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Hey Everyone, how's it going? Looking really forward in exchanging some valuable information with forum members here. I've recently finished TMF over 4 times and it was a great comfort killer. Extremely well written and the friendly tone of MJ just makes we want to frame the book up on my wall.
A little about me:
I'm 21 years old, I have a deep entrepreneurial history. I was born an artist and been creating small cardboard products since birth. I was and am very entrepreneurial and have a deep set of skills/talents to back it up. I'm an excellent artist (expert at drawing, illustrating and painting not just on paper but also on the computer, 2D/3D animation expert and as well as 3D product modeller) I know how to create explainer/motion graphics/infographic video or basically any genre of videos (eHow, movie style videos, hi/low poly videos). I'm a voice over artist (excellent recording studio). I am also an expert graphic designer, know how to professionally code a website and I also know how to professionally code mobile APPS! I'm also an excellent marketing expert and advertiser specialising in all sorts of things (press releases, SEO). Furthermore, there's some really interest set of skills/talents that I have which I'm not going to discuss here (I assume it would require me writing a 4 pages of boring content). So let's leave it there. And oh! I'm a quick learner. I have the ability to absorb up a ton of things in the shortest time possible.
Anyways, just to let you know I have NEVER done a job my entire life. Boy, does that rustle your jimmies. Yes, you heard that correct. I have NEVER done a job my entire life and I am still financially secure. No, it's not rich or stable parents.
Back a couple of years ago my close friend recommended me to transform my skills/talents into cash and referred me to join a website called "Freelancer". I am so grateful that he recommended me the site as I have been converting my skills and talents into a load of cash. When I first started, I had no review/ratings so I fell on my knees. I tried and tried and tried for 4 months, gave up, then came back up. At last after 6 months of trying and not giving up, I got my first client, Hooray! Since then I have been pulling nearly 4 grand a month. And that was back in 2013.
Sadly, I have been been freelancing since 3 years now (started at 18). I do understand 4 grand isn't really a big shot amount (ridiculously low) but I charge $600 per 1 minute advertisement video and I spend 4 hours per video (so you can see how quick it was to make 4 grand a month just by laying down my couch). But by doing so I quickly understood how to win clients, understand business ideas and what shivers their timbers. And I do understand that freelancing isn't really fastlane but it was a GREAT starting point. I read MJ went on a similar freelancing route as he knew how to code. This was a blessing for me because even though I was not exactly fastlane, I had over 2000+ startup companies who contacted me and shared their business ideas with me to make explainer videos for their company EVERY SINGLE YEAR. and I thought, wait a second? All these companies are coming to ME to share their ideas? And likewise, Freelancer automatically introduced me to the fastlane (which I never knew existed).
My mom told me to apply for university. Which I did. Went one semester and dropped it. Not worth my time. I do believe however you need high school (it's necessary). Because high school packs you up with ENOUGH information to make millions. Whatever comes after high school, is unnecessary bogus information (and a misleading path). So I quit college first semester (not because it was hard, it just didn't feel right).
This was all before reading TMF .
I understood fastlane rather quickly, but never implemented it because I had a load of myths stuck up my brain when it comes to starting a business. Hundreds of companies came to me with their brand new IDEAS (now I could steal it, but I didn't). This opened a whole new door for me to understand what exactly the kind of ideas do great in the market and what kind of ideas should I think when it comes to starting my own business (product/service). So their ideas opened the fastlane for me, but for some reason I always kept freelancing as I had a steady income with only 2 days of constant work per month. I have so much to talk about, but I don't want to waste your time in reading about me really but let's just say I tried searching and searching and found so many great platforms, resources and knowledge to be where I am and what I know about entrepreneurial, business and the million road!
How I found out about TMF?
