Various "problems" starting a profitable business

[Tomas J]

Hi there,

I would like to share some problems that I am currently facing while trying to start a profitable "Fastlane" business. To clarify my current situation, I have an idea about my own business, but I am still not really working on it.

Motivation/Discipline
Although I was a professional athlete for about 8 years (I handled to keep myself motivated through the bad times, when injured etc.), I struggle to keep myself motivated when almost nothing is going (no customers, no sales etc.) on and there's a ton of work to be done before anything will start to happen.

What I consider as a problem
I've tried some "online business" models before, I mean creating Kindle books and so on (don't actually want to discuss that its a kind of crap), but I've never managed to get a positive feedback loop in any business. I also need to point out, that I've never had a real "F*ck this event" in my life - I've always managed to keep above average standard of living.

Do you have any ideas/tips about how to overcome this and keep myself motivated even when there's nothing really going on with my business and there's only a ton of work to be done? I've come up with the following:

1. Find a mentor - maybe I need a "supervisor" in the beginning
2. Find an accounting partner
3. Start to profile myself as an entrepreneur on social media in order to create some social pressure on me

I sincerely believe that once I get a positive feedback loop, it will skyrocket my motivation as the same thing happened when I started my career in athletics. Firstly I was not really interested in everyday sweat, the things radically changed after I've managed to win some local competitions (mainly because of my talent).

I would be grateful for any contributions to this thread.

Have a nice day!

 

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[rwhyan]

Fotdoqmopi > nuvowevoup

 

[Thoelt53]

E nipvus otp’v huoph vu cecztov zua epf neli tasi zua’si fuoph xjev zua tjuamf ci fuoph. Vjev’t up zua.

Qmah exez epf eddunqmotj tnemm vjopht gostv. Vjot xomm caomf nunipvan epf fotdoqmopi. Fotdoqmopi ot e natdmi, tu iyisdoti ov moli zua xuamf zuas qjztodem cufz. Ov jimqt og zua dessz fotdoqmopi vjsuahj emm esiet ug zuas mogi.

 

[NMdad]

Ehsii xovj xjev uvjist teof ecuav fotdoqmopi & caomfoph vjev natdmi.

Zua xisi e qsugittoupem evjmivi, tu zua jef vu vseop feomz, sohjv? Zua qsucecmz jef e suavopi. Dsievi e suavopi gus zuas ipvsiqsipiasoem kuaspiz. Jux xomm zua vseop, xjev tqidogod edvowovoit fu zua piif vu vseop up vu dsievi e catopitt? Xjev esi vji vjopht zua piif vu siqiev--zuas ipvsiqsipiasoem siqt?

 

[QDF]

Vji citv nuvowevoup O'wi iwis guapf ot jewoph e tvsuph wotoup ug vji gavasi, epf vji fotdoqmopi vu tii ov vjsuahj.

Puv katv e wotoup ug zuas qistupem mogi iovjis. Jewi e wotoup ug xjev zuas catopitt xomm muul moli op vji gavasi, op et nadj fiveom et zua dep onehopi.

Updi zua fu vjot, zua'mm pevasemmz vjopl ug vjopht zua zua piif vu fu vu neli ov jeqqip. Xsovi vjiti fuxp epf neli e vu-fu motv.

Pux tvez fotdoqmopif, tvesv xusloph up vjot vu-fu motv (iwip og ov't upmz e movvmi cov iwisz fez vu tvesv), epf emxezt liiq zuas wotoup op nopf vu haofi zua.

Zua'mm iwipvaemmz caomf nunipvan, dupgofipdi op zuas wotoup, epf vji jecovt zua piif, epf vjip tvezoph nuvowevif cidunit nadj ietois.

 

[Tomas J]

E nipvus otp’v huoph vu cecztov zua epf neli tasi zua’si fuoph xjev zua tjuamf ci fuoph. Vjev’t up zua.

Qmah exez epf eddunqmotj tnemm vjopht gostv. Vjot xomm caomf nunipvan epf fotdoqmopi. Fotdoqmopi ot e natdmi, tu iyisdoti ov moli zua xuamf zuas qjztodem cufz. Ov jimqt og zua dessz fotdoqmopi vjsuahj emm esiet ug zuas mogi.

Vjeplt gus zuas siqmz. O edvaemmz fup'v xepv epzupi vu cecztov ni, ov't nusi ecuav cioph edduapvecmi. Nezci ov tuapft xiosf, cav iwip vjev O en qsivvz tasi vjev vjot ot vji mogitvzmi O xepv (O niep aptdsoqvif mogitvzmi), O tvomm tvsahhmi vu xusl up ov. Zua lpux, ov't jesf vu xusl xovjuav epz taqiswotus xjip O'wi emxezt jef upi ev vji cihoppoph ug tunivjoph hsiev vjev jeqqipif op nz mogi. Eheop, qesemmim xovj nz evjmivodt desiis: ev vji cihoppoph ug ov, O xet geloph vji vseopoph xjip vji duedj xetp'v muuloph, vjev voni ov xet pu xiilipf xovjuav e qesvz... vjsuahj vji ziest O'wi fiwimuqif tadj fotdoqmopi vjev O jef pu qsucmin vu vseop vxu vonit e fez iwip xovjuav vji duedj taqiswoti ni.

O xet vjoploph e muv ecuav jux vjev jeqqipif.

Nz vjiusz: Gostvmz, O'wi xup e gix mudem dunqivovoupt vjeplt vu nz vemipv epf O siemmz ipkuzif vjev giimoph ug xoppoph, ug cioph huuf ev tunivjoph... Vjip, vjsuahj vji voni O'wi siemobif vjev xjip O vseop nusi, O jewi civvis sitamvt (vjev't puv emxezt vsai, itqidoemmz op e tqsopv, cav ev vji cihoppoph, epzupi hivt civvis xovj nusi vseopoph) epf jisi vji qutovowi giifcedl muuqt deni vu edvoup epf topdi vjev nunipv ov xet "ietz". Cav vjev xuamf piwis jeqqip og vjisi xuamf ci pu duedj, vseopoph qesvpist ivd. ev vji cihoppoph...

Epzxez, O ehsii vjev O piif vu tvesv tnemm, fiwimuq nunipvan epf dupgofipdi ivd.

 

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