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Heyo. This is gonna be long.
My bad for not getting to this soon enough. My first post was an introduction plus a plea for help, but it was too damn long so I scrapped.
Even though it's 2:30 AM, I feel like I'd lose what I want to share and never get back to it.
So here goes my second one, I'll try to keep it relevant
:
My name's Alex, I was born in the Ukraine and I immigrated to the U.S (Rhode Island) when I was really young. I got my first taste of the fastlane when I went back to visit my family when I was around 13.
They were entrepreneurs. Owned a bunch of highly profitable luxury services and were basically free to do whatever they wanted. They really didn't stress about money like my mom or S/D and they were really chill.
In the back of my head, I knew I wanted that. Haven't always had the focus for it though.
Went to a private school for the first two years of HS. Had a really great circle of a couple of friends. One was from a fastlane family too. His dad was banking 7 figures from real estate alone. He was really chill and knowledgeable. Always wanted to add value and help me be the best I could be.
That itch in the back of my head was starting to throb, but I didn't feel like scratching.
Switched back to a pubby because the commute was 2 1/2 hours both ways. This sucked tremendously. The kids sucked, the teachers sucked, the atmosphere sucked. It wasn't laid back like my Catholic school and everyone had problems they didn't deal with healthily.
That itch was getting pretty unbearable. I didn't know what I wanted, but schooling was not it.
In one of my classes we were researching careers. I decided to look into what it took to become a Somalian pirate. Found RunAwayGuide and read through all of it. Got my stuff packed, got my money, and skipped school one morning. Walked for a good 14 hours with a heavy backpack full of clothes, water, and things I'd need if I wanted to get a job (GOOD clothes, a resume, grooming kit).
It got pretty late so I slept in my trench coat while it was raining. Didn't have room for a sleeping back so I screwed up badly. Couldn't fall asleep. Next morning I call my parents to come pick me up because I pussied out.
Went back to school. "Straightened out." Took all of the AP classes I could take. Joined FBLA and made like-minded friends. Threw field and swam. Became an Eagle Scout. Aced the ACT. The works.
I was on the fast track to becoming successful on the slowlane. But that itch was coming back. I didn't really want to go to college or work under someone else. I didn't want to have to grind just to "prove" I could do something.
So, I stopped caring. Didn't apply to any colleges. Tried to runaway again -- this time more prepared. It was around the same time (December -- the lack of sunlight is a real problem) and I was biking this time. Got stopped by my neighbour on his way to work.
He sympathized with me, but thought it was retarded to do it in the middle of winter.
Got back into school. Didn't care this time. Got really big into Wall Street and Hedge Funds.
Obsessed about Warren Buffet for the first couple of months. Bought all his books and tried to reverse engineer his method (if you want to know his exact methods, read this book). Decided I would have an investment portfolio for my final project (required to graduate).
"Got into that." Used Investopedia and fudged the entire thing. Lost interest a couple months in because it was tedious as hell speculating equities, but I joined the Investment Club my business friend started.
The guy teaching us was one of my friend's father. Was an investment banker for GS and was a CFO of a fund now. Really down to earth and knowledgeable. Do you see a pattern?
He mentored me on the final project. I was still a fool and didn't appreciate his time. I didn't understand how valuable all of the advice he had given me was. Screwed up that relationship. Oh well, I won't make the same mistakes again.
I got back into trying to be a big swinging d*ck (that's the official term btw) on Wall Street. Was gonna go into prop trading because you could make millions from a "regular job." Was really into that, but again that itch.
I wanted to do it. I wanted to make loads of money. I wanted to be financially stable. I wanted to be free.
But, what I didn't want was to jump through hoops to prove to someone else that I could do the job.
Scratched that idea.
I've always tried to get into entrepreneurship my whole life: Started an etsy-type store in '08 with a friend. Got pretty depressed my teenage years so I would always play video games -- usually of the tycoon variety (Capitalism II is a very good business simulator). Lead two mock-businesses in FBLA. Was on and off reading and learning about it throughout middle and high school. Etc.
