johnmgr
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Hello gals and guys, nice to meet you all.
I'm John Gonzalez, a 33 years old psychology grad from Venezuela.
I want to become a professional problem solver because (entrepreneur). I don't want to worry over money for the rest of my life, while not wasting that life chasing money. Whoever said money don't make your problems go away haven't face an empty fridge with and empathy stomach.
I took this ideology from my godfather and my dad's boss. They usually took us on vacations, all expenses covered and I never saw them asking "how much does it cost?" or "Do you have a cheaper option?" and my personal favorite "I'll come back later".
But they made their money the "old fashion" way, going to college and graduating with honors. What I didn't know at the time, and only learn thanks to MJ, was that they where top problem solvers, my dad boss by improving different varieties of rice seeds, and my godfather specializing in security vault locksmiths.
And I was fascinated by them and thought that was going to be my life as well, having enough money to work whenever I want and enjoying life.
But tragedy stroke, and overnight I learned that I wasn't the son of a king; rather the son of an employee. Overnight my dad's boss and my godfather got in a lawsuit regarding some land they bought together, and my dad was taking care of those lands. We lose everything, my dad was left unemployed and with an anxiety that forces him to take medication, my mom as the only supplier of the house for almost a decade, with just a teacher's income, and my teenage sister and me with barely any food.
So I went to college, graduate with honors in a profession that I really like, and began working as soon as possible. Chavez was already in power so I only got a job with the government, although everyone was happy, including me.
I began working as a therapist in a rehabilitation center funded by the state. The director of the center was a childhood friend of mine, so she was the one that told me they were looking for personal. I was making enough money, the economy wasn't that bad, although there were clear signs of what was to come.
I was there for over 2 years until someone found that we weren't supporters of the government, so the changed the regional directors, and put a new director in the center, firing my former boss. This new guy made everyone job a living hell.
He purposely bothered our patients just to make us work harder. Every Monday there was a line of people waiting for me to tell me that they wanted to abandon the program, and I had to spend the whole day talking to everyone just to convince them to stay, just remembering that makes my neck hurts.
So I decided to quit, I was getting terrible back pains and always was angry, while the government kept ruining the country, making food scarce, devaluing the currency and more.
That was my moment, when I realize, "I can't do this anymore", I can't keep working like this, with this a**hole destroying everything, and the harder I work the less value money has, and to top all of that, they put an incompetent to run a rehab center, sorry but no.
I told the authorities how their "loyal socialist" was stealing cooking oil and deodorant from the center supplies, so they fire him as well.
As a result, I set my mind, "I need money" the problem is that desperation is a terrible advisor, and it was desperation and my lack of experience that made me a money chaser, jumping from one "fast money tutorial" to the next, and so, I broke with my girlfriend and had to move back with my parents, I was working a meaningless job at a hotel while trying to figure out how to make money.
And a few years later I was getting back on track, in 2018 I began to work as V.A. for a dropshipping store, I was doing well, saving some money. Then I partner with someone to lunch a dropshipping store, and for the most part of 2018 and 2019, I was getting back up again. And then the country had massive blackouts. We spend almost a month without electricity and completely disconnected from the world.
When we finally got the electricity back I discovered that my partner moved forward without me, and I had to use most of my savings in food and reparations.
Recently I borrow Unscripted from a friend, that's why I'm here. Reading it feels like a punch in the guts on how real it is, but it also opens my eyes to the fact that I became a money chaser, and that will always keep me broke, alone and miserable.
And, it also opened my eyes to what I have to do, and not do, to finally achieve my goal. Every product I tried to sell, every MLM I joined, every PTC, micro task, or user testing side was me chasing money, all of that mistakes that caused my relationship and several chances to get out of the country.
Now I have several ideas I'm working, One regarding the "motivational" industry, that bothers me, and most psychology professionals I know; but no one is doing anything about it.
So, that's it for today, this is part of who I am, and why I'm here.
