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Hey Everyone,
I am new the forums and relatively new to the Fastlane mindset and I thought I'd introduce myself and how I ended up here.
I am a 23 year old student at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo and soon I will be graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering. As my final school year quickly approaches, my mind is constantly racing trying to grasp the uncertainty of the future. All my life I have loved space and science, hence, why I became an aerospace engineer, but as I progress forward, I become less and less certain aerospace engineering is the correct path for my life. I say this not because my interest in science or engineering has decreased, but because I realized the aerospace industry is extremely bureaucratic and very very few aerospace engineers actually live up to the name. The majority work at large companies on multi-billion-dollar contracts that have a life span of over a decade. For the average aerospace engineer, they will spend their days at the desk creating excel sheets and developing technical requirements with limited potential for growth; I don’t know if I can do that for 30 years.
As an individual who is often controlled by internal fear, I am drawn to the job security and paycheck of the aerospace industry and engineering as a whole - just to clarify what I meant by internal fear, I have noticed that many “book smart” people live in fear that they could lose control of any situation or fear of uncertainty. This fear often drives major life decisions. Decisions such as…becoming an engineer in the first place to protect against the fear of being jobless, poor, or letting your parents down. Don't get me wrong, I love learning about the physics and space, but motives are never black and white. Choosing to work 9-5 at a large company because they offer a salary and job security thus eliminating the feeling of uncontrollability is another example. This internal driving mechanism not only influences large life decisions but nearly all decisions; it explains the subtlest human behaviors. Luckily, I am only half book smart and I have slowly begun to recognize this driving force over the years, but rarely do I act to escape it - until recently.
It is now that the two worlds are colliding, take the steady paycheck on the cookie cutter career path, or take the risk. It could mean drop all engineering career paths, be very selective and take a pay cut for an engineering job I’m more likely to enjoy, or just leave it undefined with no expectations. However, this is more than about choosing a job or “following your passion”. This is about changing yourself, choosing to live and make decisions apart from the seemingly absolute authority of fear.
Over the last few years I have read many finance/ self help books such as Rich Dad Poor Dad, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and a few more. At the end of each book, I get closer and closer to breaking free from the Slowlane, but I can never execute.
Last week, while browsing YouTube, I stumbled across a review for Millionaire Fastlane . Next thing I knew, I ordered the book and finished it only a few days later. MJ, I can't thank you enough, this book has helped me turn my ideas of leaving the Slowlane into actions, something that I've lacked the courage to do for many years, and just in the Knick of time. For the first time, I am truly in control of my own destiny. It quite a liberating feeling, a feeling I hope to maintain into the foreseeable future.
I write this not only to introduce myself to this forum, but with hopes that I can help another in a similar situation reject the oppression of the Slowlane and take control of your own future.
I have a final interview for sales consulting position at a start-up tech company on Wednesday with hopes of eventually starting my own company in the near future, wish me luck.
I am new the forums and relatively new to the Fastlane mindset and I thought I'd introduce myself and how I ended up here.
I am a 23 year old student at Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo and soon I will be graduating with a degree in aerospace engineering. As my final school year quickly approaches, my mind is constantly racing trying to grasp the uncertainty of the future. All my life I have loved space and science, hence, why I became an aerospace engineer, but as I progress forward, I become less and less certain aerospace engineering is the correct path for my life. I say this not because my interest in science or engineering has decreased, but because I realized the aerospace industry is extremely bureaucratic and very very few aerospace engineers actually live up to the name. The majority work at large companies on multi-billion-dollar contracts that have a life span of over a decade. For the average aerospace engineer, they will spend their days at the desk creating excel sheets and developing technical requirements with limited potential for growth; I don’t know if I can do that for 30 years.
As an individual who is often controlled by internal fear, I am drawn to the job security and paycheck of the aerospace industry and engineering as a whole - just to clarify what I meant by internal fear, I have noticed that many “book smart” people live in fear that they could lose control of any situation or fear of uncertainty. This fear often drives major life decisions. Decisions such as…becoming an engineer in the first place to protect against the fear of being jobless, poor, or letting your parents down. Don't get me wrong, I love learning about the physics and space, but motives are never black and white. Choosing to work 9-5 at a large company because they offer a salary and job security thus eliminating the feeling of uncontrollability is another example. This internal driving mechanism not only influences large life decisions but nearly all decisions; it explains the subtlest human behaviors. Luckily, I am only half book smart and I have slowly begun to recognize this driving force over the years, but rarely do I act to escape it - until recently.
It is now that the two worlds are colliding, take the steady paycheck on the cookie cutter career path, or take the risk. It could mean drop all engineering career paths, be very selective and take a pay cut for an engineering job I’m more likely to enjoy, or just leave it undefined with no expectations. However, this is more than about choosing a job or “following your passion”. This is about changing yourself, choosing to live and make decisions apart from the seemingly absolute authority of fear.
Over the last few years I have read many finance/ self help books such as Rich Dad Poor Dad, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and a few more. At the end of each book, I get closer and closer to breaking free from the Slowlane, but I can never execute.
Last week, while browsing YouTube, I stumbled across a review for Millionaire Fastlane . Next thing I knew, I ordered the book and finished it only a few days later. MJ, I can't thank you enough, this book has helped me turn my ideas of leaving the Slowlane into actions, something that I've lacked the courage to do for many years, and just in the Knick of time. For the first time, I am truly in control of my own destiny. It quite a liberating feeling, a feeling I hope to maintain into the foreseeable future.
I write this not only to introduce myself to this forum, but with hopes that I can help another in a similar situation reject the oppression of the Slowlane and take control of your own future.
I have a final interview for sales consulting position at a start-up tech company on Wednesday with hopes of eventually starting my own company in the near future, wish me luck.
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