This Isn't Your Average Introduction

[Gawit]

I am Tomasz. I am an author who currently studies Finance and Accounting in Warsaw, Poland.

I am spoiled as F*ck- my parents are doctors, I've always been provided with food, care and money. I travelled the world with my family, went to wonderful places and I don't have to worry about anything.
Yet here I am, at The Fastlane Forum.

1) The Past:

At seventeen I went for an exchange year to Las Vegas.
I lived in a pathological Sidewalk family for four months. I hit the rock bottom there and went into depression, but agains all odds I switched to another family- I moved to a "top 1%" Jewish host family. I lived with them for another seven months.

I revisited the second host family last year for Christmas and New Year's Eve. One of the many results of my visit is an ongoing divorce in the family.

Apart from that I have plenty of Vegas stories- from writing my exams on weed to jumping off the Stratosphere Casino on LSD. I could also talk about dating girls, hacking American high school and testing all social boundaries there are.

The above is just a summary.
It took me 15 hours to write a Word document with over 8000 words only to describe "The Past", but I figured it would be too detailed for an introduction thread

2) The Present:

Currently I am an author and an influencer, who studies Finance and Accounting at "the best private university" in Warsaw, Poland. Last summer I've read UNSCRIPTED and it opened my eyes to the reality I am in. It was a good wake-up call.

I am surrounded with people trained to become corporate workers. They are either excited about the prestige of being an investment banker working 90 hours a week or they have no plan at all. Most of them are the future M.O.D.E.L. citizens.

When I ask people: "Why are you studying?" I get similar responses:

1. It's a normal thing to do.
2. Everybody does that.
3. I like it.
4. What else should I do?

In the first year I was involved in the student's council and worked with several administration departments, including marketing- so I got an inside look at how the school really operates.

The university is listed in the Financial Times ranking and many others.
But it doesn't reflect the reality of studying. I am right now in the second year, but I haven't learned anything useful. The lecturers give us materials, which are often available online for free. Do I have to mention that the lecturers don't have the financial freedom themselves?
They are SCRIPTED like any other corporate worker!

I am studying in English, but it is a joke.
The Polish lecturers speak with a strong accent and make grammatical mistakes. Many of them mumble. As for the students, there are two basic types:

1. A party animal- usually an exchange student from abroad. They go to lectures, sit through and browse their social feed, after that they go out and have fun with friends. There's no problem to go for a party few times a week.
2. A shy mole- they work on their assignments, take notes, they are usually in a longer relationship. Their life is in balance and they only talk to 3-5 people closest to them. They are afraid of meeting new people, taking risk or even answering the lecturers' questions. They lack social skills and treat their grades as the only evaluation.

There is a handful of entrepreneurial types here too- for example I have a friend who has been investing since he was 15 and is now worth more than two million dollars. There are others who pursue their dreams and know what they are doing- even without reading MJ's books- but it's really a minority.

The SCRIPT works as much in Poland as it does in the United States. Or even better. Every day I am surrounded with people dressed elegantly, who talk in a "business" manner. They analyze, offer, and advertise.

And then there's me.

I remember being fooled into thinking that the lectures are important. It just felt wrong to skip a lecture, even I didn't pay attention during the class. Last year I spent most of the time browsing Facebook and watching mindless memes.

It is different now:

• I wake up at 4:30 am each day, meditate, take the vitamins, drink coffee and hammer down on the project I have for first four hours of my day. (approach from "The ONE Thing")
• I go to the university for whatever classes I have. If I find the lectures useless I take the time to read a book from Kindle. After the classes I hit the gym. I exercise 5-6 times per week, and my results have been stunning.
• I have the first meal of the day between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. I have been doing Intermittent Fasting for the last month and my mental performance is much better.
• I read, learn or listen to podcasts in the evenings. I go to sleep at 10:30 pm.

One notable change I see is that I no longer have "weekends". Every day feels the same, in a sense that I should always do my best. And I will.

3) The Future:

I have big plans I want to realize.

First of all, I want to become independent from my parents' money. I just feel like a child most of the time and my attitude towards money is spoiled. I want to fix that.

Second, I want to become a best-selling author in the United States of America. I want to describe my hardcore experiences as an exchange student. They will offend almost every social group in U.S.
Think of Max Tucker put on the exchange.

