KeonTheGreat
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Hi all 20 year old male from Brooklyn here. I joined the forum after reading the book about a month ago. (When applied) this book is life changing. I made a bunch of promises and haven't done a single one of them. I started a few then just gradually quit smh. I work part-time usually about 32 hours a week at a clothing store and I'm taking a semester off of school. Personally, I think school is a waste of time, I'm a business major and so far I'm stuck paying for classes like Bowling, Yoga and Woman's Studies (Why in the hell do I need those?) at a no name state school. I said I'd begin learning to code(started but quit) Go back to the gym, I use to work out like crazy(went once) YouTube channel(I love to entertain, created the channel and I said everyday I'd make a video, wrote down ideas, never made one.) I have a few things around the house I could get rid of, said I'd look into eBay, never did it. Hell, I was suppose to introduce myself to the forum when I made the account nearly a month ago, finally that is happening. :eusa_clap:
There are two things that helped me finally realize I need to get off my damn a$$ and take action. First is this quote I pulled from a thread on here a few days ago while I was lurking on the forum. It REALLY hit home. If someone could post the link to it and give the person credit, i copied it and emailed it to myself. I really needed that kick in the a$$ even though it was directed at a different person.
"Two weeks later and you are still sitting on your a$$.
Guess what? You might still be on your parents house two years from now.
Stop posting. You're not doing anything. Posting here is not taking action.
You said you are out of work, and then you said you are being criticized for quitting a job. Did you quit and not have other income? What's your real story?
Either go find a job, or go sell your Dad's lawnmower on eBay to see how it works. You don't need anyone's blessing (well, you might need your Dads to sell his lawn mower... depending on if he would notice quickly or not.) You are not going to find anyone here to hold your hand. You're a big boy, with a wife. Decide. Stop being a moocher.
Know what's NOT going to generate money? Sitting here posting about how afraid you are.
Some people aren't cut out for this. You might be one of them. You might be better with a job.
Sitting on your a$$ doing nothing is the worst path you could choose. Congrats... you're at the bottom.
Get off your a$$, forget looking for the pity party because nobody here can do anything for you unless you do something for yourself.
Make a mistake. Live life. There's more to life than eating out of your Dad's refrigerator and watching TV with your Mom.
Seriously. Get off your a$$. Spend the next 48 hours straight studying ways you might make some money, and then come back here and post what ever QUESTIONS you might have (questions that someone might be able to answer... not "can you please hold me because I am afraid...") and people can help you help yourself.
Go. Go do something. Stop crying. Start taking action."
The second thing that definitely got me going was coming home from work today. My 27 year old uncle and my 20 year old cousin are staying with us for who knows how long. We were sitting in the living room and I was lurking on the fastlane forum as well as a number of other entrepreneur sites. My uncle is out of work and was recently kicked out of the house by my grandmother, he's never lived on his own and his been in that tiny room since they brought him home from the hospital. My cousin, love him to death, one of the nicest guys you'll meet. the prime example of a side walker. ANY money he gets he spends on nonsense like tattoos and sneakers NEVER saves. Always begging me or someone else for money. I try and try to get him to at least become a slow laner because then he'd have some savings to fall back on. Well I get home from work and these two are in the same spot I left them in arguing about basketball and Lebron James, going back and forth about people people who will make a crap ton more money and as of right now have a crap ton more success than them. As I sat there listening I thought, damn I can't have this for myself. Leeching off of my other for the rest of my life, unemployed, no source of income, ranting about side walker nonsense like which multi millionaire dribbles a ball better than other when I don't even know where my next dollar is going to come from. It's not what I want for myself, It's not what I want for my future family and it's not what I want for my current family. The time is now! And I am going to read that quote everyday as it is a constant reminder of what i DON'T want to be.
I have a few days off of work this week and this time I won't be spending them watching netflix and basketball. That's a promise I plan to keep. Thanks guys!Wow It felt good to write that stuff down, even if it means nothing to anyone seeing it in front of my eyes has really opened me up.
