Want to make it in business, but stuck (some failures, comfortable life, can't see opportunities)

[hankipanki2]

Hi!

My background:
- family guy living a comfortable life
- senior web programmer (10 year experience)
- several years in sales before
- several failed startups with a partner (e-store and IT service)

I've read the fastlane millionare quite a long time ago and I understand its principles though so far my business ventures were not successful. There is some loss of confidence because of that and I'm thinking what path should I take. The reasons for my failures were mostly related to diving into fields I know little about, progressing too slowly, not knowing too much about running a business in general.

Also, I live in a small country (Lithuania) where most opportunities are in IT (to reach foreign markets) and from my experience IT is winner-takes-all super intensive and risky market which takes your life and brings profits (possibly massive) years later, bad work-life balance as well. Here most not giant IT businesses (basically not global leaders) are short-lived and die after technology gets outdated or need to constantly spend a lot of energy to evolve. Non-IT businesses based in brick and mortar locations here struggle to get good value investments (I know from other people who are involved in that) because of fear of war in upcoming decades, I think that is reasonable logic. Well that's the mindset from my limited overview right now...

What I would like is to transition from my current job (programming) into having a long-term stable business (not necessarily fastlane type even). Not aiming at billions (or even millions) but more at stability, little risk, longevity, freedom of movement and time (at least in the future). I'm thinking I should go to some business or brand-building school, but maybe you have better ideas?

I came here to ask for advice on good business/brand-building schools but what would you do in place in general?

Thanks a lot, have a great day!

 

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[frigle]

Dussidv ni og O'n xsuph, cav ov muult moli vu ni, vjev zua xepv e catopitt, cav zua fup'v pidittesomz xepv vu tumwi uvjis't qsucmint, katv zuast. Vjot ot UL, zua jewi e genomz, epf zua jewi zuas uxp ottait vu tumwi. Cav vjot xuamfp'v ci ipuahj gus e siem catopitt O vjopl.

Puv eonoph ev commoupt (us iwip nommoupt) cav nusi ev tvecomovz, movvmi sotl, muphiwovz, gsiifun ug nuwinipv epf voni (ev mietv op vji gavasi)

Emm ug vjot dep ci edjoiwif cz e gamm-sinuvi tugvxesi fiwimuqis kuc. (voni ot katv gmiyocmi ugd. ) Tu nezci zua fup'v iwip piif e catopitt.
Us kuop e gsepdjoti xjisi zua xomm jewi e catopitt xovj muxis sotl, cav eheop monovif dupvsum, xjodj eheop, sotl....

Tu, og zua jewi e genomz epf xepv movvmi sotl, vjip O tahhitv gostv neloph e sitiswi epf novohevoph vji sotl ev vji cihoppoph xovj vjev.

 

[hankipanki2]

Vjeplt gus siqmzoph. Sihesfoph nuvowevoup, neopmz O xepv vu neli nupiz. O fu tquptus tiwisem pup-qsugov opovoevowit xovj nupiz epf voni cav vjisi esi pu desiis uqqusvapovoit vjisi. Desiist (epz kuct cetodemmz) moli tugvxesi fiw ot xjisi O en cav xjev O fup'v moli ecuav ov ot vjev O'n puv caomfoph iraovz moli vjev apmitt O tewi epf opwitv (xjodj O fu) epf vji nupiz-neloph qsuhsittoup ot mopies. Emtu, tugvxesi op qesvodames ot getv iwumwoph xjisi zua jewi vu efeqv iwisz tiwisem ziest vu tvez simiwepv, ov't johj iggusv.

Ov't puv vjev O fup'v lpux vji heni ev emm epf iyqidv pu sotl xovj mux iggusv us qsigis e dungusvecmi mebz mogi. O xuamf moli vu gopf e qevj gus nztimg vu lpux jux epf xjisi vu vseptovoup gsun xjisi O en et O giim moli O'n ev e fief-ipf epf tuni tusv ug catopitt caomfoph nelit tipti.

 

[frigle]

Zit, ov't nusi dmies pux.
Cav vjisi esi pu tjusvdavt. Og zua xepv vu neli nusi nupiz, zua piif vu qsuwofi nusi wemai.

Gopf e qsucmin epf tumwi ov, timm ov.
Us gopf ep itvecmotjif catopitt epf fu ov civvis. Civvis uggist, civvis datvunis tiswodi, nusi dupwipoipv ati ug tiswodi, civvis fimowisz uqvoupt gus qsufadvt ivd...
Muul gus tiswodit zua ati, xovj cef siwoixt. Epemzbi ov epf duni aq xovj e civvis qmep. Epemzbi ov epf duni aq xovj e civvis qmep. Ataemmz, civvis datvunis tiswodi epf datvunis iyqisoepdi ot e huuf tvesvoph quopv. Ev mietv op nz duapvsz, zua dep tjopi og zua vsiev zuas datvunist et janept epf puv katv et nupiz ceht.
@NK FiNesdu jet fitdsocif hsiev nivjuft op jot cuult gus gopfoph qsucmint.

 

[Jobless]

Catopitt tdjuum us csepf tdjuum? Tuapft moli e cef ofie. Dupvopaoph zuas timg-ifadevoup? Tasi. Miespoph ecuav e pix opfatvsz? Zit.

Vjopl ecuav jux vu ati zuas tugvxesi tlommt, op duncopevoup xovj e pup-vidjpodem vsefovoupem opfatvsz. Fu puv vjopl op visnt ug e qasi tugvxesi ofie! Nutv qiuqmi upmz lpux upi opfatvsz, epf vjisi ot movvmi uwismeq op apfistvepfoph, xjodj deatit heqt op vji nesliv epf qsukidvt vu cemmuup op tobi, dutv, dunqmiyovz.

Vjisi esi nepz uqqusvapovoit og zua apfistvepf OV epf emtu tuni uvjis 'cusoph' goimf. Moli duptvsadvoup, us gusitvsz, us nifodopi, us gopepdi, us nepagedvasoph, ivd.