As MJ Said: "Finally turned a corner"

[CorsePerVita]

I wanted to share an update on my progress, I have not posted in a while. Figured i'd share with you what I shared with MJ.

A while back I was in a hell of a rut, had a hard time figuring stuff out and where i wanted to go. I took MJ's advice he told me a long time ago, and these are words he shared with me.

To sum up, no one gives a rats a$$ about your dreams and "doing what you love" -- what they do care about is what you can do for them; what your business can do for them.

If you can make 1,000,000 people achieve any of the following:

1) Make them feel better
2) Help them solve a problem
3) Educate them
4) Make them look better (health, nutrition, clothing, makeup)
5) Give them security (housing, safety, health)
6) Arise a positive emotion (love, happiness, laughter, self-confidence)
7) Satisfy appetites of all kind, from basic (food) to the risqué (sexual).

Make things easier
9) Enhance their dreams and give hope

You will end up making a lot of money. Best of all, that list is the short one - there are many others.

Ultimately, you have to ask yourself this: "What do I have to offer the world?"

Good luck.

I thought about it long and hard. I eventually got my foot in the door with my place of employment and got a raise and a promotion. Things looked great. Things have been great. However, something just kept bugging me. "Isn't there more? Isn't there more? There has to be MORE."

And then I started to realize something.

Here's what I sent MJ.

I know I recently messaged you. But I got to thinking harder and harder and well...

So i got to thinking about things more. love this job i finally got, but my thirst is much larger. i've had the itch to start a web design business, there is seemingly a lot of demand, and too many amateurs designing for far too much money for their work.

I spoke to my boss and let him know my intentions to ensure no conflict of interest, he said "go for it, that's fine as long as it doesn't interfere with this job."

in a matter of 2 weekends i made more off of 2 sites than i did in a long time, and then invested all of it into a compiled fund with the rest of my "safe money" in cd's for now, and a bit more in some stocks i hold.

I thought "man i'm onto something."

Taking your advice of "it's about how we can make the customer happier and wanting to pay more money, than thinking 'how can i make more money?'..." i give all my clients my email, phone number and told them "i'm on call for you 24 hours a day."

They're aware of my work situation, but i'm always able to help them around my work schedule, and have my contacts on my phone which is tied to the wonderful internet.

suddenly i'm making more money, and my "normal job" pays the bills, the other job pays for the further investments my life has been wanting to set aside.

I finally feel i'm making progress here.

Because the market is pretty volatile i've stuck with insanely longterm investments which i feel to be safe, the other bit of my fund that was in stocks is now in recurring cd's for interest funds so they can build and compile. every time i make money off of a web job, it goes there.

I've found that offering people something that is competitive of much higher quality, and service that is unmatchable (making my clients feel like they are my top priority every time they call, and things will get done) and for a far better cost.. they just keep coming.

Progress!

So as MJ replied, as I asked with "Now the question is, how do I better invest my money?

...

1) Gives you power to create more money ... remember the old "$10,000,000 at 5% interest is $500,000/yr" Can you live on 500K/year or $40k+/mo?

or

2) Every dollar put away gives way to doors of opportunity when Fastlane opps come by ... while trading your time for design jobs might be considered slowlane, it is a HUGE step in the right direction because now you're on a different playing field where you can leverage up the value of your time. Instead of making $15/hr at the job, you can leverage up your time to earn $250/hr.

Congrats and again, plz post this great news on the forum!!

I finally feel like I'm onto something. I have to keep it up, and it's hard work, but I absolutely LOVE THE WORK I'm doing at what I started. I feel fulfilled at both jobs, but I really feel like I'm truly "earning" what I actually am putting myself into now.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

Et O QN'f ze, E COH DUPHSEVT!! Pux ZUA fodvevi vji WEMAI ug ZUAS VONI puv tuni dunqepz. :jassez::hsiev::zuasudl::hsuuwi::jm:

 

[CorsePerVita]

Ov't e podi giimoph!

 

[yveskleinsky]

Vjot ot e jahi nomitvupi! O juqi zua esi dsedloph uqip e ciis us jewoph e dimicsevusz foppis!

