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I didn't have my own business until age 28, and even at that time I was sort of talked into it by accident.

You guys really did get a good head start.

I was in a blue collar family with lots of alcoholism, took me a while just to get away from all that. College was really eye opening but when I got out I just wanted to make the world better so I became a social worker for $11 an hour. After a few years I became a guitar teacher for $40 an hour. Then a pro guitar player for $1200 a week. Then I started giving seminars for about $400 a day. The seminars led to buying real estate, which went up a lot, and I became a millionaire at age 37. I had no focus on wealth until age 32. That's when I read secrets of the millionaire mind, which helped a lot.

I think I mostly made my money on talent, as I became a minor internet celeb from my seminars. That's why I'm trying to re-program a lot of stuff based on the Fastlane book.
 
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"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
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— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
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