To start, I’m gonna try to make this Rant as constructive as possible. Perhaps others will read this and feel the same way and at the same time I need to get this off my chest.
I’d call myself a Wantrepreneur but I’m not sure that even fits me, I’ve done very little with business. The most I’ve done is
During this time, I’ve been following some gurus which I’m going to put on blast because they haven’t done anything for me and have caused more frustration than solace. Maybe others have been following these guys to with no real success.
I’m at a point right now, where I don’t trust ANYONE online. I just don’t trust people, I’ve been burned too many times by listening to people who've told me they knew what they were doing only for it to be all lies. The only advice I trust is from someone who CLEARLY knows their stuff but with that said, I’m still under “business” paralysis. I don’t know what to do.
It’s driving me mad.
I lay down on the couch beating myself up about why I can’t seem to start something. I wake-up and all I can think about is business, I’ve slept more than I’d like to admit the past month because it’s the only time I don’t have to deal with the shear frustration.
Last month, I made the decision to stop following these guys but their poorly thought out 2 cent business advice still rattles around in my head.
To correct that, I’ve ordered about 20 books, written by Billionaires, including autobiographies/biographies and of course classics like Think And Grow Rich (which came early and I finished it), I even bought books like “The Intelligent Investor” and I’m currently reading books like “1000 ways to make 1000 dollars” (published 1937 and Warren Buffet credits it to starting his interest in business) this has been the most helpful of all books I’ve read so far (along with The Millionaire FastLane by you know who).
Here's a picture of the books:
Through reading some of the books that have already arrived, I’m beginning to feel like my instinct is right and I’ve done a terrible job taking care of the “business” seeds in my mind, I’ve put shit soil down and neglected watering them. My mindset is all wrong and I need to fix it, which is why I’ve got these books. I want to be getting information from credible sources and not gurus.
With this said though, I wonder if the books are just a way to procrastinate even though I can say that so far they have definitely helped me see how business is a lot more dynamic than it’s made out to be.
On top of this, I have no job. I’m broke and I need money fast, I can’t afford to sit around and wait for a business to develop.
The job market right now is poor, there’s very little out there (except maybe a call center job) so my line of thinking is if I start a small business online, that’s going to beat any call center job.
Which is what inspired my last “business”, but I only pitched a couple people (the Instagram business) and realized I’m just not a slimy person, I do not feel comfortable pitching services if I have no clue what the hell I’m doing.
That’s the big problem here.
All of the business advice I’ve followed (mainly from the gurus) has been to basically sell snake oil, to push a product down your customers throat so far that they have no choice but to take it. I hate that.
Even the idea of hard-selling, I don’t like it (and I know it’s importance). Every person that has “taught” me how to sell, has basically pressured the buyer into no other option but to buy. I’ve become “anti-selling” which I know is a terrible mindset to have if I want to run a business.
The thing is though, I DO want to help people. I actually enjoy helping people but I’ve been following “money hungry gurus” for so long, that all I see in my eyes are dollar signs and it goes against my core as a person.
I saw a Tweet by one of these gurus which basically goes against everything I’m about.
It said this.
“I don’t care who you are.
Friends, family. I don’t care.
Don’t call me.
Unless you’ve got my money.
I only accept calls if they’re about my money"
Man...
Just writing that pisses me off.
I hate the “money money money” mentality.
I hate it.
But at the same time, I need it and I do want to be wealthy.
The mindset I’ve installed into my brain has been all take take take. No real value offered.
I’ve gone against selling because everyone that’s sold to me has been a cheat (for the most part), I don’t know what a successful business model really looks like and my mentors (if you want to call them that) are gurus who’ve pushed a money hungry mindset on me for years. I’m at a point, where I’m rejecting any business advice and I don’t trust people, plus I’m jaded about business and selling. I’m jaded about money and I’m sick of it.
I LOVE the idea of what Henry Ford did, he built something that ACTUALLY helped others, he didn’t sell a stupid F*cking course, he CHANGED LIVES and he’s got proof. I’d love to do something like that, create something with that type of impact. That’s the type of business that interests me but I have no clue where to start, I have no “ideas” and I’m not in a position where I can wait for them.
My position right now, like I said is to read these business books (books have changed my life in many ways, so I don’t see why I can’t do the same for business) and either start a “hustle” (god I hate that word) or work at the damn call centre and start saving capital.
Maybe someone will read this and go “damn” that’s me and if that’s the case, I want to tell you you’re not alone (maybe we can start a group) and I’m sure others will read this and roll their eyes. Whatever the case is, I want to say that I tried to make this a semi-productive rant and hopefully accomplished that.
What do you think of my plan?
