MWN14
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Hi everyone!
I just wanted to share my story and see if there's anyone who can identify with what im experienceing.
My only real question is:
How do you guys deal with self doubt?
Or are you so confident, that you never doubt yourselfs?
Some background:
I have this great (slowlane) job, that i've really worked my a$$ of to get.. Several years ago i saw my current firm as the greatest workplace in the world. Back then i felt it was unreachable for me.. I put the place on a pedistal and I used to think to myself : "Man..you need to be F*cking phenomenal just to get an interview at that place.. Those guys are the shit"
Eventually after some years in the industry i'd finally built up the skills and reputation needed to land a job there..
In the beginning it was awesome, and i was stoked that id finally landed my dream job.
That feeling has changed.
Ive decided to leave my "dream-job" to follow my true dream! To become my own boss.
Ive always been a very creative person, with alot of ideas floating around in my head..and since i work in advertising (as an art director) that really comes in handy.. Im usually the guy to ask, when you want to come up with something new, crazy or "outside the box".
For some time now, ive been using this creativity to come up with different business-ideas, mostly in the tech-area, but also in other more analog areas
Theese ideas + some freelance design jobs (to put food on my table for the first month/years,) will be my "new job".
My first seed
When i read TMF it was like a revelation for me.. I realised Im the one to blame for my lack of sucess.. Not my childhood, not bad luck.. Me!
This fired me up like a rocked!
I immediatley began to bring some of my ideas to life.. And for a few weeks i was unstoppable.. I felt like i could take over the world.. In a short period of time, i created and sold one of my smaller ideas to a company, that will give me about 7500 $ each year in royalites..(expected sale)
About 25h work are now giving me 7500$ for the next 5-10? years (more with some luck).. And this is without me doing jack shit with it ever again.. This money alone isnt enough to live of by itself offcourse, but the feeling of planting my first "seed" was truely amazing..
Ive also started my main-project..
This project has been my dream for several years.. Since i came up with the idea, Ive been sketching designs of it for a long time, but never had the guts to present it to the people who could help me make it real. (It takes some serious money and really advanced coding. (Ive managed to learn some html, css and JS.. But this is on a whole other level..)
I finally got my head out of my a$$, and this idea is now beeing developed by a developer company that ive partnered up with.. They were static about the Idea, and wanted to be a part of it.. The prototype will be ready in late feb 2016, ready to be presented to various investors.. (wich i will really need to pull this of).
But here's the problem.
Now im starting to get doubts.. "Who am i trying to fool" "im not smart enough to pull this of" "i wont make it" "i will be bankrupted in 3 month" "why waste my time, people will laugh at me for even trying" "The investors will look at me and see that im not smart enough"
Even reading some of your posts makes me doubt myself "Damn theese guys are really smart.. What am i doing here"
My mindset is like a F*cking rollercoaster! One day i'm on top of the world, and the other day i feel like i belong in a dark hole somewere.. My mind has been like this for as long as i can remember..This is frustrating as hell!
Worth mentioning is that Ive struggled with anxiety almost all my life. This has taken me on some dark journeys that im not exactly proud of.. hospitalization, self medication, and even suicide plans.
But by alot of hard work and personal development, ive managed to get rid of my anxiety. But theese episodes of no confidence and self doubt seems to stick with me..
And im not talking about good/bad days.. Im talking of weekly periods with eather superman confidence or scared little rabbit mentality.. (And it can happen over night, for no explainable reason)
Is there anyone out there who feels like this? Or is my brain just damaged goods?
And if there is someone who can relate to this, what do you do when you have theese episodes?
I would really appreciate some pointers on this topic, and if anyone needs some help/tips in the area of graphic design i will gladly be of assistance..I apologize for any spelling/grammar errors.. English is not my first language.
Best regards!
I just wanted to share my story and see if there's anyone who can identify with what im experienceing.
My only real question is:
How do you guys deal with self doubt?
Or are you so confident, that you never doubt yourselfs?
Some background:
I have this great (slowlane) job, that i've really worked my a$$ of to get.. Several years ago i saw my current firm as the greatest workplace in the world. Back then i felt it was unreachable for me.. I put the place on a pedistal and I used to think to myself : "Man..you need to be F*cking phenomenal just to get an interview at that place.. Those guys are the shit"
Eventually after some years in the industry i'd finally built up the skills and reputation needed to land a job there..
In the beginning it was awesome, and i was stoked that id finally landed my dream job.
That feeling has changed.
Ive decided to leave my "dream-job" to follow my true dream! To become my own boss.
Ive always been a very creative person, with alot of ideas floating around in my head..and since i work in advertising (as an art director) that really comes in handy.. Im usually the guy to ask, when you want to come up with something new, crazy or "outside the box".
For some time now, ive been using this creativity to come up with different business-ideas, mostly in the tech-area, but also in other more analog areas
Theese ideas + some freelance design jobs (to put food on my table for the first month/years,) will be my "new job".
My first seed
When i read TMF it was like a revelation for me.. I realised Im the one to blame for my lack of sucess.. Not my childhood, not bad luck.. Me!
This fired me up like a rocked!
I immediatley began to bring some of my ideas to life.. And for a few weeks i was unstoppable.. I felt like i could take over the world.. In a short period of time, i created and sold one of my smaller ideas to a company, that will give me about 7500 $ each year in royalites..(expected sale)
About 25h work are now giving me 7500$ for the next 5-10? years (more with some luck).. And this is without me doing jack shit with it ever again.. This money alone isnt enough to live of by itself offcourse, but the feeling of planting my first "seed" was truely amazing..
Ive also started my main-project..
This project has been my dream for several years.. Since i came up with the idea, Ive been sketching designs of it for a long time, but never had the guts to present it to the people who could help me make it real. (It takes some serious money and really advanced coding. (Ive managed to learn some html, css and JS.. But this is on a whole other level..)
I finally got my head out of my a$$, and this idea is now beeing developed by a developer company that ive partnered up with.. They were static about the Idea, and wanted to be a part of it.. The prototype will be ready in late feb 2016, ready to be presented to various investors.. (wich i will really need to pull this of).
But here's the problem.
Now im starting to get doubts.. "Who am i trying to fool" "im not smart enough to pull this of" "i wont make it" "i will be bankrupted in 3 month" "why waste my time, people will laugh at me for even trying" "The investors will look at me and see that im not smart enough"
Even reading some of your posts makes me doubt myself "Damn theese guys are really smart.. What am i doing here"
My mindset is like a F*cking rollercoaster! One day i'm on top of the world, and the other day i feel like i belong in a dark hole somewere.. My mind has been like this for as long as i can remember..This is frustrating as hell!
Worth mentioning is that Ive struggled with anxiety almost all my life. This has taken me on some dark journeys that im not exactly proud of.. hospitalization, self medication, and even suicide plans.
But by alot of hard work and personal development, ive managed to get rid of my anxiety. But theese episodes of no confidence and self doubt seems to stick with me..
And im not talking about good/bad days.. Im talking of weekly periods with eather superman confidence or scared little rabbit mentality.. (And it can happen over night, for no explainable reason)
Is there anyone out there who feels like this? Or is my brain just damaged goods?
And if there is someone who can relate to this, what do you do when you have theese episodes?
I would really appreciate some pointers on this topic, and if anyone needs some help/tips in the area of graphic design i will gladly be of assistance..I apologize for any spelling/grammar errors.. English is not my first language.
Best regards!
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