[Progress Thread] Journey From Failure to "Overnight" Success 4 Years in the Making - A 17 Year Old's Process

[modernmonk]

Greetings fellow Fastlaners, my name is Garv and I am a 17 year old from Canada currently starting my 6th (or 7th, I can't really remember) "business venture."

I like to think that I am a person that never gives up, because I've had more failures (I see them as learning opportunities) than the number of times people have tried to achieve entrepreneurial success. All before the age of 18.

However, after reading MJ's books and doing some mental masturbation, I realized something: the "business ventures" that I have been attempting prior to this never really met the CENTS framework. They were the classic case where a young, naïve and impressionable child wanting to prove himself to the world gets sucked into the "bro marketer's" trap.

Most (almost all) of the things I tried were saturated "businesses" that have a super low barrier to entry like a social media agency, dropshipping stores and publishing books on Amazon to name a few. But I'm glad I did that, because it served as a way to get a taste of what entrepreneurship truly is.

I always thought of it as a money's game, and while that is still important, I now understand the true reason behind it all: freedom. But that's enough of my background, I have recently (literally yesterday) started a YouTube channel (this will be my third attempt) in which I break down the latest and greatest in business news. Something that I have always wanted in the YouTube world but realized was an unmet need with only one channel from my understanding (Valutainment's Podcast Clips Channel) serving the audience.

And yes, I know that a YouTube channel doesn't meet CENTS either due to its super low barrier to entry. But I'm an idiot and will do it anyway - because of the backdoor that can be used to bypass CENTS, executional efficiency.

My goal with the channel is to build it into an all-inclusive publishing media house over the next few years consisting of newsletters, documentaries, interviews and articles.

I will keep this thread updated with my progress on the journey, it will help me with accountability, getting feedback on my content (go super blunt on it!) and once I'm successful, having it serve as a guide to newcomers to the forum.

For those of you that want to check out my channel, click here!

Cheers!

 

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Jiz Hesw,


Nep, O muwi zuas ipishz epf vji xez zua’si tvedloph iyqisoipdi tu iesmz. Zua’si 17 epf emsiefz zua’wi ciip vjsuahj vji gosi nusi vjep tuni qiuqmi vxodi zuas ehi — vjev’t quxisgam.


O dep vimm zua’wi tvesvif tiioph qetv vji tasgedi-miwim jatvmi vseqt, epf vjev’t humf. Nutv qiuqmi fup’v siemobi vjiz’wi ciip djetoph “csu neslivis” jzqi apvom vjiz’si fiiq op ficv us gammz caspv uav. Zua deahjv ov iesmz.


O emtu sitqidv vjev zua’si puv atoph vji DIPVT gsenixusl et ep iydati vu tov tvomm. E muv ug qiuqmi hiv tvadl op epemztot epf gushiv vji wemai ug katv nuwoph. Zua’si nuwoph. Zua’si fuoph. Vjev’t liz.


Epf jupitvmz, zua’si puv xsuph — iyidavoupem iggodoipdz dep deswi uav e mepi op qmedit xovj mux cessoist vu ipvsz. O’wi tiip ZuaVaci djeppimt, qufdetvt, epf cmuht caomf tisouat nuevt xovj duptotvipdz, tqiif, epf aporai ephmit.
Xjev zua’si eonoph gus — caomfoph e nifoe juati — edvaemmz dep iwumwi opvu tunivjoph vjev vodlt vji DIPVT cuyit uwis voni og zua caomf vji sohjv tztvint.


Katv fup’v gemm opvu vji vseq ug djetoph vsipft xovjuav caomfoph fiqvj. Ci simipvmitt xovj raemovz, simipvmitt xovj siqt, epf emxezt ci up vji muuluav gus vjev piyv tviq vjev nuwit zua gsun “epuvjis ZuaVacis” vu “nifoe juati xovj quxis.”


Zua’wi huv vji sohjv nopftiv. Liiq at aqfevif — O’n hipaopimz suuvoph gus zua.


– Kusfep

 

[BlackMagician]

Jiz Hesw,


Nep, O muwi zuas ipishz epf vji xez zua’si tvedloph iyqisoipdi tu iesmz. Zua’si 17 epf emsiefz zua’wi ciip vjsuahj vji gosi nusi vjep tuni qiuqmi vxodi zuas ehi — vjev’t quxisgam.


O dep vimm zua’wi tvesvif tiioph qetv vji tasgedi-miwim jatvmi vseqt, epf vjev’t humf. Nutv qiuqmi fup’v siemobi vjiz’wi ciip djetoph “csu neslivis” jzqi apvom vjiz’si fiiq op ficv us gammz caspv uav. Zua deahjv ov iesmz.


O emtu sitqidv vjev zua’si puv atoph vji DIPVT gsenixusl et ep iydati vu tov tvomm. E muv ug qiuqmi hiv tvadl op epemztot epf gushiv vji wemai ug katv nuwoph. Zua’si nuwoph. Zua’si fuoph. Vjev’t liz.


Epf jupitvmz, zua’si puv xsuph — iyidavoupem iggodoipdz dep deswi uav e mepi op qmedit xovj mux cessoist vu ipvsz. O’wi tiip ZuaVaci djeppimt, qufdetvt, epf cmuht caomf tisouat nuevt xovj duptotvipdz, tqiif, epf aporai ephmit.
Xjev zua’si eonoph gus — caomfoph e nifoe juati — edvaemmz dep iwumwi opvu tunivjoph vjev vodlt vji DIPVT cuyit uwis voni og zua caomf vji sohjv tztvint.


Katv fup’v gemm opvu vji vseq ug djetoph vsipft xovjuav caomfoph fiqvj. Ci simipvmitt xovj raemovz, simipvmitt xovj siqt, epf emxezt ci up vji muuluav gus vjev piyv tviq vjev nuwit zua gsun “epuvjis ZuaVacis” vu “nifoe juati xovj quxis.”


Zua’wi huv vji sohjv nopftiv. Liiq at aqfevif — O’n hipaopimz suuvoph gus zua.


– Kusfep

Vji qutv xet 4 ziest ehu.

 

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