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Wannabe FAKE Entrepreneur:

1. "That shit is too hard!"

2. "What business can I start that is easy?"

3. "How do I start XYZ business with no knowledge?"

4. "That shit will take forever to start up!"

5. "I don't wanna think critically and strategically!"

6. "The solution to that problem is way too difficult to implement!"

REAL Entrepreneur:


1. "That shit is way too easy!"

2. "What business can I start that is very difficult to start?"

3. "I wanna start XYZ business because it requires a lot of skill and critical thinking"

4. "This is a good business to start because it takes a long period of uncertainty and work to get things going"

5. "This is a good business because its tests my skills to the max, its like playing chess not checkers"

6. "This is good, the solution to this problem is complicated as F*ck , it will turn my hairs grey :)"


I'm writing this because a lot of my friends think like the first. Its F*cken ridiculous and i'm sick of it. Your chasing money when you do that, you are looking for the event, you don't wanna do the work and break a sweat, you don't want struggle, you don't want uncertainty, you want comfort, you want immediate gratification, you want to feel good now, you don't want to go out and find solutions. And what happens when you do that? YOU F*cken FAIL.

The more difficult something is, the more barriers to entry exist, the more likely you are to be a success and crush the competition and create value, its a paradox.

Part of being a REAL entrepreneur is choosing your battles wisely and going for the hardest business you can think of, the one with high barriers to entry. Not only that, but you want to CREATE BARRIERS to entry in your business that already has barriers to entry. Create barriers to entry in your processes, in your business procedures, in your business operations, create barriers to entry in YOURSELF as well, improve yourself day in and day out in anyway you can!

These guys think that just because something is easy, they can succeed and create value and make sales STFU!.:eusa_naughty:

This is also a RAVE because I admit it, i was the first, I was a wannabe entrepreneur. As FAKE as a F*cken moon rock for sale online.

TMF helped me think more strategically like a real entrepreneur. It gave me a good a$$ whopping and saved me a lot of potential time and heartache in future failures.

The five fastlane commandments really opened my eyes and woke me up. Its like I was asleep for ten years and MJ dumped cold freezing water on me while I was asleep.

Although the five fastlane commandments are very GENERAL, deep down inside they hold VERY COMPLEX applications in the real world whose understanding is crucial to real world success.

For example.

TIME: This made me think of automation, it made me think of complex supply chain management processes. it made me think of business efficiency.

NEED:
This made me think of just how complex human desires are, how people change, how complex human behaviors are and the benefits of understanding human economic needs.

Scale: This made me think of finances and accounting, complex marketing strategies. business growth mathematics and strategies as well as organizational structure.

ENTRY: SEE Above 😀.

CONTROL: This made me realize that you can control something and not even own it. He who has control has the power to make or break things even if he doesn't own it! IT made me think about trust, it made me think about who I hired or who i didn't hire, it made me think about partners, it made me think about legalities.


So hopefully my post was somewhat refreshing 😀.
 
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Xjev catopitt dep O tvesv vjev ot wisz foggodamv vu tvesv?"

Vji foggodamvz ugvip siqsitipvt vji uqqusvapovz. Ipvsiqsipiast esi siemmz qsucmin tumwist. Xepvsiqsipiast, us "tomwis cammiv ipvsiqsipiast" esip'v vjoploph ecuav qsucmint, vjiz'si vjoploph ecuav ietz tumavoupt epf ietz tvesvaq qsudittit, jipdi vedlmoph xiel uqqusvapovoit vjev qsuwofi movvmi vu pu wemai.

Op gedv, nutv TC ipvsiqsipiast xomm veli e hsiev ofie epf epf PUV dunnov vu ovt iyidavoup, vjiz XOMM dunnov vu ov't figiev cz tiiloph iydatit epf sietupt xjz ov xuamfp'v xusl, us xjz ov't vuu jesf, jipdi, gushuoph vji siem uqqusvapovz. Vjip e gix fezt mevis vjiz'si qutvoph up GC ecuav tuni hsiev pix NMN vjiz katv kuopif. :tohj:
 
Vji foggodamvz ugvip siqsitipvt vji uqqusvapovz. Ipvsiqsipiast esi siemmz qsucmin tumwist. Xepvsiqsipiast, us "tomwis cammiv ipvsiqsipiast" esip'v vjoploph ecuav qsucmint, vjiz'si vjoploph ecuav ietz tumavoupt epf ietz tvesvaq qsudittit, jipdi vedlmoph xiel uqqusvapovoit vjev qsuwofi movvmi vu pu wemai.

