"Keep your friends close and your enemy's toaster." - Ricky
Last January my brother gave me a copy of Rich Dad Poor Dad and it changed how I saw the world in many good and bad ways. My views on money were thankfully changed and I began seeking the adrenaline rush that is entrepreneurship. However, as a budding 17-year-old entrepreneur I was quickly the prey of several "gurus" who preached many poor mentalities/practices such as value faking, copy paste businesses, and passion following.
Fast forward to August of last year and I decided my business of the month (after a couple drop shipping ventures didn't work out) was to sell mediocre books written by virtual assistants on Amazon. This is where I, unfortunately, found monetary success. Ignore the one-star reviews, sloppy editing, and uninspiring junk I was contributing to the Amazon store and I had a "great business". I was earning $600-$1,200 a month off of a few books with zero effort on my part.
Yet something didn't feel right.
I've always considered myself a pretty decent kid and I knew what I was doing was fake and against my moral compass. For every one person that found my books useful, there were 10 who returned them or rightfully called them crap. This really bugged me because I've always wanted to be a "real entrepreneur". Someone who creates something amazing, or makes the world a different (and hopefully better) place. In January of this year, I slowly started to realize none of these so-called "real entrepreneurs" got rich selling shitty books on Amazon or selling the same 2 products to the same 10 people.
It wasn't until I read The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted that I finally understood what it meant to be an entrepreneur. Someone who builds a product people actually WANT because it provides VALUE. However, the greatest lesson my month long journey into this forum and MJ's books have taught me so far is to not be afraid of some hard work, and don't action fake!
Since reading the books and browsing the forum I've cleansed Amazon of my crap books, and completely edited and rereleased the books that were pretty decent to make them provide real value for people.
I'm looking forward to keeping people posted on my progress and helping out as much as I can in this group, thanks!
Last January my brother gave me a copy of Rich Dad Poor Dad and it changed how I saw the world in many good and bad ways. My views on money were thankfully changed and I began seeking the adrenaline rush that is entrepreneurship. However, as a budding 17-year-old entrepreneur I was quickly the prey of several "gurus" who preached many poor mentalities/practices such as value faking, copy paste businesses, and passion following.
Fast forward to August of last year and I decided my business of the month (after a couple drop shipping ventures didn't work out) was to sell mediocre books written by virtual assistants on Amazon. This is where I, unfortunately, found monetary success. Ignore the one-star reviews, sloppy editing, and uninspiring junk I was contributing to the Amazon store and I had a "great business". I was earning $600-$1,200 a month off of a few books with zero effort on my part.
Yet something didn't feel right.
I've always considered myself a pretty decent kid and I knew what I was doing was fake and against my moral compass. For every one person that found my books useful, there were 10 who returned them or rightfully called them crap. This really bugged me because I've always wanted to be a "real entrepreneur". Someone who creates something amazing, or makes the world a different (and hopefully better) place. In January of this year, I slowly started to realize none of these so-called "real entrepreneurs" got rich selling shitty books on Amazon or selling the same 2 products to the same 10 people.
It wasn't until I read The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted that I finally understood what it meant to be an entrepreneur. Someone who builds a product people actually WANT because it provides VALUE. However, the greatest lesson my month long journey into this forum and MJ's books have taught me so far is to not be afraid of some hard work, and don't action fake!
Since reading the books and browsing the forum I've cleansed Amazon of my crap books, and completely edited and rereleased the books that were pretty decent to make them provide real value for people.
I'm looking forward to keeping people posted on my progress and helping out as much as I can in this group, thanks!
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