Hi there, I’m Norman, 36. Got to know about MJ DeMarco’s amazing books recently, it is definitely eye-opening.
Growing up in poverty family leads me to live frugal from young. Parent seldom home, canned food and instant noodle is my daily meal. Got a few health issues because of that. My FTE moment would be when my grandma’s passing. Realised that I wasted my youth hanging out with toxic people, seldom visit to my grandma is one of my biggest regret. So I have decided to change my environment, rebuild my life and spend time with family. After 5 years of new lifestyle, saved up a little and start thinking about building my business. Tried freelancing video editor, automobile dealership, forex trading, stock investment and F&B business but failed badly and got into debt. I bite the bullet, got a job to pay off debt, thinking might be because I am uneducated (My parent is unable to pay for my school fee, so I had only secondary school education). Got my business degree in 2 years, pick up software skills along the way, welcoming a newborn, planning to move house. Feeling drowsy and weary is normal, since I slept less than 6hours daily. Until I was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma. My wife is devastated. Specialist doctor recommended chemo treatment ASAP. And thankfully, I recovered and finished my treatment few months back. Moving forward, I am planning to migrate to Portugal, better environment for my family and private education for my son. Working towards building a fastlane business in 3 years and retire being a full time parent and helping entrepreneurs for the rest of the time. Apologise for my bad writing. I am humbled if you finished reading my story and greatly appreciate any feedback in any way I can improve or provide value to anyone.
Thank you,
Norman Lau
Growing up in poverty family leads me to live frugal from young. Parent seldom home, canned food and instant noodle is my daily meal. Got a few health issues because of that. My FTE moment would be when my grandma’s passing. Realised that I wasted my youth hanging out with toxic people, seldom visit to my grandma is one of my biggest regret. So I have decided to change my environment, rebuild my life and spend time with family. After 5 years of new lifestyle, saved up a little and start thinking about building my business. Tried freelancing video editor, automobile dealership, forex trading, stock investment and F&B business but failed badly and got into debt. I bite the bullet, got a job to pay off debt, thinking might be because I am uneducated (My parent is unable to pay for my school fee, so I had only secondary school education). Got my business degree in 2 years, pick up software skills along the way, welcoming a newborn, planning to move house. Feeling drowsy and weary is normal, since I slept less than 6hours daily. Until I was diagnosed with stage 3 lymphoma. My wife is devastated. Specialist doctor recommended chemo treatment ASAP. And thankfully, I recovered and finished my treatment few months back. Moving forward, I am planning to migrate to Portugal, better environment for my family and private education for my son. Working towards building a fastlane business in 3 years and retire being a full time parent and helping entrepreneurs for the rest of the time. Apologise for my bad writing. I am humbled if you finished reading my story and greatly appreciate any feedback in any way I can improve or provide value to anyone.
Thank you,
Norman Lau
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