And lastly, I want to make a worldwide revolution on how we view nutrition and food. I believe that we should erase everything we "know" about food and start from scratch. I will need to learn the proper use of the social media and advertising.

One thing I know is that I have a lot to work on. I tend to fall into a lot of action faking- reading unnecessary books or watching motivational videos/interviews with "successful people". This doesn't move me forward. But I already have my habit of four hours in the morning, so that's a place to start with

I find The Fastlane Forum as the right place to be at.
Before reading "Identity hack" I would present myself as "Finance and Accounting student"- but I know I want to be someone else

See you on the Fastlane road to UNSCRIPTED !

 

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[ElPatrico]

Wow Tomasz.. it isn't average introduction, it's amazing.

I couldn't put it down until I got to the end.

Your writing style is incredible. I'm so curious about these crazy stories.

I wish you be best-seller author, you can.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Great intro, you sound like a rebel. Perfect for an Unscripted pursuit.

Glad you found my books early in life. I truly wish I had them when I was 19. (Which is why I wrote them.)

Welcome to the forum.

 

[P Stiller]

I am Tomasz. I am an author who currently studies Finance and Accounting in Warsaw, Poland.

I am spoiled as F*ck- my parents are doctors, I've always been provided with food, care and money. I travelled the world with my family, went to wonderful places and I don't have to worry about anything.
Yet here I am, at The Fastlane Forum.

1) The Past:

At seventeen I went for an exchange year to Las Vegas.
I lived in a pathological Sidewalk family for four months. I hit the rock bottom there and went into depression, but agains all odds I switched to another family- I moved to a "top 1%" Jewish host family. I lived with them for another seven months.

I revisited the second host family last year for Christmas and New Year's Eve. One of the many results of my visit is an ongoing divorce in the family.

Apart from that I have plenty of Vegas stories- from writing my exams on weed to jumping off the Stratosphere Casino on LSD. I could also talk about dating girls, hacking American high school and testing all social boundaries there are.

The above is just a summary.
It took me 15 hours to write a Word document with over 8000 words only to describe "The Past", but I figured it would be too detailed for an introduction thread

2) The Present:

Currently I am an author and an influencer, who studies Finance and Accounting at "the best private university" in Warsaw, Poland. Last summer I've read UNSCRIPTED and it opened my eyes to the reality I am in. It was a good wake-up call.

I am surrounded with people trained to become corporate workers. They are either excited about the prestige of being an investment banker working 90 hours a week or they have no plan at all. Most of them are the future M.O.D.E.L. citizens.

When I ask people: "Why are you studying?" I get similar responses:

1. It's a normal thing to do.
2. Everybody does that.
3. I like it.
4. What else should I do?

In the first year I was involved in the student's council and worked with several administration departments, including marketing- so I got an inside look at how the school really operates.

The university is listed in the Financial Times ranking and many others.
But it doesn't reflect the reality of studying. I am right now in the second year, but I haven't learned anything useful. The lecturers give us materials, which are often available online for free. Do I have to mention that the lecturers don't have the financial freedom themselves?
They are SCRIPTED like any other corporate worker!

I am studying in English, but it is a joke.
The Polish lecturers speak with a strong accent and make grammatical mistakes. Many of them mumble. As for the students, there are two basic types:

1. A party animal- usually an exchange student from abroad. They go to lectures, sit through and browse their social feed, after that they go out and have fun with friends. There's no problem to go for a party few times a week.
2. A shy mole- they work on their assignments, take notes, they are usually in a longer relationship. Their life is in balance and they only talk to 3-5 people closest to them. They are afraid of meeting new people, taking risk or even answering the lecturers' questions. They lack social skills and treat their grades as the only evaluation.

There is a handful of entrepreneurial types here too- for example I have a friend who has been investing since he was 15 and is now worth more than two million dollars. There are others who pursue their dreams and know what they are doing- even without reading MJ's books- but it's really a minority.

The SCRIPT works as much in Poland as it does in the United States. Or even better. Every day I am surrounded with people dressed elegantly, who talk in a "business" manner. They analyze, offer, and advertise.

And then there's me.

I remember being fooled into thinking that the lectures are important. It just felt wrong to skip a lecture, even I didn't pay attention during the class. Last year I spent most of the time browsing Facebook and watching mindless memes.

