SturdySteel
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Hi all, this is my intro!
I'll admit, my life so far has been far from comfortable cruising. I am 14 years of age, but I have had to deal with hellish circumstances many times. For instance, my religious parents have tried to get me circumcised against my will - stood my ground and they failed, yet I suspect they'll try again and again. They usually throw the usual threats at me of 'eternal punishment' etc, and since I am a closeted atheist, you can guess I am on constant guard. However my testing circumstances have taught me a very key lesson - and that lesson was the fact that as long as I am financially reliant on someone else, I will never chart and control my own life - I will forever be a pawn. Now, I am a 'gifted & talented' student, usually get straight A's, and therefore, the Universities and the usual 9-5 employers come in and try to convince me and fellow students to 'go to University, get a good job, retire at 65' - Fastlaners have probably heard this trash before. As I have mentioned earlier, I wish to control my life, working 9-5 jobs, 40-80 hours a week for some 40 odd years is certainly not the way. As MJ said in his book, Millionaire Fastlane - which I have started reading (130 pages in after 2 days) - 'Being rich in a wheelchair' is no one's dream destination, certainly not mine.
"How did you get to this place, SturdySteel?"
I will admit, it was by chance that I walked into a bookstore, UK folks will know this chain, WHSmith. Now, I was there to buy some stationary and folders, however I stumbled into the financial section of the store, and the first book I picked up there was the '4 Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferris - now I have heard many Fastlaners are not particularly fond of that book, but quite frankly, I don't care. The idea of not being a wage slave, of not working for 40-50 years and retiring when you're old, tired and only 10-20 years away from a crippling disease or condition which renders you senile - that was shocking and fascinating at the same time. I delved further into what seemed like a gold mine. Now, I will also admit I was a gullible fool for a few days, you know the gurus who say 'do this, follow your passion' etc, yeah that was the trash I nearly believed in. Then I checked out the videos of Dan Lok, Ryan Scribner and Clark Kegley on YouTube. Among the videos they posted, I learned the concepts of passive income, scaling businesses and more - but I also found some book review videos. It was from there I found MJs book, 'The Millionaire Fastlane ', and promptly ordered it after reading it's 70 page preview on Google Books. The same day, I also ordered 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill, after a similar process of finding and reading it's preview. From there, Amazon's delivery service got it to my house, and I immediately started reading. So far it's been 2 and a half days of me reading 'Millionaire Fastlane ', and it has honestly opened my eyes further than I could have ever imagined. You see, before I planned on being a sort of middleman, buying cheap goods from Alibaba, selling onwards to Amazon customers at a nice profit - and some other FBA stuff. Now I see my path to success as giving value to the world, however I am stuck for ideas and products I could improve. Then I watched MJ's video where he discusses 'typing "I hate" into Twitter and finding a whole list of results of people nagging, bit**ing etc.'
"What are you planning on doing?"
To be frank, the plan is to not end up a broke, hopeless sidewalker or slowlaner. I will focus on learning some skills like coding and copywriting; any high income skills I could use for hustling and earning extra income. I will likely get a job, but I won't sacrifice my time/life for someone else's gain - I will use the income I make to create a scalelable business which will provide me with passive income so I can pursue what I wish to do in life. I am into politics and public service/duty, however I know all too well that what wins elections, and what makes politics roll in general is money and special interests - so I won't delude myself into thinking I can do anything and succeed - as the motivational speakers and gurus say. You only have one life, so you must take advantage of all the opportunities you can get. Medium term wise, I plan on ensuring I am financially independent to the point where I can GTFO from my not so pleasant family and not be beholden to anyone or rely on foodbanks to survive. Life is harsh, and I won't complain - it weeds out the weak and forces us to be innovative and financially savvy.
That's it for now, may I also add, any advice is welcome - also many thanks to MJ DeMarco for creating this forum, and for enlightening me via his book 'Millionaire Fastlane '!
