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Hello Fastlaners! My name is Adailson and I'm from Brazil.
I started this thread to seek guidance, but far from sounding like a victim (in fact if I do, please slap me in the face), I'm really at a loss as to what to do. I was scared to write this post, but to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone, I decided to face the criticism.
By the way, one of my dreams nailed to the wall 10 years ago (1/5/10) is to be able to help someone not to brake like me and maybe something will come out of this topic.
Who knows, this could become a topic of progress, after all I'm going to achieve what I want anyway.
It's going to be a little long, so here we go...
I'm 25 years old and I've been here on the forum for a little over a year, consuming a lot of information from several successful guys and thanking a few (after I read @Andy Black thread on peeking).
Well, I would like to tell you a little about my story to shed some light on how I got to where I am.
Different from the story of many people I saw around here, I never had financial difficulties, my family is middle class, without living on luxuries, of course, but we never went hungry (my father is a bricklayer and my mother is a civil servant working as a lunch lady).
My father never wanted me to work and just concentrate on my studies and as I had no other influences I continued like that and graduated in Business Administration because I didn't know which way to go, I went where I thought I would have more opportunities.
This is an important detail, I never had personal tastes, I was always influenced by the environment, the only thing I liked was to lock myself in my room and play, I only went out to ride the bike or to the gym which I started after I was 15 because I noticed that was already obese).
In 2015, when I started college, I started working as a general assistant in a computer store, working as an office boy, salesman, furniture assembler and technical assistance (where I was even better than the trained guys, but because I wasn't my main function was little there... and man I liked that part a lot at the time).
In 2016 I was fired due to the low demand and my position being the "less important". I stopped for a few months and then got a job as an intern in the Production Control of a poultry company, in another city where I drove every day. For a few months I was at zero because the costs were not covered by my income, as I earned about R$800 and fuel here is very expensive.
Well, over the course of 1 year in this internship, I was doubling my salary according to the period of college (it was a law they followed) and I did very well in terms of recognition because I dedicated myself a lot (unlike my first job where I was very without judgment ), but I didn’t get a permanent job because nothing came up as an opportunity.
In 2017 I got a job in the supply area at this same company but at another branch, where I started as an assistant and rose to assistant in less than 1 year. I learned a lot in that period about negotiating and communicating with other people.
To take a break, man... how shy I was, if I greeted a woman with a hug, my heart would skip a beat .
I stayed at this company until 2018, when a new coordinator came in who only made promises and didn't say anything about anything, and I, afraid that they would close the sector because it was a big company and I was a novice, started distributing resumes.
In the same year, I got a job in the same supply sector in a company in the "white line" business, as we call it here in my country, which manufactures stoves.
It was a great period for me, I entered a position above the previous one, that is, as an analyst and I moved up a position during the period I was there. I dedicated myself a lot here and it was where I eliminated all my shyness and developed great communication.
I gave more opinions, got involved in the projects and solved many... many problems, as I was responsible for hiring all the third parties that provided services within the company and also for the purchase of all parts considered as "investments (hydraulic presses, machines , equipment and works).
Then I found out how dependent I was on the manager, he was a great guy and even today he is a friend outside the company, a great leader who walked with us on a daily basis, always helping with problems.
But for me, I needed to develop more the part of being self-taught and solving more for myself and I evolved a lot in that because as I served the whole company and every day there were emergencies with machine breakdowns, production stoppage for some shit I had to go behind the suppliers and service providers to meet the maintenance demand.
In 2019, parallel to this work, I fell into the world of affiliate gurus, I tried to create blogs, sell on insta, in 1x1 conversations on whats but without success.
Until then, I had never thought about this business of being an entrepreneur, but like many people, I was fascinated by being able to work from wherever I was and having more free time.
That same year I tried to sell through facebook ads but I faced several difficulties with blocks and with very bad products (and of course due to poor execution and little study on my part).
In October I started using Google Ads to sell as an affiliate, starting to have some positive results in November.
And then I continued like this, until 2021, with my income at the company I worked for, which was around R$ 3,500.00 ( U$D 650.00) which covered my costs and initial investments in Google Ads because I live with my parents ( in fact, it consumes my mind) and the income as an affiliate, which was very low and I never took it off because I restrict a lot and spend it only when it is really necessary (this was good and bad because I saved "a lot" but I stopped living a lot for one young).
Well, in 2021 around June I decided to get crazy and leave the company to try to create a business, without any idea or guidance (stupid, after meeting MJ I understood that).
I left with something around BRL 50,000.00 in my personal account and another BRL 20,000.00 that I had as an affiliate (a total of something around U$D 13,200.00, since I had already opened a company CNPJ in hoping the law of attraction would catch me (look at the shit I thought lol) And I had faith that I would find something or climb sales as an affiliate, but I was fed up because it didn't bring me the "feedback" to stay in love.
Then things started to get ugly, I continued with Google Ads, and in parallel trying to find something to create but without any clarity of what and how to do it, I lost up to R$ 5,000.00 overnight with a Dropshipping guru who promised me a ready-made product just for me to sell (weak mind).
