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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Buy into weakness and sell into strength....How does MJ know to get on top of things like this before everyone else?
Buy into weakness and sell into strength....
I feel so behind though
Also, to develop any new tests
Doesn't freelancing require a set of skills at first
I just wanted to make games for money.
So, I am halfway through Part 8: Accelerate Wealth. It doesn't exactly apply to me right now, but now I am completely lost. I'll admit it. I was a money chaser. I only started looking into programming to apps for the money. I am also that person that used to believe the whole "Do what you love thing." At the end of the Commandement of Entry chapter, Mj says that in 2009 everyone was selling in the stock market, but he was long gone and sold a year earlier. How does MJ know to get on top of things like this before everyone else? I seem to be the person to always realize these events at the end. Another example is about the plumber at the end of that chapter. MJ says that when the plumber raves abut properties that have appreciaed in 15% in the last three months. Its time to get out and stay out. So, I have heard about many people becoming millionaires with the app market, so its time to get out and stay out?
More about myself:
My dream is to be a bodybuilder and that isn't possible in the slowlane without me sacrificing many aspects of my other life (family, friends, social). So the only way for me to be an elite bodybuilder is the fastlane. Not that anyone cares about my dreams anyways
That's a great start. Also, start thinking about what needs you have. For example, my business helps people with learning disabilities.I made this post before I was aware of CENTS. I am posting on subreddits now, asking what is the biggest problem they have
- Graduated college about a month ago (I am 21 years old)
(The past 4 years have been a total waste).
- I went to college for the medical field and it is a typical 9-5 job. Pretty much all my friends in my major were so quick to get a job that some were working before we even graduated. No room for advancement, not that I want to advance anymore haha (after reading this book). So pretty much dead end, max income I will get is 70k after working for like 10yrs. Starting is like 50k.
- Haven't finished the book yet.
- Right now I am studying for a license exam for my 9-5 (Still applied and have an interview next week, as a safety).
- My plan is to make an app company because of how passive it is. I learned to draw, still learning programming (Swift), taught myself to make basic sounds, and learning some marketing. First started using a middleman program to make an app, realized they didn't let you put your own ads in...Ditched the app and want to make it on swift now, even though I was 90% done with it. This is what I get for taking a shortcut to coding.
- Pretty much lost now, I live in parent's basement. Learning as much as possible but realize that I will be stuck in my parents basement for a while if I don't get a 9-5.
- Only problem now is that the app market is getting more and more competitive by the day. By the time know coding well, the app market will be overly saturated. Realizing I missed the whole app gold rush where many became millionaires. I'm at a lost.
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I feel so behind though, kids these days already know programming and they are starting to teach it in grade school now.
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Doesn't freelancing require a set of skills at first, I don't have any that are applicable for the internet. My medical field skills are extremely limited to the field itself.
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I was thinking about making games, but now I have to think otherwise. Not gonna lie, I just wanted to make games for money.
Dude! You care about your dreams... That is what matters!Not that anyone cares about my dreams anyways
I find this advise to be a bit on the harsh side. It is true that doing what you love may not get the desired results. But, you should still love what you do.
I don't feel that it is selfish. This just may not get the desired results.
I did a lot of thinking. Went from making a blog and realized that it needed to be hosted. It got me thinking, is a web hosting business a good idea? I mean its basically real estate of the internet??
I don't mean to be negative, but that's not a good mindset. That's not how you start a business. Start with a need, someone else's need. The marketplace doesn't care that you want to own a passive company. I don't want to discourage you, because we'll all been there. We all have to start some place. I just wanted to point that out to you.- My plan is to make an app company because of how passive it is.
I don't mean to be negative, but that's not a good mindset. That's not how you start a business. Start with a need, someone else's need. The marketplace doesn't care that you want to own a passive company. I don't want to discourage you, because we'll all been there. We all have to start some place. I just wanted to point that out to you.
Dude, you're only 21.
Rather than think of time wasted, think of what you've learned, and how you can apply this knowledge to help people. You're learning programming, and you've spent years in school learning about the medical field. At any point, did you stop and think, "wow, we've thought of everything, we've really mastered these medical practices 100%!". Probably not, which means there is room for improvement. Is there software you could develop that would make a certain technique less archaic?
Yes, the slowlane does suck (unless it's in a job you absolutely love to spend 8+ hours a day 5 days a week doing). Good for your friends, but worry about yourself instead.
Get on that, and then read around the forums (such as GOLD posts). There is a TON of value here in these forums. Use the search for topics you're interested in, and ask questions no one has asked. At the same time, add value; explain your achievements, and how you got there.
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(Instead of relying on others to pay your bills, why not get one foot in the door of independance, and freelance?)
You need to stop looking at it as black and white. It isn't that there was an "app goldrush" and programmers just "became millionaires". Look at the grey, why did they become millionaires? It's because they developed something that others either wanted, or needed. Their app helped people, and I'm sure it wasn't a smooth ride for those app developers to get to where they are today.
Think about it. Do we really have software out there that solves absolutely every single problem? Is that it? Is it time to throw in the rag and stop developing? Definitely not. There are so many things one can accomplish with programming. Each and every day, society and products are becoming more interactive and flexible with one another.
More people doesn't always mean 'less doors'; especially in the App World, where doors are created where new problems need solved. People trying to cram themselves into the same door as you? Welcome to business, that's commonplace -- Just make sure that your interests are in solving that 'door' to the absolute best possible degree you can.
1- You're still so young man... I'm 28 and felt as if I was "too old" to be any better from hereon in my life until I opened my eyes and slapped myself in the face. There are guys who have started far later than you and I who are making it happen. I don't think they once thought they were too old. Saying you're too old or too behind is like subconsciously raising the white flag, it's shooting the cannon ball of excuse at your dreams and determination.
Elizabeth Holmes, the richest woman in America (worth 4.6 billion) dropped out of Stanford and somehow formed a lab test with none of this and raised 400 million in funding (although you say no one would respect her w/o a phd).More specifically, my major deals with laboratory tests and truthfully they have pretty much thought of everything. Also, to develop any new tests people don't respect you unless you have a phd. Most Laboratory tests are being automated now, so to create a an entirely new thing. You need engineering (mechanical, electrical, thermodynamics, etc.), computer science, my field, etc. I don't think this is a fastlane because to learn these subjects it will take more than 5+ years. Other option is to hire people, but I am a recent grad with little to no cash.
I find this advise to be a bit on the harsh side. It is true that doing what you love may not get the desired results. But, you should still love what you do.Don't JUST do what you love. That's selfish.
Don't JUST chase the $ that's selfish
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