I grew up with slow lane parents (at times exhibiting sidewalker mentality), began working as a paper boy at age 13 and held some kind of job almost ever since. I bought and maintained every car I ever owned and while in process became a jack of MANY trades as anything I wanted, I had to figure out how to save for / negotiate for. Upon getting married, completing my bachelors in marketing and auto technology, and starting a family, the aspiring dreams of building / owning a business faded as the anticipated outcome of obtaining a good paying job after college never seemed to pan out to the magnitude we needed to get ahead and I shifted to simply trying to survive and take care of my family.
My wife was raised with silver spoons. Having never really understood the need to scrimp / save / live on a shoe string budget. My father in law introduced me to Rich dad, Poor Dad while I was finishing college. I've always enjoyed what my wife terms as "self help" books primarily focused on entrepreneurship / financial independence. I feel as though reviewing that material really created a level of discontentment in me with working for others generally, as I began to understand how much money my employer was making from my hard work. While I didn't let that stop me from constantly evaluating how to be more and more effective in whatever job I worked, I do think it helped me look to the glass ceiling that would keep me from progressing in a company. Fast forward through the last 17 years of various jobs / working for others (including getting sucked into a few MLM's as I was chasing the dream). I've found an industry I truly enjoy working (whether I was paid to do it or not - audiology), but still due to a larger family and only a so-so income, I've looked for and found many side jobs (mostly flipping cars) I can use to make and extra buck to get out of debt / make financial progress. I've lived the priniciple of work before play and on account of our financial situation, I've become a workaholic so procrastination / unproductive activities don't steal my time mostly - there have been some tv shows my wife / kids have convinced me to watch with them at times and upon completion - I despise TV so badly I'm tempted to throw a hammer through the screen so as to not indulge / waste any more time (or allow my family to waste any time).
I've appreciated the methods / thought processes proposed by MJ in the fast lane millionaire. I've had a lot of ideas that have spawned from listening to his audiobook and now it's time to begin effectively executing them.
My wife was raised with silver spoons. Having never really understood the need to scrimp / save / live on a shoe string budget. My father in law introduced me to Rich dad, Poor Dad while I was finishing college. I've always enjoyed what my wife terms as "self help" books primarily focused on entrepreneurship / financial independence. I feel as though reviewing that material really created a level of discontentment in me with working for others generally, as I began to understand how much money my employer was making from my hard work. While I didn't let that stop me from constantly evaluating how to be more and more effective in whatever job I worked, I do think it helped me look to the glass ceiling that would keep me from progressing in a company. Fast forward through the last 17 years of various jobs / working for others (including getting sucked into a few MLM's as I was chasing the dream). I've found an industry I truly enjoy working (whether I was paid to do it or not - audiology), but still due to a larger family and only a so-so income, I've looked for and found many side jobs (mostly flipping cars) I can use to make and extra buck to get out of debt / make financial progress. I've lived the priniciple of work before play and on account of our financial situation, I've become a workaholic so procrastination / unproductive activities don't steal my time mostly - there have been some tv shows my wife / kids have convinced me to watch with them at times and upon completion - I despise TV so badly I'm tempted to throw a hammer through the screen so as to not indulge / waste any more time (or allow my family to waste any time).
I've appreciated the methods / thought processes proposed by MJ in the fast lane millionaire. I've had a lot of ideas that have spawned from listening to his audiobook and now it's time to begin effectively executing them.
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