Hello,
I would like to start off by saying that I am 18 years old. I am still very young. I have always been interested in entrepreneurship and I always had an idea and a dream in my mind to be my own boss and create something that would not only make me rich but would benefit society. After reading the book, I feel like I've learned so many things that I didn't know before. I've also learned more about myself and learned what I would want to do with my life.
I grew up in a very cultural-oriented family and my parents always motivate me to have a good education so someday I would have a good job and be happy. They work so hard to support me and I totally respect them for that but I know that is the brainwashing which I learned is "the Slow lane". Both my brothers graduated with Electrical Engineering degrees but they are not in a very good job position right now and they seem not to be happy with it. They are stuck in your typical 9-5 slowlaner.
I will admit that my parent's influence has a big effect on me and how I think since I have always been taught that to be rich you have to get a good education and then someday you will have a good job. Well, I am in my first year of community college right now doing a transfer degree towards Computer Science and I feel like it is in the field that I have no interest at all. I feel like I am doing this just to please my parents and falling for the trap of the slow lane. I feel like I am conforming to society and not doing what my heart desires. I sacrifice all my time to homework every single day and I feel this is the "education servitude" that MJ was talking about in the book. I'm doing shit that I don't even enjoy. I even start to rationalize that the shit I'm doing like Calculus and computer coding programming is fun, when it really is not. I'm just doing it for the sake of the education so I can get a good job when I graduate... When I could be using that time to learn and develop myself into the Fastlane.
To be honest, I really don't want to be a computer engineer. I want to become something more of myself. I want to learn and get myself onto the Fastlane. This would mean I would have to be making big changes to my life and important people in my life will disagree or be against what my decisions are but no parent, peer, or teacher can possibly know what's best for my heart and although it's good intentions, only I know what's best for me.
I am still very new to this and I hope to learn a lot from this site and other valuable knowledge from other people that have similar success mindsets like mine. I know it will take dedication and persistence to get where I want to be. I hope my introduction gave you an idea of my background and where I come from and thank you for taking the time to read it, or even skim through it. I hope to learn a lot and benefit myself towards a positive and happy lifestyle. :smxB:
I would like to start off by saying that I am 18 years old. I am still very young. I have always been interested in entrepreneurship and I always had an idea and a dream in my mind to be my own boss and create something that would not only make me rich but would benefit society. After reading the book, I feel like I've learned so many things that I didn't know before. I've also learned more about myself and learned what I would want to do with my life.
I grew up in a very cultural-oriented family and my parents always motivate me to have a good education so someday I would have a good job and be happy. They work so hard to support me and I totally respect them for that but I know that is the brainwashing which I learned is "the Slow lane". Both my brothers graduated with Electrical Engineering degrees but they are not in a very good job position right now and they seem not to be happy with it. They are stuck in your typical 9-5 slowlaner.
I will admit that my parent's influence has a big effect on me and how I think since I have always been taught that to be rich you have to get a good education and then someday you will have a good job. Well, I am in my first year of community college right now doing a transfer degree towards Computer Science and I feel like it is in the field that I have no interest at all. I feel like I am doing this just to please my parents and falling for the trap of the slow lane. I feel like I am conforming to society and not doing what my heart desires. I sacrifice all my time to homework every single day and I feel this is the "education servitude" that MJ was talking about in the book. I'm doing shit that I don't even enjoy. I even start to rationalize that the shit I'm doing like Calculus and computer coding programming is fun, when it really is not. I'm just doing it for the sake of the education so I can get a good job when I graduate... When I could be using that time to learn and develop myself into the Fastlane.
To be honest, I really don't want to be a computer engineer. I want to become something more of myself. I want to learn and get myself onto the Fastlane. This would mean I would have to be making big changes to my life and important people in my life will disagree or be against what my decisions are but no parent, peer, or teacher can possibly know what's best for my heart and although it's good intentions, only I know what's best for me.
I am still very new to this and I hope to learn a lot from this site and other valuable knowledge from other people that have similar success mindsets like mine. I know it will take dedication and persistence to get where I want to be. I hope my introduction gave you an idea of my background and where I come from and thank you for taking the time to read it, or even skim through it. I hope to learn a lot and benefit myself towards a positive and happy lifestyle. :smxB:
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