I never wanted to go to college - I did.
I never wanted to work a 9-5 - I do.
I never wanted to feel lost - I was.
Like many of you, I stumbled upon TMF by pure chance.
That afternoon, while on the clock, I experienced another FTM. This was one of the many FTM's I've experienced while working a 9-5. It's only differentiator was the out of body experience that snapped my body into full focus. Unlike all of the other FTM's I have experienced, this particular FTM put me in a state of deep focus.
I was angry, sad, and emotional.
But this time, instead of F*cking off and drinking, I calmed myself and began to analyze all of the actions "I" had taken that lead to this culmination of pure emotion and deep misery.
I realized that while I was heavily encouraged to go to college. There was no gun to my head.
I realized that while the expectation was to work a 9-5. There was no force.
I realized that while I was lost. It was now my decision to find a way out.
What I truly realized in that moment is that my whole life I have been giving the keys to someone else. Letting them drive and hoping they somehow got me to where I wanted to go.
The truth is, even if I was driving, I would have never gotten to any preferred destination. In my 30 years of life, I never even considered an ideal destination. Like many, I just did things.
In that moment, I wanted to change my life but I had no clue where to begin. I figured that the best place to start is reading about the lives of other and hopefully earning a few clues for my attention.
The first book I read was Scott Adams - How to fail at almost anything and still win big - Decent read, some good insights about getting more sleep, exercising and being intentional.
I then read Cal Newports - Deep Work - many will disagree with me but this book is pure fluff. It could have been written in a long form article but the dude wrote a whole book and wasted a decent chunk of my time on topics that had nothing to do with the larger point. 3/10
Then, as I was looking at my recommends. A book called "The Millionaire Fastlane " was my top recommended book. I looked at the title and my initial impression was, scam.
I fully expected TMF to be another copywritten fluff book waiting to swoop into my wallet and cash into my FTM misery.
I read a few reviews.
Then a few more.
People love this book. Thousands of people.
I bought TMF and read the entire thing in 1 sitting. I then bought the audiobook and listened all the way through while taking notes.
For the first time I could feel that someone understood me.
But here I am 2 months later and all I have done is a little bit of action faking.
Initially, I thought my FTM was really a FTE but I am doubting that it was. I have done little in the way of entrepreneurship since reading TMF.
The most impressive things I've done is creating a budget and sticking to it and completely quitting my internet use. I know that isn't that point of TMF but I have realized that while I earned decent money I was a total sidewalker. Creating that budget has saved me 10K over the past 2 months. 10K I probably spend on a bunch of BS anyway.
I also completely stopped browsing the web, checking Reddit, watching Netflix and sports. I also turned off my TV. My phone usage was about 6 hours a day prior to TMF and now it's at around 1 hour.
I have realized that I need to replace that time with a value creating business. My two ideas are both internet based, one focused on information and SEO and the other a pure product idea.
I have no idea where to start so I am here to learn. When I have validated my idea, I plan to stick to that idea only. I will not jump around from business idea to business idea.
I have read through many of the gold threads and will continue to lurk and learn but the reality is I NEED to start launching as soon as possible.
I never wanted to work a 9-5 - I do.
I never wanted to feel lost - I was.
Like many of you, I stumbled upon TMF by pure chance.
That afternoon, while on the clock, I experienced another FTM. This was one of the many FTM's I've experienced while working a 9-5. It's only differentiator was the out of body experience that snapped my body into full focus. Unlike all of the other FTM's I have experienced, this particular FTM put me in a state of deep focus.
I was angry, sad, and emotional.
But this time, instead of F*cking off and drinking, I calmed myself and began to analyze all of the actions "I" had taken that lead to this culmination of pure emotion and deep misery.
I realized that while I was heavily encouraged to go to college. There was no gun to my head.
I realized that while the expectation was to work a 9-5. There was no force.
I realized that while I was lost. It was now my decision to find a way out.
What I truly realized in that moment is that my whole life I have been giving the keys to someone else. Letting them drive and hoping they somehow got me to where I wanted to go.
The truth is, even if I was driving, I would have never gotten to any preferred destination. In my 30 years of life, I never even considered an ideal destination. Like many, I just did things.
In that moment, I wanted to change my life but I had no clue where to begin. I figured that the best place to start is reading about the lives of other and hopefully earning a few clues for my attention.
The first book I read was Scott Adams - How to fail at almost anything and still win big - Decent read, some good insights about getting more sleep, exercising and being intentional.
I then read Cal Newports - Deep Work - many will disagree with me but this book is pure fluff. It could have been written in a long form article but the dude wrote a whole book and wasted a decent chunk of my time on topics that had nothing to do with the larger point. 3/10
Then, as I was looking at my recommends. A book called "The Millionaire Fastlane " was my top recommended book. I looked at the title and my initial impression was, scam.
I fully expected TMF to be another copywritten fluff book waiting to swoop into my wallet and cash into my FTM misery.
I read a few reviews.
Then a few more.
People love this book. Thousands of people.
I bought TMF and read the entire thing in 1 sitting. I then bought the audiobook and listened all the way through while taking notes.
For the first time I could feel that someone understood me.
But here I am 2 months later and all I have done is a little bit of action faking.
Initially, I thought my FTM was really a FTE but I am doubting that it was. I have done little in the way of entrepreneurship since reading TMF.
The most impressive things I've done is creating a budget and sticking to it and completely quitting my internet use. I know that isn't that point of TMF but I have realized that while I earned decent money I was a total sidewalker. Creating that budget has saved me 10K over the past 2 months. 10K I probably spend on a bunch of BS anyway.
I also completely stopped browsing the web, checking Reddit, watching Netflix and sports. I also turned off my TV. My phone usage was about 6 hours a day prior to TMF and now it's at around 1 hour.
I have realized that I need to replace that time with a value creating business. My two ideas are both internet based, one focused on information and SEO and the other a pure product idea.
I have no idea where to start so I am here to learn. When I have validated my idea, I plan to stick to that idea only. I will not jump around from business idea to business idea.
I have read through many of the gold threads and will continue to lurk and learn but the reality is I NEED to start launching as soon as possible.
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