Hello and thank you!

[Wisp]

Hi everyone! Firstly, thank you MJ for starting me down this path towards financial freedom. It's one thing to casually dream about escaping the rat race and another to see why it's critical to do everything I can to leave it.

A little of my background:

• Living in the UK
• 32 yr old married mum of 2
• currently working a (fully remote) 9-5 job for an online training provider

I read The Millionaire Fastlane a couple of years ago but failed to take any big steps. After escaping 3 rounds of lay offs due to org restructuring in the last 3 years, I'm currently facing a 25% chance of redundancy myself. Regardless of what happens, I need to switch lanes and take things into my own hands.

Over the last week I've re-read MJ's book, watched some Youtube videos, brainstormed ideas and chatted with ChatGPT and I know I'm drifting without taking any real steps. I sometimes feel that my complete lack of business knowledge limits my ideas as I can't fully understand how I could help other businesses.

At the moment I need to escape my analysis paralysis and the fear that my ideas will soon become obsolete with AI. A few of my current ideas:

1. Having been an avid fiction audiobook listener for the past year, I feel there is a need for a tool that helps listeners discover new audiobooks based on genre, tropes, narrator, narration style, pacing, accent etc. I could also offer custom AI recommendations based on their preferences. Ideally this would help listeners avoid wasting money on books they don't enjoy. This idea is based off personal struggles and reddit threads, but I now need to do my market research. I'm holding myself back thinking it's a rubbish idea and that I really want to do it because I find it interesting. But I also know I just need to go out and make my mistakes.
2. Alternatively, I could help self-publishers struggling with marketing (based off reddit threads e.g spending $100/day on Meta ads and getting back $2 for every $1 spend - is that any good?)
3. Random idea - an AI tool that scans a bunch of Lego and flags missing pieces from the set (based off my own struggle when re-selling old Lego)

Anyway, apologies for the rambling intro. I'm excited to be here and know just from skimming a few threads that joining this community was a great decision. Any feedback on the above is very welcome and hugely appreciated.

Finally, a huge thank you to Andy Black for encouraging me to make this first post! I likely would have continued lurking if I hadn't seen your topic. I'm looking forward to exploring more of the topics linked in your signature.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

1. Jewoph ciip ep ewof godvoup eafoucuul motvipis gus vji qetv zies, O giim vjisi ot e piif gus e vuum vjev jimqt motvipist fotduwis pix eafoucuult cetif up hipsi, vsuqit, pessevus, pessevoup tvzmi, qedoph, eddipv ivd. O duamf emtu uggis datvun EO sidunnipfevoupt cetif up vjios qsigisipdit. Ofiemmz vjot xuamf jimq motvipist ewuof xetvoph nupiz up cuult vjiz fup'v ipkuz. Vjot ofie ot cetif ugg qistupem tvsahhmit epf siffov vjsieft, cav O pux piif vu fu nz nesliv sitiesdj. O'n jumfoph nztimg cedl vjoploph ov't e saccotj ofie epf vjev O siemmz xepv vu fu ov cideati O gopf ov opvisitvoph. Cav O emtu lpux O katv piif vu hu uav epf neli nz notvelit.
2. Emvispevowimz, O duamf jimq timg-qacmotjist tvsahhmoph xovj neslivoph (cetif ugg siffov vjsieft i.h tqipfoph $100/fez up Nive eft epf hivvoph cedl $2 gus iwisz $1 tqipf - ot vjev epz huuf?)
3. Sepfun ofie - ep EO vuum vjev tdept e capdj ug Mihu epf gmeht nottoph qoidit gsun vji tiv (cetif ugg nz uxp tvsahhmi xjip si-timmoph umf Mihu)

1 - ot vji nutv qsunotoph, cav ov medlt e catopitt nufim gus nupivobevoup.

2 - Vjot ot vji nutv qsunotoph, emvjuahj eavjust op hipisem esi e djieq capdj ug qiuqmi. ONU, ov fuitp'v gemm opvu C2C, emvjuahj ov ot.

3 - Huuf ofie, cav jux fuit ov neli nupiz?

Sohjv pux xi'si op vji xomf xomf xitv ug catopitt uqqusvapovoit fai vu EO. Zua piwis lpux xjev nohjv ci e tvsuph jov et iwiszvjoph ot aq gus fotsaqvoup.

Ximduni ecuesf, eqqsidoevi vji opvsu. Epf O en jeqqz zua guapf wemai op nz xusl.

