My introduction thread (tl;dr below) pretty much lays out where I am at but I thought I would start a progress thread so that I can do regular updates as things, um,... progress. It feels to me, at this time, writing this first post, that this progress thread will be entirely self indulgent; a place to order my thoughts and gather whatever feedback is kind enough to fall my way. I can only hope that I can deliver some value by being as committed to the process of progress as some of the other threads on this forum that I have taken so much value from over the last few weeks of digging into the Golds and Notables. Some of those posts span years and show what it really takes I hope that mine can join their fold.
"If your dream is alive, you're already living the dream"
If I were to pick one quote from TMF that stuck with me it would be this. I feel like I have bounced around so much, from shiny object to shiny object, wasted time on duff opportunities, in duff jobs, or reading for the sake of reading. General wheel-spinning and action-faking that took me nowhere. I know I could have done better, and yet in a weird way I know it was important. It's part of what fuels me now. I don't want to look back on those days and say I didn't learn from them. I don't want to know that, having realised I never took action, I sat back and span my wheels some more. My dream is alive and those wasted years are all a part of that same dream, as long as I actually get there.
The tl;dr of my introduction thread (with additions which I feel have come into focus over the last few weeks) is thus;
In an effort to move through this swamp of shit I feel holding me back I'm going to blitz out as many of those sub-posts as I can right now. I'm not asking for anything. I don't mind if this progress thread is an empty cavern of my thoughts until the point it warrants anything else. But any and all feedback, roasting, criticism, encouragement, or a$$-kicking is hugely welcome.
"If your dream is alive, you're already living the dream"
If I were to pick one quote from TMF that stuck with me it would be this. I feel like I have bounced around so much, from shiny object to shiny object, wasted time on duff opportunities, in duff jobs, or reading for the sake of reading. General wheel-spinning and action-faking that took me nowhere. I know I could have done better, and yet in a weird way I know it was important. It's part of what fuels me now. I don't want to look back on those days and say I didn't learn from them. I don't want to know that, having realised I never took action, I sat back and span my wheels some more. My dream is alive and those wasted years are all a part of that same dream, as long as I actually get there.
The tl;dr of my introduction thread (with additions which I feel have come into focus over the last few weeks) is thus;
- Currently a contractor making 'decent' money.
- Plan has always been to stockpile the money as it came in with a view to buying property to let out on a HMO (house of multiple occupancy - basically by the room) basis so as to ramp up the returns and cover my monthly bills.
- Grow the contracting business to the point I am taking on staff, winning contracts and having them fulfilled within the company. This would be my fastlane venture, where I gear up towards an eventual sale.
- What is 'decent' money? Am I really making it and how does it push me forward, or hold me back?
- Does my plan to buy property to cover the bills make sense? Is it necessary or will it just demotivate me?
- Does growing the business make sense? Can I even make that happen? Do I want to?
- Shiny object syndrome? Does that product idea I have make everything else irrelevant?
In an effort to move through this swamp of shit I feel holding me back I'm going to blitz out as many of those sub-posts as I can right now. I'm not asking for anything. I don't mind if this progress thread is an empty cavern of my thoughts until the point it warrants anything else. But any and all feedback, roasting, criticism, encouragement, or a$$-kicking is hugely welcome.
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