I found about TMF when I was lurking around a "Here in my garage...." video where a user recently said they benefited A LOT MORE in reading TMF than the garage crap. So I download a pirated version of TMF in my phone. I kept reading and reached the first 3 chapters and suddenly stopped reading it as I got busy. 4 months later I realised I had a job to finish (please keep in mind these 4 months I was researching and gaining as much knowledge as possible about business and not partying or wasting my time). So I finally took my phone back in my hand and kept reading. However, I really didn't like reading books through my phone or my tablet. I just LOVE reading off paper. You just connect more with information on a piece of paper (not to mention it's extremely convenient). So I decided to order the book. Amazon prime shipped it within 48 hours (incredible). I read the book once, understood it. Then read it again (understood it 2x by writing notes). Then I read it again (understood it 3x and surprisingly scavenged lots of bits which I missed). And finally read it once more time to COMPLETELY hardwire/carve TMF belief system in my brain permanently.
Most of forum members have read it. But they have only read it. Please keep in mind, there is NO point in reading it if you don't understand it completely. And you will not completely understand the first time around. Read it again if you've already read it and I will guarantee you will scavenge missing bits you never knew. This is only possible if you read it again and understand it.
To read anything is not enough. It really isn't. If it's not changing your life, it's not enough. To read is not enough. Understand it. And to even understand it is not enough. The book will only serve it's purpose once you execute it. So focus on the purpose of the book. You must execute your ideas or whatever that you hold in your mind, DO IT. And only then you're progressing and you're fulfilling the book's purpose. Without execution, you're just popping peanuts.
Anyways, too much information to bore you already. I've done a great chunk of research and I'll be launching my new product soon (technology product category). Everything is set up, only a few things are remaining. I hope hurdles are off for a steady launch and I'll report back how it goes.
It's great to be in this forum and I hope I get to learn a lot. I'm here for learning and learning. So I can eventually execute.
P:S: I'm an idea machine. I just have WAY TOO many ideas. Just WAY TOO many. I have an idea book of more than 180 ideas (which are already not there). And they aren't some "uninteresting" ideas, extremely feasible and profitable ideas. It's just a matter of time until I fund one business and put whatever I have to launch more, rest is history. I have every portion of this planned. Hope I execute the plan before I start getting old, I really don't want to stain my youth years.
Thank you everybody, looking forward to have some fun in this forum, Cheers.
A little about me:
I'm 21 years old, I have a deep entrepreneurial history. I was born an artist and been creating small cardboard products since birth. I was and am very entrepreneurial and have a deep set of skills/talents to back it up. I'm an excellent artist (expert at drawing, illustrating and painting not just on paper but also on the computer, 2D/3D animation expert and as well as 3D product modeller) I know how to create explainer/motion graphics/infographic video or basically any genre of videos (eHow, movie style videos, hi/low poly videos). I'm a voice over artist (excellent recording studio). I am also an expert graphic designer, know how to professionally code a website and I also know how to professionally code mobile APPS! I'm also an excellent marketing expert and advertiser specialising in all sorts of things (press releases, SEO). Furthermore, there's some really interest set of skills/talents that I have which I'm not going to discuss here (I assume it would require me writing a 4 pages of boring content). So let's leave it there. And oh! I'm a quick learner. I have the ability to absorb up a ton of things in the shortest time possible.
Anyways, just to let you know I have NEVER done a job my entire life. Boy, does that rustle your jimmies. Yes, you heard that correct. I have NEVER done a job my entire life and I am still financially secure. No, it's not rich or stable parents.
Back a couple of years ago my close friend recommended me to transform my skills/talents into cash and referred me to join a website called "Freelancer". I am so grateful that he recommended me the site as I have been converting my skills and talents into a load of cash. When I first started, I had no review/ratings so I fell on my knees. I tried and tried and tried for 4 months, gave up, then came back up. At last after 6 months of trying and not giving up, I got my first client, Hooray! Since then I have been pulling nearly 4 grand a month. And that was back in 2013.
