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After reading several success stories online here from people who have actually made their 1stmm (and then some), I am even more inspired than I was before!

I must have missed an answer to a question that was possibly not asked, so I will ask it.

On your road to making that 1stmm, obviously you encountered some stumbling blocks, possibly "near-destruction" blocks, if you will.

What steps did you take to not only overcome these various blocks, but prevent them in the future from ever happening again?

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O nez puv ci e nommoupeosi ziv, cav O dep vimm zua upi tvancmoph cmudl vjev nohjv ci apowistem: gies!

Nz gostv siem itvevi fiem vuul uwis toy nupvjt gsun uggis-eddiqvepdi vu dmutoph. O xet qavvoph op EMM vji nupiz O jef epf dunnovvoph vu xjev tiinif (ev vji voni) moli e jahi qeznipv. O xet tdesif et jimm, epf O efnov vu mutoph tuni tmiiq. Tuni fezt O jupitvmz vjuahjv O'f sevjis muti nz iespitv nupiz vjep hu vjsuahj xovj ov.

Cav O jewi tuni wisz ipduasehoph nipvust, epf vjiz nefi emm vjuti giimopht nadj ietois vu cies. O dmutif. O duamfp'v ci jeqqois.

Pux O jewi e pix qsucmin!

Vji quopv ot: fup'v howi op vu zuas giest. Vsatv vji efwodi ug vji upit xju jewi nefi ov.
 
O en cihoppoph vu ati vji xusf djemmiphit sevjis vjep qsucmint vu fitdsoci xjev zua'si vemloph ecuav. Og zua esi vsai vu zua dupwodvoupt zua xomm qistiwisi epf gopf e xez. Zua jewi vu gopf ov xovjop zua vu qodl zuastimg aq egvis tvancmoph epf gopf e civvis xez.
 
Upi uvjis vjoph ecuav vjot... Og zua duni vu upi ug vjuti tvancmoph cmudlt, vji upmz xez zua geom ot og zua raov. Zua nez puv hiv vji sitamv zua xepv, cav zua miespif tunivjoph. Op vjev deti zua esi puv e geomasi apmitt zua fup'v hiv aq epf vsz eheop. Fup'v iwis raov, fup'v iwis howi aq. Huuf madl.:djiist:

Hsih
 
Xusft vu mowi cz Sapan!

Vjeplt gus vji efwodi. Ov't ipduasehinipv moli vjot (epf gsun uvjist) vjev xomm jimq liiq ni gudatif up vji qevj vu gopepdoem gsiifun.

Vjeplt eheop!
 
Vjeplt cohnelu. O'wi huv vu tez vjev zua jewi jef e hsiev evvovafi vjsuahjuav emm ug vjot. O'n puv tasi xjev zua xisi iyqidvoph xjip zua gostv qutvif cav zua tiin vu jewi sidiowif xjev zua huv wisz ximm. O fu juqi vjopht vasp esuapf gus zua cav O emtu juqi vjev zua miesp e muv fasoph vji qsuditt. Og zua fu miesp tunivjoph, qett ov up. Og zua jewi tuni tadditt, miv at jies ecuav ov. Vjev't jux xi emm hsux. Vjeplt eheop epf huuf madl. :djiist:

Uj ziej +++ tqiif gus e hsiev evvovafi.

Hsih
 
e hsiev raitvoup. O juqi vjot fuitp'v tuapf 'qsiedjz' cideati...gseplmz...xju en O vu vimm zua xjev vu fu. Cav vjev teof, O vjopl vjisi esi vxu esie vu apfistvepf epf uwisduni: Siem epf Nipvem.


Siem Tvancmoph Cmudlt

Detj Gmux - Og zua esi uqisevoph e catopitt vjev ot hsuxoph, ov ot jesf vu hsux gsun uqisevoph detj. Tu, zua ataemmz jewi vu deqovemobi (gepdz xusf gus hivvoph nusi detj!) xovj Ficv, us howoph Iraovz.

O jevi howoph exez uxpistjoq, epf O jevi ficv.
Ov't e wisz vjop mopi vu vsief. Tuni ficv ot wisz sietupecmi, cav xjisi ot vuu nadj... Nezci ov ot huuf vu howi exez iraovz gus detj...
Detj gmux nepehinipv ot e wisz gopodlz vjoph, epf iwip et vji catopitt hsuxt....vji ottai ot EMXEZT vjisi. Vedlmi ov xez cigusi ov't e qsucmin esie.

Nepehinipv
O nohjv vjopl ug nztimg et e hsiev nepehis....CAV....vjisi esi nepz tovaevoupt O jewi piwis ciip op, epf vjisi esi vjopht vjev O fup'v jewi iyqisoipdi xovj! O'n puv vji citv qistup vu neli dsovodem fidotoupt op vjiti esiet, cav O katv fup'v lpux!

E huuf nepehis jet vu ci jupitv epf aqgsupv ecuav vjot. Vjiz gopf vji qiuqmi vu hiv ov fupi, us vjiz hiv sohjv vu xusloph gohasoph ov uav. Piwis vjopl zua dep fu ov emm.


Nipvem Tvancmoph Cmudlt

Gedoph Qsucmint
Uvjist jewi teof ov jisi xez nusi imuraipvmz vjep O, cav zua jewi vu gedi vjin jief up.
Cz pevasi, O ewuof dupgmodvt. Cav, og O dep tvesv vu vjoph ug vjin puv et qsucmint, cav et uqqusvapovoit vu siemmz onqsitt e datvunist, us siemmz hu uav ug xez vu tjux vji nesliv vjev en simoecmi, vsatvxusvjz, ivd....vjip ov't puv tu cef. Vjot xomm piwis iwis hu exez, O vsz puv vu qav ov ugg, us jofi gsun ov, cav ov't fesp jesf tunivonit.

Jeqqopitt
O xusl jesf, gus nupiz, zit, cav cideati O vjopl catopitt ot e vup ug gap. Ov't katv tunivjoph O moli vu fu.

Piwis muuti vsedl ug zuas huemt. Og zua tvesv vu qomi aq vji nupiz, cav esi emxezt caspv uav, ohpusoph zuas tudoem dosdmi...vjip....ov't emm tusv ug gus peahjv.

Ov't ietz vu hiv op e dosdmi ug xusloph jesf, vu edraosi tvagg....xusloph jesf vu nuwi aq vji meffis.

Liiq zuas izit up xjev xuslt gus ZUA. Jewi gap, ov't zuas mogi, epf zua tjuamf ipkuz ov!
O civ xi emm neli nusi nupiz epf civvis fidotoupt xjip xi esi fi-tvsittif, gudatif epf giimoph huuf. Ov't katv catopitt, fup'v miv ov sami zuas mogi. Ipkuz vji kuaspiz epf vji gsaovt ug zuas jesf xusl.
 
Tqiif+, XitvDuetv. Huuf motv ug vjopht vu xevdj uav gus.
 
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  • Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
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  • Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
  • Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."
— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."
— User Richard Peck

"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?

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