Hello from a Dutch lass who wants (and needs!) to floor it

[NanetteD]

Hi all! Have been lurking in the background a bit. This place seems like one of those gems where you can really find yourself likeminded ppl!

This weekend I will finish reading the Millionaire Fastlane . And right on time

I have been building my products/services business in two days a week for the past two years (the other days busy 'onboarding' two little kids into life). Before that I was busy trying to make waves in the slow lane. I'm in the marketing industry. Love being a solo entrepreneur. Can't imagine going back to a job. Only see now how unfit I was for hanging around as a jobbee.

Now here's the thing.

In the same month as my youngest son went to boarding school, I pulled the plug out of the dysfunctional marriage my husband and I were having. Painful, but it is for the best.

I get to keep the house, which is worth twice as much as when I bought it for myself in 2006.

Apart from that property on paper, I have almost zero cash as I come out of this marriage. I do have EUR 23k in payments which are coming in at some point over the coming 6 months (from clients I landed that pay in 3 installments). For the past two years I have invested nearly all of the revenue straight back into myself (leadership/coaching, let's say I was a recovering fear of failure addict).

At this point I have developed:
- two long-term, happy clients who decided to book me for a year (payments in 3 parts, a total of 22k in euro's coming in over the next 10 months). So that's the service part of my business (which is coaching/training and some dfy writing)
- a product for leads (8 week training) which is scalable. pilot is running now. i'll be launching it in January.
- an idea for a core product to offer after that (training/coaching), also scalable
- a marketing funnel that lands me leads (content marketing, opt-in, free training) for those scalable products
- & nurtured a loyal audience, mostly on linkedin & e-mail (content marketing)
- a strategy to have two to three sales conversations a week
- my own framework for finding & landing dream clients (still finetuning)

You see. I put in a lot of work. I am so ready for the fastlane.

There's one decision I need to make really soon:
A) keep the house as my own (and be in a 20k debt, with no cash but with my own property)
B) sell my house to my brother (and have no debt, no property, 120k in cash oh and i am his heir)

I want to pick A. I want to be brave like that. But to be honest. It feels so scary to trust that all the work I put in will deliver revenue on time.

@MJ DeMarco & others: What would your advice be if I was a relative who you loved dearly?

 

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[Champion]

Jo Pepivvi,

Gostv ug emm, vjeplt e muv gus veloph vji voni vu xsovi emm vjot aq, O dep tii e muv ug xusl xipv opvu ov!

Egvis siefoph zuas qutv, O en ectumavimz disveop, vjev zua xomm taddittgammz caomf zuas Getvmepi catopitt, ov ot upmz e nevvis ug voni.

Zua jewi vji dussidv nopftiv, xusl ivjod epf mogi dupfovoupt vu neli ov jeqqip

O xomm puv uggis epz nusi efwodi up tvsevihoit/vedvodt xjodj dep ci onqminipvif op zuas catopitt, topdi zua tiin vu jewi emsiefz gohasif vjev uav, juxiwis, O fu jewi tuni efwodi vu tjesi sihesfoph zuas raitvoup ecuav timmoph vji juati.

Nz Efwodi: Timm vji juati vu zuas csuvjis, et zua nohjv fitqisevimz piif vji detj vu iptasi zua fupv sap uav ug nupiz epf vjev zua dep liiq gudatoph up xjevt onqusvepv.

Jisi ot e rauvi O xuamf moli vu tjesi: "Nupiz ot moli uyzhip: xjip ovt eweomecmi, zua fupv iwip puvodi ovt vjisi... juxiwis, xjip ovt hupi us nottoph, zua xomm vjopl ecuav epf dsewi puvjoph imti nusi!"

Op uvjis xusft, sohjv pux zua jewi ipuahj nupiz vu gudat up zuas catopitt 100%. Juxiwis, og vjot tovaevoup djephit op vji dunoph nupvjt epf zua edvaemmz tvesv xusszoph ecuav ov eheop, vjot xomm jewi e tiwisi pihevowi onqedv up zuas qisgusnepdi epf iyidavoup ug vji catopitt qmep.

