First off I want to again thank MJ and everyone for this site. Too bad I didn't notice the site sooner. Oh well, found it now. I have Unscripted and I'm only up to page 37. Not much of a reader, slow at it, and my "cage" is only 2 miles from home, so I don't have time to listen to it in the car..... I really believe that MJ is absolutely correct. Sorta preaching to the choir in my case. It's how I've felt for my entire life, and until I found this site and started reading the book, I thought I was alone... or insane. I really think this site will change my life. It already has given me optimism I have not felt in a long time.
On my mindset, honestly, my parents are the rare ones who did ok in the slowlane. They retired very comfortably at 55, not too bad, and their life is a perpetual vacation, doing what they please, going where they want, etc. They may be in the 1-2%. But that does not translate into my success at all. They inundated me with slowlane thinking because it worked for them. And made me feel guilty for not having the same success at it (not overtly, but I can tell they are a little sad for me). I mean I know they are intelligent enough to understand that there are other options. They saved money, no pension, it worked for them. They live on dividends now. Much of listening to MJ is like listening to my dad, at least in terms of where to park money. Conservative stocks and all that. And the clear thought process is very familiar. My great grandparents were entrepreneurs too. Bits and pieces of the true story of how we are scripted are unconsciously told by different members of my family. Enough for me to see the whole picture if I squint my eyes.
Anyway, enough of my story. Now I'm trying to get out of my cage situation.
Is having too many ideas a nice problem to have? My problem is I have multiple great ideas, making it harder to focus on just one. I have two product ideas (that I need to make), a service that's related to them, and a website idea (I like to code). So that's 4 total, and the more I work on them, the more ideas come, keep taking my time and attention.
Is this common? If I left my job to pursue freedom I might have time for them all, but I have not yet created and sold a single thing. So I fear the sidewalk. I guess my problem is that I'm here typing and not doing. But are there situations where you need to pick one idea and put others that you think are awesome on the backburner? I guess I get too passionate about some of my ideas so it's hard for me to ignore them and pursue just one.
On my mindset, honestly, my parents are the rare ones who did ok in the slowlane. They retired very comfortably at 55, not too bad, and their life is a perpetual vacation, doing what they please, going where they want, etc. They may be in the 1-2%. But that does not translate into my success at all. They inundated me with slowlane thinking because it worked for them. And made me feel guilty for not having the same success at it (not overtly, but I can tell they are a little sad for me). I mean I know they are intelligent enough to understand that there are other options. They saved money, no pension, it worked for them. They live on dividends now. Much of listening to MJ is like listening to my dad, at least in terms of where to park money. Conservative stocks and all that. And the clear thought process is very familiar. My great grandparents were entrepreneurs too. Bits and pieces of the true story of how we are scripted are unconsciously told by different members of my family. Enough for me to see the whole picture if I squint my eyes.
Anyway, enough of my story. Now I'm trying to get out of my cage situation.
Is having too many ideas a nice problem to have? My problem is I have multiple great ideas, making it harder to focus on just one. I have two product ideas (that I need to make), a service that's related to them, and a website idea (I like to code). So that's 4 total, and the more I work on them, the more ideas come, keep taking my time and attention.
Is this common? If I left my job to pursue freedom I might have time for them all, but I have not yet created and sold a single thing. So I fear the sidewalk. I guess my problem is that I'm here typing and not doing. But are there situations where you need to pick one idea and put others that you think are awesome on the backburner? I guess I get too passionate about some of my ideas so it's hard for me to ignore them and pursue just one.
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