My idea was to have an income that would sustain me until I created something (if I had stayed at the company, but I faltered on that, I know).
At the end of 2021 I found out about the book The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ in a video comment by a personal development guy who I follow who has been helping me with shyness with women.
Even with the book in hand I was still lost because I didn't pay much attention, I was already pretty discouraged.
I went like this until mid-February 2022, when I started having bouts of anxiety and depression, spending my days pretending to do some action, eating compulsively and smoking a lot of marijuana.
Until I woke up one day on the bedroom floor, I had fallen asleep, with the notebook on full of open movies and food around me... So I decided to seek psychological help in June because it seemed that I didn't see an opportunity anywhere.
It didn't matter how much I researched and looking at the people around me, happy, with clarity about every step they took, it consumed me and I thought I was shit, that destiny didn't want my success, even though I was aware that it didn't exist.
Today I've improved mentally and physically, I keep a good sleep, exercise and eating routine (but I don't go anywhere or have any Hoobys). However... still with affiliate work (which has an average profit of less than R$ 1,000.00), but I still have money in the account, from what I saved at the time, because as I said, I live with my parents).
Now that I've told you where I got to, I've been reading a lot of success stories here on the forum and looking for a way to find a need to fill it.
What I'm currently doing is:
- Listening to the people around me (which are few because I don't leave the house other than to train or camp once a month because that helps me not to freak out).
- Search places like Twitter, Quora and other complaint sites.
- Until the week before last, I had thought of creating a YouTube channel to help people overcome emotional reactions such as anger, shyness and judgment of others, which were things that I went through and improved. But then I realized that it would be more of the same and there would be no way to differentiate myself, like our friend James Jani (Valier) who did a great job with documentaries.
- Still following the path above, I thought of doing something like Content Synthesizer, now that I met Andrew Kirbi, but I didn't feel enough for that and not having a need to meet. Because I don't understand how something I have can help someone without demand.
- Inspired by @Andy Black , I even started asking some friends who have small businesses if they wanted help with something but I think I didn't know how to position myself well and I haven't had anything so far.
- Also, in some successful cases that I studied here on the forum, I thought that because they were old they would not work today, such as ecom, webdesign, writing and real estate. It may be my belief, I would like your opinion on that too.
Anyway, today I find myself stuck in this situation, not knowing where to run but continuing to study and move forward.
Well, I hope the reading wasn't too dense, I want above all to add and not just suck, even though I feel that I still don't have much to help like the great guys we have here.
Thanks in advance and if, something I went through someone is going through and realizes that I can help I'm here at your disposal.
When they have any changes they will update to be able to bring value to everyone.
I started this thread to seek guidance, but far from sounding like a victim (in fact if I do, please slap me in the face), I'm really at a loss as to what to do. I was scared to write this post, but to challenge myself and get out of my comfort zone, I decided to face the criticism.
By the way, one of my dreams nailed to the wall 10 years ago (1/5/10) is to be able to help someone not to brake like me and maybe something will come out of this topic.
Who knows, this could become a topic of progress, after all I'm going to achieve what I want anyway.
It's going to be a little long, so here we go...
I'm 25 years old and I've been here on the forum for a little over a year, consuming a lot of information from several successful guys and thanking a few (after I read @Andy Black thread on peeking).
Well, I would like to tell you a little about my story to shed some light on how I got to where I am.
Different from the story of many people I saw around here, I never had financial difficulties, my family is middle class, without living on luxuries, of course, but we never went hungry (my father is a bricklayer and my mother is a civil servant working as a lunch lady).
My father never wanted me to work and just concentrate on my studies and as I had no other influences I continued like that and graduated in Business Administration because I didn't know which way to go, I went where I thought I would have more opportunities.
This is an important detail, I never had personal tastes, I was always influenced by the environment, the only thing I liked was to lock myself in my room and play, I only went out to ride the bike or to the gym which I started after I was 15 because I noticed that was already obese).
In 2015, when I started college, I started working as a general assistant in a computer store, working as an office boy, salesman, furniture assembler and technical assistance (where I was even better than the trained guys, but because I wasn't my main function was little there... and man I liked that part a lot at the time).
In 2016 I was fired due to the low demand and my position being the "less important". I stopped for a few months and then got a job as an intern in the Production Control of a poultry company, in another city where I drove every day. For a few months I was at zero because the costs were not covered by my income, as I earned about R$800 and fuel here is very expensive.
Well, over the course of 1 year in this internship, I was doubling my salary according to the period of college (it was a law they followed) and I did very well in terms of recognition because I dedicated myself a lot (unlike my first job where I was very without judgment ), but I didn’t get a permanent job because nothing came up as an opportunity.
In 2017 I got a job in the supply area at this same company but at another branch, where I started as an assistant and rose to assistant in less than 1 year. I learned a lot in that period about negotiating and communicating with other people.
To take a break, man... how shy I was, if I greeted a woman with a hug, my heart would skip a beat .
I stayed at this company until 2018, when a new coordinator came in who only made promises and didn't say anything about anything, and I, afraid that they would close the sector because it was a big company and I was a novice, started distributing resumes.
