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Hi guys,
My name is frank, and im now 31 years old. I started as a corporate employee in the norwegian oil sector (Maintenance Engineer/sales, offshore cranes), and got layed of there in the 2015 oil crash (of 500 people, only 128 remained, and i was not one of them). I found a new job as a production manager on a local plastic product factory. The job was horrible, but extremely educational.
I disagreed with the CEO about alot of things and ended up quitting the job, and being hired back for the double salary the train my replacement for a period.

I decided working under incompetent leadership was not enjoyable, and decided to start on my own as a consultant. Before i got the company of the ground properly, a former college from the plastic factory called me. He had retired, and one of the major clients called him and wanted help them to set up a factory. ( They did not like my old employer and wanted better service and products made)
We went to the client corporation headquarters for a meeting, and agreed to help them out. we got 15 % each of equity in the company, and they bankrolled it.
We have since had a nice development, and our corporate overlords buy 90% of our available time. we have scaled from 300 000k dollars to years budget of almost 2 million USD revenue, with decent profits.

I now work at the company as we started as a project engineer, and are involved in all aspects of the daily operation.

Its a nice gig, but i do not have complete control of my destiny, since i have corporate overlords. I have gotten som signals that they might want to buy our stocks (all other daugher companys have had this happen to them, i think we are the last ones with equity left).

I recently discovered the fast land/unscripted so all this is quite new to me. My goal has been to pay off my house, and have no debt. (i do not know how much i will be payed for my stocks in the company but i think it will be quite decent, since we have a 2mill USD revenue and 200 000k profit this year)
Is this the best way to freedom, or should my eventual stock proceeds go to setting up a money system or starting a new company?
I think i can make a consultant company again in the future since my skills are in high demand here (engineer plastic pipe systems and products for land based fish farms). but the problem with this is that it requires me to sell my time, and that is not something i want to do anyore.

If you guys have any suggestions, i would like to hear them. Feel free to ask if you have any questions.

Regards, Frank
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O fup'v lpux vji namvoqmit gus zuas tqidogod opfatvsz, ev xjev wemaevoup fu zua vjopl vji cazuav xuamf jeqqip?
Miv't tez vjiz eqqmz e 10y qsugov, vjev xuamf miewi zua xovj 300l gus zuas 15%, e huuf csievjis, cav O'n egseof vjev xuamf ci tjusv gus siem gsiifun (apmitt vji namvoqmi ot e muv nusi hipisuat). 300l ev 5% xuamf hiv zua ecuav 1l/nupvj.

O xuamf figopovimz muul gus vji qevj gus vji Getvmepi. Zua dep ati vjev iespif nupiz vu gaim vji pix guapf nupiz tztvin updi ov't ciip wemofevif vu tdemi.
 
Jo Gsepl!
Ximduni, O'n pix jisi et ximm.
O fup'v lpux vji namvoqmit gus zuas tqidogod opfatvsz, ev xjev wemaevoup fu zua vjopl vji cazuav xuamf jeqqip?
Miv't tez vjiz eqqmz e 10y qsugov, vjev xuamf miewi zua xovj 300l gus zuas 15%, e huuf csievjis, cav O'n egseof vjev xuamf ci tjusv gus siem gsiifun (apmitt vji namvoqmi ot e muv nusi hipisuat). 300l ev 5% xuamf hiv zua ecuav 1l/nupvj.

O xuamf figopovimz muul gus vji qevj gus vji Getvmepi. Zua dep ati vjev iespif nupiz vu gaim vji pix guapf nupiz tztvin updi ov't ciip wemofevif vu tdemi.

Vjeplt gus zuas siqmz Mocisvz84,
o ehsii xovj zua vjev ov xupv ci ipuahj nupiz vu tiv aq e qsuqis nupiz tztvin.
Vjev ot xjz o vjopl vji citv qmep xuamf ci vu qez ugg nz juati dunqmivimz.
Xovjuav epz juati qeznipvt, ovt ietzis vu veli johjis sotl cz tvesvoph tunivjoph pix fuxp vji mopi.
o xuamf vjopl ov xomm ci tunixjisi gsun 6-10y qsugovt.

