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Hello everyone,
This will be my progress thread going forward.
A little background on me - Graduated from university back in 2016 and started a sales role at a large tech enterprise company. Really enjoyed it early on until I read the Millionaire Fastlane , which ruined everything for me haha.
From 2016 to 2017, I pushed myself and learned everything you could imagine about business development. The goal? Securing a meeting with as many decision makers/c-level executives as possible. I got quite good at the role and got to the #2 spot out of 3,000 reps each quarter.
It was then expected that we move on to a "closing" role, where we would not only set the meetings but also close deals. I decided to quit before that to start softwareslate.com as I was bored. We failed miserably and I spent $20k + on living expenses. I didn't know what the fu** I was doing back then and teamed up with my brother (quit after two days) and someone in medical school (part-time = big mistake).
I needed money for rent so I joined a startup to do business development and hated every second of it. Decided to leave after 4 months as I made enough to sustain myself for a few weeks and got an offer to return to my previous employer.
I did nothing for a few months and actually had an incredible morning routine (miracle morning + sleep smarter = domination) so I was able to close a few large deals early on. I paid off all my loans/debt and had a good amount of cash leftover. I took a step back and realized that making $300-500k was possible for me this year. However, I knew the path forward was going to brutal as I found myself getting micro-managed by a new manager on day 1. The plan was to bounce after closing a few more deals, but I had no idea how bad things would get.
It was only one week after I closed these deals that I got food poisoning and went to the emergency room. I was prescribed a ton of antibiotics to recover and it was hell from there - I could no longer eat food without having pain and didn't know what was going on. I ignored the pain and continued to push myself past my physical limits - I achieved #1 pipeline growth throughout the division and set myself up quite nicely for Q4 (large discounts provided to customers). I ended up with so many opportunities that the VP of Sales passed these deals onto my colleagues for a 25/75% deal split - I knew the money was right there for me, but I needed to last for another 3-5 months to make it out alive.
Throughout all of this, I tried doing a side business and knew how dangerous this was for me at the time. We found success early on but started to slow down a lot after multiple weeks of staying up late into the night.
My body had given up on me and I felt like a complete moron for allowing this to happen to me. I couldn’t Sh**, think, sleep, or deal with my fluctuating anxiety. I would talk to a CIO one day just fine and wake up with terrible panic attacks the next. I learned later on the importance of gut health and how destructive antibiotics were to the gut - I needed to fix this problem ASAP or I risked doing long-term damage to my body.
I came home on Thursday (1/17) and knew that I was going to put my notice in the next day. It all happened in a couple days and I was so disappointed in how it all turned out. I couldn't justify staying any longer and didn't even think about taking medical leave - I just wanted to GTFO of there. I took my health for granted, but I'll never do it again.
I have 6 months before my lease runs out and I move in with my parents. I'm going to be on this journey for another 1-2 years so my first goal is to make enough to pay my rent.
I'm going to be relentless in achieving my health goals, as well as creating my first fast lane business. I've partnered up with an "IBM-Fellow" equivalent from my last company and a top field rep to start this business so I'm in a much better spot than before.
Wish me luck. We have already made a ton of progress so I'll be providing updates on a weekly/bi-weekly basis if anyone is interested in following. I can add more details later.
End of Rant...
This will be my progress thread going forward.
A little background on me - Graduated from university back in 2016 and started a sales role at a large tech enterprise company. Really enjoyed it early on until I read the Millionaire Fastlane , which ruined everything for me haha.
From 2016 to 2017, I pushed myself and learned everything you could imagine about business development. The goal? Securing a meeting with as many decision makers/c-level executives as possible. I got quite good at the role and got to the #2 spot out of 3,000 reps each quarter.
It was then expected that we move on to a "closing" role, where we would not only set the meetings but also close deals. I decided to quit before that to start softwareslate.com as I was bored. We failed miserably and I spent $20k + on living expenses. I didn't know what the fu** I was doing back then and teamed up with my brother (quit after two days) and someone in medical school (part-time = big mistake).
I needed money for rent so I joined a startup to do business development and hated every second of it. Decided to leave after 4 months as I made enough to sustain myself for a few weeks and got an offer to return to my previous employer.
I did nothing for a few months and actually had an incredible morning routine (miracle morning + sleep smarter = domination) so I was able to close a few large deals early on. I paid off all my loans/debt and had a good amount of cash leftover. I took a step back and realized that making $300-500k was possible for me this year. However, I knew the path forward was going to brutal as I found myself getting micro-managed by a new manager on day 1. The plan was to bounce after closing a few more deals, but I had no idea how bad things would get.
It was only one week after I closed these deals that I got food poisoning and went to the emergency room. I was prescribed a ton of antibiotics to recover and it was hell from there - I could no longer eat food without having pain and didn't know what was going on. I ignored the pain and continued to push myself past my physical limits - I achieved #1 pipeline growth throughout the division and set myself up quite nicely for Q4 (large discounts provided to customers). I ended up with so many opportunities that the VP of Sales passed these deals onto my colleagues for a 25/75% deal split - I knew the money was right there for me, but I needed to last for another 3-5 months to make it out alive.
Throughout all of this, I tried doing a side business and knew how dangerous this was for me at the time. We found success early on but started to slow down a lot after multiple weeks of staying up late into the night.
My body had given up on me and I felt like a complete moron for allowing this to happen to me. I couldn’t Sh**, think, sleep, or deal with my fluctuating anxiety. I would talk to a CIO one day just fine and wake up with terrible panic attacks the next. I learned later on the importance of gut health and how destructive antibiotics were to the gut - I needed to fix this problem ASAP or I risked doing long-term damage to my body.
I came home on Thursday (1/17) and knew that I was going to put my notice in the next day. It all happened in a couple days and I was so disappointed in how it all turned out. I couldn't justify staying any longer and didn't even think about taking medical leave - I just wanted to GTFO of there. I took my health for granted, but I'll never do it again.
I have 6 months before my lease runs out and I move in with my parents. I'm going to be on this journey for another 1-2 years so my first goal is to make enough to pay my rent.
I'm going to be relentless in achieving my health goals, as well as creating my first fast lane business. I've partnered up with an "IBM-Fellow" equivalent from my last company and a top field rep to start this business so I'm in a much better spot than before.
Wish me luck. We have already made a ton of progress so I'll be providing updates on a weekly/bi-weekly basis if anyone is interested in following. I can add more details later.
End of Rant...
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