich
The E-Myth Revisited
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The 4 Hour Work Week - The biggest thing I take from Mr Ferris is that you can outsource all sorts of stuff.
RDPD (Anyone think Kiyosaki's "Cashflow" game is worth playing a few times? My only entrepreneur friend has it.)
The $100 Start-up
Book Yourself Solid
I have a large basket and wishlist on Amazon, mostly recommendations from this forum.
Will read MJ's Book over the weekend.
Currently ploughing through "Flow" (Csikszentmihaly) but finding it heavy going somehow.
Bought an audio of Tony Robbins' "Unleash The Power Within" and finding it very inspiring.
BUT
Time to Take Action. Been reading for years now, imagining that I "get it" and making excuses.
I don't have a job or a business right now.
I need to start replacing a salary NOW.
I am very very lucky in that my man can pay the household bills for a bit - and we have savings.
But I would find it too darn easy to settle into that.
I will probably join an existing thread later today with regard to my ideas on short-lead income generation.
CC
Been lurking a while, just paid for INSIDERS Membership. Time to step out of the shadows and say "Hi".
MJ says in the guidelines:
"the purpose of this forum is to create positive, motivational and accelerative winds for our users".
Yes please. Actually a (fairly gentle) motivational and accelerative kick up the **** might be more appropriate.
I'm an British woman living near the Southern English coast; a beautiful part of the world 2 hours from London.
I was raised to "go to University", never had any plan beyond that, even how to get up the corporate ladder (so guess what, I didn't) and it's taken me a couple of extra decades to "get it" unfortunately. My parents had no clue, though my father owned a specialist shop himself for 30 odd years. So much I'd ask him now if he were still alive, I think I'm basically very like him.
After my MS, I joined a large IT consulting company for a small handful of years. I worked on teams which created bespoke software systems for large clients using from a mix of off-the-shelf software and custom coding - but not done much coding myself, and I never loved that bit. Since they downsized me, I've worked in much smaller companies trying to help software teams keep it together and (urgh) sort of customer support where the company didn't want to put a proper structure in place...and just drifted along for years.
Ending mid-2012, I had a tiny bricks and mortar business (read - created a job for myself) for 1 year; it was a fad service business and I knew before I started that it had little growth potential and was probably good for 18 months only; so I chose a tiny retail unit with a month's notice from me or the landlord and spent the minimum I needed to to set up. I regarded it as a short course in running a business, as long as I didn't lose too much money I'd be satisfied. In fact the business technically made a MINUTE profit over the year - not enough to live on.
I closed it after a year because the fad was over and income was obviously dropping off. Another month and I would have been losing money. I was very very bored too; too much energy going into running it day-to-day and not enough payback to motivate me further.
I wish I'd had a mentor; I would probably have set up within someone else's business for the year and not had my own shop.
Learnt quite a lot though.
I have been lurking here long enough to know that although I am a mere babe - in Entrpreneur terms only
- I sort of fit here. My my current friends are really not of the mindset I find on this forum (surprise
). The the ones who do have "businesses" have all created self-employed jobs and are really content with that.However I am making more of an effort to meet people face-to-face.
Some of the books I've read, not an exhaustive list:
Think and Grow Rich
The E-Myth Revisited
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The 4 Hour Work Week - The biggest thing I take from Mr Ferris is that you can outsource all sorts of stuff.
RDPD (Anyone think Kiyosaki's "Cashflow" game is worth playing a few times? My only entrepreneur friend has it.)
The $100 Start-up
Book Yourself Solid
I have a large basket and wishlist on Amazon, mostly recommendations from this forum.
Will read MJ's Book over the weekend.
Currently ploughing through "Flow" (Csikszentmihaly) but finding it heavy going somehow.
Bought an audio of Tony Robbins' "Unleash The Power Within" and finding it very inspiring.
BUT
Time to Take Action. Been reading for years now, imagining that I "get it" and making excuses.
I don't have a job or a business right now.
I need to start replacing a salary NOW.
I am very very lucky in that my man can pay the household bills for a bit - and we have savings.
But I would find it too darn easy to settle into that.
I will probably join an existing thread later today with regard to my ideas on short-lead income generation.
CC
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