Hi all 20 year old male from Brooklyn here. I joined the forum after reading the book about a month ago. (When applied) this book is life changing. I made a bunch of promises and haven't done a single one of them. I started a few then just gradually quit smh. I work part-time usually about 32 hours a week at a clothing store and I'm taking a semester off of school. Personally, I think school is a waste of time, I'm a business major and so far I'm stuck paying for classes like Bowling, Yoga and Woman's Studies (Why in the hell do I need those?) at a no name state school. I said I'd begin learning to code(started but quit) Go back to the gym, I use to work out like crazy(went once) YouTube channel(I love to entertain, created the channel and I said everyday I'd make a video, wrote down ideas, never made one.) I have a few things around the house I could get rid of, said I'd look into eBay, never did it. Hell, I was suppose to introduce myself to the forum when I made the account nearly a month ago, finally that is happening. :eusa_clap:
There are two things that helped me finally realize I need to get off my damn a$$ and take action. First is this quote I pulled from a thread on here a few days ago while I was lurking on the forum. It REALLY hit home. If someone could post the link to it and give the person credit, i copied it and emailed it to myself. I really needed that kick in the a$$ even though it was directed at a different person.
"Two weeks later and you are still sitting on your a$$.
Guess what? You might still be on your parents house two years from now.
Stop posting. You're not doing anything. Posting here is not taking action.
You said you are out of work, and then you said you are being criticized for quitting a job. Did you quit and not have other income? What's your real story?
Either go find a job, or go sell your Dad's lawnmower on eBay to see how it works. You don't need anyone's blessing (well, you might need your Dads to sell his lawn mower... depending on if he would notice quickly or not.) You are not going to find anyone here to hold your hand. You're a big boy, with a wife. Decide. Stop being a moocher.
Know what's NOT going to generate money? Sitting here posting about how afraid you are.
Some people aren't cut out for this. You might be one of them. You might be better with a job.
Sitting on your a$$ doing nothing is the worst path you could choose. Congrats... you're at the bottom.
Get off your a$$, forget looking for the pity party because nobody here can do anything for you unless you do something for yourself.
Make a mistake. Live life. There's more to life than eating out of your Dad's refrigerator and watching TV with your Mom.
Seriously. Get off your a$$. Spend the next 48 hours straight studying ways you might make some money, and then come back here and post what ever QUESTIONS you might have (questions that someone might be able to answer... not "can you please hold me because I am afraid...") and people can help you help yourself.
Go. Go do something. Stop crying. Start taking action."
The second thing that definitely got me going was coming home from work today. My 27 year old uncle and my 20 year old cousin are staying with us for who knows how long. We were sitting in the living room and I was lurking on the fastlane forum as well as a number of other entrepreneur sites. My uncle is out of work and was recently kicked out of the house by my grandmother, he's never lived on his own and his been in that tiny room since they brought him home from the hospital. My cousin, love him to death, one of the nicest guys you'll meet. the prime example of a side walker. ANY money he gets he spends on nonsense like tattoos and sneakers NEVER saves. Always begging me or someone else for money. I try and try to get him to at least become a slow laner because then he'd have some savings to fall back on. Well I get home from work and these two are in the same spot I left them in arguing about basketball and Lebron James, going back and forth about people people who will make a crap ton more money and as of right now have a crap ton more success than them. As I sat there listening I thought, damn I can't have this for myself. Leeching off of my other for the rest of my life, unemployed, no source of income, ranting about side walker nonsense like which multi millionaire dribbles a ball better than other when I don't even know where my next dollar is going to come from. It's not what I want for myself, It's not what I want for my future family and it's not what I want for my current family. The time is now! And I am going to read that quote everyday as it is a constant reminder of what i DON'T want to be.
I have a few days off of work this week and this time I won't be spending them watching netflix and basketball. That's a promise I plan to keep. Thanks guys!Wow It felt good to write that stuff down, even if it means nothing to anyone seeing it in front of my eyes has really opened me up.
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