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Joining fastlane. Introduction. In the “Idea stage” and terrified to start

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Vadim26

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Hello INSIDERS and MJ, here is the short intro about me with highlights:

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22-year old International student residing in Vancouver B.C., Canada. Originally from the coldest city in the world, “Yakutsk” (Russia), where I’ve spent my childhood and high school years. Been competing in swimming throughout the high school, but later decided to quit to focus on education; love skiing and a fitness-junkie.

Moved to Canada at 18 y/o right after high school to pursue the “scripted” slow lane path of mechanical engineer.

Got interested in the self-development books in university, which actually planted a "seed of doubt". Played in the “entrepreneurship game" in university and barely passed all my classes while slowly losing interest in the formal education and all the scripted dogma, like “get job, sell your life for weekends and die”

Have a cushy remote job and plenty of free time right now.

0 business experience besides failed Shopify store, flipping craigslist items and failed attempts at trading stocks (was looking for shortcuts to get rich)
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Long-term goals: get Canadian PR and establish Fastlane business; quit my day job and travel the world

Short-term goals: Pick an idea and go all in.

At the moment I have 4 business ideas, 2 of which revolve around the fitness industry, and other 2 are small accessories for electronics. Implementing one of them in my opinion can significantly skew the value of other competitors and establish productocracy, the rest are just OK.

I have a hard time choosing one idea and going all in. Right now I am just in a vicious cycle of action faking, re-reading MJ's book to avoid taking any steps toward business creation.

How do I get from “Idea stage” (analysis paralysis) to “Execution stage“ and axe all the mental barriers in between?


I am thinking of posting this idea to the "General discussion" of INSIDERS forum and seeing what feedback I can get :)
 
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I'm glad that you have a job that will give you time to explore your ideas. Welcome to the forum and good luck!

Thank you for reading my post and your reply.

I was offered a raise at my "cushy" job making it less "cushy", which meant being on-site more and getting involved more in the work process, which I respectfully declined. I have won myself more time, but have lost "making more money". It will all make sense in the future. Cheers!
 

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Welcome to the inside. I'm in the same situation: I got offered a new job for ~7K more per year... but at the expense of time.

I think the hardest step is to get rid of the shitty inaction and start doing something useful. It's not like the opportunities aren't laying there, waiting for us... it's rather than we're so accustomed to starring blindly at them while living the script that we're scared of acting upon them.
 
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Appreciate the intro!

How do I get from “Idea stage” (analysis paralysis) to “Execution stage“ and axe all the mental barriers in between?

A strong purpose with a strong need and a strong desire to solve it. Once all that comes into play, everything else drops aside.
 

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A strong purpose with a strong need and a strong desire to solve it. Once all that comes into play, everything else drops aside.
That is a great quote, @MJ DeMarco - I saved it to my phone. You should put it in a book.
 
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Appreciate the intro!

A strong purpose with a strong need and a strong desire to solve it. Once all that comes into play, everything else drops aside.

Appreciate the help. Thank you.

I think this part from your book perfectly describes my current situation:

" The unfortunate reality of "it's too hard" as a roadblock is great ideas are overlooked. ... And then circle jerk of idea-hopping ensues, a never-ending scavenger hunt for the next great idea, the one simplistically executed or invented, the one that exactly fits your skillset and knowledge base..."
 

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