In the same year, I got a job in the same supply sector in a company in the "white line" business, as we call it here in my country, which manufactures stoves.
It was a great period for me, I entered a position above the previous one, that is, as an analyst and I moved up a position during the period I was there. I dedicated myself a lot here and it was where I eliminated all my shyness and developed great communication.
I gave more opinions, got involved in the projects and solved many... many problems, as I was responsible for hiring all the third parties that provided services within the company and also for the purchase of all parts considered as "investments (hydraulic presses, machines , equipment and works).
Then I found out how dependent I was on the manager, he was a great guy and even today he is a friend outside the company, a great leader who walked with us on a daily basis, always helping with problems.
But for me, I needed to develop more the part of being self-taught and solving more for myself and I evolved a lot in that because as I served the whole company and every day there were emergencies with machine breakdowns, production stoppage for some shit I had to go behind the suppliers and service providers to meet the maintenance demand.
In 2019, parallel to this work, I fell into the world of affiliate gurus, I tried to create blogs, sell on insta, in 1x1 conversations on whats but without success.
Until then, I had never thought about this business of being an entrepreneur, but like many people, I was fascinated by being able to work from wherever I was and having more free time.
That same year I tried to sell through facebook ads but I faced several difficulties with blocks and with very bad products (and of course due to poor execution and little study on my part).
In October I started using Google Ads to sell as an affiliate, starting to have some positive results in November.
And then I continued like this, until 2021, with my income at the company I worked for, which was around R$ 3,500.00 ( U$D 650.00) which covered my costs and initial investments in Google Ads because I live with my parents ( in fact, it consumes my mind) and the income as an affiliate, which was very low and I never took it off because I restrict a lot and spend it only when it is really necessary (this was good and bad because I saved "a lot" but I stopped living a lot for one young).
Well, in 2021 around June I decided to get crazy and leave the company to try to create a business, without any idea or guidance (stupid, after meeting MJ I understood that).
I left with something around BRL 50,000.00 in my personal account and another BRL 20,000.00 that I had as an affiliate (a total of something around U$D 13,200.00, since I had already opened a company CNPJ in hoping the law of attraction would catch me (look at the shit I thought lol) And I had faith that I would find something or climb sales as an affiliate, but I was fed up because it didn't bring me the "feedback" to stay in love.
Then things started to get ugly, I continued with Google Ads, and in parallel trying to find something to create but without any clarity of what and how to do it, I lost up to R$ 5,000.00 overnight with a Dropshipping guru who promised me a ready-made product just for me to sell (weak mind).
My idea was to have an income that would sustain me until I created something (if I had stayed at the company, but I faltered on that, I know).
At the end of 2021 I found out about the book The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ in a video comment by a personal development guy who I follow who has been helping me with shyness with women.
Even with the book in hand I was still lost because I didn't pay much attention, I was already pretty discouraged.
I went like this until mid-February 2022, when I started having bouts of anxiety and depression, spending my days pretending to do some action, eating compulsively and smoking a lot of marijuana.
Until I woke up one day on the bedroom floor, I had fallen asleep, with the notebook on full of open movies and food around me... So I decided to seek psychological help in June because it seemed that I didn't see an opportunity anywhere.
It didn't matter how much I researched and looking at the people around me, happy, with clarity about every step they took, it consumed me and I thought I was shit, that destiny didn't want my success, even though I was aware that it didn't exist.
Today I've improved mentally and physically, I keep a good sleep, exercise and eating routine (but I don't go anywhere or have any Hoobys). However... still with affiliate work (which has an average profit of less than R$ 1,000.00), but I still have money in the account, from what I saved at the time, because as I said, I live with my parents).
Now that I've told you where I got to, I've been reading a lot of success stories here on the forum and looking for a way to find a need to fill it.
What I'm currently doing is:
- Listening to the people around me (which are few because I don't leave the house other than to train or camp once a month because that helps me not to freak out).
- Search places like Twitter, Quora and other complaint sites.
- Until the week before last, I had thought of creating a YouTube channel to help people overcome emotional reactions such as anger, shyness and judgment of others, which were things that I went through and improved. But then I realized that it would be more of the same and there would be no way to differentiate myself, like our friend James Jani (Valier) who did a great job with documentaries.
- Still following the path above, I thought of doing something like Content Synthesizer, now that I met Andrew Kirbi, but I didn't feel enough for that and not having a need to meet. Because I don't understand how something I have can help someone without demand.
- Inspired by @Andy Black , I even started asking some friends who have small businesses if they wanted help with something but I think I didn't know how to position myself well and I haven't had anything so far.
- Also, in some successful cases that I studied here on the forum, I thought that because they were old they would not work today, such as ecom, webdesign, writing and real estate. It may be my belief, I would like your opinion on that too.
Anyway, today I find myself stuck in this situation, not knowing where to run but continuing to study and move forward.
Well, I hope the reading wasn't too dense, I want above all to add and not just suck, even though I feel that I still don't have much to help like the great guys we have here.
Thanks in advance and if, something I went through someone is going through and realizes that I can help I'm here at your disposal.
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