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Okay so i have been working on my venture to freelancing & dropshipping artworks as a stepping stone but i just feel like everything im doing isn't going to get me to the right road, i started getting myself involved in the AI market but i am thinking whether to skip it and go straight on to other big things ( Make money on YouTube. Build a course, build a Digital Marketing Agency ) one by one. My first layer of my purpose is currently building wealth from my art business and building a good body, but now since im working on freelancing stuff & droppshipping im just not confident if this is the right things i should be doing even in the beginning?? I was doing too much things at once and not focusing on one thing ( action faking ). Deep down i fear of losing my money, fear of not able to retire at a good age, i don't really have a job but i am looking for some part time jobs whilst i work on my Fastlane journey, but its been very difficult because lot of places want full time position now ( i know its a Slowlane ) but it can get me some income flowing in the mean time until i am successful financially and then i can quit the job. Last thing i want is not able to support my family and myself, there is lot of tutorials on YouTube but majority of them are just trying to sell you crappy stuff and just doing it for sponsorship.

I am doing other things as well in terms of self improvement - meditating every single day, building good habits, journaling, going gym to improve my mental health, appearance and learning to be more disciplined in everything and i love it so much. My Grandma has her own business in catering she is not trying to blow wealth just making quick cash so she can pay her bills, but i had an idea to market her products online? or build her a website so customers can order through there because some customers of hers are having difficult travelling to her place.


So i kindly ask for some suggestions on what to actually do? am i overthinking? shall i just go for it and figure it out later? i want to make sure i am not actually wasting time because end of the day time is money and as you know time is very valuable.


Also sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread.
 
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but now since im working on freelancing stuff & droppshipping im just not confident if this is the right things i should be doing even in the beginning??

Thank you for reading all 3 of my books and giving me a chance to influence the direction of your life.

However, I truly don't understand.

You've read 3 of my books and your conclusion from them was dropshipping? What did you think of Jeff Trotman selling t-shirts in TGRRE ? It sounds like a bunch of YT infliencers have sold you a bill of goods ... low entry, low value, high promises, and high competition.
 

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Okay so i have been working on my venture to freelancing & dropshipping artworks as a stepping stone but i just feel like everything im doing isn't going to get me to the right road, i started getting myself involved in the AI market but i am thinking whether to skip it and go straight on to other big things ( Make money on YouTube. Build a course, build a Digital Marketing Agency ) one by one. My first layer of my purpose is currently building wealth from my art business and building a good body, but now since im working on freelancing stuff & droppshipping im just not confident if this is the right things i should be doing even in the beginning?? I was doing too much things at once and not focusing on one thing ( action faking ). Deep down i fear of losing my money, fear of not able to retire at a good age, i don't really have a job but i am looking for some part time jobs whilst i work on my Fastlane journey, but its been very difficult because lot of places want full time position now ( i know its a Slowlane ) but it can get me some income flowing in the mean time until i am successful financially and then i can quit the job. Last thing i want is not able to support my family and myself, there is lot of tutorials on YouTube but majority of them are just trying to sell you crappy stuff and just doing it for sponsorship.

I am doing other things as well in terms of self improvement - meditating every single day, building good habits, journaling, going gym to improve my mental health, appearance and learning to be more disciplined in everything and i love it so much. My Grandma has her own business in catering she is not trying to blow wealth just making quick cash so she can pay her bills, but i had an idea to market her products online? or build her a website so customers can order through there because some customers of hers are having difficult travelling to her place.


So i kindly ask for some suggestions on what to actually do? am i overthinking? shall i just go for it and figure it out later? i want to make sure i am not actually wasting time because end of the day time is money and as you know time is very valuable.


Also sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread.
hey correct me if im wrong but it seems like you're making one simple mistake. you looked at all these young rich people on youtube and the internet like iman gadhzi, sebastian ghiorguo, hamza, biaheza, jordan welch or someone else, and you saw they all got rich by like, dropshipping or digital marketing or selling courses, and you want that too.
you have to realize that when they got rich through these paths, they hadnt told everyone to do it, and everyone was not doing it. nor was it as simple as, they got rich because they had a dropshipping store. thats what they tell you but what they dont tell you about is WHY their dropshipping store was successful, what made it different etc.
the idea of being a young millionaire seems heroic but dont get too caught up in the idea
find real world problems. find real world solutions. you dont have to be an online wizard, who knows maybe your path to riches is through a carpeting business or something like that.
 

