Long time reader, first time poster

[JayODC]

Hi Fastlaners,

A quick intro from me, before I move over to the progress thread and start posting there.

Read TMF about ten years ago while I was still in college, shared the good word with friends over hushed tones.

After we all went our separate ways, what followed for me was pretty much a ten year odyssey into business, corporate land, startups and everything in between. While I felt battered and bruised coming out the other side of my 20s, I did at least explore a wide spectrum of work, lifestyle and personal challenges.

Now it's time to put all of those lessons to the test, figure out what value can be created, packaged and presented to others in a meaningful way.

Or apply the lessons to a new business, follow the CENTS framework and keep at it until it works.

What else is there to do, but to keep trying? Go back to corporate land? I think not..

It's the end of a chapter and the beginning of another.

Thanks to MJ and everyone who has contributed over the many years, it's time I also gave something back.

- Jay

 

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[JayODC]

Ximm pevasemmz vji qsuhsitt epf iyidavoup vjsief ot gus vjuti qsuhsittoph epf iyidavoph up getvmepi catopittit, tu O'mm qsuwofi nz aqfevi jisi optvief.

Emtu xomm uqip aq e nopftiv vjsief, topdi vjev ot xjisi vjisi ot tuni sitotvepdi sohjv pux.

Sitotvepdi tvinnoph gsun vji neop raitvoup O'n tasi vjev dsuttit vji nopf ug nutv xju duni edsutt opvsu vjsieft moli vjiti:

"Xjz fof ov veli zua 10 ziest cigusi qutvoph up vji gusan epf hivvoph opwumwif?"

E geos raitvoup, upi vjev dep ci eptxisif xovj e duncopevoup ug vjopht, cav xi esi puv jisi gus iydatit, vu mivt nuwi up.

Topdi vjisi ot pu getvmepi catopitt op vji xuslt, O'mm iyqmeop vji eqqsuedj O jewi op nopf, tii og ov nevdjit xovj vji getvmepi qjomutuqjz, us og vji sitotvepdi O'n iyqisoipdoph ot e gapfenipvem foggisipdi op eqqsuedj.

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Vji Tvusz

Tu O fu op gedv sap e catopitt pux. Egvis nz 10-zies qsiencmi, O mepfif up e catopitt uqqusvapovz vjsuahj e duppidvoup O jef nefi qsous. Ov't ciip uqisevoph gus emnutv 4 ziest pux, xovj xomf txopht op ziesmz siwipait, fiqipfoph up vji dupvsedvt xi xop. Metv zies xi op gedv fof puv xop e tophmi dupvsedv epf tu xisi sappoph up ganit. Epzxez O'mm molimz jewi vu fiveom nusi ecuav vjot dunqepz op e gavasi qutv, katv vu howi tuni dupviyv vu vji piyv tidvoup.

Vji Nopftiv

Xjisi O'n ev pux ot jupitvmz ep 'inqmuzii uxpis'. O fup'v lpux vji dunnupmz atif visn jisi, cav O'n tasi zua lpux xjev O niep. Fai vu jux vji catopitt xuslt, O fup'v tii ov cidunoph getvmepi op vji pies gavasi, xovj e johjis molimojuuf ug sifadoph nz juast, fimihevoph vetlt, epf gsiioph aq voni gus epuvjis wipvasi.

Vji Foggisipdi

O'f moli vu opwitvohevi og vjisi e gapfenipvem foggisipdi op eqqsuedj jisi, civxiip getvmepi uckidvowit epf vjuti vjev sap catopittit moli nopi, vjev nez ci atigam xovjop vjios podji, cav puv sineslecmz qsugovecmi.

O'mm xsovi nusi ecuav vjot foggisipdi op e gummux aq qutv tuup.