Dear Fastlane Community,
my Name is Simon, Im 19 years old and from a small town in southern Germany. Last year
in June I graduated school and after some down time I started an apprenticeship as an architectural draftsman (I dont know if you call it like this in english) which is going to take me until June 2019 to get my degree and then I wanted to go to an univerisity for studying architecture. Besides my apprenticeship I am working two other Jobs in my free time at the moment. Currently have a close to 60 hour work week and am earning around a 1000 bucks a month. Right now I am still living at home which enables me to save the little money Im making and I am controlling my expenses.
Great.
When I was around 18, I started to get into personal development, so I started reading the classic books such as "How to win friends and influence People", "The Secret", etc. This path ultimately lead me to finding TMF by MJ, which blew my mind. I have always felt deep down that the Slowlane was never the answer and since I have started working I have always felt like my time is worth more than just a 1000 bucks for 240 work hours a month. This is how I found the fastlane. However, at the Moment I am driving down the Slowlane in a Fiat Punto with 70 horsepower.
I have an urging desire to start something great that fulfills the needs of people and that makes lifes better, but I just dont see any buisness opportunities that I could get in right now. I am looking for one, but every time I think that I have found something, I figure out that I neither have the knowledge to realize it, nor do I know where to look for this knowledge and then I wonder if there would even be enough demand for this product/Service, which makes me look for something new. (By the way, I have Zero know how in buisness related things, I dont know how to market stuff, produce things etc.) It is a real struggle and it drives me crazy to see the fastlane but not being able to Switch lanes and finally drive it.
So the questions that I keep asking myself every day are: Can you even force process or is a buisness opportunity just something you stumble into? How do you check if there is any demand for a Service/product, if it doesnt exist yet? Where do you learn buisness realted Things? Do I think too much and put too much pressure on myself?
Anyways, I would like to thank everybody that reads this thread for their time and their effort. I really want your guys honest opinions on my life Situation even if its uncomfortable for me. Simply put: Bash me, if it helps. I also want to thank MJ personally for his books, they are a real change of perspective and its great to learn from a guy who is living the dream.
Thank you,
Simon
my Name is Simon, Im 19 years old and from a small town in southern Germany. Last year
in June I graduated school and after some down time I started an apprenticeship as an architectural draftsman (I dont know if you call it like this in english) which is going to take me until June 2019 to get my degree and then I wanted to go to an univerisity for studying architecture. Besides my apprenticeship I am working two other Jobs in my free time at the moment. Currently have a close to 60 hour work week and am earning around a 1000 bucks a month. Right now I am still living at home which enables me to save the little money Im making and I am controlling my expenses.
Great.
When I was around 18, I started to get into personal development, so I started reading the classic books such as "How to win friends and influence People", "The Secret", etc. This path ultimately lead me to finding TMF by MJ, which blew my mind. I have always felt deep down that the Slowlane was never the answer and since I have started working I have always felt like my time is worth more than just a 1000 bucks for 240 work hours a month. This is how I found the fastlane. However, at the Moment I am driving down the Slowlane in a Fiat Punto with 70 horsepower.
I have an urging desire to start something great that fulfills the needs of people and that makes lifes better, but I just dont see any buisness opportunities that I could get in right now. I am looking for one, but every time I think that I have found something, I figure out that I neither have the knowledge to realize it, nor do I know where to look for this knowledge and then I wonder if there would even be enough demand for this product/Service, which makes me look for something new. (By the way, I have Zero know how in buisness related things, I dont know how to market stuff, produce things etc.) It is a real struggle and it drives me crazy to see the fastlane but not being able to Switch lanes and finally drive it.
So the questions that I keep asking myself every day are: Can you even force process or is a buisness opportunity just something you stumble into? How do you check if there is any demand for a Service/product, if it doesnt exist yet? Where do you learn buisness realted Things? Do I think too much and put too much pressure on myself?
Anyways, I would like to thank everybody that reads this thread for their time and their effort. I really want your guys honest opinions on my life Situation even if its uncomfortable for me. Simply put: Bash me, if it helps. I also want to thank MJ personally for his books, they are a real change of perspective and its great to learn from a guy who is living the dream.
Thank you,
Simon
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