I came across the fastlane forum and TMF a bunch of times. Judged a book by its cover. The fastlane forum just looked like another Warrior Forum. I thought "Why would wealthy people spend their time here?"
Thankfully, I got pretty demoralized recently. I decided to give it a read (reviewed it on Amazon, I'm sure you'll find it if you filter through most recent). Wasn't really sold on it. A lot of mindset stuff that I had a predisposed barrier to. Finally got to around 20 chapters when real actionable advice started rolling in. I took pages and pages of notes on it.
Emailed @MJ DeMarco the second I finished it, thanking him. I had direction. I had what I needed.
Came on the forum and registered. While I waited I read through all of the notable and gold threads (and for the next 12 days, up to today, it's been all I've been doing). I was ecstatic. I fell in love.
NOW you know a bit about how I got here, let me tell you what's going to happen into the future.
I'm going to move to Scottsdale.
I haven't finished reading either threads by Eskil or JasonR, but I know it's what I have to do.
I'm stuck. Stuck in the same environment that I've always tried to break out of. Unless I move, I'll always be stuck in the same frame of action, i.e, risk-averse, a little comfort now over a lot of comfort later.
It's probably because I grew up here. I don't feel the ghosts, but I feel like I can't move forward if I don't get out of here.
Plus, the lack of sunshine really gets me down.
Don't know how I'm gonna do it yet.
Might network and mastermind with some guys. Planning either January (when I wrap everything up), during the summit (March, right?), or during the summer. I'd rather have it as soon as possible. Now that I know what I want, I can't stand sitting around like this. Knowing that there's a better life.
I've got somewhere around $600-900 in my bank account and loose bills here and there. No car. Going to buy the $150 one-way ticket and start a newchapter installment.
Might have everything all planned and figured out or I might just put my back to the river and wing it like a certain member.
Well, it's getting late (~3:30 AM) and my laptop battery's at 23 mins. I hope you enjoyed this short story.
Cheers.
P.S my first avatar was one of the rooms of the firefly hotel in Switzerland. I wasn't thinking big enough, so now it's an entire aerial shot of Watch Hill. I'm shooting to own all of that.
My bad for not getting to this soon enough. My first post was an introduction plus a plea for help, but it was too damn long so I scrapped.
Even though it's 2:30 AM, I feel like I'd lose what I want to share and never get back to it.
So here goes my second one, I'll try to keep it relevant
:My name's Alex, I was born in the Ukraine and I immigrated to the U.S (Rhode Island) when I was really young. I got my first taste of the fastlane when I went back to visit my family when I was around 13.
They were entrepreneurs. Owned a bunch of highly profitable luxury services and were basically free to do whatever they wanted. They really didn't stress about money like my mom or S/D and they were really chill.
In the back of my head, I knew I wanted that. Haven't always had the focus for it though.
Went to a private school for the first two years of HS. Had a really great circle of a couple of friends. One was from a fastlane family too. His dad was banking 7 figures from real estate alone. He was really chill and knowledgeable. Always wanted to add value and help me be the best I could be.
That itch in the back of my head was starting to throb, but I didn't feel like scratching.
Switched back to a pubby because the commute was 2 1/2 hours both ways. This sucked tremendously. The kids sucked, the teachers sucked, the atmosphere sucked. It wasn't laid back like my Catholic school and everyone had problems they didn't deal with healthily.
That itch was getting pretty unbearable. I didn't know what I wanted, but schooling was not it.
In one of my classes we were researching careers. I decided to look into what it took to become a Somalian pirate. Found RunAwayGuide and read through all of it. Got my stuff packed, got my money, and skipped school one morning. Walked for a good 14 hours with a heavy backpack full of clothes, water, and things I'd need if I wanted to get a job (GOOD clothes, a resume, grooming kit).
It got pretty late so I slept in my trench coat while it was raining. Didn't have room for a sleeping back so I screwed up badly. Couldn't fall asleep. Next morning I call my parents to come pick me up because I pussied out.
Went back to school. "Straightened out." Took all of the AP classes I could take. Joined FBLA and made like-minded friends. Threw field and swam. Became an Eagle Scout. Aced the ACT. The works.
