Hi,
thanks for stopping by my thread and following my progress thread.
I just came back to this forum and I'm really glad it still exists and the community seems not to have changed too much over the last years. That's really rare.
What can you expect here?
Basically, I'm writing down my thoughts and hope you can give me some great insights and put things into perspective once in a while. The last time I really had a progress thread were the days at the university when I played online poker professionally. (2009-2012)
At some point, I had to quit because I was simply not good enough anymore. At the beginning, you could win without knowing what you did because nobody else had a clue as well. But as the game became more popular and attracted people who "solved" the game, new software, and in the end regulations, it did not make sense to continue playing.
But the main reason I failed was probably that I never went deep into the theory and only watched, what could learn from the pros at deuces cracked. I still have "The theory of poker" on my desk to remind me that success requires commitment.
Because I want to be part of this community again, I bought Unscripted .
One thing I realized is that I never had a real F*ck This event in my life.
I was always happy and satisfied with my life. And I still am.
My life is great, I have everything except a business that generates cash.
That's not completely true because I have inherited a farm after my father, unfortunately, took his own life because he was depressed and have some side income from that.
At least I was able to raise the rent we got from about $6k/year to $12k/year, which basically covers my living expenses right now.
Besides that I will get married in the next weeks I just proposed last week and my wife earns a steady income that will be enough to live a decent sidewalk life. I'm pretty good at making myself anti-fragile, (maybe only robust.) However, that's not enough to grow a business.
After quitting poker, I tried to start my first business in affiliate marketing, failed and for convenience got a job making $60k/year in a city with low living expenses.
About half a year before my father died I could not stand the crab at the company and moved back home.
During that time I found a developer who developed a tool to stay away from distracting websites. Great business, huge market. But eventually, I had to leave because he never accepted me as a co-founder and I was building my life on a "letter of intent".
That's when I started my own company called "FindFocus", found a great development company in Russia and spent about $35k - $40k to develop a similar software, which is pretty awesome.
(I had real luck with these guys so far). But since then my progress pretty much came to an end.
The software really helps me to stay away from the computer (which was my initial goal), but it's hard to build and grow an online company without having a team and not working myself too much.
Anyway getting married (+ she already has two kids) I realized, that I don't want her to endure the bullshit at work anymore. She likes her job but I hate her complaining about her shitty boss.
You could say she's completely scripted for the sidewalk. Don't think that will change unless I'm really successful.
So it's time to level up again once more and get this thing going.
I vowed to myself, to make this company successful, even though it will take a while. (My time discounting is/was pretty high)
In the past whenever I thought about making money I was looking for some kind of shortcuts. Unfortunately, that does not work.
So my focus will be on just providing value and get my writing habit in place.
If you're interested you can read the blog post that I wrote today here:
Avoid Distractions And Break Bad Online Habits Without Limiting Your Flexibility
It's pretty good for just one morning of work. Especially since I did all the pictures etc. myself.
As I get this going I will streamline the process a bit and create a checklist. Then I will be able to write more SEO relevant content.
However, I want to tackle my habit first before I get lost in details again.
thanks for stopping by my thread and following my progress thread.
I just came back to this forum and I'm really glad it still exists and the community seems not to have changed too much over the last years. That's really rare.
What can you expect here?
Basically, I'm writing down my thoughts and hope you can give me some great insights and put things into perspective once in a while. The last time I really had a progress thread were the days at the university when I played online poker professionally. (2009-2012)
At some point, I had to quit because I was simply not good enough anymore. At the beginning, you could win without knowing what you did because nobody else had a clue as well. But as the game became more popular and attracted people who "solved" the game, new software, and in the end regulations, it did not make sense to continue playing.
But the main reason I failed was probably that I never went deep into the theory and only watched, what could learn from the pros at deuces cracked. I still have "The theory of poker" on my desk to remind me that success requires commitment.
Because I want to be part of this community again, I bought Unscripted .
One thing I realized is that I never had a real F*ck This event in my life.
I was always happy and satisfied with my life. And I still am.
My life is great, I have everything except a business that generates cash.
That's not completely true because I have inherited a farm after my father, unfortunately, took his own life because he was depressed and have some side income from that.
At least I was able to raise the rent we got from about $6k/year to $12k/year, which basically covers my living expenses right now.
Besides that I will get married in the next weeks I just proposed last week and my wife earns a steady income that will be enough to live a decent sidewalk life. I'm pretty good at making myself anti-fragile, (maybe only robust.) However, that's not enough to grow a business.
After quitting poker, I tried to start my first business in affiliate marketing, failed and for convenience got a job making $60k/year in a city with low living expenses.
About half a year before my father died I could not stand the crab at the company and moved back home.
During that time I found a developer who developed a tool to stay away from distracting websites. Great business, huge market. But eventually, I had to leave because he never accepted me as a co-founder and I was building my life on a "letter of intent".
That's when I started my own company called "FindFocus", found a great development company in Russia and spent about $35k - $40k to develop a similar software, which is pretty awesome.
(I had real luck with these guys so far). But since then my progress pretty much came to an end.
The software really helps me to stay away from the computer (which was my initial goal), but it's hard to build and grow an online company without having a team and not working myself too much.
Anyway getting married (+ she already has two kids) I realized, that I don't want her to endure the bullshit at work anymore. She likes her job but I hate her complaining about her shitty boss.
You could say she's completely scripted for the sidewalk. Don't think that will change unless I'm really successful.
So it's time to level up again once more and get this thing going.
I vowed to myself, to make this company successful, even though it will take a while. (My time discounting is/was pretty high)
In the past whenever I thought about making money I was looking for some kind of shortcuts. Unfortunately, that does not work.
So my focus will be on just providing value and get my writing habit in place.
If you're interested you can read the blog post that I wrote today here:
Avoid Distractions And Break Bad Online Habits Without Limiting Your Flexibility
It's pretty good for just one morning of work. Especially since I did all the pictures etc. myself.
As I get this going I will streamline the process a bit and create a checklist. Then I will be able to write more SEO relevant content.
However, I want to tackle my habit first before I get lost in details again.
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