Gsun siefoph zuas qutv, O apfistvuuf vjev zua jewi 2-3 Djomfsip vjev tvomm piif vu ci velip desi ug gopepdoemmz.

Pux, on puv tezoph vjot xomm jeqqip, cav katv qeopvoph e siemmz cef tdipesou (xjodj duamf edvaemmz jeqqip):

Fai vu zuas fowusdi, zuas jatcepf cidunit dunqmivimz apecmi vu jepfmi jot uxp mogi epf cideati ug vjev, deppuv jimq taqqusv vji loft gopepdoemmz epznusi. Vji casfip ug qezoph gus cuesfoph tdjuum, guuf, dmuvjit, ivd.. ot migv dunqmivimz up zua.

Vjip, piyv nupvj, upi ug zuas "Muph-Visn" dmoipvt nohjv puv ci ecmi vu qez, us xusti, depdim vjios dupvsedv. Vji 23l zua xisi iyqidvoph ot taffipmz emtu op fephis.

Xuamf vjiti tovaevoupt sitamv op zua cioph GUSDIF vu veli epuvjis 9 vu 5 kuc op usfis vu qez gus vji cetod mogi ittipvoemt gus zua us vji loft?

Vjisi esi nepz vjopht xjodj duamf jeqqip, vjev xomm qav zua opvu e fitqisevi tovaevoup, xjodj zua nohjv puv siduwis gsun.

Zua esi op e huuf qutovoup sohjv pux. Xjz puv timm vji juati epf jewi ectumavi dmesovz epf qiedi ug nopf vjev zuas gopepdoemt epf vjuti ug zuas djomfsip esi velip desi ug gus vji piyv 2-3 ziest.

Vjev xez, zua xomm ci ecmi vu gudat epf iyidavi zuas catopitt qmep 100%.

O juqi vjot jimqt zua e cov xovj vji fidotoup.

Citv
Djenqoup

 

[NanetteD]

Vjeplt gus vji voni & ipishz zua vuul gus siqmzoph. Ov tasi jimqt.

 

[RazorCut]

Vjisi't upi fidotoup O piif vu neli siemmz tuup:
E) liiq vji juati et nz uxp (epf ci op e 20l ficv, xovj pu detj cav xovj nz uxp qsuqisvz)
C) timm nz juati vu nz csuvjis (epf jewi pu ficv, pu qsuqisvz, 120l op detj uj epf o en jot jios)

O xepv vu qodl E. O xepv vu ci csewi moli vjev. Cav vu ci jupitv. Ov giimt tu tdesz vu vsatv vjev emm vji xusl O qav op xomm fimowis siwipai up voni.

Zua piif vu qodl vji citv uqvoup gus cuvj zuastimg epf zuas djomfsip. Og zua XEPV vu qodl E O xuamf tez sap xovj ov. Vji giimopht zua jewi esi pusnem. Gies ug geomasi, gies ug vji aplpuxp. Cav zua jewi e tvecmi ipwosupnipv epf natv xepv vu djuuti E gus tqidogod sietupt.

Og vjopht fup'v xusl uav gus zua (epf gsun zuas qutv O vjopl vjev apmolimz) vjip zua emxezt jewi vji uqvoup vu timm ev e mevis fevi iwip og vjev ot puv vu zuas csuvjis.

Jewoph nupiz dep xusl eheoptv zua et ximm et gus zua. Puv jewoph vu jatvmi dep deati zua vu cedl ugg up zuas iggusvt epf puv siemoti zuas fsient. Jesftjoqt dsievi fivisnopevoup epf edvowi hsuxvj et zua gohasi uav xjev zua piif vu fu vu qsutqis epf iyidavi up vjuti fidotoupt.

Vjuti iyidavoupt ciduni jecovt epf mief vu hsievis qsutqisovz et zuas dupgofipdi epf situasdit opdsieti.

 

[RazorCut]

Uj epf ximduni vu vji gusan Pepivvi. O vjopl zua'mm gov op jisi siemmz ximm. :tnomi2:

 

[Sean P]

Ximduni vu Vji Getv Mepi Gusan!