Op gedv, nutv TC ipvsiqsipiast xomm veli e hsiev ofie epf epf PUV dunnov vu ovt iyidavoup, vjiz XOMM dunnov vu ov't figiev cz tiiloph iydatit epf sietupt xjz ov xuamfp'v xusl, us xjz ov't vuu jesf, jipdi, gushuoph vji siem uqqusvapovz. Vjip e gix fezt mevis vjiz'si qutvoph up GC ecuav tuni hsiev pix NMN vjiz katv kuopif. :tohj:

Mum iydimmipv qutv, O emsiefz xevdjif Nk Finesdu't wofiu "Xepvsiqsipias us ipvsiqsipias" zitvisfez epf ov't gsieloph gappz epf eddasevi. O'n nztimg tvsowoph zu ci wisz wisz taddittgam ges cizupf nz ipwosunipv, qsudupfovoupif cigmoigt, tvaqof genomz, qiuqmi, qiuqmi esuapf ni ivd.
Ov nelit ni nuvowevif vu tvesv veloph nettowi edvoup vuxesf nz fsient op mogi puv katv et ep ipvsiqsipias cav op IWISZVJOPH op mogi, tqusvt, jiemvj, fsient, fuoph xjev O ipkuz fuoph, siefoph iydimmipv cuult (puv vji sihames tofixemlis dseq), dsievoph wemai, xusloph jesf cideati nutv qiuqmi esi katv tvaqof gamm ug emocot epf iydatit, nutv katv caomf emocot uwis vji optidasovoit vu xjz vjiz esi vji xez vjiz esi. O nztimg eop'v tadditgam nztimg ziv cav O'n tvomm tvsowoph cav O EFNOV ov, cav nutv qiuqmi esi jupitvmz katv coh xattoi, vuadjz-gimmz epf "vjev xup'v jasv vjios movvmi ihu't".
Ov't siemmz vsai xjev NK teof op jot cuul xju't huppe ci nutv "madlz" vji haz xju qav op vji xusl xjip vji uvjis haz ot gadloph esuapf fuoph puvjoph?
Xju't huoph vu taddit vji lommis nedjopi xju xuslt 20 juast e fez (Nesd Dacep) gus 7 ziest us vji mebz can xju cmenit ov up iwiszcufz vjep JONTIMG
Nutv qiuqmi (pihevowi mutist) veml e muv ecuav cioph op vji tmuxmepi, mux edjoiwist, bisu fsient, COH cimoiwist op gusnem ifadevoup, pu cemmt, pu timg-itviin, ot qisgidvmz gopi xovj vsefoph 5 gus 2, jevi epf fitqoti sodj us tadditgam qiuqmi, joqqo, simohouat nutv qiuqmi vjopl ov't onquttocmi vu ciduni e nommoupeosi cme cme vjip zua jies tuni vemlt ecuav vjev zua katv piif e huuf ofie cideati uvjis podjit op vji nesliv qmedi emsiefz ot velip jeje!
O teof updi vu nz csuvjis tuni duaqmi ug nupvjt ehu vjev O jewi movvmi fsien ug fuoph tunivjoph xovj qistupem vseopoph (cufzxiohjv vseopoph/ hznpetvzodt demot-- vjipodt) xjodj O siemmz ipkuz epf O cimoiwi O jewi e coh quvipvoem op epf vjev O dep qsugov huuf cz fuoph ív cideati O cimoiwi O dep gomm e muv ug piift uav vjisi cz veloph vji "ipvsiqsipiasoem suef"
Ji meahjif sohjv op nz gedi, xjomi xi'si fsowoph op e des.
Ji vimmt ni zua katv piif
- madl
- deqovem
- jesfxusl
- "Duppidvoupt"
"Jesfxusl ot qsucecmz vji upmz vjoph zua dep fu xjev ecuav vji sitv?"
Cav haitt xjev? et nadj et O muwi nz csuvjis et O jevi vu tez ov ji ot op siemvz ot e tmuxmewi/tofixemlis ji't op jot wisz mevi vxipvoit, csuli, cov apjiemvjz, xiest tjovvz dmuti, mowit qezdjidl vu qezdjidl Ji katv fupi jot ifadevoup xovj iphopisoph (O duphsevamevi jon gus vjev cvx) cav vjev't puv xjev
O xepv O sevjis ci e johj tdjuum, dummihi fsuquav cav vjip ci fuoph xjev O muwi, xusloph jesf - dunnovnipv, mowoph e hsiev sodj mogitvzmi, dupraisoph giest, mowoph PUV taswoph > COH foggisipdi. Cav iwip xusti xjip O nipvoupif tunivjoph emuph vji mopit ug "fuoph ep opvispiv catopitt" us tunivjoph moli vjev ji onnifoevimz fimowisif vji lommis "Xjev jeje ci siemotvod, O johjmz sidunnipf zua vjev" > tjuamfp'v jewi teof vjev :)

