My Story:
I'm an immigrant whose being forced to study Mechanical Engineering in Australia because my parents want to eventually move to Australia. I chose to study Engineering and move to Australia because of my parent's script that I was following. Get good grades in school > Go abroad (Canada/Australia/Europe) and study engineering/medicine/law > Get a citizenship there > Unite your family in that country abroad because life there is better than life here.
Fortunately they are paying for my university although it is literally breaking their lives apart. But, I've had countless arguments with them on how I don't want to continue my education at university because I don't see myself as an engineer/doctor/lawyer 10 years from now and how I'm wasting my time, energy and their money on this.
They always end up guilt tripping me on how this was always their dream to move abroad and live there and that it is now my responsibility to make that come true. Also the fact that the degree is simply a stepping stone into a first world country (I'm Persian). And that I only have 3 semesters remaining.
Reading MJ's books is screaming at me to drop out. I mentioned that to my parents and they told me that if I do that they won't even acknowledge me once I return back home. I decided to stay in Australia just to stay away from that kind of mental exhaustion.
I've always hated the idea of trading my time for money ever since I took a few summer jobs in my teen years and I knew this isn't something I want to end up doing. But the path I am taking leads me straight to what I loathed.
I am fed up. I want to free myself from this bullshit. I realize the path to that starts by shifting from a consumer to a producer. I need to start solving problems and providing value. I am starving to provide value to somebody. I don't know where or how to start. Reading books over and over has gotten me nowhere. I'm just running out of places to store my books.
I've read TMF , I've read Unscripted . I still don't know how to shift from a consumer to a producer. I can't find any problems to solve. I don't know how to provide value to others.
I understand the lessons in the book. To listen out for problems. To listen to the phrases "I hate when..." "I wish that..."
Only problem is I don't hear these things around me, I stopped listening to music in public just to actively listen to people around me incase they complain about some problem that I may be able to fix and provide value.
I haven't had an FTE but I had a ton of FTM's.
I'm an immigrant whose being forced to study Mechanical Engineering in Australia because my parents want to eventually move to Australia. I chose to study Engineering and move to Australia because of my parent's script that I was following. Get good grades in school > Go abroad (Canada/Australia/Europe) and study engineering/medicine/law > Get a citizenship there > Unite your family in that country abroad because life there is better than life here.
Fortunately they are paying for my university although it is literally breaking their lives apart. But, I've had countless arguments with them on how I don't want to continue my education at university because I don't see myself as an engineer/doctor/lawyer 10 years from now and how I'm wasting my time, energy and their money on this.
They always end up guilt tripping me on how this was always their dream to move abroad and live there and that it is now my responsibility to make that come true. Also the fact that the degree is simply a stepping stone into a first world country (I'm Persian). And that I only have 3 semesters remaining.
Reading MJ's books is screaming at me to drop out. I mentioned that to my parents and they told me that if I do that they won't even acknowledge me once I return back home. I decided to stay in Australia just to stay away from that kind of mental exhaustion.
I've always hated the idea of trading my time for money ever since I took a few summer jobs in my teen years and I knew this isn't something I want to end up doing. But the path I am taking leads me straight to what I loathed.
I am fed up. I want to free myself from this bullshit. I realize the path to that starts by shifting from a consumer to a producer. I need to start solving problems and providing value. I am starving to provide value to somebody. I don't know where or how to start. Reading books over and over has gotten me nowhere. I'm just running out of places to store my books.
I've read TMF , I've read Unscripted . I still don't know how to shift from a consumer to a producer. I can't find any problems to solve. I don't know how to provide value to others.
I understand the lessons in the book. To listen out for problems. To listen to the phrases "I hate when..." "I wish that..."
Only problem is I don't hear these things around me, I stopped listening to music in public just to actively listen to people around me incase they complain about some problem that I may be able to fix and provide value.
I haven't had an FTE but I had a ton of FTM's.
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