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Okay so i have been working on my venture to freelancing & dropshipping artworks as a stepping stone but i just feel like everything im doing isn't going to get me to the right road, i started getting myself involved in the AI market but i am thinking whether to skip it and go straight on to other big things ( Make money on YouTube. Build a course, build a Digital Marketing Agency ) one by one. My first layer of my purpose is currently building wealth from my art business and building a good body, but now since im working on freelancing stuff & droppshipping im just not confident if this is the right things i should be doing even in the beginning?? I was doing too much things at once and not focusing on one thing ( action faking ). Deep down i fear of losing my money, fear of not able to retire at a good age, i don't really have a job but i am looking for some part time jobs whilst i work on my Fastlane journey, but its been very difficult because lot of places want full time position now ( i know its a Slowlane ) but it can get me some income flowing in the mean time until i am successful financially and then i can quit the job. Last thing i want is not able to support my family and myself, there is lot of tutorials on YouTube but majority of them are just trying to sell you crappy stuff and just doing it for sponsorship.

I am doing other things as well in terms of self improvement - meditating every single day, building good habits, journaling, going gym to improve my mental health, appearance and learning to be more disciplined in everything and i love it so much. My Grandma has her own business in catering she is not trying to blow wealth just making quick cash so she can pay her bills, but i had an idea to market her products online? or build her a website so customers can order through there because some customers of hers are having difficult travelling to her place.


So i kindly ask for some suggestions on what to actually do? am i overthinking? shall i just go for it and figure it out later? i want to make sure i am not actually wasting time because end of the day time is money and as you know time is very valuable.


Also sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread.
Thank you for reading all 3 of my books and giving me a chance to influence the direction of your life.

However, I truly don't understand.

You've read 3 of my books and your conclusion from them was dropshipping? What did you think of Jeff Trotman selling t-shirts in TGRRE ? It sounds like a bunch of YT infliencers have sold you a bill of goods ... low entry, low value, high promises, and high competition.

Adding to MJ's response. I recently wrote a thread to counter the YT bill of goods that's popular. It is focused on the fact that entrepreneurship is a process that with scale (from CENTS) provides the wealth. Not instantly. And not with drop shipping...

 
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Brandonistaken

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Thank you for reading all 3 of my books and giving me a chance to influence the direction of your life.

However, I truly don't understand.

You've read 3 of my books and your conclusion from them was dropshipping? What did you think of Jeff Trotman selling t-shirts in TGRRE ? It sounds like a bunch of YT infliencers have sold you a bill of goods ... low entry, low value, high promises, and hig

Thank you for reading all 3 of my books and giving me a chance to influence the direction of your life.

However, I truly don't understand.

You've read 3 of my books and your conclusion from them was dropshipping? What did you think of Jeff Trotman selling t-shirts in TGRRE ? It sounds like a bunch of YT infliencers have sold you a bill of goods ... low entry, low value, high promises, and high competition.
Yeah i made a big mistake i should of just started with freelancing or something more better first then slowly work my way up. My problem is i jump into things straight away and not think carefully.

Not really good but need to look at the notes i wrote from your books and im planning to re-read them all anyway.
 
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Yeah i made a big mistake i should of just started with freelancing first then slowly work my way up. My problem is i jump into things straight away and not think carefully.

Not really good but need to look at the notes i wrote from your books and im planning to re-read them all.
Adding to MJ's response. I recently wrote a thread to counter the YT bill of goods that's popular. It is focused on the fact that entrepreneurship is a process that with scale (from CENTS) provides the wealth. Not instantly. And not with drop shipping...

Will check it out thanks for this.
 

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hey correct me if im wrong but it seems like you're making one simple mistake. you looked at all these young rich people on youtube and the internet like iman gadhzi, sebastian ghiorguo, hamza, biaheza, jordan welch or someone else, and you saw they all got rich by like, dropshipping or digital marketing or selling courses, and you want that too.
you have to realize that when they got rich through these paths, they hadnt told everyone to do it, and everyone was not doing it. nor was it as simple as, they got rich because they had a dropshipping store. thats what they tell you but what they dont tell you about is WHY their dropshipping store was successful, what made it different etc.
the idea of being a young millionaire seems heroic but dont get too caught up in the idea
find real world problems. find real world solutions. you dont have to be an online wizard, who knows maybe your path to riches is through a carpeting business or something like that.
I only have been watching Iman Gadhzi & Hamza.


Hamza seems like a better person to watch and learn from. But yeah i get what you mean.
 