I’d call myself a Wantrepreneur but I’m not sure that even fits me, I’ve done very little with business. The most I’ve done is
- Made 100 bucks off Fiverr
- Did some Content Work for a Landscaping Site, made about 100 bucks
- Turn up 500 dollars through putting an ad for landscaping services
- "Cold Email” clients for content writing, never got any
- “Cold Email” clients for Instagram, never got any
During this time, I’ve been following some gurus which I’m going to put on blast because they haven’t done anything for me and have caused more frustration than solace. Maybe others have been following these guys to with no real success.
I’m at a point right now, where I don’t trust ANYONE online. I just don’t trust people, I’ve been burned too many times by listening to people who've told me they knew what they were doing only for it to be all lies. The only advice I trust is from someone who CLEARLY knows their stuff but with that said, I’m still under “business” paralysis. I don’t know what to do.
It’s driving me mad.
I lay down on the couch beating myself up about why I can’t seem to start something. I wake-up and all I can think about is business, I’ve slept more than I’d like to admit the past month because it’s the only time I don’t have to deal with the shear frustration.
Last month, I made the decision to stop following these guys but their poorly thought out 2 cent business advice still rattles around in my head.
To correct that, I’ve ordered about 20 books, written by Billionaires, including autobiographies/biographies and of course classics like Think And Grow Rich (which came early and I finished it), I even bought books like “The Intelligent Investor” and I’m currently reading books like “1000 ways to make 1000 dollars” (published 1937 and Warren Buffet credits it to starting his interest in business) this has been the most helpful of all books I’ve read so far (along with The Millionaire FastLane by you know who).
Here's a picture of the books:
Through reading some of the books that have already arrived, I’m beginning to feel like my instinct is right and I’ve done a terrible job taking care of the “business” seeds in my mind, I’ve put shit soil down and neglected watering them. My mindset is all wrong and I need to fix it, which is why I’ve got these books. I want to be getting information from credible sources and not gurus.
With this said though, I wonder if the books are just a way to procrastinate even though I can say that so far they have definitely helped me see how business is a lot more dynamic than it’s made out to be.
On top of this, I have no job. I’m broke and I need money fast, I can’t afford to sit around and wait for a business to develop.
The job market right now is poor, there’s very little out there (except maybe a call center job) so my line of thinking is if I start a small business online, that’s going to beat any call center job.
Which is what inspired my last “business”, but I only pitched a couple people (the Instagram business) and realized I’m just not a slimy person, I do not feel comfortable pitching services if I have no clue what the hell I’m doing.
That’s the big problem here.
All of the business advice I’ve followed (mainly from the gurus) has been to basically sell snake oil, to push a product down your customers throat so far that they have no choice but to take it. I hate that.
Even the idea of hard-selling, I don’t like it (and I know it’s importance). Every person that has “taught” me how to sell, has basically pressured the buyer into no other option but to buy. I’ve become “anti-selling” which I know is a terrible mindset to have if I want to run a business.
The thing is though, I DO want to help people. I actually enjoy helping people but I’ve been following “money hungry gurus” for so long, that all I see in my eyes are dollar signs and it goes against my core as a person.
I saw a Tweet by one of these gurus which basically goes against everything I’m about.
It said this.
“I don’t care who you are.
Friends, family. I don’t care.
Don’t call me.
Unless you’ve got my money.
I only accept calls if they’re about my money"
Man...
Just writing that pisses me off.
I hate the “money money money” mentality.
I hate it.
But at the same time, I need it and I do want to be wealthy.
The mindset I’ve installed into my brain has been all take take take. No real value offered.
I’ve gone against selling because everyone that’s sold to me has been a cheat (for the most part), I don’t know what a successful business model really looks like and my mentors (if you want to call them that) are gurus who’ve pushed a money hungry mindset on me for years. I’m at a point, where I’m rejecting any business advice and I don’t trust people, plus I’m jaded about business and selling. I’m jaded about money and I’m sick of it.
I LOVE the idea of what Henry Ford did, he built something that ACTUALLY helped others, he didn’t sell a stupid F*cking course, he CHANGED LIVES and he’s got proof. I’d love to do something like that, create something with that type of impact. That’s the type of business that interests me but I have no clue where to start, I have no “ideas” and I’m not in a position where I can wait for them.
My position right now, like I said is to read these business books (books have changed my life in many ways, so I don’t see why I can’t do the same for business) and either start a “hustle” (god I hate that word) or work at the damn call centre and start saving capital.
Maybe someone will read this and go “damn” that’s me and if that’s the case, I want to tell you you’re not alone (maybe we can start a group) and I’m sure others will read this and roll their eyes. Whatever the case is, I want to say that I tried to make this a semi-productive rant and hopefully accomplished that.
What do you think of my plan?
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