Gotta love that one.True. While I was driving limos, he dropped out of 2nd grade and started mentoring me.
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Gotta love that one.True. While I was driving limos, he dropped out of 2nd grade and started mentoring me.
Step 4 is where I'm getting stuck. Can I fail? Sure. Do I learn from those failures? Nothing that helps me.
This is a big key in my life. I've had that theory all my life and always try to avoid making the same mistakes as everyone else, but at the same time, you can become to cautious, and have to just accept you're going to make mistakes, and through making mistakes, the answers come with the territory."It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes." - Warren Buffett
I did both, see my thread failed executions feedback I got was;Look up what other people are doing in a similar situation, or ask the forum.
The other key is surrounding yourself with Entrepreneurs who are all ahead of you and challenge you to catch up.
I did both, see my thread failed executions feedback I got was;
I live in an area that's too small(well I can't build it bigger) with poor transit and I don't have a driving license there's vanishingly small responses on keywords like rural area, remote location , fly over country, low population density, so it's hard to find an example of someone who is in a similar situation. While there are online sales items that's not the same when they are going to the retail stores, picking them up and selling them online. Or if they got the idea networking.
Need to network, (well there's nothing I can reach physically and Twitter,LinkedIn etc has not paid dividends for me.)
I need to find a way to reach a 'starving crowd' online, (well yes. Working on the how. Maybe forums.)
I need to know the answer to how can I find, appeal to, connect with clients who would like to pay more to get more, and they have a good reason to see me as better than the world's cheapest commodity?
(Well, yes. That would be really great)
My ideas are too disruptive (ok) I need to look at make money companies, and get something small going. (Alright, so how I can get something small going is the next question, I try thinking of make money business but it doesn't work,all I see is nails)
Take any action(that's what I'm doing)
Go mow local lawns (what lawns?)
"Excuse"(because I want to obey the law)
"Landfill"
My marketing and sales isn't good enough (okay, well how can I improve? I've been reading threads and started writing copy and I just sound terrible)
I'm too angry (what?!)
You just have to figure out the self-limiting beliefs getting in your way.
Step 4 is where I'm getting stuck. Can I fail? Sure. Do I learn from those failures? Nothing that helps me.
Your post sounds like occasional conversations I have with my 5-year old.
Her: "I can't think of anything to do!"
Me: "Maybe you'd enjoy playing outside?"
"It's too hot outside!"
"Maybe we could read a book together?"
"I don't want to!"
"Maybe you want to draw with your art supplies?"
"I can't think of anything to draw!"
"Do you think you could use a nap?"
"NOOO!"
"Well, what do you think you want to do?"
"I don't know!!"
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Where did you fail ?
What went right ??
I failed to build something that would add enough value to people's lives. I failed to get a large audience to tell me what would add value. I failed to network. I failed to get freelancing gigs. I failed at selling. I failed at getting my drivers license (okay a bit more personal but it changes the networking landscape a bit) I failed at SEO/Twitter/FB promo
Where did I go right? I cut off things that the market didn't want rather than spending money on things nobody wanted. I didn't spend too much time tinkering rather than selling. I learnt about eBay ( I figure flogging your own stuff, can help if you find something that works on eBay later as a business.)
Sounds to me like you learned a lot.
This is where you can find the real steps, perfectly lined up and spelled out just for you! You will be getting the results you want, if you apply what's written on there. I promise, no kidding.
Your steps to success
Thanks, I kind of didn't see it. Next I need to learn what value can I add to people's lives in a 100% remote way? How can I reach these people?
Then why haven't I had my success already? I have been applying that process for years and I have not got results of one single penny to show for it (Can I cash in that garauntee? J/K) Seriously, though their must be something else going on. Is it a belief? Well, which one? Is it because I haven't found the right product(well I will keep looking,but I've not found much even on this forum) Is it because of my marketing skills? Is it because I'm not on social media enough ( how do I get an audience without getting drawn into the time wasting activities?)
I've given up TV( got rid of it) video games, fakebook, I don't go out in the evenings and weekends (what else can I give up?)
My daily one thing is find a way to value add, I never do. What's the point of building and creating things nobody wants? If I can't make a profit on one individual item,I can't make it up in volume.
@LittleWolfie do you have a progress thread? not a rant thread. not a goal thread.
something where you have done the following:
- read the books
- studied the forum deeply (not just made a bunch of 'why that won't work for me' posts)
- run CENTS on several ideas
- done some initial mkt research / sales work to get the 'echo'
- have a pretty decent idea and the first few steps started
If you don't have all this together, quit posting about what doesn't work. Read, study, and actually run the analysis on ideas until one seems to have some traction. This may take 1000s of ideas to find one that gets an echo. Keep going. Don't immediately jump back to the forum and your failure loop discussion. Don't make excuses. CHANGE YOUR MINDSET. If something doesn't work, good. You are now closer to something that does. Study 'why' it didn't work. Rinse. Repeat.