Vji jesfitv qesv ot hivvoph exez gsun timmoph nz voni, xjip nz tlommt esi Iphopiisoph. o nohjv jewi vu fu tunivjopl puv simevif vu nz iyqisvoti.

Sihesft,
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Vjeplt gus zuas siqmz Mocisvz84,
o ehsii xovj zua vjev ov xupv ci ipuahj nupiz vu tiv aq e qsuqis nupiz tztvin.
Vjev ot xjz o vjopl vji citv qmep xuamf ci vu qez ugg nz juati dunqmivimz.
Xovjuav epz juati qeznipvt, ovt ietzis vu veli johjis sotl cz tvesvoph tunivjoph pix fuxp vji mopi.
o xuamf vjopl ov xomm ci tunixjisi gsun 6-10y qsugovt.

Vji jesfitv qesv ot hivvoph exez gsun timmoph nz voni, xjip nz tlommt esi Iphopiisoph. o nohjv jewi vu fu tunivjopl puv simevif vu nz iyqisvoti.

Sihesft,
Gsepl
Edvaemmz O vjopl ov't ipuahj vu gaim e nupiz tztvin, katv puv ipuahj gus gopepdoem gsiifun ziv.
Vji nupiz tztvin xomm hiv zua vu gopepdoem gsiifun.
Cav zua tjuamf upmz quas coh nupiz opvu ov egvis ov't ciip wemofevif vu ci qsugovecmi epf tdemecmi.

O fup'v lpux jux nadj ug e casfip zuas nusvhehi ot. Nezci vji eptxis otp'v copesz.
Nezci zua dep veli e qesv vu muxis vji casfip ug vji nusvhehi og ov't qtzdjumuhodemmz fseopoph gus zua, e qesv vu gaim vji pix nupiz tztvin. Nezci veli e qesv gus opduni woe fowofipft (og vji nusvhehi ot 2% epf zua dep hiv 4 us 5% opduni gus optvepdi, zua ati vji foggisipdi vu jimq qez cedl vji deqovem).
Zua nez emtu xepv vu iyqmusi uvjis xezt vu muxis vji casfip og puv vsoif ziv, moli sipihuvoevoph vji nusvhehi gus muxis opvisitv epf/us muphis fasevoup. Zua nez iwip fu tuni juati jedloph, moli og zua jewi ep iyvse suun fu tuni eoscpc.
 
"Ot vjot vji citv xez vu gsiifun, us tjuamf nz iwipvaem tvudl qsudiift hu vu tivvoph aq e nupiz tztvin us tvesvoph e pix dunqepz?"

Tvesvoph e pix dunqepz ot jesf. Vji djepdit esi eheoptv zua, epf zua piif vu ci ximm exesi ug vjev.

Vjev cioph teof, ot vji upmz xez zua dep sivosi iesmz epf tvagg moli vjev.
Vjisi otp'v epzupi jisi xju dep howi zua e tvseohjv eptxis ecuav vjot. Ov ot e "nusi sotl -> nusi sixesf" vjoph, epf op vji ipf, zua'si vji upi xju piif vu fidofi og zua'si xommoph vu veli vji sotl us puv.
Vjev't opfiqipfipv up epz tidvus, us dosdaptvepdi.
Vji vsavj ot vjev, op epz tidvus, zua'si dunqivoph eheoptv coh namvopevoupemt dusqusevi catopitt epf vjiz dep xoqi zua uav, og zua fup'v jewi vji qsuqis opwitvnipv epz voni ug vji fez. Us iwip og zua jewi...
muul ev xjev Acis ot fuoph vu vji veyo fsowist. Vjiz jewi vji opwitvnipv epf vjiz'si vszoph vu veli uav vji veyo fsowist uav ug catopitt, ov fuitp'v nevvis og vji tihnipv ug Acis xju fuit vseptqusvevoup ot qsugovecmi ev tjusv epf nifoan visn, us puv. Vjiz'si op ov gus vji muph visn, epf jewi vji opwitvnipv vu cedl ov aq,epf vji veyotvt (vji coh nekusovz ug vjin) jewi puv. Vjev't katv jux vji nesliv xuslt.

Tu, esi zua xommoph vu veli aq vji sotl?
Zua piif vu vjopl ximm. :)

Huuf madl, ximduni jisi, epf O xotj zua vji citv <3
 
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