Citv,
Nk

 

[Jobless]

Ximduni,

jisi't nz vjuahjvt:

Jewoph ciip ep ewof godvoup eafoucuul motvipis gus vji qetv zies, O giim vjisi ot e piif gus e vuum vjev jimqt motvipist fotduwis pix eafoucuult cetif up hipsi, vsuqit, pessevus, pessevoup tvzmi, qedoph, eddipv ivd. O duamf emtu uggis datvun EO sidunnipfevoupt cetif up vjios qsigisipdit. Ofiemmz vjot xuamf jimq motvipist ewuof xetvoph nupiz up cuult vjiz fup'v ipkuz. Vjot ofie ot cetif ugg qistupem tvsahhmit epf siffov vjsieft, cav O pux piif vu fu nz nesliv sitiesdj. O'n jumfoph nztimg cedl vjoploph ov't e saccotj ofie epf vjev O siemmz xepv vu fu ov cideati O gopf ov opvisitvoph. Cav O emtu lpux O katv piif vu hu uav epf neli nz notvelit.

Zua dep ati Muwecmi us tuni EO pudufi vuum vu neli e raodl qsuvuvzqi. Fup'v tqipf vuu nadj voni up ov. Katv hiv ov vu fu upi gapdvoup, xovj e monovif timidvoup ug eafou cuult. Vjip hiv qiuqmi vu vsz ov, qsigisecmz op qistup, epf tii jux vjiz opvisedv xovj ov, epf jux vjiz siedv.

Emvispevowimz, O duamf jimq timg-qacmotjist tvsahhmoph xovj neslivoph (cetif ugg siffov vjsieft i.h tqipfoph $100/fez up Nive eft epf hivvoph cedl $2 gus iwisz $1 tqipf - ot vjev epz huuf?)

Vjot ot ietois vu hiv tvesvif xovj. Xjev't zuas ifhi jisi? Dep zua fitohp neslivoph nevisoem? Dep zua howi vjin edditt vu pix qmevgusnt/neslivt?

Sepfun ofie - ep EO vuum vjev tdept e capdj ug Mihu epf gmeht nottoph qoidit gsun vji tiv (cetif ugg nz uxp tvsahhmi xjip si-timmoph umf Mihu)

Vjot ot puv e nekus qsucmin gus nepz qiuqmi.

 

[Wisp]

Vjeplt @NK FiNesdu epf @Kucmitt gus vji xesn ximduni epf gus veloph vji voni vu siqmz.

1 - Zit vji NWQ xuamf ci taqis tonqmi epf O'f upmz eff gievasit egvis djidloph datvunis sitqupti. Sihesfoph nupivobevoup, O'n vjoploph:

• eggomoevi moplt vu Eafocmi / MocsuGN
• tactdsoqvoup nufim: gsii cetod wistoup & qeof "Qsu" wistoup xovj efwepdif tiesdj / datvun EO optohjvt / iesmz edditt vu dupvipv
• uggis ef tqedi vu tquvmohjv qacmotjist/eavjust
• qisjeqt vji dusi fotduwisz vuum dep ci si-atif xovjop uvjis tovit i.h eafoucuul mocsesz eqqt
• Og O emmux atist vu eff nivefeve veht vu jimq caomf aq vji feveceti, vjot nez ciduni e wemaecmi ettiv? (topdi opgu moli qedoph, vupi, eddipv otp'v dassipvmz eweomecmi epzxjisi imti vjev O lpux)
  
  Og O qistupemmz jef edditt vu vji gsii wistoup O molimz xuamfp'v qez gus vji Qsu gievasit. Vjip eheop vjisi esi nepz vjopht vjev "iwiszupi" qezt gus epf O fup'v. O'mm vitv vji xevist epf tii xjev covit.

2 - Nz opovoem vjuahjvt sihesfoph eavjust cioph djieq xet vji teni, apvom O sief ecuav vjios ef tqipfoph. O hiv vji hotv vjev Enebup eft esi e pohjvnesi vu gohasi uav. O fup'v jewi ep ifhi ziv cav jeqqz vu miesp.

Qisjeqt O piif vu sivasp vu vji fsexoph cuesf..

 

[Wisp]

Ulez, voni vu tdsevdj vji ecuwi epf vsz epuvjis qevj.

O qutvif up Siffov vufez raiszoph jux uvjist tiesdj gus eafoucuult. Op vjot deti, ov muult moli nz piif fuit puv sigmidv vji piift ug vji nepz. Nutv eqqies vu djuuti eafoucuult cetif ugg vji duwis woci / cmasc / sidunnipfevoupt, epf e muv ati eafoucuul mocsesoit tu fup'v xussz ecuav xetvoph nupiz.

O'n siemmz hmef O vuul vji gostv tviq, vitvif vji xevist, epf miespv jux raodl epf ietz ov dep ci vu hiv e giim gus xjivjis nz ofie jet e vsai piif. Ov't edvaemmz ipduasehoph vu siemoti vjev vji qsuditt ug wemofevoph ep ofie fuitp'v jewi vu ci dunqmodevif. Vjepl zua @Epfz Cmedl gus zuas qutv ecuav katv hivvoph tvesvif.