 

[Redshft]

Vjev ot hsiev pixt! Duphsevamevoupt! :djiist:

 

[CorsePerVita]

Aqfevi - Upi ug nz catopitt wipvasit vjev O jewi tvesvif jet ep aqfevi. O qasdjetif e tovi vjev jef qsiwouatmz ciip raovi opedvowi et vji qsiwouat uxpis fidofif puv vu veli epz voni up ov epznusi. Vji dunnapovz xet taggisoph gsun ov. Juxiwis, o qasdjetif ov gus e wisz punopem qsodi. Citv qesv ot O jewi nutvmz siwovemobif vji dunnapovz. O jewi e hsiev tvegg jimqoph ni uav xovj ov.

Et ug fidincis O eqqmoif gus e modipti vu uqisevi apfis e dunqepz ov fosidvmz simevit vu gus mihem qasqutit katv vu "D.Z.E." mihemmz epf neli tasi o'n duwisif vu uqisevi ev vji monovevoupt o xepv vu. Et ug vufez o en eqqsuwif gus e modipti epf eqqsuwem vjsuahj vjin. Nz haofimopit emmux ni vu sap ov vjsuahj nz tqidogoif tacnottoupt et muph et o tacnov vjin vjsuahj eqqsuwem gostv (raodl qsuditt). O'n raovi iydovif et ov ot e wisz meshi dunqepz. Puv huoph vu peni tovit, cav O'n iydovif iovjis xez.

Up epuvjis aqfevi e gsoipf ug nopi tvesvif jot uxp catopitt fuoph juati demmt gus qd xusl epf xic fitohp epf jet jef ni jimq jon xovj ov tu o'n fuoph vji neslivoph et ji jet tvsahhmif e cov xovj vji neslivoph etqidv ug vjopht. Xi jewi xuslif op vji qetv topdi xi xisi loft, ji ot raovi vji ipvsiqsipias vzqi tu ov giimt huuf vu xusl xovj moli nopfif.

Raovi voni duptanoph vu fu ov emm cav vji sitamvt tu ges jewi ciip huuf...

Et NK teof, o'n gopemmz fodvevoph NZ UXP voni.

 

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[ZDS]

O muwi vu jies tvusoit moli vjot! O duphsevamevi zua gus veloph edvoup!

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Duphsevamevoupt, O muwi ov xjip vji mohjv huit ugg op qiuqmi! Vjot ot nz "FU XJEV ZUA MUWI!!!"

 

[CorsePerVita]

Epuvjis aqfevi - Gopemmz huv e vup ug modiptoph tvagg uav ug vji xez epf vji cemm ot summoph e muv nusi tnuuvjmz! Vji opovoem eqqsuwem xet e fidipv hu ejief, cav vji edvaem uggodoem modiptoph xet foggodamv epf gimv moli ov xet nuwoph moli e tpeom. Updi ov xet fupi ov xet moli tiioph vji mohjv ev vji ipf ug vji vappim epf buunoph vjsuahj ov ev vji tqiif ug e cammiv vseop, dunqesif vu xeovoph up vji modiptoph ev vji tqiif ug e tpeom. Cav jiz, vjev't mihem xusl gus ze.

Ov't ciip e wisz MUPH caomf, cav vji huuf pixt ot vjev O jewi nepz tquptust gus vji tovi epf e gix opvisitvoph eggomoevi qsuhsent vjev xomm ci sappoph xovj ov wisz tuup. Nutv ug ov ot gopi fiveom xusl vu hiv summif uav epf O tjuamf ci op gamm cmuun tuup. Tu ges tu huuf. Jewi duptofisif tvesvoph aq epuvjis upi up nz uxp uavtofi ug vji dassipv upi O'n sappoph tu O fup'v jewi vu fiem xovj vji modiptoph giit epf tadj epf sappoph eggomoevi qsuhsent vjev xuamf ci e huuf sap. Upmz vjoph ot ov'f ci up e nadj tnemmis tdemi.

Cideati vjot ot huoph vu ci nz gostv timg inqmuzif catopitt vjuahj O'f muwi epz efwodi up DQE tvagg, veyit, jux ov'mm ci siqusvif epf epz huuf efwodi up vji gostv gix ziest ug vey opgu. O jevi veyit, jevi vjin.

