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Hello Everyone, Hello @MJ DeMarco
Just a few words to introduce myself
I am a 28-year old French civil engineer, who is eager to be free and live a meaningful life. I now live in Switzerland as I saw the situation really decaying in my homeland.
Since being very young I noticed something was wrong as my parents had such long hours - e.g. 8:00 to sometimes 21:00-22:00 - that the only time we enjoyed together was on the week-end if not too tired. Welcome to France !
As I wanted to please my mother, I went to a "preparatory class", which is a 2-year intensive program to prepare the entrance examination prior to getting admitted to an engineering school. To put it in a nutshell, it is a sleep-work-eat-work-eat-repeat during 2 or 3 years to have the best rank possible after the examination to have the best school possible. My first year was really chaotic due to sentimental and familial problems and I got expelled. However I was lucky to find only one "preparatory class" - and a shitty one - to accept my application.
And with a lot of work I passed the exam being 25th and got admitted to the 2nd best school nationwide - and also among the 15 best schools worldwide.
The first delusion came from here. Instead of finding people who wanted to make things happen proactively, I was in front of an endoctrination school, whose students dreamt of working either in a start-up with fashionable meaningless jobs, or in strategy consulting or in finance for most of the students. People's life had no sense here. Some of them were drunk all the time, never learning anything during this 3 years. From preparatory class enclosure to no discipline at all... This was the starting point of my research to get out of the rat race.
Moreover there were some kind of student union, which organized the student life. The problem was that they were only recruiting friends or the girls who were sleeping with them. Which is why I hated my student life. But it was a good lesson of how it works within big corporations.
I really thought of quitting my studies as I didn't find any sense in what I was doing. But I believe I didn't have the confidence to make such choices
I decided to take a gap year to have some work experience and besides this to lead research on how to get out the rat race. And I got 3 internships in construction companies. It was in 2018. I began to read like a bookworm with on average 2 or 3 books a week. This was the moment when I read The Fastlane Millionaire.
I finally discovered real estate investment which was an appealing idea to me. So I bought a training in real estate. But I didn't want to be highly in debt. And the market seemed really high to me in 2018. The other problem in France is that the government is really fighting against private property by raising taxes like never before in addition to inflation pressures. That is what triggered the revolt of the "gilets jaunes".
I did an end-of-studies placement in London in real estate development in order to "vote with my feet" to find a better place. But to me, all I saw in London was not really appealing : dirty, too much "diversity", leftist, too big, with ridiculously low salary - even for engineers - except for financiers, cost of living horrendously expensive.
As my studies ended, I was haunted with wasting my life. I realized that all what we were taught was bullshit with my work experience and the whole school system with its rules was designed to make us accept a mediocre life.
I was committed to make everything to get out of the rat race. But I needed cash in order to be confortable if I wanted to get involved in entrepreneurship. By chance, my uncle worked in Switzerland and after some research, I found that it was the most convenient option for me: not too far from my homeland, a really good salary to start, same mother language for the French-speaking part even if I also speak German, out of the European Gulag, with a good banking system and respecting private property.
However with the Covid episode, the company to which I applied froze all the hirings. I had no money almost no money except €10,000-15,000 invested in gold and silver bullions. I had almost no experience. Fortunately I had the discipline to do sports every day, reading and working on my future during the lockdowns. As I was passionate by finance, I also got a bargain in an Agora Financial program to have lifetime financial advice for $2500. In order to invest I borrowed money from my mother. I made really profitable investments but I couldn't make a living of it.
I ended the year by getting a job in a reknown construction firm in Swtzerland, which proposed me a really good salary. I still had a small voice inside of me telling me : "is it really what you want?". I also remember reading the French edition of Unscripted at the time.
First real job, first responsibilities, third delusion : I had really bad manager, who was more interested in watching the legs of the receptionist, putting a lot of pressure on me and blaming me for his faults. I was managing 25 contracting firms the construction of a 40,000-sqm area with no previous experience and no help from my superiors. Some weeks never sleeping because of stress.
My doctor put me on sick leave on mid-July 2022 for 10 weeks and 4 experienced people were hired to do my job. During this period, I couldn't do anything because of exhaustion except buying food. I was completely lost. And I began to feel truly depressed.
I could count on my parents and some friends but first job / first burnout is a real slap in the face. It was the second time I deeply thought about my life. I only wanted to get out of the rat race but I had almost no energy.
I remember having heard of dropshipping with SEO to acquire customers. I was a bit dubious. But I had nothing to lose. So I decided to buy a training in that field to reach financial freedom. I am working on it currently. Simulataneously, I made really good investments and I now have around $70,000 in gold and silver stocks, $15,000 in gold and silver and $10,000 in cash. Yes, I am a gold and silver bug.
At the end of September, the doctor put me on part time work. First at 50% and then at 60% to go progressively.
Where I am now?
Since then, I still work part-time at 60% and I really want to start a SEO dropshipping business before the end of my part-time period in order to get free. I know it is not ideal according to the Fastlane philosophy but it could be a lucrative start.
I am still recovering because I really had a health damaging experience. Hopefully my salary is the same as the one when I was working because living in Switzerland is quite expensive.
I am fully commited in working to avoid such experiences to happen again.
What do you think about it? Have you experienced such experiences? Do you have pieces of advice to get out of this rough experience?
