Aurora Stano
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I've just finished reading The Millionaire Fastlane .
What an amazing book! It changed defenitely my mindset and my approch to the concept of money and buisness.
I'm a freelance illustrator (I know...I'm still a slowlaner), as many of them I have difficulties to sell my products and thanks to this book I understood what my problems were. The biggest one: I was selfish and I've never concerned enough to my clients.
This is like a Copernican revolution! Now I see that the illustrator is not in the centre of the universe, the clients are!
I know it's like the 'discovery of hot water' (an italian saying) but it wasn't so clear for me before.
Many artists are selfish, we think about what we love and not about the real clients's needs, at least speaking for my self.
At the moment I'm trying to change my point of view, trying to give values to others using my skills. Thinking about expanding my buisness in a fastlane way instead keep working as a slowlaner but I noticed few things that make me feel still insicure and not ready to do the big step.
1) The fear of failure
The fear of failure is the biggest problem for me. I'm aware that I need a process and the process involves failures but changing this approch it's really hard. I'm wondering how to be more self confident and less frightened. I recently listened to a podcast of a great italian entrepreneur Frank Merenda. He talked about the attitude to be an entrepreneur. According to him I don't have that kind of attitude because I'm too worry about investiments that could go wrong. Worrying about losing money. Have you ever had the same feeling? What do you think about it?
2) How should I start?
Now I know that I have to start from a problem and trying to find a solution. But actually where I have to start?
Market research to understand if my idea is good or not?
Study more books about buisness? How did you start and what did you read? (A part from The millionaire fatslane).
Do you think is a bad idea doing a trainship in a company to understand how it works and study to get skills I don't have at the moment?
3) Should I do not being involved in the work in my first phase?
One of the concept of the Millionaire fastlane is to not being involved in the work. One of my ideas is to still working by my own first to see if the project can start. That means obviously I'm involed in the work. Is that wrong? Maybe is a silly question but I prefer asking and looking stupid then being stuck.
4) Direct Marketing and blogging
Another point is the direct marketing and the blog. According to Frank Merenda the blog it's an important part of the buisness. I know nothing about it and I'm trying to study more. How do you start promoting your product? Did you do it on your own?
I'm sorry for the many questions I've asked and also for my English. (probably I've made mistakes everywhere) I do hope this thread can be useful also for others like me who know nothing about business but have a huge desire to learn.
What an amazing book! It changed defenitely my mindset and my approch to the concept of money and buisness.
I'm a freelance illustrator (I know...I'm still a slowlaner), as many of them I have difficulties to sell my products and thanks to this book I understood what my problems were. The biggest one: I was selfish and I've never concerned enough to my clients.
This is like a Copernican revolution! Now I see that the illustrator is not in the centre of the universe, the clients are!
I know it's like the 'discovery of hot water' (an italian saying) but it wasn't so clear for me before.
Many artists are selfish, we think about what we love and not about the real clients's needs, at least speaking for my self.
At the moment I'm trying to change my point of view, trying to give values to others using my skills. Thinking about expanding my buisness in a fastlane way instead keep working as a slowlaner but I noticed few things that make me feel still insicure and not ready to do the big step.
1) The fear of failure
The fear of failure is the biggest problem for me. I'm aware that I need a process and the process involves failures but changing this approch it's really hard. I'm wondering how to be more self confident and less frightened. I recently listened to a podcast of a great italian entrepreneur Frank Merenda. He talked about the attitude to be an entrepreneur. According to him I don't have that kind of attitude because I'm too worry about investiments that could go wrong. Worrying about losing money. Have you ever had the same feeling? What do you think about it?
2) How should I start?
Now I know that I have to start from a problem and trying to find a solution. But actually where I have to start?
Market research to understand if my idea is good or not?
Study more books about buisness? How did you start and what did you read? (A part from The millionaire fatslane).
Do you think is a bad idea doing a trainship in a company to understand how it works and study to get skills I don't have at the moment?
3) Should I do not being involved in the work in my first phase?
One of the concept of the Millionaire fastlane is to not being involved in the work. One of my ideas is to still working by my own first to see if the project can start. That means obviously I'm involed in the work. Is that wrong? Maybe is a silly question but I prefer asking and looking stupid then being stuck.
4) Direct Marketing and blogging
Another point is the direct marketing and the blog. According to Frank Merenda the blog it's an important part of the buisness. I know nothing about it and I'm trying to study more. How do you start promoting your product? Did you do it on your own?
I'm sorry for the many questions I've asked and also for my English. (probably I've made mistakes everywhere) I do hope this thread can be useful also for others like me who know nothing about business but have a huge desire to learn.
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