The Journey of a Lazy Wantrepreneur

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Okay Fastlane Forum im really tired now so I go to sleep, if anyone reads this goodnight! <br /> I will update my progress tomorrow and I will also wake up earlier because then im more productive</div>

 

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[AgainstAllOdds]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 35253" data-quote="Alext96" data-source="post: 504514" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504514" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504514">Alext96 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> I&#039;m trying to find something that is as much fun as <a href="http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/productID.275666500" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">gaming</a> but so far no success </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That&#039;s a mistake. There&#039;s not a lot of things that are just as fun as gaming. Gaming gives you instant rewards without requiring you to do any real work. The thing is, those rewards don&#039;t mean anything.<br /> <br /> Instead of concentrating on work that&#039;s &quot;fun&quot;. Concentrate on rewards that are fun. Would having a nice house be fun? Would have a beautiful spouse be fun? Would attaining financial freedom be fun?</div>

 

[Supa]

<div class="bbWrapper">What I recently started doing is to ask myself this question &quot;does it help reaching my goals?&quot; if the answer is &quot;no&quot; I won&#039;t do it, if the answer is &quot;yes&quot; I&#039;ll do it. I always use that when I&#039;m thinking about doing something that costs a bigger amount of time. I also do this for other goals like losing weight when choosing the food at the grocery store.<br /> <br /> Of course playing games is fun, I loved to do it, but I completely quitted it for months now. There are just so many better ways to use my time. I didn&#039;t stop enjoying it, but I just don&#039;t do it anymore. I think with looking for something to work on that&#039;s similar enjoyable as gaming you are on the wrong way. This will only end in you trying to do something you love, instead of loving what you do, no matter how hard it is. Almost everything is fun as soon as you are good at it, getting good at it is the part that most people don&#039;t want to invest time and hard work into. Quit searching for a fun replacement of gaming and do whatever needs to be done, even if it&#039;s no fun. Just keep in mind that you will be able to play 3 days in a row if you want, as soon as you reached financial freedom.</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28319" data-quote="AgainstAllOdds" data-source="post: 504710" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504710" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504710">AgainstAllOdds said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> That&#039;s a mistake. There&#039;s not a lot of things that are just as fun as gaming. Gaming gives you instant rewards without requiring you to do any real work. The thing is, those rewards don&#039;t mean anything.<br /> <br /> Instead of concentrating on work that&#039;s &quot;fun&quot;. Concentrate on rewards that are fun. Would having a nice house be fun? Would have a beautiful spouse be fun? Would attaining financial freedom be fun? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yes I know that won&#039;t happen in reality... but I think helping people and making money would be much more fun and rewarding in the long run then playing video games</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 31790" data-quote="Supa" data-source="post: 504730" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504730" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504730">Supa said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> What I recently started doing is to ask myself this question &quot;does it help reaching my goals?&quot; if the answer is &quot;no&quot; I won&#039;t do it, if the answer is &quot;yes&quot; I&#039;ll do it. I always use that when I&#039;m thinking about doing something that costs a bigger amount of time. I also do this for other goals like losing weight when choosing the food at the grocery store.<br /> <br /> Of course playing games is fun, I loved to do it, but I completely quitted it for months now. There are just so many better ways to use my time. I didn&#039;t stop enjoying it, but I just don&#039;t do it anymore. I think with looking for something to work on that&#039;s similar enjoyable as gaming you are on the wrong way. This will only end in you trying to do something you love, instead of loving what you do, no matter how hard it is. Almost everything is fun as soon as you are good at it, getting good at it is the part that most people don&#039;t want to invest time and hard work into. Quit searching for a fun replacement of gaming and do whatever needs to be done, even if it&#039;s no fun. Just keep in mind that you will be able to play 3 days in a row if you want, as soon as you reached financial freedom. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> thanks I needed that man, yes helping people and making money would be much more fun and rewarding in the long run</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Ok today I went to the store and purchased blue yeti microphone for $170 dollars and I began to record 8 videos for my kindle course<a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/attachments/picture-of-videos-webp.11189/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/data/attachments/7/7819-543dc85c2f9717fca6f087681fa5e2ed.jpg?hash=Xm6S0a6Wsa" class="bbImage " style="" alt="picture of videos.webp" title="picture of videos.webp" width="326" height="200" loading="lazy" /></a></div>

 

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[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">My kindle course is almost done just two more videos to go... do you guys think this title will be good for the course: <br /> How to Create a Successful &amp; Profitable Kindle Publishing Business<br /> <br /> If anyone published a course on udemy and know if this title will be good(or maybe someone who is good at writing sales copy can help me with a good title). I have never published a course before</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Expenses Breakdown<br /> Profit so far: -$170<br /> Outcome: Almost finished my kindle course where I help people start a business<br /> <br /> also i washed dishes to help mom and dad, they are always tired from work when they come home</div>

 

[lowtek]

