I know it's been a while since I posted much on here so I hope by the end I will have explained somewhat why that is. I always wonder why people think trading a 9-5 day or any kind of job is normal. And then they blow their whole paycheck on the weekends having as much fun as they can in 48 hours or less. I used to do the same thing and I probably still do once in a while. I think that may have changed some for me recently though.
A few years ago someone told me about a book titled The Millionaire Fastlane . I work at my Slowlane job with him. Some of you might know him as Likwid24 and a product he came up with. So, to him I say Thank You. I think we both love our slow lane job but I think everyone is working toward not having to trade their time for money. And even though I love my job, I'd rather have free time even though I feel what we do at work is a good thing.
So, after reading the book I kept looking for different ways to make money. Finally, I found a business that seems to be working for me. I didn't know if it would or not but I took a chance and it has gone well so far. But friends and family think it's abnormal for me to work on my business rather than go out. But I would rather work on my business than go out.
I wonder why so many other people just don't see it. Friends invite me to bars to go watch football on Sunday and I do go, maybe once a month. I don't do it every week anymore. I play darts every week in a league but last year I made it there once because even though I enjoy playing and seeing my friends, I have a business that needed to be worked. And you know you always get, come on, you're working too hard.", "Take a break, you deserve it." Plus many other statements like that.
Why do I deserve it? What did I do? I don't see millions in my bank account yet that allows me to relax and not worry about paying bills. Though my goal is for that to happen eventually. Even my current business is not as Fastlane as I would like to be but it's much better than my slow lane job. I do have partners, which can be a pain, mostly growing pains, which we seem to have worked out for now.
What we have done is bring a product out there that fills a need or maybe even just a want for people for now. But it's going well for us. I am looking at this as a great learning experience while making money at the same time and plan to have it lead me to even more of a Fastlane Idea.
What really confuses me about people is when they ask me what I am doing and why I work so much. When I tell them I wasn't to make as much money as possible so that I don't have to work at a job anymore and I don't have to worry about paying bills, they say things like, "I just want to be happy." Why does happiness and financial freedom have to be separate? Can't I be happy and rich? can't everyone? I believe MJ said all of that much better in the book. I have read it several times and listened to the audio book while driving.
So, I guess what I really am asking is, why am I looked at as the one with abnormal behavior? Is dreaming of wanting a better life and actually working toward it that much of a strange concept to people? I don't think I ever thought quite like that but I didn't quite think like this either. I was probably somewhere in between, which still left me nowhere, until now.
I'm still working hard but I finally see that it will eventually pay off in the end. So, if I don't go out with the guys for now, even though I still keep in touch with them, and I don't play darts and maybe skip one or two vacations so that I can have much better ones, sooner rather than later, why does everyone not see this as normal behavior?
A few years ago someone told me about a book titled The Millionaire Fastlane . I work at my Slowlane job with him. Some of you might know him as Likwid24 and a product he came up with. So, to him I say Thank You. I think we both love our slow lane job but I think everyone is working toward not having to trade their time for money. And even though I love my job, I'd rather have free time even though I feel what we do at work is a good thing.
So, after reading the book I kept looking for different ways to make money. Finally, I found a business that seems to be working for me. I didn't know if it would or not but I took a chance and it has gone well so far. But friends and family think it's abnormal for me to work on my business rather than go out. But I would rather work on my business than go out.
I wonder why so many other people just don't see it. Friends invite me to bars to go watch football on Sunday and I do go, maybe once a month. I don't do it every week anymore. I play darts every week in a league but last year I made it there once because even though I enjoy playing and seeing my friends, I have a business that needed to be worked. And you know you always get, come on, you're working too hard.", "Take a break, you deserve it." Plus many other statements like that.
Why do I deserve it? What did I do? I don't see millions in my bank account yet that allows me to relax and not worry about paying bills. Though my goal is for that to happen eventually. Even my current business is not as Fastlane as I would like to be but it's much better than my slow lane job. I do have partners, which can be a pain, mostly growing pains, which we seem to have worked out for now.
What we have done is bring a product out there that fills a need or maybe even just a want for people for now. But it's going well for us. I am looking at this as a great learning experience while making money at the same time and plan to have it lead me to even more of a Fastlane Idea.
What really confuses me about people is when they ask me what I am doing and why I work so much. When I tell them I wasn't to make as much money as possible so that I don't have to work at a job anymore and I don't have to worry about paying bills, they say things like, "I just want to be happy." Why does happiness and financial freedom have to be separate? Can't I be happy and rich? can't everyone? I believe MJ said all of that much better in the book. I have read it several times and listened to the audio book while driving.
So, I guess what I really am asking is, why am I looked at as the one with abnormal behavior? Is dreaming of wanting a better life and actually working toward it that much of a strange concept to people? I don't think I ever thought quite like that but I didn't quite think like this either. I was probably somewhere in between, which still left me nowhere, until now.
I'm still working hard but I finally see that it will eventually pay off in the end. So, if I don't go out with the guys for now, even though I still keep in touch with them, and I don't play darts and maybe skip one or two vacations so that I can have much better ones, sooner rather than later, why does everyone not see this as normal behavior?
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