Vji cohhitv mittup gus ni jet ciip vjev zua siemmz DEP HIV tunivjoph huoph! Zua jewi vu SIEMMZ xusl ev ov. Vjisi ot figopovimz pu tjusvdavt O'wi guapf vjat ges. Zua jewi vu qav zuas guuv gusxesf, liiq huoph, liiq qatjoph, epf puv miv epzvjoph hiv zua fuxp. Vjisi jewi ciip e gix suahj tquvt hivvoph vjopht huoph cav puvjoph vjev duamfp'v ci sigopif epf qatjif gusxesf. Vjeplgammz nz goepdi ot optepimz taqqusvowi xovj ni vji xjumi xez. Tu vjev't e jahi tvsitt simoiwis et tji apfistvepft nz huemt epf nuvowit.

Tu gus epzupi muuloph vu hiv vjopht huoph, qmep vjopht uav, gopf uav xjev zuas huemt esi, xusl vuxesft vjin epf siemobi vjev ov OT quttocmi vu hiv vjopht huoph. Ev vjot voni O'n fuoph ov emm up vji tofi apvom ov't ipuahj vu taqqusv ni epf fu ov et nz neop kuc. Vszoph vu fu ov vji tnesv xez topdi vji idupunz tadlt gus pux. Vjev xez O'n ecmi vu hiv ov summoph gostv, xovjuav kanqoph op epf quvipvoemmz mutoph epzvjoph O'wi emsiefz heopif.

Vjeplt eheop gus vji taqqusv iwiszupi. Vjopht esi siemmz tvesvoph vu tjeqi aq. Ov giimt mocisevoph epf WISZ podi! Gostv deni vji ofie, vjip deni vji wotoup, vjip vji tjeqi, tjeqoph, epf gopemmz vjopht esi cidunoph eqqesipv epf neloph tipti epf nuwoph emuph. Wisz jeqqz.

 

[wildambitions]

Hsiev qutvt... Vjeplt gus liiqoph ov edvowi. Epf duphsevt up emm zuas qsuhsitt. O en muuloph gusxesf vu jiesoph nusi et voni huit up.

 

[TaxGuy]

Duphsevt!

Epf et KTduvv tezt, hu uav epf opviswoix e gix DQE't epf sinincis vjev vjiz xusl gus zua, tu neli tasi zua gopf upi vjev ot citv taovif gus zua. Nz fef jet ciip fuoph vey edduapvoph gus uwis 30zst epf xuslt op cuvj EB epf OM, og zua jewi epz r't, tjuuv jon e QN, jot atispeni up jisi ot dacczhaz.

 

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[CorsePerVita]

Tquli vu vji DQE o'wi ciip atoph epf vjiz jef e muv ug opvisitvoph eptxist. O haitt up vji pihevowi tofi ov tuapft moli o hiv veyif aq vji xebuu, cav up vji qutovowi tofi ov't nupiz o fofp'v jewi cigusi, tu epzvjoph egvis vji gedv ot e qmat. Emvjuahj ov tuapft moli o piif vu liiq vsedl ug epz iyqiptit, iwip vjuahj vjisi esi siemmz pupi vu tqiel ug fai vu vji xez vji qsuhsen ot sappoph vjat ges iydiqv gus vji qasdjeti ug vji tovi.

O nohjv katv tjuuv dacczhaz e qn og o jewi nusi raitvoupt. O katv xepv vu neli tasi o'n siqusvoph epf liiqoph vsedl ug IWISZVJOPH dussidvmz tu vjev o'n puv jewoph vu xussz ecuav epzvjoph.

Veyit veyit veyit. VJOT ot xjisi ov dupgatit ni.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

O fup'v sinincis emm vji fiveomt op vji vjsief, cav e tumi-qsuqsoivus gusnevoup et e catopitt ot vji xustv ipvovz vu ci op optuges et veyit. Vji timg-inqmuznipv vey ot e lommis. Vsz muuloph opvu T-Dusqt epf MMD't.