Thank you very much for reading my story ! I look forward to getting to know you better ! I joined the forum in order to be in a community of like-minded people where I can thrive
JPS
Just a few words to introduce myself
I am a 28-year old French civil engineer, who is eager to be free and live a meaningful life. I now live in Switzerland as I saw the situation really decaying in my homeland.
Since being very young I noticed something was wrong as my parents had such long hours - e.g. 8:00 to sometimes 21:00-22:00 - that the only time we enjoyed together was on the week-end if not too tired. Welcome to France !
As I wanted to please my mother, I went to a "preparatory class", which is a 2-year intensive program to prepare the entrance examination prior to getting admitted to an engineering school. To put it in a nutshell, it is a sleep-work-eat-work-eat-repeat during 2 or 3 years to have the best rank possible after the examination to have the best school possible. My first year was really chaotic due to sentimental and familial problems and I got expelled. However I was lucky to find only one "preparatory class" - and a shitty one - to accept my application.
And with a lot of work I passed the exam being 25th and got admitted to the 2nd best school nationwide - and also among the 15 best schools worldwide.
The first delusion came from here. Instead of finding people who wanted to make things happen proactively, I was in front of an endoctrination school, whose students dreamt of working either in a start-up with fashionable meaningless jobs, or in strategy consulting or in finance for most of the students. People's life had no sense here. Some of them were drunk all the time, never learning anything during this 3 years. From preparatory class enclosure to no discipline at all... This was the starting point of my research to get out of the rat race.
Moreover there were some kind of student union, which organized the student life. The problem was that they were only recruiting friends or the girls who were sleeping with them. Which is why I hated my student life. But it was a good lesson of how it works within big corporations.
I really thought of quitting my studies as I didn't find any sense in what I was doing. But I believe I didn't have the confidence to make such choices
I decided to take a gap year to have some work experience and besides this to lead research on how to get out the rat race. And I got 3 internships in construction companies. It was in 2018. I began to read like a bookworm with on average 2 or 3 books a week. This was the moment when I read The Fastlane Millionaire.
I finally discovered real estate investment which was an appealing idea to me. So I bought a training in real estate. But I didn't want to be highly in debt. And the market seemed really high to me in 2018. The other problem in France is that the government is really fighting against private property by raising taxes like never before in addition to inflation pressures. That is what triggered the revolt of the "gilets jaunes".
I did an end-of-studies placement in London in real estate development in order to "vote with my feet" to find a better place. But to me, all I saw in London was not really appealing : dirty, too much "diversity", leftist, too big, with ridiculously low salary - even for engineers - except for financiers, cost of living horrendously expensive.
As my studies ended, I was haunted with wasting my life. I realized that all what we were taught was bullshit with my work experience and the whole school system with its rules was designed to make us accept a mediocre life.
I was committed to make everything to get out of the rat race. But I needed cash in order to be confortable if I wanted to get involved in entrepreneurship. By chance, my uncle worked in Switzerland and after some research, I found that it was the most convenient option for me: not too far from my homeland, a really good salary to start, same mother language for the French-speaking part even if I also speak German, out of the European Gulag, with a good banking system and respecting private property.
However with the Covid episode, the company to which I applied froze all the hirings. I had no money almost no money except €10,000-15,000 invested in gold and silver bullions. I had almost no experience. Fortunately I had the discipline to do sports every day, reading and working on my future during the lockdowns. As I was passionate by finance, I also got a bargain in an Agora Financial program to have lifetime financial advice for $2500. In order to invest I borrowed money from my mother. I made really profitable investments but I couldn't make a living of it.
I ended the year by getting a job in a reknown construction firm in Swtzerland, which proposed me a really good salary. I still had a small voice inside of me telling me : "is it really what you want?". I also remember reading the French edition of Unscripted at the time.
First real job, first responsibilities, third delusion : I had really bad manager, who was more interested in watching the legs of the receptionist, putting a lot of pressure on me and blaming me for his faults. I was managing 25 contracting firms the construction of a 40,000-sqm area with no previous experience and no help from my superiors. Some weeks never sleeping because of stress.
My doctor put me on sick leave on mid-July 2022 for 10 weeks and 4 experienced people were hired to do my job. During this period, I couldn't do anything because of exhaustion except buying food. I was completely lost. And I began to feel truly depressed.
I could count on my parents and some friends but first job / first burnout is a real slap in the face. It was the second time I deeply thought about my life. I only wanted to get out of the rat race but I had almost no energy.
I remember having heard of dropshipping with SEO to acquire customers. I was a bit dubious. But I had nothing to lose. So I decided to buy a training in that field to reach financial freedom. I am working on it currently. Simulataneously, I made really good investments and I now have around $70,000 in gold and silver stocks, $15,000 in gold and silver and $10,000 in cash. Yes, I am a gold and silver bug.
At the end of September, the doctor put me on part time work. First at 50% and then at 60% to go progressively.
Where I am now?
Since then, I still work part-time at 60% and I really want to start a SEO dropshipping business before the end of my part-time period in order to get free. I know it is not ideal according to the Fastlane philosophy but it could be a lucrative start.
I am still recovering because I really had a health damaging experience. Hopefully my salary is the same as the one when I was working because living in Switzerland is quite expensive.
I am fully commited in working to avoid such experiences to happen again.
What do you think about it? Have you experienced such experiences? Do you have pieces of advice to get out of this rough experience?
Thank you very much for reading my story ! I look forward to getting to know you better ! I joined the forum in order to be in a community of like-minded people where I can thrive
JPS
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