It is different now:

• I wake up at 4:30 am each day, meditate, take the vitamins, drink coffee and hammer down on the project I have for first four hours of my day. (approach from "The ONE Thing")
• I go to the university for whatever classes I have. If I find the lectures useless I take the time to read a book from Kindle. After the classes I hit the gym. I exercise 5-6 times per week, and my results have been stunning.
• I have the first meal of the day between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. I have been doing Intermittent Fasting for the last month and my mental performance is much better.
• I read, learn or listen to podcasts in the evenings. I go to sleep at 10:30 pm.

One notable change I see is that I no longer have "weekends". Every day feels the same, in a sense that I should always do my best. And I will.

3) The Future:

I have big plans I want to realize.

First of all, I want to become independent from my parents' money. I just feel like a child most of the time and my attitude towards money is spoiled. I want to fix that.

Second, I want to become a best-selling author in the United States of America. I want to describe my hardcore experiences as an exchange student. They will offend almost every social group in U.S.
Think of Max Tucker put on the exchange.

And lastly, I want to make a worldwide revolution on how we view nutrition and food. I believe that we should erase everything we "know" about food and start from scratch. I will need to learn the proper use of the social media and advertising.

One thing I know is that I have a lot to work on. I tend to fall into a lot of action faking- reading unnecessary books or watching motivational videos/interviews with "successful people". This doesn't move me forward. But I already have my habit of four hours in the morning, so that's a place to start with

I find The Fastlane Forum as the right place to be at.
Before reading "Identity hack" I would present myself as "Finance and Accounting student"- but I know I want to be someone else

See you on the Fastlane road to UNSCRIPTED !

I am Tomasz. I am an author who currently studies Finance and Accounting in Warsaw, Poland.

I am spoiled as F*ck- my parents are doctors, I've always been provided with food, care and money. I travelled the world with my family, went to wonderful places and I don't have to worry about anything.
Yet here I am, at The Fastlane Forum.

1) The Past:

At seventeen I went for an exchange year to Las Vegas.
I lived in a pathological Sidewalk family for four months. I hit the rock bottom there and went into depression, but agains all odds I switched to another family- I moved to a "top 1%" Jewish host family. I lived with them for another seven months.

I revisited the second host family last year for Christmas and New Year's Eve. One of the many results of my visit is an ongoing divorce in the family.

Apart from that I have plenty of Vegas stories- from writing my exams on weed to jumping off the Stratosphere Casino on LSD. I could also talk about dating girls, hacking American high school and testing all social boundaries there are.

The above is just a summary.
It took me 15 hours to write a Word document with over 8000 words only to describe "The Past", but I figured it would be too detailed for an introduction thread

2) The Present:

Currently I am an author and an influencer, who studies Finance and Accounting at "the best private university" in Warsaw, Poland. Last summer I've read UNSCRIPTED and it opened my eyes to the reality I am in. It was a good wake-up call.

I am surrounded with people trained to become corporate workers. They are either excited about the prestige of being an investment banker working 90 hours a week or they have no plan at all. Most of them are the future M.O.D.E.L. citizens.

When I ask people: "Why are you studying?" I get similar responses:

1. It's a normal thing to do.
2. Everybody does that.
3. I like it.
4. What else should I do?

In the first year I was involved in the student's council and worked with several administration departments, including marketing- so I got an inside look at how the school really operates.

The university is listed in the Financial Times ranking and many others.
But it doesn't reflect the reality of studying. I am right now in the second year, but I haven't learned anything useful. The lecturers give us materials, which are often available online for free. Do I have to mention that the lecturers don't have the financial freedom themselves?
They are SCRIPTED like any other corporate worker!

I am studying in English, but it is a joke.
The Polish lecturers speak with a strong accent and make grammatical mistakes. Many of them mumble. As for the students, there are two basic types:

1. A party animal- usually an exchange student from abroad. They go to lectures, sit through and browse their social feed, after that they go out and have fun with friends. There's no problem to go for a party few times a week.
2. A shy mole- they work on their assignments, take notes, they are usually in a longer relationship. Their life is in balance and they only talk to 3-5 people closest to them. They are afraid of meeting new people, taking risk or even answering the lecturers' questions. They lack social skills and treat their grades as the only evaluation.