I was on the fast track to becoming successful on the slowlane. But that itch was coming back. I didn't really want to go to college or work under someone else. I didn't want to have to grind just to "prove" I could do something.
So, I stopped caring. Didn't apply to any colleges. Tried to runaway again -- this time more prepared. It was around the same time (December -- the lack of sunlight is a real problem) and I was biking this time. Got stopped by my neighbour on his way to work.
He sympathized with me, but thought it was retarded to do it in the middle of winter.
Got back into school. Didn't care this time. Got really big into Wall Street and Hedge Funds.
Obsessed about Warren Buffet for the first couple of months. Bought all his books and tried to reverse engineer his method (if you want to know his exact methods, read this book). Decided I would have an investment portfolio for my final project (required to graduate).
"Got into that." Used Investopedia and fudged the entire thing. Lost interest a couple months in because it was tedious as hell speculating equities, but I joined the Investment Club my business friend started.
The guy teaching us was one of my friend's father. Was an investment banker for GS and was a CFO of a fund now. Really down to earth and knowledgeable. Do you see a pattern?
He mentored me on the final project. I was still a fool and didn't appreciate his time. I didn't understand how valuable all of the advice he had given me was. Screwed up that relationship. Oh well, I won't make the same mistakes again.
I got back into trying to be a big swinging d*ck (that's the official term btw) on Wall Street. Was gonna go into prop trading because you could make millions from a "regular job." Was really into that, but again that itch.
I wanted to do it. I wanted to make loads of money. I wanted to be financially stable. I wanted to be free.
But, what I didn't want was to jump through hoops to prove to someone else that I could do the job.
Scratched that idea.
I've always tried to get into entrepreneurship my whole life: Started an etsy-type store in '08 with a friend. Got pretty depressed my teenage years so I would always play video games -- usually of the tycoon variety (Capitalism II is a very good business simulator). Lead two mock-businesses in FBLA. Was on and off reading and learning about it throughout middle and high school. Etc.
I came across the fastlane forum and TMF a bunch of times. Judged a book by its cover. The fastlane forum just looked like another Warrior Forum. I thought "Why would wealthy people spend their time here?"
Thankfully, I got pretty demoralized recently. I decided to give it a read (reviewed it on Amazon, I'm sure you'll find it if you filter through most recent
). Wasn't really sold on it. A lot of mindset stuff that I had a predisposed barrier to. Finally got to around 20 chapters when real actionable advice started rolling in. I took pages and pages of notes on it.Emailed @MJ DeMarco the second I finished it, thanking him. I had direction. I had what I needed.
Came on the forum and registered. While I waited I read through all of the notable and gold threads (and for the next 12 days, up to today, it's been all I've been doing). I was ecstatic. I fell in love.
NOW you know a bit about how I got here, let me tell you what's going to happen into the future.
I'm going to move to Scottsdale.
I haven't finished reading either threads by Eskil or JasonR, but I know it's what I have to do.
I'm stuck. Stuck in the same environment that I've always tried to break out of. Unless I move, I'll always be stuck in the same frame of action, i.e, risk-averse, a little comfort now over a lot of comfort later.
It's probably because I grew up here. I don't feel the ghosts, but I feel like I can't move forward if I don't get out of here.
Plus, the lack of sunshine really gets me down.
Don't know how I'm gonna do it yet.
Might network and mastermind with some guys. Planning either January (when I wrap everything up), during the summit (March, right?), or during the summer. I'd rather have it as soon as possible. Now that I know what I want, I can't stand sitting around like this. Knowing that there's a better life.
I've got somewhere around $600-900 in my bank account and loose bills here and there. No car. Going to buy the $150 one-way ticket and start a new
Might have everything all planned and figured out or I might just put my back to the river and wing it like a certain member.
Well, it's getting late (~3:30 AM) and my laptop battery's at 23 mins. I hope you enjoyed this short story.
Cheers.
P.S my first avatar was one of the rooms of the firefly hotel in Switzerland. I wasn't thinking big enough, so now it's an entire aerial shot of Watch Hill. I'm shooting to own all of that.
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