MarksmanKnowsIt
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Hey guys, I'm new here in the Fastlane, I've been reading the book since 2020 when I was doing Grade 11, at the age of 17. Started with The Millionaire Fastlane , which led to Unscripted .
So after finishing school in 2021,[ Grade 12/Matric] I got my first job at 18 last year. I obviously had a Fastlane Mindset, I saved R500 every month for 6 months, which equated to R3000 total. I then bought 3 Bikes for R1000 each. I then started my first Fastlane business. These 3 Bikes, I was renting then TIME BASED, R10 for 1hr, & R100 2days. Most of my clients were school kids, after school they came in bulk for renting these bikes, while I was at work, my brother was running the operation of the bikes, per day, I was making at least R300 from these bikes, obviously the hours and all that. Not bad for a young guy, and luckily Johannesburg is a well developed city in a third world country like South Africa. After making money with this, 2 of my bikes broke down, so I fixed them, week later, all 3 of them broke down, I got frustrated because I wasn't aware that this will need running operation costs, I thought it was a free roam income stream. With these bikes demanding maintenance, and sometimes customers were not coming at all for 5 consecutive days, and I was violating the Commandment of Scale, the Law of Effection and maybe the Need, so as a young guy at that age who lacked patience and a strong why, I got rid of those bikes for some cash, I focused on my work, I was working as a packer in Pick'n'Pay.
So come to this year, 19 years old and jobless, unemployment but full of courage and a strong why, I'm currently studying Artificial Intelligence and studying for CompTIA A+, which I'm planning to take the exams of in January, this will be my way to the IT industry when I'm certified, I will make more connections in the Tech Industry and maybe find problems, and of course undeniable EXPERIENCE, and there's a gap I'm also seeing in the Tech Industry here in SA, and the competition now is no longer against humans that much, but against Fast Technology, I want to launch some software company as I already have Python skills, I recently created a website for my neighbor who's a baker, but when I share this idea with my mates, they tell me that this dream is too big for a person who lives in a third world country, these words from them sometimes sound true when they catch me alone at night, but I'm glad I've shared this idea with fools like them, I don't think they will still it, even though there may be many people amongst the 8Billion people on earth thinking about it.
The purpose of this post is to introduce myself with my process, and also ask for an advice of how can I stay motivated as a teenager in a 3rd World Country. I've at least had a taste of Fastlane business with my bike rentals.
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So after finishing school in 2021,[ Grade 12/Matric] I got my first job at 18 last year. I obviously had a Fastlane Mindset, I saved R500 every month for 6 months, which equated to R3000 total. I then bought 3 Bikes for R1000 each. I then started my first Fastlane business. These 3 Bikes, I was renting then TIME BASED, R10 for 1hr, & R100 2days. Most of my clients were school kids, after school they came in bulk for renting these bikes, while I was at work, my brother was running the operation of the bikes, per day, I was making at least R300 from these bikes, obviously the hours and all that. Not bad for a young guy, and luckily Johannesburg is a well developed city in a third world country like South Africa. After making money with this, 2 of my bikes broke down, so I fixed them, week later, all 3 of them broke down, I got frustrated because I wasn't aware that this will need running operation costs, I thought it was a free roam income stream. With these bikes demanding maintenance, and sometimes customers were not coming at all for 5 consecutive days, and I was violating the Commandment of Scale, the Law of Effection and maybe the Need, so as a young guy at that age who lacked patience and a strong why, I got rid of those bikes for some cash, I focused on my work, I was working as a packer in Pick'n'Pay.
So come to this year, 19 years old and jobless, unemployment but full of courage and a strong why, I'm currently studying Artificial Intelligence and studying for CompTIA A+, which I'm planning to take the exams of in January, this will be my way to the IT industry when I'm certified, I will make more connections in the Tech Industry and maybe find problems, and of course undeniable EXPERIENCE, and there's a gap I'm also seeing in the Tech Industry here in SA, and the competition now is no longer against humans that much, but against Fast Technology, I want to launch some software company as I already have Python skills, I recently created a website for my neighbor who's a baker, but when I share this idea with my mates, they tell me that this dream is too big for a person who lives in a third world country, these words from them sometimes sound true when they catch me alone at night, but I'm glad I've shared this idea with fools like them, I don't think they will still it, even though there may be many people amongst the 8Billion people on earth thinking about it.
The purpose of this post is to introduce myself with my process, and also ask for an advice of how can I stay motivated as a teenager in a 3rd World Country. I've at least had a taste of Fastlane business with my bike rentals.
[EXCUSE MY ENGLISH]
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