Sadly, I have been been freelancing since 3 years now (started at 18). I do understand 4 grand isn't really a big shot amount (ridiculously low) but I charge $600 per 1 minute advertisement video and I spend 4 hours per video (so you can see how quick it was to make 4 grand a month just by laying down my couch). But by doing so I quickly understood how to win clients, understand business ideas and what shivers their timbers. And I do understand that freelancing isn't really fastlane but it was a GREAT starting point. I read MJ went on a similar freelancing route as he knew how to code. This was a blessing for me because even though I was not exactly fastlane, I had over 2000+ startup companies who contacted me and shared their business ideas with me to make explainer videos for their company EVERY SINGLE YEAR. and I thought, wait a second? All these companies are coming to ME to share their ideas? And likewise, Freelancer automatically introduced me to the fastlane (which I never knew existed).
My mom told me to apply for university. Which I did. Went one semester and dropped it. Not worth my time. I do believe however you need high school (it's necessary). Because high school packs you up with ENOUGH information to make millions. Whatever comes after high school, is unnecessary bogus information (and a misleading path). So I quit college first semester (not because it was hard, it just didn't feel right).
This was all before reading TMF .
I understood fastlane rather quickly, but never implemented it because I had a load of myths stuck up my brain when it comes to starting a business. Hundreds of companies came to me with their brand new IDEAS (now I could steal it, but I didn't). This opened a whole new door for me to understand what exactly the kind of ideas do great in the market and what kind of ideas should I think when it comes to starting my own business (product/service). So their ideas opened the fastlane for me, but for some reason I always kept freelancing as I had a steady income with only 2 days of constant work per month. I have so much to talk about, but I don't want to waste your time in reading about me really but let's just say I tried searching and searching and found so many great platforms, resources and knowledge to be where I am and what I know about entrepreneurial, business and the million road!
How I found out about TMF?
I found about TMF when I was lurking around a "Here in my garage...." video where a user recently said they benefited A LOT MORE in reading TMF than the garage crap. So I download a pirated version of TMF in my phone. I kept reading and reached the first 3 chapters and suddenly stopped reading it as I got busy. 4 months later I realised I had a job to finish (please keep in mind these 4 months I was researching and gaining as much knowledge as possible about business and not partying or wasting my time). So I finally took my phone back in my hand and kept reading. However, I really didn't like reading books through my phone or my tablet. I just LOVE reading off paper. You just connect more with information on a piece of paper (not to mention it's extremely convenient). So I decided to order the book. Amazon prime shipped it within 48 hours (incredible). I read the book once, understood it. Then read it again (understood it 2x by writing notes). Then I read it again (understood it 3x and surprisingly scavenged lots of bits which I missed). And finally read it once more time to COMPLETELY hardwire/carve TMF belief system in my brain permanently.
Most of forum members have read it. But they have only read it. Please keep in mind, there is NO point in reading it if you don't understand it completely. And you will not completely understand the first time around. Read it again if you've already read it and I will guarantee you will scavenge missing bits you never knew. This is only possible if you read it again and understand it.
To read anything is not enough. It really isn't. If it's not changing your life, it's not enough. To read is not enough. Understand it. And to even understand it is not enough. The book will only serve it's purpose once you execute it. So focus on the purpose of the book. You must execute your ideas or whatever that you hold in your mind, DO IT. And only then you're progressing and you're fulfilling the book's purpose. Without execution, you're just popping peanuts.
Anyways, too much information to bore you already. I've done a great chunk of research and I'll be launching my new product soon (technology product category). Everything is set up, only a few things are remaining. I hope hurdles are off for a steady launch and I'll report back how it goes.
It's great to be in this forum and I hope I get to learn a lot. I'm here for learning and learning. So I can eventually execute.
P:S: I'm an idea machine. I just have WAY TOO many ideas. Just WAY TOO many. I have an idea book of more than 180 ideas (which are already not there). And they aren't some "uninteresting" ideas, extremely feasible and profitable ideas. It's just a matter of time until I fund one business and put whatever I have to launch more, rest is history. I have every portion of this planned. Hope I execute the plan before I start getting old, I really don't want to stain my youth years.
Thank you everybody, looking forward to have some fun in this forum, Cheers.
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