Greetings from CT, United States.
I listened to both audiobooks (TMF & Unscripted ) last year. Those books resonated with me so strongly in fact, I kept annoying my wife rewinding and playing back parts and then telling her why that particular excerpt was so important! I’ve never been “normal” and finding myself trapped in a regular job teaching at a public school has never been a proper fit.
Having a 20-year inside view of public school I have come to the conclusion that public schools are bloated government entities mostly filled with fools that think money grows on trees, all corporations are evil and the government should keep growing and subsidize everything. I cannot stand it. I’ve been trying to “get out” of my teaching job for over a decade, but it’s been difficult to build a business that replaces both my salary and healthcare benefits.
Because I went to school to study Art and I came from a very negative family I can look back now and see how my mindset was all wrong when it came to building businesses. I’ve had numerous failed attempts, mostly due to the wrong markets/niches not a lack of effort on my part. This is what I loved so much about TMF… MJ calls BS on all that “follow your passion” nonsense that was pervasive in my mindset for a long time.
So in short I’ve had many side-hustles that didn’t prosper. They ranged from a brick & mortar art studio to website developer, blogger and everything in between. I can see now that they didn’t meet the C.E.N.T.S. model of course. I wish I read this book 15 years ago
I actually do regularly sell paintings for surprising amounts of money (thousands each) but I’m always trading time for money and it’s hard to scale so it’s more like an incredibly lucrative hobby.
I’m super grateful for all the skills I’ve picked up along the way through all my failures: computer programming/full-stack dev, SEO, email-marketing, graphic design, videography, copywriting, marketing, etc. but really wish I knew 20 years ago what I know now: if it cannot be scaled or automated to some degree it’s not worth pursuing as a business.
In summary you can describe me as having an introverted, engineer’s brain stuck in an artist’s body with digital marketing skills in search of an automated business.
Thanks for reading.
I listened to both audiobooks (TMF & Unscripted ) last year. Those books resonated with me so strongly in fact, I kept annoying my wife rewinding and playing back parts and then telling her why that particular excerpt was so important! I’ve never been “normal” and finding myself trapped in a regular job teaching at a public school has never been a proper fit.
Having a 20-year inside view of public school I have come to the conclusion that public schools are bloated government entities mostly filled with fools that think money grows on trees, all corporations are evil and the government should keep growing and subsidize everything. I cannot stand it. I’ve been trying to “get out” of my teaching job for over a decade, but it’s been difficult to build a business that replaces both my salary and healthcare benefits.
Because I went to school to study Art and I came from a very negative family I can look back now and see how my mindset was all wrong when it came to building businesses. I’ve had numerous failed attempts, mostly due to the wrong markets/niches not a lack of effort on my part. This is what I loved so much about TMF… MJ calls BS on all that “follow your passion” nonsense that was pervasive in my mindset for a long time.
So in short I’ve had many side-hustles that didn’t prosper. They ranged from a brick & mortar art studio to website developer, blogger and everything in between. I can see now that they didn’t meet the C.E.N.T.S. model of course. I wish I read this book 15 years ago
I actually do regularly sell paintings for surprising amounts of money (thousands each) but I’m always trading time for money and it’s hard to scale so it’s more like an incredibly lucrative hobby.I’m super grateful for all the skills I’ve picked up along the way through all my failures: computer programming/full-stack dev, SEO, email-marketing, graphic design, videography, copywriting, marketing, etc. but really wish I knew 20 years ago what I know now: if it cannot be scaled or automated to some degree it’s not worth pursuing as a business.
In summary you can describe me as having an introverted, engineer’s brain stuck in an artist’s body with digital marketing skills in search of an automated business.
Thanks for reading.
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