Not really sure how this whole introduction post is supposed to go, but pretty sure it should be brief. I'm naturally long-winded, but here goes. I'm 36, live in LA, and work at a movie studio staring at a computer screen all day. A nutless monkey could do my job.
Read Four-Hour Work Week about ~1.5 years ago and loved it, opened my eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship. Read TMF last summer which resulted in a paradigm shift of my thinking, causing me to discard most of what I was taught by Tim Ferriss. My experience with TMF was similar to my experience watching The Matrix for the first time. It was something I had always felt and toyed around with in my mind, but never was able to really put it into words. Working five days a week to make someone else rich has always been the splinter in my mind. Finished Unscripted last October, and that really cemented the ideas of TMF into my brain.
All day long I try to ask myself "What do people need?" and constantly think of the cancer corollary and CENTS. I have published an e-book and sold a few T-shirts (which I promptly stopped after reading TMF). My current project is a social network and media exchange platform for independent filmmakers which probably isn't going to make it past the landing page stage, as it's been up for over two months and still has only one signup. I don't want to be that guy who jumps from idea to idea, but it seems I had the process backwards: instead of developing a product/business in response to the market and creating the value that people crave, I tried to create a service that I believed the market would want once it was realized. I have also started writing a new e-book which is more for my own enjoyment and the hope that I can help others, rather than creating income.
Currently, I am scouring the Internet and observing trends to find a need that I can fill, and devote all of my time and energy to. I have many weaknesses and am desperately trying to learn all I can, but I know that I have something to offer the world and am struggling to find out what that is. I feel guilty practicing the piano, which I love, because I feel I should be working on developing a business. The same feeling creeps in when I'm working out at the gym or reading the news, as I feel myself aging and am increasingly anxious about "running out of time" and "withering older". I'm conflicted about reading books, because I thirst for knowledge and perspective, but MJ described reading another book as action-fakery. So all in all I don't know what the hell I'm doing, but at least I'm aware of it I suppose. I hope to have meaningful conversations here, help others along in their journey, and ideally gain a sense of direction and insight from the writings of other members.
Sorry, the "brief" thing didn't work out too well. But thank you to anyone who read my intro.
Read Four-Hour Work Week about ~1.5 years ago and loved it, opened my eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship. Read TMF last summer which resulted in a paradigm shift of my thinking, causing me to discard most of what I was taught by Tim Ferriss. My experience with TMF was similar to my experience watching The Matrix for the first time. It was something I had always felt and toyed around with in my mind, but never was able to really put it into words. Working five days a week to make someone else rich has always been the splinter in my mind. Finished Unscripted last October, and that really cemented the ideas of TMF into my brain.
All day long I try to ask myself "What do people need?" and constantly think of the cancer corollary and CENTS. I have published an e-book and sold a few T-shirts (which I promptly stopped after reading TMF). My current project is a social network and media exchange platform for independent filmmakers which probably isn't going to make it past the landing page stage, as it's been up for over two months and still has only one signup. I don't want to be that guy who jumps from idea to idea, but it seems I had the process backwards: instead of developing a product/business in response to the market and creating the value that people crave, I tried to create a service that I believed the market would want once it was realized. I have also started writing a new e-book which is more for my own enjoyment and the hope that I can help others, rather than creating income.
Currently, I am scouring the Internet and observing trends to find a need that I can fill, and devote all of my time and energy to. I have many weaknesses and am desperately trying to learn all I can, but I know that I have something to offer the world and am struggling to find out what that is. I feel guilty practicing the piano, which I love, because I feel I should be working on developing a business. The same feeling creeps in when I'm working out at the gym or reading the news, as I feel myself aging and am increasingly anxious about "running out of time" and "withering older". I'm conflicted about reading books, because I thirst for knowledge and perspective, but MJ described reading another book as action-fakery. So all in all I don't know what the hell I'm doing, but at least I'm aware of it I suppose. I hope to have meaningful conversations here, help others along in their journey, and ideally gain a sense of direction and insight from the writings of other members.
Sorry, the "brief" thing didn't work out too well. But thank you to anyone who read my intro.
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