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This is my first post on this forum (and pretty much on any forum). I am usually a lurker but because @MJ DeMarco asked to introduce myself through the inbox message, and him writing one of the best books I've ever read in my life (Unscripted ), this is the least I can do for him. Here's my background :
The last 2 and a half years have been the worst of my life. At 18 I went to college because, you know, "I had to", and picked a major at the last minute due me failing to get in where I wanted. I wasted my intelligence and time away. I was forced to learn things that I know very well were completely useless, even for the career that I am supposed to get after I graduate (engineering in the food industry) which isn't that bad compared to other degrees to be fair. Add to that the fact that I was lonely due to me moving to another city to university while my friends stayed home due to Corona and their universities going online and I got 2 years of pain. I was always good at math and basically what people would call "smart people's topics", and generally like more abstract topics.
This summer I tried to get my first job, literally arranging clothes in clothe shops, only to get fired in 6 hours (not even kidding) . I ended up by this last September walking around like a zombie, pushing myself forward just to skip the day and "hoping" (like an idiot) that something magical will happen and I will be "saved".
This culminated into my FTE event before Christmas where my absolute incel roommate (imagine the most incel guy you can think of and double his bad traits), alongside other things ,put the straw that broke the camel's back when he wouldn't let me test my internet connection for 2 seconds using his cable cause he was watching some degenerate youtube stuff. That day I flipped entirely in my mind saying vehemently, "The Lord put me on earth for more than this garbage" and "I need to escape this life, now, or die trying". I've read the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris a month before, which was the catalyst for the FTE because it made me realize that if I put the work in, there's another life way better waiting for me. In a month or two I stopped playing video games entirely (6+ hours a day on average in the past), dropped every single youtuber that gave me useless info about imaginary people and politics and I got 4 others of my friends with the determination to start a business. I started reading books about self improvement and businesses in general. Because of this, it has been the best of my life. I don't want to ever go back .
Anyway, the book Unscripted had been recommended to me by a youtuber that helped me a lot this last period, and when I started reading it I thought it was amazing. Literally couldn't put it down. I ESPECIALLY liked that DeMarco called out some of MY scripted BS beliefs and some of MY current beliefs, making me wonder about them, which is the best advice you'll ever get I feel. I read in his book him saying he tries to answer every one of his fans and while I am very skeptical that he will read what I wrote here, just in case, I wanna thank him personally for such a great book.
In Unscripted he calls out the "I can't find any business ideas" saying which made me come here. We wanna start a business for a niche in either a Search Engine optimization (No, I don't want to help garbage products be sold, but I understand I might be delusional with the idea so be open to tell me) (yes I know MJ is critical of SEO companies, but from what I've read he seems to be talking about businesses with bad products as SEO is only a cherry ontop) , Data Science/Analysis or Market Research. I know that I am totally delusional on some things, and maybe even the ideas that I gave are horrible. I don't want people to hold punches back, I can go to my SCRIPTED entourage to do that, thank you.
I want to build friendship relations here that would benefit us both. I want to hear your tips, and I want to help you too if I can. If you have any experience / relation with those domains, don't be afraid to talk to me
Glad to be here
The last 2 and a half years have been the worst of my life. At 18 I went to college because, you know, "I had to", and picked a major at the last minute due me failing to get in where I wanted. I wasted my intelligence and time away. I was forced to learn things that I know very well were completely useless, even for the career that I am supposed to get after I graduate (engineering in the food industry) which isn't that bad compared to other degrees to be fair. Add to that the fact that I was lonely due to me moving to another city to university while my friends stayed home due to Corona and their universities going online and I got 2 years of pain. I was always good at math and basically what people would call "smart people's topics", and generally like more abstract topics.
This summer I tried to get my first job, literally arranging clothes in clothe shops, only to get fired in 6 hours (not even kidding) . I ended up by this last September walking around like a zombie, pushing myself forward just to skip the day and "hoping" (like an idiot) that something magical will happen and I will be "saved".
This culminated into my FTE event before Christmas where my absolute incel roommate (imagine the most incel guy you can think of and double his bad traits), alongside other things ,put the straw that broke the camel's back when he wouldn't let me test my internet connection for 2 seconds using his cable cause he was watching some degenerate youtube stuff. That day I flipped entirely in my mind saying vehemently, "The Lord put me on earth for more than this garbage" and "I need to escape this life, now, or die trying". I've read the 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris a month before, which was the catalyst for the FTE because it made me realize that if I put the work in, there's another life way better waiting for me. In a month or two I stopped playing video games entirely (6+ hours a day on average in the past), dropped every single youtuber that gave me useless info about imaginary people and politics and I got 4 others of my friends with the determination to start a business. I started reading books about self improvement and businesses in general. Because of this, it has been the best of my life. I don't want to ever go back .
Anyway, the book Unscripted had been recommended to me by a youtuber that helped me a lot this last period, and when I started reading it I thought it was amazing. Literally couldn't put it down. I ESPECIALLY liked that DeMarco called out some of MY scripted BS beliefs and some of MY current beliefs, making me wonder about them, which is the best advice you'll ever get I feel. I read in his book him saying he tries to answer every one of his fans and while I am very skeptical that he will read what I wrote here, just in case, I wanna thank him personally for such a great book.
In Unscripted he calls out the "I can't find any business ideas" saying which made me come here. We wanna start a business for a niche in either a Search Engine optimization (No, I don't want to help garbage products be sold, but I understand I might be delusional with the idea so be open to tell me) (yes I know MJ is critical of SEO companies, but from what I've read he seems to be talking about businesses with bad products as SEO is only a cherry ontop) , Data Science/Analysis or Market Research. I know that I am totally delusional on some things, and maybe even the ideas that I gave are horrible. I don't want people to hold punches back, I can go to my SCRIPTED entourage to do that, thank you.
I want to build friendship relations here that would benefit us both. I want to hear your tips, and I want to help you too if I can. If you have any experience / relation with those domains, don't be afraid to talk to me
Glad to be here
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