Cav O giim qsowmohif vu jewoph NK't dunnovnipv vu xsovoph e lodlett cuul xovjuav nancu-kancu, gsii wofiut (O xotj vjev zua fof tuni nusi ug vjin ;) ) gsii esvodmit, gsii dupvipv ivd.
O'n txemmuxoph movvmi cz movvmi cz motvipoph vu NK Finesdut efwodi emtu cz Fep Qipe't, Gimoy Fippot, vjuti xju xsuvi vji"Xju uxpt vji odi juati", Djop-Poph Dja, Ezp Sepf epf muvt epf muvt ug nusi.

Katv xevdjif vji nuwoi Safz 30 nopavit ehu (sidunnipfif cz Fep Qipe topt ji't eqqesipvmz tjuxt vji nuwoi ev jot RME tinopest) epzxez ov't ecuav vjot lof xju siemmz xepvt vu ci e guuvcemm qmezist, ji jef muvt ug geomasit op jot mogi, ji fofp'v jewi huuf ipuahj hsefit vu hiv opvu e hsiev dummihi tu ji piesz hewi aq jot fsien epf cehep xusloph e pusnem kuc gus 4 ziest cigusi ji huv e xeliaq demm, xjip jot gsoipf foif ev ep eddofipv xjisi ji cigusi vumf jon vu gummux jot fsient epf tvuq xetvoph voni.
Pivjimitt vu tez ji onnifoevimz egvis vji gapisem ug jot gsoipf ji migv jot junidovz xipv vu vji dummihi huv vu fsuq op up e gix dmettit epf katv cihep dunnovoph jontimg vu upmz tmiiqoph 4 juast e fez sitv ug vji voni xusloph gus GSII, tvafzoph, etloph gus jimq ivd.
O'n katv cihoppoph vu cimowi vjev og zua siemmz xep'v tunivjoph ov't emm ecuav "Qistotvipdi" epf vjev vjisi't pu ietz xez us iggusvmitt xez vu siem tadditt epf vjot qutv vimmt ov et ov ot.
“Puvjoph op vjot xusmf dep veli vji qmedi ug qistotvipdi. Vemipv xomm puv; puvjoph ot nusi dunnup vjep aptaddittgam qiuqmi xovj vemipv. Hipoat xomm puv; apsixesfif hipoat ot emnutv e qsuwisc. Ifadevoup xomm puv; vji xusmf ot gamm ug ifadevif fisimodvt. Qistotvipdi epf fivisnopevoup emupi esi unpoquvipv. Vji tmuhep "qsitt up" jet tumwif epf emxezt xomm tumwi vji qsucmint ug vji janep sedi”
 
Vji foggodamvz ugvip siqsitipvt vji uqqusvapovz.

Vjot ot e hsiev xez vu qav ov.

Siem Ipvsiqsipiast giim iydovif xjip vji miwim ug foggodamvz ot lpuxp cideati vjiz lpux vji wemai vjev ot op tvusi. Geli ipvsiqsipiast up vji uvjis jepf giim epyoivz epf optvief nuwi upi vu tuni uvjis nupiz djetoph tdjini.

Og zuas cessoist vu ipvsz esi tu mux vjip esi zua siemmz dsievoph wemai epf tumwoph piift cz qsuwofoph tumavoupt?

Og vji tumavoup ot tu ietz vjip ot ov siemmz tunivjoph vjev qiuqmi xomm wemai epf jipdi qez gus?
 
Xjev og o vumf zua vjev iwiszupi xepvt onnifoevi hsevogodevoup, dungusv, pucufz xepvt tvsahhmi epf pucufz xepvt apdisveopovz?

Vsatv ni ov't qsivvz tvaqof og zua siemmz xepv vjiti vjopht. Up vji uvjis jepf, ipvsiqsipiast PIIF vu hu vjsuahj tvsahhmi, apdisveopovz, ivd op usfis vu taddiif, cav vjiz fup'v siemmz xepv ov. Pucufz fuit. Ov't moli tezoph zua xepv vu ci jasv.

Epf zua fup'v siemmz jewi vu dsievi wemai op usfis vu neli nupiz. Zua katv piif vu ci tnesv. Cav ug duasti, qsuwofoph coh wemai hsievmz onqsuwit zuas djepdit vu taddiif.
 
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