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Just kidding 
! With the conversion it's only about 75k usd.
Hi everyone, I found this forum exactly 1 month ago from a search on r/entrepreneur for other small business forums (thank you reddit guy MyronGainzyzz if you're here). Honestly I haven't read any of @MJ DeMarco books as I learned about the "fastlane" through experiences in my own life and connected them with all of the amazing posts on here. I am really happy to finally meet people who have an open mind to a different way of living and I hope I can help others on their journey as I go through mine.
Now about the 75k, as that's why everyone clicked, before I go into how I want to use it, I want to share how you too can make this in a regular "slowlane" job. Just do these four things:
That's exactly what I did and over 5 years saved up 75k. I didn't go out for food, I didn't have netflix or other expenses. My only expenses were rent, car, and groceries. I used all of my time to work. Sometimes two jobs! Sometimes three!! Every job I worked, I always got promoted, I always got tipped from customers (ever tipped a Walmart associate and comeback to give him a present? How about tip $100 after getting pissed off with a business on a $10,000 purchase?), and I always got what I wanted from my jobs (this was money and knowledge)!
I'd like to share my secret of succeeding in life from the sidewalk. It's only five steps...
That's it! Do this and you can live a nice successful life in a corporate job or whatever. From my countless jobs I can definitely say hardly anyone tries to do more than what they were hired for and so just do at least one of these and you'll get way ahead. Do all five and you'll see opportunities open left and right. There is a cap however as nepotism, favoritism, and racial biases exist, and unfortunately I came across these caps so many times (hence why I kept changing jobs). This is the sad reality of the sidewalk and once I figured it out, I realized that there had to be more ways to live life, but what were they?!
The first thing I knew I needed to do was expand my mind. To be honest I actually saved up about 115k usd over those years and decided to invest it in myself through travel. So off I went to places I wanted to go as a child. It was scary taking the first step into these unknown worlds with just myself and my backpack, but off I went. It was the best decision I could have made and I met tons of people of all walks of life and people that lived their life in such unique ways. On my travels, I met a serial entrepreneur lady. She told me her story and I mentioned mine and she asked me why I never considered doing my own business. Turns out I was afraid of failure. It's really thanks to her that I was able to realize what my roadblock was and move past it.
I ended up coming home from my travels earlier than expected (due to covid) with a fresh mind on how I would achieve the life I wanted. I got home and started reading and studying everything from businesses to financial management which is how I have ended up here. I have already started my own business and plan to start a few more in conjunction (all have scalable potential).
I know at the end of the day 75k usd is not that much to a lot of fastlaners, but for me it was and is a huge accomplishment that shows me that I can achieve anything I want. If I can do it so can you! Note that although this forum is about fastlaning, there isn't anything wrong with a regular job and you can still get ahead and live life. Not everything is about money, but life is everything. So please appreciate and enjoy life while you can. I hope my slowlane advice can help people in similar situations reading through the forum. It is not much but its all I can offer right now.
Okay so how do I use my 100k? Well this is where I could use your help. I only need 15k for my business, another 10k for my online ventures, 5k for my other business, and $210 for the lotto! So if you were me, how would you use the rest? Invest in the stock market? Save? Guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks a bunch for reading.
TL/DR: 100k is actually 75k made from slowlane living (with tips on how you can do this too), my journey to escape the sidewalk, and my current plan to reach fastlane!
! With the conversion it's only about 75k usd.Hi everyone, I found this forum exactly 1 month ago from a search on r/entrepreneur for other small business forums (thank you reddit guy MyronGainzyzz if you're here). Honestly I haven't read any of @MJ DeMarco books as I learned about the "fastlane" through experiences in my own life and connected them with all of the amazing posts on here. I am really happy to finally meet people who have an open mind to a different way of living and I hope I can help others on their journey as I go through mine.
Now about the 75k, as that's why everyone clicked, before I go into how I want to use it, I want to share how you too can make this in a regular "slowlane" job. Just do these four things:
1 - Make a goal for the amount you want, 2 - Make money, 2 - Don't spend that money, 4 - Save up till you reach your goal.
That's exactly what I did and over 5 years saved up 75k. I didn't go out for food, I didn't have netflix or other expenses. My only expenses were rent, car, and groceries. I used all of my time to work. Sometimes two jobs! Sometimes three!! Every job I worked, I always got promoted, I always got tipped from customers (ever tipped a Walmart associate and comeback to give him a present? How about tip $100 after getting pissed off with a business on a $10,000 purchase?), and I always got what I wanted from my jobs (this was money and knowledge)!
I'd like to share my secret of succeeding in life from the sidewalk. It's only five steps...
1 - Always do your best, 2 - Go above and beyond, 3 - Be Curious, 4 - Help others without their asking (Be Kind), 5 - Be proactive
That's it! Do this and you can live a nice successful life in a corporate job or whatever. From my countless jobs I can definitely say hardly anyone tries to do more than what they were hired for and so just do at least one of these and you'll get way ahead. Do all five and you'll see opportunities open left and right. There is a cap however as nepotism, favoritism, and racial biases exist, and unfortunately I came across these caps so many times (hence why I kept changing jobs). This is the sad reality of the sidewalk and once I figured it out, I realized that there had to be more ways to live life, but what were they?!
The first thing I knew I needed to do was expand my mind. To be honest I actually saved up about 115k usd over those years and decided to invest it in myself through travel. So off I went to places I wanted to go as a child. It was scary taking the first step into these unknown worlds with just myself and my backpack, but off I went. It was the best decision I could have made and I met tons of people of all walks of life and people that lived their life in such unique ways. On my travels, I met a serial entrepreneur lady. She told me her story and I mentioned mine and she asked me why I never considered doing my own business. Turns out I was afraid of failure. It's really thanks to her that I was able to realize what my roadblock was and move past it.
I ended up coming home from my travels earlier than expected (due to covid) with a fresh mind on how I would achieve the life I wanted. I got home and started reading and studying everything from businesses to financial management which is how I have ended up here. I have already started my own business and plan to start a few more in conjunction (all have scalable potential).
I know at the end of the day 75k usd is not that much to a lot of fastlaners, but for me it was and is a huge accomplishment that shows me that I can achieve anything I want. If I can do it so can you! Note that although this forum is about fastlaning, there isn't anything wrong with a regular job and you can still get ahead and live life. Not everything is about money, but life is everything. So please appreciate and enjoy life while you can. I hope my slowlane advice can help people in similar situations reading through the forum. It is not much but its all I can offer right now.
Okay so how do I use my 100k? Well this is where I could use your help. I only need 15k for my business, another 10k for my online ventures, 5k for my other business, and $210 for the lotto! So if you were me, how would you use the rest? Invest in the stock market? Save? Guidance would be appreciated.
Thanks a bunch for reading.
TL/DR: 100k is actually 75k made from slowlane living (with tips on how you can do this too), my journey to escape the sidewalk, and my current plan to reach fastlane!
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