<div class="bbWrapper">Pretty good hustle there. I like it.<br /> <br /> I can relate to the love of video gaming. I&#039;ve been gaming my whole life. Fortunately for me, it comes and goes in waves. I wasted quite a bit of time after getting laid off (something like 350 hours, according to Steam - ouch) but haven&#039;t gamed in a month. <br /> <br /> For me, it&#039;s simple substitution. I replaced gaming with passively watching informational videos and reading. It&#039;s not direct action, but at least I&#039;m learning something.</div>

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 35253" data-quote="Alext96" data-source="post: 504771" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504771" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504771">Alext96 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Expenses Breakdown<br /> Profit so far: -$170 </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> You&#039;re only starting out, so every penny counts.<br /> <br /> See if you can return the microphone within 30 days. If so, then buy the same one on amazon:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/187-5662147-0262429?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=blue+yeti+microphone" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=blue+yeti+microphone</a><br /> <br /> And return yours. Save like $50. Then get in the habit of never paying retail price for electronics. A penny saved is a penny earned.</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 34879" data-quote="lowtek" data-source="post: 504830" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504830" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504830">lowtek said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Pretty good hustle there. I like it.<br /> <br /> I can relate to the love of video gaming. I&#039;ve been gaming my whole life. Fortunately for me, it comes and goes in waves. I wasted quite a bit of time after getting laid off (something like 350 hours, according to Steam - ouch) but haven&#039;t gamed in a month.<br /> <br /> For me, it&#039;s simple substitution. I replaced gaming with passively watching informational videos and reading. It&#039;s not direct action, but at least I&#039;m learning something. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Yes im trying to replace gaming with working on my business. Im missing league of legends and my friends alot because we mostly play games but today I said I wont be able to play games anymore they told me: wtf are you crazy? Haha I guess I need to find new friends <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /> <br /> Quick update before i sleep: I just came back from the gym after training, today was leg day and it felt great. Im also trying to replace another bad habit by watching anime before I sleep instead(the other one is worse i think you can figure it out)</div>

 

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[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 28319" data-quote="AgainstAllOdds" data-source="post: 504854" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504854" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504854">AgainstAllOdds said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> You&#039;re only starting out, so every penny counts.<br /> <br /> See if you can return the microphone within 30 days. If so, then buy the same one on amazon:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/187-5662147-0262429?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=blue+yeti+microphone" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/187-5662147-0262429?url=search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=blue yeti microphone</a><br /> <br /> And return yours. Save like $50. Then get in the habit of never paying retail price for electronics. A penny saved is a penny earned. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yes I know, the reason I dont want to do that is because thats what someone with a scarcity mindset would do and I&#039;ve been acting like that all my life. Som guru I watched told me to think abudantly(whatever that means xd)(thanks for making kind comments and helping me <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />). Also the store were like 1 hour away from where I live xd. Lol i just evaluated my time to more than 25$ an hour :s</div>

 

[AgainstAllOdds]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 35253" data-quote="Alext96" data-source="post: 504900" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=504900" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-504900">Alext96 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yes I know, the reason I dont want to do that is because thats what someone with a scarcity mindset would do and I&#039;ve been acting like that all my life. Som guru I watched told me to think abudantly(whatever that means xd)(thanks for making kind comments and helping me <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-smile2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" />). Also the store were like 1 hour away from where I live xd. Lol i just evaluated my time to more than 25$ an hour :s </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> It&#039;s all about forming positive habits. If you&#039;re careless when you&#039;re small, then you&#039;ll probably be careless when you&#039;re big.<br /> <br /> In the past 8 months you made $1,338.51. Assuming a 40 hour work week, your time works out to $1.04 an hour. Even if you worked 1/20th of that, it&#039;s still worth it for you to save money.<br /> <br /> If you&#039;re too lazy now to make $50 doing the easiest work there is, then you&#039;ll probably be lazy when it comes to optimizing actual processes in your business.</div>

 

[sWALK90]

<div class="bbWrapper">You are making sales...most people cant... maybe you can market it more and increase sales of what you already have...</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Ok guys I woke up 6 am today and went to the gym(I were all alone in the gym felt great) and now onto creating more videos for my kindle course I will update later maybe after lunch</div>

 

[Gale4rc]

<div class="bbWrapper">Rule #1 - You are what you say. Calling yourself a lazy wantrepreneur, even if sarcastic will help mesh your actions that you do on the daily.<br /> <br /> Be conscious of your inner dialogue and change it everyday until its permanent.<br /> <br /> Ignore the people trying to praise your first $1 accomplishment, that will make you soft. And those sales have already lead you to where exactly where you are. It&#039;s not because of your business, it&#039;s because of what you believe you&#039;re capable of. Subconsciously or not, choose to be conscious of doing better and acknowledge the inner dialogue going on so you can change it.</div>

 