I'll admit, my life so far has been far from comfortable cruising. I am 14 years of age, but I have had to deal with hellish circumstances many times. For instance, my religious parents have tried to get me circumcised against my will - stood my ground and they failed, yet I suspect they'll try again and again. They usually throw the usual threats at me of 'eternal punishment' etc, and since I am a closeted atheist, you can guess I am on constant guard. However my testing circumstances have taught me a very key lesson - and that lesson was the fact that as long as I am financially reliant on someone else, I will never chart and control my own life - I will forever be a pawn. Now, I am a 'gifted & talented' student, usually get straight A's, and therefore, the Universities and the usual 9-5 employers come in and try to convince me and fellow students to 'go to University, get a good job, retire at 65' - Fastlaners have probably heard this trash before. As I have mentioned earlier, I wish to control my life, working 9-5 jobs, 40-80 hours a week for some 40 odd years is certainly not the way. As MJ said in his book, Millionaire Fastlane - which I have started reading (130 pages in after 2 days) - 'Being rich in a wheelchair' is no one's dream destination, certainly not mine.
"How did you get to this place, SturdySteel?"
I will admit, it was by chance that I walked into a bookstore, UK folks will know this chain, WHSmith. Now, I was there to buy some stationary and folders, however I stumbled into the financial section of the store, and the first book I picked up there was the '4 Hour Work Week' by Tim Ferris - now I have heard many Fastlaners are not particularly fond of that book, but quite frankly, I don't care. The idea of not being a wage slave, of not working for 40-50 years and retiring when you're old, tired and only 10-20 years away from a crippling disease or condition which renders you senile - that was shocking and fascinating at the same time. I delved further into what seemed like a gold mine. Now, I will also admit I was a gullible fool for a few days, you know the gurus who say 'do this, follow your passion' etc, yeah that was the trash I nearly believed in. Then I checked out the videos of Dan Lok, Ryan Scribner and Clark Kegley on YouTube. Among the videos they posted, I learned the concepts of passive income, scaling businesses and more - but I also found some book review videos. It was from there I found MJs book, 'The Millionaire Fastlane ', and promptly ordered it after reading it's 70 page preview on Google Books. The same day, I also ordered 'Think and Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill, after a similar process of finding and reading it's preview. From there, Amazon's delivery service got it to my house, and I immediately started reading. So far it's been 2 and a half days of me reading 'Millionaire Fastlane ', and it has honestly opened my eyes further than I could have ever imagined. You see, before I planned on being a sort of middleman, buying cheap goods from Alibaba, selling onwards to Amazon customers at a nice profit - and some other FBA stuff. Now I see my path to success as giving value to the world, however I am stuck for ideas and products I could improve. Then I watched MJ's video where he discusses 'typing "I hate" into Twitter and finding a whole list of results of people nagging, bit**ing etc.'
"What are you planning on doing?"
To be frank, the plan is to not end up a broke, hopeless sidewalker or slowlaner. I will focus on learning some skills like coding and copywriting; any high income skills I could use for hustling and earning extra income. I will likely get a job, but I won't sacrifice my time/life for someone else's gain - I will use the income I make to create a scalelable business which will provide me with passive income so I can pursue what I wish to do in life. I am into politics and public service/duty, however I know all too well that what wins elections, and what makes politics roll in general is money and special interests - so I won't delude myself into thinking I can do anything and succeed - as the motivational speakers and gurus say. You only have one life, so you must take advantage of all the opportunities you can get. Medium term wise, I plan on ensuring I am financially independent to the point where I can GTFO from my not so pleasant family and not be beholden to anyone or rely on foodbanks to survive. Life is harsh, and I won't complain - it weeds out the weak and forces us to be innovative and financially savvy.
That's it for now, may I also add, any advice is welcome - also many thanks to MJ DeMarco for creating this forum, and for enlightening me via his book 'Millionaire Fastlane '!
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