Once you have done this homework, start a progress thread. Tag me (and others) in it and we will do everything we can to help you get rolling.
What do you do right now, what is the goal of it? Could it be you are too vague in your ambitions? All I hear are meta-informations.
What is the first little step you took towards that today?
If I don't discuss my failures, how on Earth, am I suppose to improve? It's not about poor me, it's here is what I tried, it didn't work. Your thoughts?@LittleWolfie your failure loop discussion. . If something doesn't work, good. You are now closer to something that does. Study 'why' it didn't work. Rinse. Repeat.
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Of course, the money comes later. Give first. But if you keep at it and listen to the market, it will come. .
Greetings
If you failed your driver's license once, why didn't you try again?Greetings
What do you do right now, what is the goal of it? Could it be you are too vague in your ambitions? All I hear are meta-informations.
What is the first little step you took towards that today?
If I don't discuss my failures, how on Earth, am I suppose to improve? It's not about poor me, it's here is what I tried, it didn't work. Your thoughts?@LittleWolfie your failure loop discussion. . If something doesn't work, good. You are now closer to something that does. Study 'why' it didn't work. Rinse. Repeat.
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Of course, the money comes later. Give first. But if you keep at it and listen to the market, it will come. .
Greetings
If you failed your driver's license once, why didn't you try again?Greetings
. Success comes after around 67, as MJ posted.
@LittleWolfie
Once you have done this homework, start a progress thread. Tag me (and others) in it and we will do everything we can to help you get rolling.
Why would it need to be a 100% remote way ? You re limiting your own possibilities with this kind of mind-set.Thanks, I kind of didn't see it. Next I need to learn what value can I add to people's lives in a 100% remote way? How can I reach these people?
Yaa skipped the most important step, the 66th step when u look more like an idiot than anything else. At this point you might consider suicide, just for kicksWe see it here all the time here at Fastlane. Someone posts a success story or a personal break through, and like clockwork, someone always asks "what exactly did you do? I mean like, tell me the EXACT steps!"
How do I succeed? How do I make millions?! How do I X, Y, and Z?
Well by popular demand, I give you the exact steps!
Here we go:
The Exact Steps For Entrepreneurial Success!
And the beauty of these EXACT STEPS? They also will tell you EXACTLY where you will fail! Take a look at STEP 3.
- Read the book, get excited and post forum declaration about making $10M in the next 10 months!
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
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That is the place where most people make failure permanent.
STEP 3 is also the final destination for people who say "I gonna give this FASTLANE thing a try!"
Oh really? Going to the gym ONCE ain't gonna make you a fitness model!
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Step 4 is where I'm getting stuck. Can I fail? Sure. Do I learn from those failures? Nothing that helps me.
We see it here all the time here at Fastlane. Someone posts a success story or a personal break through, and like clockwork, someone always asks "what exactly did you do? I mean like, tell me the EXACT steps!"
How do I succeed? How do I make millions?! How do I X, Y, and Z?
Well by popular demand, I give you the exact steps!
Here we go:
The Exact Steps For Entrepreneurial Success!
And the beauty of these EXACT STEPS? They also will tell you EXACTLY where you will fail! Take a look at STEP 3.
- Read the book, get excited and post forum declaration about making $10M in the next 10 months!
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Fail.
- Learn.
- Adjust.
- Act.
- Succeed!
That is the place where most people make failure permanent.
STEP 3 is also the final destination for people who say "I gonna give this FASTLANE thing a try!"
Oh really? Going to the gym ONCE ain't gonna make you a fitness model!
<OFF RANT!>
Why would it need to be a 100% remote way ?.
The only thing produced locally is farm produce. Even the wonky vegetables get sold now, cuttings usually go to biomass generation., or find something that's produced in your local area that you can export.
well expenses are higher than income so red.Are you in the red or black.
Go find a mentor they will help you.
Start now, list your most recent/painful failure right here and together let's turn it into a lesson.
one on why it happened and how you can avoid it again,
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Hmm, my point was about entry;If I only require a laptop and an internet connection, I'm not limited by whats available locally.
Bless you, I actually started a thread on my failed executions prior to posting this. Up until your post, I would have said my biggest failure was convincing people to anaylse why it went wrong.
I've learnt that my writing tone may be the biggest issue for me, so now I'm working on that.
I don't know why though.
OK, perfect let's tackle things one at a time.
Let's do another one, that was fun![]()
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