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[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 18540" data-quote="Gale4rc" data-source="post: 505004" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=505004" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-505004">Gale4rc said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Rule #1 - You are what you say. Calling yourself a lazy wantrepreneur, even if sarcastic will help mesh your actions that you do on the daily.<br /> <br /> Be conscious of your inner dialogue and change it everyday until its permanent.<br /> <br /> Ignore the people trying to praise your first $1 accomplishment, that will make you soft. And those sales have already lead you to where exactly where you are. It&#039;s not because of your business, it&#039;s because of what you believe you&#039;re capable of. Subconsciously or not, choose to be conscious of doing better and acknowledge the inner dialogue going on so you can change it. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Yes but I also like to be honest with myself. What I see most people in life doing is that they are constantly lying to themselves. &quot;Fake it till you make it&quot; doesn&#039;t work so well for me atleast<br /> <br /> I am also conscious of the fact that I always have been thinking in negative terms.<br /> <br /> Update: Also I made more videos for my kindle course and I finished with it! ^^<br /> Ok now I go eat lunch</div>

 

[Gale4rc]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 35253" data-quote="Alext96" data-source="post: 505009" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=505009" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-505009">Alext96 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Yes but I also like to be honest with myself. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Not saying you&#039;re falling for this but thats also a common trait of people that self defeat themselves/ are negative but hide behind being a &quot;realist&quot; / &quot;honest&quot;</div>

 

[Supa]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 35253" data-quote="Alext96" data-source="post: 505009" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=505009" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-505009">Alext96 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> &quot;Fake it till you make it&quot; doesn&#039;t work so well for me atleast </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> He&#039;s not talking about &quot;fake it till you make it&quot;.. your inner talk determines your beliefs and vice versa, your beliefs and your mindset decide what actions you take. If you think you are a wantrepreneur, guess what, you will be one until you change your beliefsystem. It&#039;s ok to be honest with yourself and tell yourself that you WERE a wantrepreneur. You need to understand that your beliefs and actions in the PAST resulted in what you are TODAY, but TODAY&#039;s beliefs and the following actions form who you will be in the FUTURE.<br /> <br /> So accept that the PAST you was a wantrepreneur, and the FUTURE you will not be. Therefor you need to stop being a wantrepreneur NOW. You&#039;re not faking shit, you decide to think different and therefor your actions will be different.</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 18540" data-quote="Gale4rc" data-source="post: 505017" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=505017" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-505017">Gale4rc said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Not saying you&#039;re falling for this but thats also a common trait of people that self defeat themselves/ are negative but hide behind being a &quot;realist&quot; / &quot;honest&quot; </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> I wrote earlier &quot;I am also conscious of the fact that I always have been thinking in negative terms.&quot; So yes you are right damn it now I got little sad :/. I have to figure out this mindset thing</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Only got actual work done until lunch, after that I felt unmotivated and bored<br /> I can&#039;t belive I&#039;m saying this but life is really boring without video games lol<br /> I just sat and stare at wall today for what felt like 2 hours...<br /> Also I&#039;m a little stuck on how to write a sales letter for my course and how to come up with a good title for it and just the whole process felt little overwhelming<br /> Good night</div>

 

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[Carnage]

<div class="bbWrapper">Hi.<br /> It seems like your kindle publishing gets okay sales..Why not keep working on that, and make the course after you have crazy sales numbers?</div>

 

[JaxAttacks]

<div class="bbWrapper">I&#039;m a life long lover of games. Lots of good advice itt, but I think that you should ideally try to achieve balance. Maybe use a half hour of gaming to reward yourself for a productive day, for example. <br /> Gaming can be a healthy hobby. (Read Reality is Broken, great book in the subject) As long as you don&#039;t stay into addiction territory.<br /> Also, games like Habitica that gamify your life, chores, tasks can be helpful. <br /> It can be hard, but it is possible to enjoy gaming as part of a balance life. <br /> P.S. The suggestions about you doing something related to gaming for your business sound like they could be great. Maybe you could do ebooks/info products around gaming. I know there is a ton of demand for Minecraft content for example.</div>

 

[Gustavs]

<div class="bbWrapper">Sorry for the bump but, why not turn your gaming addiction into a business? I know plenty of people who made thousands off of video games. I made $11,000 in profit off of a minecraft server in 3 months, and it only costed be $150 in total. Took 2 hours a day for 2 weeks to set it up, and 1 hour a day to check up on things and manage it. My friend also ran a minecraft server which payed for his entire college tuition and fees plus 30k left over. You probably don&#039;t play minecraft, but you can create anything else, like a marketplace where people can trade csgo skins for real money, a server hosting business or a boosting business for counter strike/league. Gaming is a very reinvestable business, so just stick with what you enjoy.</div>

 

[Alext96]

<div class="bbWrapper">Ok I havent updated thread because my money got stolen(all of it, had around 5k which is alot to me) and I got discouraged. Anyways I did some normal work(created website for a client) and now I got 1026 dollars in my bank account. The website took 4 hours to create haha xD people pay alot for having a website created lol. I still got my money that i have in stocks but im not going to use it</div>