What motivated YOU when you started out?

[LukasOO]

Greetings,

I'm just curious, what your motivation was at the beginning?
I'm asking since I created 3 unsuccessful "business adventures" last year. This involved a p2p picture-sharing platform, and some extensive dropshipping stores. Obviously failure is a factor that tears on your motivation and even though I want to begin on another business, I'm for some reason lacking the motivation.

So, What kept you going when you went through failure?
And what initiatives did you take to keep the motivation?

 

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[luniac]

wat motivated u in the first place?

 

[LukasOO]

wat motivated u in the first place?

Big hopes of succes’s i suppose, creating something for myself

 

[mrarcher]

Life sucked. I was bored, strapped for cash and always wanted to move to the states. There had to be a better way. Funny thing is, since I've started working on businesses, bettering myself and the like i'm not bored anymore.

 

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[LukasOO]

Life sucked. I was bored, strapped for cash and always wanted to move to the states. There had to be a better way. Funny thing is, since I've started working on businesses, bettering myself and the like i'm not bored anymore.

Did you start something within your interests then?

 

[luniac]

Big hopes of succes’s i suppose, creating something for myself

would u regret giving up on that?

 

[Andy Black]

An electrician friend was out of work and had to hand his van back. He had a wife, two kids, and a baby on the way. I could tell he was staring into the abyss.

I had a why that was bigger than me...

 

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[mrarcher]

Did you start something within your interests then?

No, I started with something I didn't really like but was better than what I was already doing. Needless to say it didn't turn out well. The bug stuck around though.

 

[mrarcher]

I had a why that was bigger than me...

A small sentence with huge meaning. Love it.

 

[LukasOO]

would u regret giving up on that?

Regret? Oh yea, there's a reason why I'm writing on this forum at the moment. I was looking to draw some inspiration for how to push myself out of a bad cycle of procrastination.

 

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[luniac]

Regret? Oh yea, there's a reason why I'm writing on this forum at the moment. I was looking to draw some inspiration for how to push myself out of a bad cycle of procrastination.

for me it was 3 weeks in a cubicle, made me realize my whole lifestyle just turned into some horrible routine.

 

[LukasOO]

for me it was 3 weeks in a cubicle, made me realize my whole lifestyle just turned into some horrible routine.

Did you then quit your job to start your business, or did you do nights?

 

[mrarcher]

for me it was 3 weeks in a cubicle, made me realize my whole lifestyle just turned into some horrible routine.

Wake up at 10 to 8, "only 10 hours to go", count down the hours all day, home, shower, dinner, bed, repeat.
There was a good scene in the sopranos that showed it really well, i'll dig for it.

 

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[mrarcher]

 

[luniac]

Did you then quit your job to start your business, or did you do nights?

it was tech job so i learned to make apps in the downtime, which was a lot.
i've done all shifts, 6am-2pm, 4pm-12am, 10pm-6am. Night shift was horrible for health.
been there 3.5 years but got fired 5 months ago, been on unemployment so far, gonna get a part time job soon doing labor i hope.
i've made several apps, lots of youtube vids, but no success yet.

 

[fortu1992]

This happened to me a lot of Times while I Was working xD


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[TonyStark]

Getting out of my parents house

 

[MrYoshi]

I had been a slave to the system for too long. Having financial freedom and the ability to travel whenever I want sounds incredible to me.

 

[Niptuck MD]

I was working at an automotive plant as a laborer, and then the guy i trained was only 15 years older then me (i am young) died of a heart attack due to working 31 days in row (12hour shifts).... welcome to the world of monotonous inservitude..... that was my trigger point

 

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[fortu1992]

I had been a slave to the system for too long. Having financial freedom and the ability to travel whenever I want sounds incredible to me.

it must be a beautiful sensation of freedom, what was your path that took you where you are now? if I can ask xD

 

[MrYoshi]

it must be a beautiful sensation of freedom, what was your path that took you where you are now? if I can ask xD

Sorry, I actually don't have freedom yet haha. Mistake on my end for not being clear enough. The reason why this goal is so enticing to me is that the alternative seems more dangerous. Working 9-5 until I'm 50 doesn't sit well with me. I'll let you know when I make it though.

 

[Xeon]

I'm just curious, what your motivation was at the beginning?

To be financially capable to take care of myself and my aging parents.
To leave a meaningless low-pay job where I spend everyday fulfilling others' dreams.
To attend my favorite leisure classes in t-shirts and bermudas while others dress up in suits to work.
To be able to do the kind of work that energizes me daily.
To have 2 pretty wives.

 

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[juan917]

young and full of energy

 

[B. Cole]

Series of events for me - life was great, high middle class paycheck, pension in another 25 years. Was working a second job (7 days a week) for play money, just let go of my own business (cabinet shop) because overhead was high, and honestly, custom woodwork is a luxury most can’t afford. Lowe’s and Home Depot have made cabinets a commodity that custom shops can’t keep up with. (I know, waah waah. Little guy ran out by the box stores. I was too dumb to find a way to overcome it).

Then I got a new boss. He’s very challenging, and I began to doubt my clear path to the top. I didn’t know at the time, but I was experiencing the backside of the commandment of Control. I had no control over what this person decided to do with my future.

This made me realize also that I may have reached my maximum financial value according to this person. I didn’t know at the time, but I was experiencing the backside of scale. I suddenly had a limit assigned to me.

Stumbled across The Millionaire Fastlane . Holy Shit. In a few days of on and off reading, I found myself going through a mental financial crisis with my newfound information. There was a hole in the fence, and I found it. I had been walking around in the pen my whole life and never saw the F*cking hole. I found the real instructions to a better life, not a gimmick weeknight wealth event at a convention center to trick me into paying for a program to make me rich. This was real shit.

Ongoing motivation comes from multiple places. I can see and interact with people here that are actually DOING it instead of trying to sell it to me. Watching my wife go to work every day for 15 bucks an hour and a sappy a$$ 401K, knowing that if I die right now, she won’t be ok. Watching my slowlane family and friends turn grey, grow duller, and struggle motivates me. And knowing that there are people that I can truly help when I figure it out, motivates me. My give back will be making more of me. I’m gonna bust more holes in the fence.

 

[Josh Harmsen]

Greetings,

I'm just curious, what your motivation was at the beginning?
I'm asking since I created 3 unsuccessful "business adventures" last year. This involved a p2p picture-sharing platform, and some extensive dropshipping stores. Obviously failure is a factor that tears on your motivation and even though I want to begin on another business, I'm for some reason lacking the motivation.

So, What kept you going when you went through failure?
And what initiatives did you take to keep the motivation?

I think one of the hardest things I’ve done over the years is learn how to play guitar. I started freshman year in high school and now I’m in my senior year of high school and I can recite Metallica solos off the top of my head. One of the biggest motivational factors I used was being inspired by famous guitarists. This could be used in a business term too. A good key factor to starting a business (and sticking with it) is finding the motivation and keeping it as closely your gut as you possibly can. Hopefully this helps!

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

What motivated YOU when you started out?

The hellacious idea of getting on a train at 6AM and getting home at 6PM, all while wearing a 3 piece polyester suit. So it was a fear-based (pain) appeal...