WARNING VERY LONG POST AHEAD
Tried to make this as short as possible(Omitted some stuff) Anyways,
I've been having that moment where I feel I'm chasing my tail in a circle not going anywhere far. Young,anxious and ambitious with a burning desire to enter the Fastlane. Basically my days go like this, I wake up drink a tall glass of water come on this forum browse,read,browse,read until maybe 11am (usually wake around 7 30-8) I remember I have to eat, I make a quick sandwich or something and while eating I check out forbes.com, Inc.com and entrepreneur.com, While doing all of this there is a Facebook page I frequent it's basically a blackmarket for Jamaica maybe 3000+ buyers and sellers of everything from a cellphone battery to a house.
I promote my products and try to help my distributors with sales (I've imported products from China visit my blog). I initially started this business to earn money to pay for a provisional patent on an idea I have put hours and hours into researching and making a physical prototype out of clay and paper etc working along side Steven Keys one simple idea book which (likwid) recommended to me but now this "Idea" sits in a Polo Ralph Lauren shoe box filled with notes,stick pads,folders of research,the prototype etc under my bed and also to pay for my trip to B&P which didn't happen as I got a few bad shipments(Faulty Products) which was nothing short of a nightmare for me to even break-even.
I've actually made a few hundreds on my investment for my 1st shipment barely broke even on my 2nd shipment but now i'm on my 3rd shipment which is the LARGEST quantity of products I've ever ordered and seems to be very promising. So far it took me 2 shipments and ALOT of time to find the right products to import to Jamaica. I can't just ship back the faulty products to China because shipping from china to get products in my hands is $200USD and Change which is equivalent to about $20,000JMD. The TIME and money it would take would not be worth it, I've built a very good relationship with my manufacturer so she always tries to make it up in my prior shipments ... Going off topic here :smx4:
I'm 20 years old took a year off before starting my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (I already have an associate degree) to decide what I really want to do as my grades have fell significantly as I try to balance business,flipping and school, I've never had a Job in my life from age 18 after high school graduation I took on the challenge to become Independent or atleast semi independent(parents only pay for school I don't ask for anything else "money" wise) Moms drowning in debt so I have to be her little soldier and helpout most times sending my ownself to school and at times giving her money to go to work even though she makes a very good annual salary compared to the masses she really messes up in financial intelligence.
I've became the "go to guy" for money amongst all of my WORKING friends and family they come to me asking for loans etc I help out when I can. Lately I've been thinking about my future really really hard and I think I'm not making any headway. I've been reading all these success stories about people making millions overseas and questioning myself, the more I do/see this the more my mind is all over the place, I too have dreams of making millions overseas even though i have no idea how I'm going to get overseas in the 1st place.
In fact i can't tell you whats happening in Jamaica economic wise but I can have a very intelligent conversation about what is happening in the american markets, I even save in US dollars. my quest for "Direction" lead me to almost completing 22/27 pages in the mindset/motivation/choices sub forum. I feel like I'm going through a mid-life crisis. I grasp the Fastlane Idealogy, the wealth formula etc (read the book maybe 4times visit it almost daily). My mind is already trained to see needs(I get ideas in weird places, I'm just always thinking fastlane). I tried to write this post like 5times but didn't bother because I didn't want to sound like a whiny little kid But I just don't know and I feel stuck maybe I'm in over my head or thinking about it too hard or want to get there too fast or Idk ..... Thoughts??
ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED
Tried to make this as short as possible(Omitted some stuff) Anyways,
I've been having that moment where I feel I'm chasing my tail in a circle not going anywhere far. Young,anxious and ambitious with a burning desire to enter the Fastlane. Basically my days go like this, I wake up drink a tall glass of water come on this forum browse,read,browse,read until maybe 11am (usually wake around 7 30-8) I remember I have to eat, I make a quick sandwich or something and while eating I check out forbes.com, Inc.com and entrepreneur.com, While doing all of this there is a Facebook page I frequent it's basically a blackmarket for Jamaica maybe 3000+ buyers and sellers of everything from a cellphone battery to a house.
I promote my products and try to help my distributors with sales (I've imported products from China visit my blog). I initially started this business to earn money to pay for a provisional patent on an idea I have put hours and hours into researching and making a physical prototype out of clay and paper etc working along side Steven Keys one simple idea book which (likwid) recommended to me but now this "Idea" sits in a Polo Ralph Lauren shoe box filled with notes,stick pads,folders of research,the prototype etc under my bed and also to pay for my trip to B&P which didn't happen as I got a few bad shipments(Faulty Products) which was nothing short of a nightmare for me to even break-even.
I've actually made a few hundreds on my investment for my 1st shipment barely broke even on my 2nd shipment but now i'm on my 3rd shipment which is the LARGEST quantity of products I've ever ordered and seems to be very promising. So far it took me 2 shipments and ALOT of time to find the right products to import to Jamaica. I can't just ship back the faulty products to China because shipping from china to get products in my hands is $200USD and Change which is equivalent to about $20,000JMD. The TIME and money it would take would not be worth it, I've built a very good relationship with my manufacturer so she always tries to make it up in my prior shipments ... Going off topic here :smx4:
I'm 20 years old took a year off before starting my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (I already have an associate degree) to decide what I really want to do as my grades have fell significantly as I try to balance business,flipping and school, I've never had a Job in my life from age 18 after high school graduation I took on the challenge to become Independent or atleast semi independent(parents only pay for school I don't ask for anything else "money" wise) Moms drowning in debt so I have to be her little soldier and helpout most times sending my ownself to school and at times giving her money to go to work even though she makes a very good annual salary compared to the masses she really messes up in financial intelligence.
I've became the "go to guy" for money amongst all of my WORKING friends and family they come to me asking for loans etc I help out when I can. Lately I've been thinking about my future really really hard and I think I'm not making any headway. I've been reading all these success stories about people making millions overseas and questioning myself, the more I do/see this the more my mind is all over the place, I too have dreams of making millions overseas even though i have no idea how I'm going to get overseas in the 1st place.
In fact i can't tell you whats happening in Jamaica economic wise but I can have a very intelligent conversation about what is happening in the american markets, I even save in US dollars. my quest for "Direction" lead me to almost completing 22/27 pages in the mindset/motivation/choices sub forum. I feel like I'm going through a mid-life crisis. I grasp the Fastlane Idealogy, the wealth formula etc (read the book maybe 4times visit it almost daily). My mind is already trained to see needs(I get ideas in weird places, I'm just always thinking fastlane). I tried to write this post like 5times but didn't bother because I didn't want to sound like a whiny little kid But I just don't know and I feel stuck maybe I'm in over my head or thinking about it too hard or want to get there too fast or Idk ..... Thoughts??
ANYTHING IS APPRECIATED
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