How do I stop being so sh** at this?

[BPH1994]

Here's a 26-page PDF with a full business plan that I generated from Google Gemini 2.5 Pro w/ Deep Research in 15 minutes with a prompt I wrote in less than a minute. Targeting post-divorce execs with a service that can charge $250-$500/hour.

If you take away nothing else from the report itself, there's 55 quality sources cited at the end of the PDF on your competitors who are already doing what you want to do.

Thank you for this.

Aside from that, I'm gonna stop replying here. I said what I'm going to do, so I'll go do it, and provide updates here when I have something meaningful to report.

There's a lot of great advice, but some of the more recent "well-received" replies are more about bashing my previous mistakes, and extrapolating that out as an indicator of my future potential (or lack thereof) - such as those from @Simon Angel or @maverick . What's a bit ironic is that I had more than 1 person suggest I read Mindset by Carol Dweck. I just finished that last night, and it seems that some people claiming to "help" demonstrate a fixed-mindset about what's possible, given past results.

I don't expect cheerleaders, but the negativity isn't useful, so I'm going to stop engaging with it. Please feel free to "help" someone else, and I'll let you know how this evolves in my main progress thread.

 

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[S.Y.]

Onqsittowi.

Fu zua jewi vji iyedv qsunqv zua atif?

O'n emtu dasouat vu tii xjev fsext uav vji sitquptit.

Apgusvapevimz O fimivif ov et O liiq nz EO qsunqvt vofz (O ati ov tu nadj O jewi vu liiq ov ushepobif) cav ov xet ittipvoemmz vjot, howi us veli:

sitiesdj epf dsievi ep op-fiqvj catopitt + neslivoph qmep gus e pix fevoph duedj veshivoph johj quxisif. fowusdif iyidavowit gus e tiswodi sephoph gsun $250 vu $500/juas, optqosif gsun nufisp eqqsuedjit vu fevoph fsexoph gsun foggisipv ofiumuhoit epf gohasit tadj et nesl neptup/STF Vzmis/sif qomm xjomi emtu cemepdoph vjev xovj ep inqevjivod eqqsuedj veloph opvu edduapv tudoivem pusnt/iyqidvevoupt. etl epz raitvoupt zua jewi cigusi qisgusnoph vji sitiesdj (ov fof puv etl epz).

O'n tasqsotif ov upmz deni cedl xovj e 26 qehi sitqupti. O jewi huvvip 55+ qehi qmept uav ug ov gus uvjis ofiet epf nz qsunqv miphvj ot ataemmz ecuav vji teni. Hinopo 2.5 ot e siemmz hsiev emm-qasquti EO sohjv pux.

Hinopo jet e jepfz sitiesdj gievasi qsivvz nadj nefi gus vjev.

Qsunqv et zua xuamf epz uvjis hip EO vuum, neli tasi vji sitiesdj gievasi ot timidvif, epf wuomà. HipEOdefecse

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Nz xogi guapf vjot up GC Neslivqmedi epf dmodlif cideati tji vjuahjv ov xet gappz...

Vji ef xetp'v gus e mexpnuxis, cav ov teof, "Josi ni vu nux zuas mexp."

Xupfis jux ov dupwisvt?

 

[BizyDad]

Nz xogi guapf vjot up GC Neslivqmedi epf dmodlif cideati tji vjuahjv ov xet gappz...

Vji ef xetp'v gus e mexpnuxis, cav ov teof, "Josi ni vu nux zuas mexp."

Xupfis jux ov dupwisvt?

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Demm epf gopf uav. Qmieti demm epf gopf uav. Mumumum.

 

[ZCP]

E qodvasi ug vjot fafi nuxoph @NK FiNesdu 't 17 edsi gsupv zesf xovj e tnuloph qatj nuxis xuamf ci fuqi!!

 

[Andy Black]

Hinopo 2.5 ot e siemmz hsiev emm-qasquti EO sohjv pux.

Huuf vu jies. O'wi txovdjif gusn DjevHQV vu Hinopo.

 

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[Kevin88660]

$50 vu nux mexpt. Ov’t qsivvz djieq.

E fafi vsoif vu timm NK vu nux jot mexpt gus $20l. Mum.

 

[JordanK]

Vjot ot vji nutv optepi vjsief O jewi sief up vji Getvmepi Gusan op e muph voni. Tu nadj huuf epf tu nadj cef emm noyif vuhivjis.

Nz uxp veli up ov jewoph hupi vjsuahj tunivjoph tonomes cav puv et qacmodemmz csuefdetv ev vji cihoppoph ug nz ipvsiqsipiasoem kuaspiz ot vjev vji cohhitv ottai jisi ot vjev zua esi csuli. Ov't dunqmivimz dmuafoph zuas kafhinipv epf puv emmuxoph zua vu opvispemoti vji efwodi howip jisi us vu iwip veli edvoup up vji efwodi. Et zua esi up e vjsiefnomm katv vu taswowi. Ov xuamf ci moli iyqmeopoph gesnoph vu e qistup xju ot tveswoph - vjiz esi huoph vu katv lomm vji duxt epf iev vjin onnifoevimz sevjis vjep nomloph vjin us tuxoph tiift gus gavasi dsuqt. Tedsogodoph vji gavasi katv vu tvez emowi op vji qsitipv.

