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Use MJ's 1/5/10 planner: It felt like I woke up. I had a direction now.
Refine your Why: This got me moving when I didn't really feel like I wanted to.
Plan: It's like learning to code, so learn from the pros. The moment I scrolled through some tiktoks of people building a business and showing how, was when the concept of solving problems with a business really "clicked" for me. This got me into action.
Hours: The number of hours put into your business daily can exponentially affect the results of each session. 1 hour vs 4 hours daily adds up quick if you ask me and It may not be linear. If you're devoting 1 hour a day, you still need to mentally prepare yourself so it may be even less.
Expose yourself to people who've gone from where you are, to where you want to go/achieved your goal - it might rub off you. I was scrolling through multiple tiktoks of people who "did it" and that made me more and more inclined to pursue the goal. If the person hasn't run a marathon, is their advice really effective?
The only way to prove you can help, is to actually prove you can help by solving the problem (even with an MVP).
Don't run from problems, face them head on. Swallow that frog and learn from it now before it grows BIGGER.
Hone in on your (unique) strengths/perspectives: This gives you an advantage in the space you pursue.
Journal: You can journal every day as it helps with gathering your thoughts. I use it to write what problems I'm facing so I can outsource that to my future self as well.
Knowledge is OP: Learn from the successful to speed up the process. Why do things and spend 10 years to learn it, when you can learn from the person who's already spent that time, and do it in much less time.
As MJ put it in one of his videos, entrepreneurship is like a small village of 100 adults who all do activities like fishing, farming etc. Your job is to fill unmet needs in that market (e.g. if there are no iron smiths or become a better iron smith (provide a distinguished product not readily available elsewhere) when desired). But if there are 50 iron smiths, it might not be best to become an iron smith due to saturation.
Most importantly, find problem, solve a real problem. Preferably, your own problems or ones you relate to because you'll be a lot more passionate about solving it.
Refine your Why: This got me moving when I didn't really feel like I wanted to.
Plan: It's like learning to code, so learn from the pros. The moment I scrolled through some tiktoks of people building a business and showing how, was when the concept of solving problems with a business really "clicked" for me. This got me into action.
Hours: The number of hours put into your business daily can exponentially affect the results of each session. 1 hour vs 4 hours daily adds up quick if you ask me and It may not be linear. If you're devoting 1 hour a day, you still need to mentally prepare yourself so it may be even less.
Expose yourself to people who've gone from where you are, to where you want to go/achieved your goal - it might rub off you. I was scrolling through multiple tiktoks of people who "did it" and that made me more and more inclined to pursue the goal. If the person hasn't run a marathon, is their advice really effective?
The only way to prove you can help, is to actually prove you can help by solving the problem (even with an MVP).
Don't run from problems, face them head on. Swallow that frog and learn from it now before it grows BIGGER.
Hone in on your (unique) strengths/perspectives: This gives you an advantage in the space you pursue.
Journal: You can journal every day as it helps with gathering your thoughts. I use it to write what problems I'm facing so I can outsource that to my future self as well.
Knowledge is OP: Learn from the successful to speed up the process. Why do things and spend 10 years to learn it, when you can learn from the person who's already spent that time, and do it in much less time.
As MJ put it in one of his videos, entrepreneurship is like a small village of 100 adults who all do activities like fishing, farming etc. Your job is to fill unmet needs in that market (e.g. if there are no iron smiths or become a better iron smith (provide a distinguished product not readily available elsewhere) when desired). But if there are 50 iron smiths, it might not be best to become an iron smith due to saturation.
Most importantly, find problem, solve a real problem. Preferably, your own problems or ones you relate to because you'll be a lot more passionate about solving it.
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