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@MJ DeMarco i want you to understand that your books hasn't influenced me in Dropshipping this is just something i thought i wanted to do not because it will make me millions but it was just a starting point along with Freelancing, but i don't feel like going that route except for Freelancing i do have other goals in mind that i am planning to aim and i have wrote these goals down as well.

I have wrote loads of business ideas on my phone some make no sense and just silly i will post it here and you can let me know what you think?
 

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@MJ DeMarco i want you to understand that your books hasn't influenced me in Dropshipping this is just something i thought i wanted to do not because it will make me millions but it was just a starting point along with Freelancing, but i don't feel like going that route except for Freelancing i do have other goals in mind that i am planning to aim and i have wrote these goals down as well.

I have wrote loads of business ideas on my phone some make no sense and just silly i will post it here and you can let me know what you think?j
Keep learning and be persistent. I would read them again and you’ll discover new things you may have overlooked.
 

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Okay so i have been working on my venture to freelancing & dropshipping artworks as a stepping stone but i just feel like everything im doing isn't going to get me to the right road, i started getting myself involved in the AI market but i am thinking whether to skip it and go straight on to other big things ( Make money on YouTube. Build a course, build a Digital Marketing Agency ) one by one. My first layer of my purpose is currently building wealth from my art business and building a good body, but now since im working on freelancing stuff & droppshipping im just not confident if this is the right things i should be doing even in the beginning?? I was doing too much things at once and not focusing on one thing ( action faking ). Deep down i fear of losing my money, fear of not able to retire at a good age, i don't really have a job but i am looking for some part time jobs whilst i work on my Fastlane journey, but its been very difficult because lot of places want full time position now ( i know its a Slowlane ) but it can get me some income flowing in the mean time until i am successful financially and then i can quit the job. Last thing i want is not able to support my family and myself, there is lot of tutorials on YouTube but majority of them are just trying to sell you crappy stuff and just doing it for sponsorship.

I am doing other things as well in terms of self improvement - meditating every single day, building good habits, journaling, going gym to improve my mental health, appearance and learning to be more disciplined in everything and i love it so much. My Grandma has her own business in catering she is not trying to blow wealth just making quick cash so she can pay her bills, but i had an idea to market her products online? or build her a website so customers can order through there because some customers of hers are having difficult travelling to her place.


So i kindly ask for some suggestions on what to actually do? am i overthinking? shall i just go for it and figure it out later? i want to make sure i am not actually wasting time because end of the day time is money and as you know time is very valuable.


Also sorry if this is posted in the wrong thread.
Bro get out of that "business model" mindset. A smma is just a kind of b2b service company. Dropshipping is just a fulfillment methode for ecom stores.

Think differently. Start a real irl business. I made 600 in the first month with my window cleaning company.

There are 2 key things you need:
  1. Start spending money to earn money. I spend 60 on equipment and 40 on flyers to get started in my business. Don't yeet your money on infoproducts. Instead spent it in a way that moves the needle to earn money.
  2. Forget all these "hustles" and "models". All they have in common is that they bastardize a real and working type of company and dumb them down so you can sell it to idiots for 997€. Start by solving a problem.

Bonus thing: I'll give you a problem: Local small businesses sometimes want to scale up but can't due to several issues. Find and solve these issues and you shall be retired by age 30.
 
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Bro get out of that "business model" mindset. A smma is just a kind of b2b service company. Dropshipping is just a fulfillment methode for ecom stores.

Think differently. Start a real irl business. I made 600 in the first month with my window cleaning company.

There are 2 key things you need:
  1. Start spending money to earn money. I spend 60 on equipment and 40 on flyers to get started in my business. Don't yeet your money on infoproducts. Instead spent it in a way that moves the needle to earn money.
  2. Forget all these "hustles" and "models". All they have in common is that they bastardize a real and working type of company and dumb them down so you can sell it to idiots for 997€. Start by solving a problem.

Bonus thing: I'll give you a problem: Local small businesses sometimes want to scale up but can't due to several issues. Find and solve these issues and you shall be retired by age 30.
I appreciate the value thanks a lot, i have been taking actionable steps from @Antifragile scaling post and @Sean Marshall Building a Digital Marketing Agency with Chat GPT both post very valuable information.


But yeah likewise solving problems for local businesses as you mentioned is something i will defiantly do. I want to learn other things as well such as learning to identify problems, selling, how to market product/services, how the economy works etc.
 

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