There is a handful of entrepreneurial types here too- for example I have a friend who has been investing since he was 15 and is now worth more than two million dollars. There are others who pursue their dreams and know what they are doing- even without reading MJ's books- but it's really a minority.

The SCRIPT works as much in Poland as it does in the United States. Or even better. Every day I am surrounded with people dressed elegantly, who talk in a "business" manner. They analyze, offer, and advertise.

And then there's me.

I remember being fooled into thinking that the lectures are important. It just felt wrong to skip a lecture, even I didn't pay attention during the class. Last year I spent most of the time browsing Facebook and watching mindless memes.

It is different now:

• I wake up at 4:30 am each day, meditate, take the vitamins, drink coffee and hammer down on the project I have for first four hours of my day. (approach from "The ONE Thing")
• I go to the university for whatever classes I have. If I find the lectures useless I take the time to read a book from Kindle. After the classes I hit the gym. I exercise 5-6 times per week, and my results have been stunning.
• I have the first meal of the day between 3:00 and 5:00 pm. I have been doing Intermittent Fasting for the last month and my mental performance is much better.
• I read, learn or listen to podcasts in the evenings. I go to sleep at 10:30 pm.

One notable change I see is that I no longer have "weekends". Every day feels the same, in a sense that I should always do my best. And I will.

3) The Future:

I have big plans I want to realize.

First of all, I want to become independent from my parents' money. I just feel like a child most of the time and my attitude towards money is spoiled. I want to fix that.

Second, I want to become a best-selling author in the United States of America. I want to describe my hardcore experiences as an exchange student. They will offend almost every social group in U.S.
Think of Max Tucker put on the exchange.

And lastly, I want to make a worldwide revolution on how we view nutrition and food. I believe that we should erase everything we "know" about food and start from scratch. I will need to learn the proper use of the social media and advertising.

One thing I know is that I have a lot to work on. I tend to fall into a lot of action faking- reading unnecessary books or watching motivational videos/interviews with "successful people". This doesn't move me forward. But I already have my habit of four hours in the morning, so that's a place to start with

I find The Fastlane Forum as the right place to be at.
Before reading "Identity hack" I would present myself as "Finance and Accounting student"- but I know I want to be someone else

See you on the Fastlane road to UNSCRIPTED !

I hope I'm posting right way to respond on here....I came on to do an introduction and browsed a few first....yours caught my eye.....just want to say from reading just your introduction you are very observant and aware of what's going on around you in life......what I said to myself as I read was "you will not regret as I have....you have all it takes to succeed and most importantly....so much time to do it in"

"And then there's me" you wrote.....this is how I felt my whole life....problem is I was not living out in the world as you are.....I was living inside my world.....thinking I knew everything and wasting time.

I read this thinking how it must be nice to be able to be one of those friends that you mentioned you have around you.....not because your spoiled and rich as you said......but because its just nice to meet people that fit in the category of........And then there's me.

You've posted an introduction and it made a stranger looking through a window proud to read it.

 

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[Ozz81]

They will offend almost every social group in U.S.

You had me at this one! Can’t wait to read your book!

 

[Niptuck MD]

The Future:

I have big plans I want to realize.



I find The Fastlane Forum as the right place to be at.

welcome to forum; what you have stated here is what you focus on leading forward. you have arrived.

 

[Process]

Dzień Dobry and welcome. To be honest... you're right, at first you did come off as spoiled. I was gonna skip this or troll you. As I read on, I liked you more and more.

Let's just say, I've some similar experiences to you in terms of being an outsider looking in and building mental models about the world. I'm just a little older.

It is awesome that you like reading books and don't want to be spoiled. Since you're from Eastern Europe, read the book called Bloodlands. It was impossible not to feel grateful my relatives survived that carnage. Life literally meant more.

From there - you can just focus on making the biggest emotional impact for your customers.
1. Figure out the forums and facebook groups they hang out at.
2. Practice making forum accounts and trolling them into reacting.
3. You'll really learn how they tick. You don't have to involve your books yet, you can simply get them to opt in to an email list. Or you can simply see if you can make your comments and posts gain traction and throw away the account.

With a understanding of their behavior, you can make the rest of your advertising a lot more meaningful to them.

 

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