Have a placement day.
I'm John Gonzalez, a 33 years old psychology grad from Venezuela.
I want to become a professional problem solver because (entrepreneur). I don't want to worry over money for the rest of my life, while not wasting that life chasing money. Whoever said money don't make your problems go away haven't face an empty fridge with and empathy stomach.
I took this ideology from my godfather and my dad's boss. They usually took us on vacations, all expenses covered and I never saw them asking "how much does it cost?" or "Do you have a cheaper option?" and my personal favorite "I'll come back later".
But they made their money the "old fashion" way, going to college and graduating with honors. What I didn't know at the time, and only learn thanks to MJ, was that they where top problem solvers, my dad boss by improving different varieties of rice seeds, and my godfather specializing in security vault locksmiths.
And I was fascinated by them and thought that was going to be my life as well, having enough money to work whenever I want and enjoying life.
But tragedy stroke, and overnight I learned that I wasn't the son of a king; rather the son of an employee. Overnight my dad's boss and my godfather got in a lawsuit regarding some land they bought together, and my dad was taking care of those lands. We lose everything, my dad was left unemployed and with an anxiety that forces him to take medication, my mom as the only supplier of the house for almost a decade, with just a teacher's income, and my teenage sister and me with barely any food.
So I went to college, graduate with honors in a profession that I really like, and began working as soon as possible. Chavez was already in power so I only got a job with the government, although everyone was happy, including me.
I began working as a therapist in a rehabilitation center funded by the state. The director of the center was a childhood friend of mine, so she was the one that told me they were looking for personal. I was making enough money, the economy wasn't that bad, although there were clear signs of what was to come.
I was there for over 2 years until someone found that we weren't supporters of the government, so the changed the regional directors, and put a new director in the center, firing my former boss. This new guy made everyone job a living hell.
He purposely bothered our patients just to make us work harder. Every Monday there was a line of people waiting for me to tell me that they wanted to abandon the program, and I had to spend the whole day talking to everyone just to convince them to stay, just remembering that makes my neck hurts.
So I decided to quit, I was getting terrible back pains and always was angry, while the government kept ruining the country, making food scarce, devaluing the currency and more.
That was my moment, when I realize, "I can't do this anymore", I can't keep working like this, with this a**hole destroying everything, and the harder I work the less value money has, and to top all of that, they put an incompetent to run a rehab center, sorry but no.
I told the authorities how their "loyal socialist" was stealing cooking oil and deodorant from the center supplies, so they fire him as well.
As a result, I set my mind, "I need money" the problem is that desperation is a terrible advisor, and it was desperation and my lack of experience that made me a money chaser, jumping from one "fast money tutorial" to the next, and so, I broke with my girlfriend and had to move back with my parents, I was working a meaningless job at a hotel while trying to figure out how to make money.
And a few years later I was getting back on track, in 2018 I began to work as V.A. for a dropshipping store, I was doing well, saving some money. Then I partner with someone to lunch a dropshipping store, and for the most part of 2018 and 2019, I was getting back up again. And then the country had massive blackouts. We spend almost a month without electricity and completely disconnected from the world.
When we finally got the electricity back I discovered that my partner moved forward without me, and I had to use most of my savings in food and reparations.
Recently I borrow Unscripted from a friend, that's why I'm here. Reading it feels like a punch in the guts on how real it is, but it also opens my eyes to the fact that I became a money chaser, and that will always keep me broke, alone and miserable.
And, it also opened my eyes to what I have to do, and not do, to finally achieve my goal. Every product I tried to sell, every MLM I joined, every PTC, micro task, or user testing side was me chasing money, all of that mistakes that caused my relationship and several chances to get out of the country.
Now I have several ideas I'm working, One regarding the "motivational" industry, that bothers me, and most psychology professionals I know; but no one is doing anything about it.
So, that's it for today, this is part of who I am, and why I'm here.
Have a placement day.
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