I quit the practice of law, and will be starting some sort of business (I mentioned this in my introduction when I joined). I was a criminal defense lawyer, and the transferable skills I have, that I can think of, are persuasive argumentation, analytical reasoning, and problem solving (I’m great at solving other peoples problems, less great at solving my own, and I’m still having a difficult time figuring out what to do).
What stuck out for me in Unscripted , is Easification. Right now, being a lawyer is an easified business (although there is a high barrier of entry). As a business, it pretty much sucks because of the sheer number of lawyers out there, and the limited supply of work. And it’s a slowlane business. It was hard to decided to ditch it, because of how difficult it was to attain, but I said screw it, I only have one life to live and I’m not making a decent income anyway (many legal secretaries actually earn more than attorneys. Go figure). Don’t believe the media puff pieces of how well off attorneys are with their high median income. The stats are bullshit. I bought into this garbage before deciding to go to law school.
Talking about bullshit: I see the same thing while searching for business ideas on the web. They seem to breakdown into the same categories: (including non-businesses)
Sure, selling on Ebay or Amazon could be very profitable, if you have a creative way of making it work, but for the majority, I would guess they follow the standard template and fail. Plus, I wouldn’t trust either of those platforms that can cut you off at any time.
What’s worse is I see mainstream publications writing puff pieces of how fantastic these businesses are (and yes, they call a lot of these non-businesses, businesses). They either need to meet a listicle deadline, or some “entrepreneur” convinced them to write an article about their huge success, and yes, they also sell an online course. Also, most of the entrepreneur podcasts are guilty of this - they’re in it for the affiliate revenue from the guru’s course (the “entrepreneurs” almost always have a course to sell).
What I’ve learned looking for business ideas: Don’t look for business ideas. Create my own business ideas. Look for information that may spark business ideas. Don’t search Google for “business ideas”. Whatever will actually work as a business won’t be obvious. Don’t have a business (or freelance job) that depends solely on any platform (Amazon, Ebay, Upwork, Facebook, Instagram, etc.).
Unscripted talks about some of these things, but it feels different when you see it for yourself and almost get suckered into some of it, even after reading the book.
What stuck out for me in Unscripted , is Easification. Right now, being a lawyer is an easified business (although there is a high barrier of entry). As a business, it pretty much sucks because of the sheer number of lawyers out there, and the limited supply of work. And it’s a slowlane business. It was hard to decided to ditch it, because of how difficult it was to attain, but I said screw it, I only have one life to live and I’m not making a decent income anyway (many legal secretaries actually earn more than attorneys. Go figure). Don’t believe the media puff pieces of how well off attorneys are with their high median income. The stats are bullshit. I bought into this garbage before deciding to go to law school.
Talking about bullshit: I see the same thing while searching for business ideas on the web. They seem to breakdown into the same categories: (including non-businesses)
- Dropshipping- open a Shopify website and drop ship items from AliExpress.
- Sell on Ebay
- Sell on Amazon
- Design and sell T-Shirts on the various platforms
- Mechanical Turk
- Be a transcriptionist
- Drive for Uber or Lyft
Sure, selling on Ebay or Amazon could be very profitable, if you have a creative way of making it work, but for the majority, I would guess they follow the standard template and fail. Plus, I wouldn’t trust either of those platforms that can cut you off at any time.
What’s worse is I see mainstream publications writing puff pieces of how fantastic these businesses are (and yes, they call a lot of these non-businesses, businesses). They either need to meet a listicle deadline, or some “entrepreneur” convinced them to write an article about their huge success, and yes, they also sell an online course. Also, most of the entrepreneur podcasts are guilty of this - they’re in it for the affiliate revenue from the guru’s course (the “entrepreneurs” almost always have a course to sell).
What I’ve learned looking for business ideas: Don’t look for business ideas. Create my own business ideas. Look for information that may spark business ideas. Don’t search Google for “business ideas”. Whatever will actually work as a business won’t be obvious. Don’t have a business (or freelance job) that depends solely on any platform (Amazon, Ebay, Upwork, Facebook, Instagram, etc.).
Unscripted talks about some of these things, but it feels different when you see it for yourself and almost get suckered into some of it, even after reading the book.
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