I first discovered MJ DeMarco and his books back in 2020 through a YouTube creator named James Jani. I remember hearing MJ talk about action faking, and it completely changed my perspective. In a way, I felt called out, and it made me want to learn more. Since then, I've read all of his books except Choose Hard, Live Easy.
I honestly wish I could say I took action back then, but I didn't. Instead, I spent years cherry-picking certain concepts and trying to twist them into a narrative that fit pretty much every other piece of guru crap being sold online. I convinced myself I was being creative and somehow making progress toward the Fastlane, when really, I was just consuming more information.
Fast-forward to 2026, and a lot of crazy, amazing, and heartbreaking things have happened. For the past five months, I've been living on my own after leaving my ex-husband and his family, whom I lived with for 13 years. It's been an emotional roller coaster, to say the least, and I've spent a lot of time reflecting and processing everything.
I've also gained a ton of experience working in different industries, including personal loan sales, unemployment services, and now property management. Through all of this, I've come to realize that I have this amazing thing called free will. I can do whatever I want with my life. I don't need to ask permission, I don't need to be the smartest person in the room, and I don't need to have the most skills. I just need to DO IT.
I may sound tough typing all of this, but in reality, I'm scared as shit and tend to second guess myself. With life hitting me from every direction and some pretty serious financial battles I'm dealing with, I can't keep being that dog sitting on the porch, whining and crying in pain because I chose to keep lying on the nail. At some point, I have to get up and do something about it.
One thing I can say for certain is that I genuinely give a damn about how I treat people, prospects, and customers. I want to make sure people have the best possible experience when they interact with me.
Over the years, I've learned quite a bit about phone sales, follow-ups, responding to emails and text messages, creating my own little SOPs, and working with different CRMs. I may not be the most skilled person compared to others, but I'm willing to take a leap, fail in spectacular fashion, get back up, and come back better than before.
Now, with all that out of the way, I have a few different service-based business ideas I'm narrowing down. Through my mixed bag of experiments over the years, I've started realizing that some businesses may not necessarily have a lead-generation problem. They might actually have a follow-up, appointment-booking, or conversion problem.
My goal is to narrow down a few service-based industries I've been researching, connect with businesses that need this help, and start providing appointment-setting and follow-up services for them.
I'm also using this forum to build a habit of documenting my findings, sharing my plans, and tracking my progress. I want to break the cycle of coming home, doing absolutely nothing, and putting off the things I know I should be working toward.
I've spent enough time thinking about it. It's time to start doing something about it.
I honestly wish I could say I took action back then, but I didn't. Instead, I spent years cherry-picking certain concepts and trying to twist them into a narrative that fit pretty much every other piece of guru crap being sold online. I convinced myself I was being creative and somehow making progress toward the Fastlane, when really, I was just consuming more information.
Fast-forward to 2026, and a lot of crazy, amazing, and heartbreaking things have happened. For the past five months, I've been living on my own after leaving my ex-husband and his family, whom I lived with for 13 years. It's been an emotional roller coaster, to say the least, and I've spent a lot of time reflecting and processing everything.
I've also gained a ton of experience working in different industries, including personal loan sales, unemployment services, and now property management. Through all of this, I've come to realize that I have this amazing thing called free will. I can do whatever I want with my life. I don't need to ask permission, I don't need to be the smartest person in the room, and I don't need to have the most skills. I just need to DO IT.
I may sound tough typing all of this, but in reality, I'm scared as shit and tend to second guess myself. With life hitting me from every direction and some pretty serious financial battles I'm dealing with, I can't keep being that dog sitting on the porch, whining and crying in pain because I chose to keep lying on the nail. At some point, I have to get up and do something about it.
One thing I can say for certain is that I genuinely give a damn about how I treat people, prospects, and customers. I want to make sure people have the best possible experience when they interact with me.
Over the years, I've learned quite a bit about phone sales, follow-ups, responding to emails and text messages, creating my own little SOPs, and working with different CRMs. I may not be the most skilled person compared to others, but I'm willing to take a leap, fail in spectacular fashion, get back up, and come back better than before.
Now, with all that out of the way, I have a few different service-based business ideas I'm narrowing down. Through my mixed bag of experiments over the years, I've started realizing that some businesses may not necessarily have a lead-generation problem. They might actually have a follow-up, appointment-booking, or conversion problem.
My goal is to narrow down a few service-based industries I've been researching, connect with businesses that need this help, and start providing appointment-setting and follow-up services for them.
I'm also using this forum to build a habit of documenting my findings, sharing my plans, and tracking my progress. I want to break the cycle of coming home, doing absolutely nothing, and putting off the things I know I should be working toward.
I've spent enough time thinking about it. It's time to start doing something about it.
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