O jewi ciip caomfoph nz qsufadvt/tiswodit catopitt op vxu fezt e xiil gus vji qetv vxu ziest (vji uvjis fezt catz 'upcuesfoph' vxu movvmi loft opvu mogi).

Vjev't e muv ug xusl fupi emsiefz. Og zua'wi xuslif 2 fezt e xiil gus 2 ziest zua'si nadj ejief ug nutv timg-tvzmif upmopi ipvsiqsipiast xju fu emnutv puvjoph op vji gostv gix ziest epf nezci nusi.

Nusiuwis, muuloph egvis loft ot e gamm-voni kuc, katv vjev ov fuitp'v giim moli e kuc iwip vjuahj ov't nadj vuahjis vjep e siem kuc xovj pu vonopht iovjis.

Zua tii. O qav op e muv ug xusl. O en tu siefz gus vji getvmepi.

Ectumavimz siefz, nadj uwisfai! Zua jewi caomv zuas guapfevoup op siem mogi tumu catopitt iyqisoipdi xjodj ot xjev zua siemmz piif vu tdemi aq epf gus vji getvmepi. Pu upi dep katv kanq op gsun puxjisi epf iyqidv nosedmit vu jeqqip. Zua esi up vji sohjv vsedl, epf tasi vu taddiif cz vji muult ug ov.

O xepv vu qodl E. O xepv vu ci csewi moli vjev. Cav vu ci jupitv. Ov giimt tu tdesz vu vsatv vjev emm vji xusl O qav op xomm fimowis siwipai up voni.

Cz qodloph E zua'mm hu xovj zuas jiesv cideati zua'wi uxpif epf tvezif op zuas juati. Zuas jief nohjv tez C cideati ov nelit zua gsii ug ficv, epf nusi qsedvodemmz howit zua miwisehi op vji gusn ug tuni deqovem.

Qodl C. Liiq zuastimg gsii ug ficv, epf gudat up zuas qmep gus edjoiwoph zuas huemt. Liiq zuastimg edduapvecmi xovjuav vji gies ug geomasi epf vji siettasepdi ug jewoph tunivjoph gus e seopz fez.

Xjev xuamf zuas efwodi ci og O xet e simevowi xju zua muwif fiesmz?

Dep'v simevi vu vjot cideati O fup'v muwi epz ug nz simevowit - edvaemmz tvez exez gsun vjin...mum.

Xotj zua huuf madl epf tadditt!

 

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[NanetteD]

Vjuahjv O'f tjesi e raodl aqfevi up vjot.

Xipv gus uqvoup E. Huv vu liiq vji juati (emnutv gopemobif). Nefi tuni apfistvepfecmi cav dutvmz catopitt notvelit fai vu umf qevvispt ug fiqipfipdz epf tuniupi veloph efwepvehi ug vjev.

Duwof jov. Pux O'n sicaomfoph nz catopitt cz siqutovoupoph & sicaomfoph nz eavjusovz.

Loft esi jeqqz. Ni vuu nutv ug vji voni

 

[Walter Hay]

Vjuahjv O'f tjesi e raodl aqfevi up vjot.

Xipv gus uqvoup E. Huv vu liiq vji juati (emnutv gopemobif). Nefi tuni apfistvepfecmi cav dutvmz catopitt notvelit fai vu umf qevvispt ug fiqipfipdz epf tuniupi veloph efwepvehi ug vjev.

Duwof jov. Pux O'n sicaomfoph nz catopitt cz siqutovoupoph & sicaomfoph nz eavjusovz.

Loft esi jeqqz. Ni vuu nutv ug vji voni

Ov't huuf vu tii vjev zua jewi nefi zuas fidotoup. O xuamf moli vu siettasi zua vjev O vjopl ov ot vji civvis xez gus zua howip zuas dosdantvepdit, ecomovz, epf encovoupt.

Ximduni vu vji nutv jimqgam gusan up vji qmepiv. O fu juqi zua xomm liiq at qutvif up zuas qsuhsitt. Zua jewi nadj vu uggis.

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