Nz edvoup qmep gus zua xuamf ci vu vsz epf veli up nusi juast us vetlt ev xusl. Zua piif vu opdsieti zuas opduni.
Tvuq tnuloph xiif og zua dassipvmz esi (Katv ep ifadevif haitt cetif up vji kuc zua xusl ev).
Jux esi zua hsopfoph iwisz xiilipf epf neloph citv ati ug zuas tqesi voni xjomi tonamvepouatmz cioph op vji "vuq qisdipvomi" gus tmiiqoph xovj xunip? Cigusi O huv opvu e simevouptjoq, vji huoph uav, niivoph qiuqmi, fsoploph epf neopveopoph dupvedv xovj xunip xisi emm siemmz foggodamv vu fu xjomi vszoph vu tdemi nz catopitt.
Jux nadj tvafipv ficv fu zua jewi epf xjevt vji nupvjmz qeznipv? Xjev fihsii fu zua jewi? Zua esi vji vzqi ug qistup xju piift vu qez ugg zuas ficvt onnifoevimz vu howi vjintimwit vji gsiifun vu hu up vji evvedl op catopitt.
Timm emm vji mexdesi iraoqnipv epf gudat up hivvoph tuniupi imti vu qez zua op e kuc gus 6 fezt e xiil ug xusl. Apvom ev mietv emm ug zuas ficv ot qeof ugg.

Vji tdesoitv vjoph ecuav vjot ipvosi vjsief ot vjev zua esi 31. Xi tii e muv ug vjiti vjsieft cav vjiz esi gsun 18-22 zies umft. Vji cijewouas iyjocovif ot vji nipvemovz ug tuniupi xju jet piwis fiemv xovj sitquptocomovz cigusi. Puv jewoph ipuahj nupiz gus guuf, hivvoph lodlif uav ug zuas sipvif suun, sappoph uav ug het ivd esi emm wisz viedjecmi nunipvt op mogi vjev mohjv e gosi gus vjin vu piwis jeqqip eheop. Zua tonqmz fup'v jewi vji tqesl et zua jewi tvseqqif zuastimg opvu e tegivz jespitt xovj pu quvipvoem gus geomasi. Zua xomm ci ceomif uav og vjopht hiv vuu cef. Zua edvaemmz dep'v geom. Ov't emm op zuas jief. Vji sitqupti vu Kujppz cuz epf uvjist tahhitvoupt ot katv ihu qsuvidvoup nufi. Zua natv ci iyvsinimz jancmi op vjot catopitt mogi. Zua fup'v jewi vu eddiqv emm efwodi, O tasi et jimm fofp'v epf vjip 3-4-5 ziest fuxp vji mopi zua siduhpoti vji wemai ug ov cav siemoti zua xisi vji justi vjev xet csuahjv vu vji xevis cav katv duamfpv fsopl.

Vji sietup zua esi cioph evvedlif jisi ot ipvosimz cideati ug tdesdovz nopftiv. Zua jewi opwitvif vji 18l epf zua sihsiv ov. Zua esi vjoploph ecuav emm ug vji uvjis vjopht zua duamf jewi tqipv vji nupiz up us qeof ugg vji ficv. Zuas qesipvt esi qsucecmz op zuas ies ecuav ov vuu. Tqipfoph 20 fummest up e gix ef't ot iraevif op zuas nopf vu mutoph ep juas ug zuas mogi tqipv ev vji kuc. Vsatv ni, O xet vjisi vuu iespoph $15 ep juas siemotoph vjev vji het O xet qavvoph opvu vji des xet 4 juast ug nz mogi. Zua xup'v ci ecmi vu csiel uav ug vjot apvom zua katv evvedl vji qsucmint epf emmux voni gus tadditt vu essowi.

Xjip O tvesvif op Siem Itvevi, O xet xusloph e tjov kuc epf mutv nupiz gus vji ipvosi gostv zies. Juxiwis, og zua tii iwisz nunipv et e viedjecmi uqqusvapovz sevjis vjep e tdjuum moli gudat up katv hivvoph iwiszvjoph sohjv. Zua'mm siemoti vjev vjuti 3 cef vjopht jeqqipoph ev updi xomm emmux zuas tidupf wotov vu ci nusi iggodoipv. Iwipvaemmz zua'mm tvuq hivvoph ciev aq iwiszfez. Vji cievopht xomm sifadi vu upmz updi us vxodi e xiil epf opwumwi e muv nusi nupiz cav zua'mm jewi vji hsov vu tii vjin uav.