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In order of most important things you need to do:
1. Destroy your delusions completely. Meditation, yoga, fitness, and other mental and physical activities help with this. I guarantee you haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg yet.
2. Start seeking out things that destroy or better yet deconstruct your worldview and biases. If it's politics then look at both sides of argument. If it's religion then look at both sides of an argument. If it's relationships then look at both sides of argument. If it's xyz then look at all sides of argument. Also, look for FACTS.
3. Get a hobby. Any hobby that DOESN'T make money. You need something you value and believe is good in it's own right. It will help center you and give you a higher purpose.
4. Join a gym. Do bodyweight training. It helps with making you functionally stronger and will give you MUCH more confidence in yourself than pumping weights. There's nothing great about being able to bench more than you weigh, but you CAN'T lift your girlfriend over your head with one arm. Most of those big guys in the gym can't do that. I know because I was one of them. Weights DON'T equal strength.
5. Get a job and start saving while you're in college. Do your best to keep college debt down. If you're solely on loans then you should reconsider. There are graduates (yes PhDs and M.S.) without work. There are people from Top 5% colleges that are jobless in this market.
6. Compete as hard as you can for internships so you can ultimately manage that crazy college debt. There are internships out there that pay in excess of $10K over the summer with food and housing. There were people I knew who had $30K to $50k saved up by graduation.
7. Get a job after college and start grinding out a business.
**If you can at all then move in with your parents to reduce all debt. Don't just go and get an apartment because you can. You don't want any unnecessary expenses. If you absolutely need an environment change then make it happen. Otherwise, you should focus on just starting your business. There is no glory in being on your own and broke. Relationships and everything else should be taking a backseat anyway.
Fyi - dating sites have statistically proven that you really aren't even SEEN as a catch until 34 - 45. Then you decline in total interest. Unless you're fit, wealthy, and socially well adjusted at 22, you won't be having many partners.
The caveat is if you have destroyed all your delusions. The fact does still remain that women date older men and men typically date younger women.
8. Read business books. The best business books read like a CASUAL text book. Here are some examples and also books you should read or preferably listen to. Each book in bold should be listened to around 4 or more times as they are the most valuable. You will learn something new each time. I guarantee you. If it's not in bold then listening or reading once is fine:
General Entrepreneurship -
Unscripted (it's a more advanced talk on the TMF )
Sales -
Spin Selling (big and small Sales)
Copywriting-
Cashvertising (crash course)
Marketing-
Traction (the 19 channels you'll most likely use)
80/20 Marketing (getting the most out of your marketing)
No B.S. Direct Marketing (Understanding how to construct marketing)
Scientific Advertising (Theory and Principles)
Guerrilla Marketing (Cheap marketing methods to get interest)
Organizational Development and Scaling-
Ready. Fire. Aim. (Scaling and Development)
The Pumpkin Plan (Scaling, Development, and cycles)
Profit Center Management-
Profit First (managing your money)
Rework (managing your business)
Business Models-
The Automatic Customer (subscription models and not just SAAS)
Business Model Generation (How to build innovative models)
Delusion Damage-
From Sex to Superconsciousness (made for the millenial)
The Tao of Allowing (your path to reconciliation with your true self)
Letting Go (the psychiatric method of surrender)
Standing as Awareness (Workbook in the same vein)
The Direct Path (Workbook in the same vein)
**These are the books that are most valuable imho. After 6 or 7 failures, these are the books that resonate with me. Fwiw, I personally think most businesses can be started for $0 or $100 or less if it is nearly commoditized. For products in most industries it is $1000 or less. This does not include your marketing. This is also only true if you believe that money doesn't guarantee you'll succeed. For me, money is an accelerant, not a guarantee. It helps you start faster, not better.**
9. Learn an industry. Read white papers. Go to conferences. Immerse yourself in an industry that you value and like. Vertical is cool. You don't have to have a ubiquitous opportunity business. The reason is that non-vertical based businesses have huge costs associated with growing them.
For example, if you wanted to build the next social media giant before it was considered vertical then you would have needed xyz millions or billions in funding.
Conversely, if you wanted to build xyz software business in an established vertical where people pay and the business model doesn't need a total revamp then your costs are lower. For example, certain businesses were built entirely on pre-sales while the product was in development and only showing screenshots. They just built an audience who was willing to pay for their problem to be solved in a unique way.
This is also true for physical products, but it is challenging to have any issues resolved if you're making fast moving or slow moving consumer goods.
The best way to handle those situations is to research heavily and make sure the audience seems viable through audience/community building. Then you want backup funds.
Also focus on walking the path. It isn't linear. You've received some good advice here, but you ultimately have to make your own decisions.
1. Destroy your delusions completely. Meditation, yoga, fitness, and other mental and physical activities help with this. I guarantee you haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg yet.
2. Start seeking out things that destroy or better yet deconstruct your worldview and biases. If it's politics then look at both sides of argument. If it's religion then look at both sides of an argument. If it's relationships then look at both sides of argument. If it's xyz then look at all sides of argument. Also, look for FACTS.
3. Get a hobby. Any hobby that DOESN'T make money. You need something you value and believe is good in it's own right. It will help center you and give you a higher purpose.
4. Join a gym. Do bodyweight training. It helps with making you functionally stronger and will give you MUCH more confidence in yourself than pumping weights. There's nothing great about being able to bench more than you weigh, but you CAN'T lift your girlfriend over your head with one arm. Most of those big guys in the gym can't do that. I know because I was one of them. Weights DON'T equal strength.
5. Get a job and start saving while you're in college. Do your best to keep college debt down. If you're solely on loans then you should reconsider. There are graduates (yes PhDs and M.S.) without work. There are people from Top 5% colleges that are jobless in this market.
6. Compete as hard as you can for internships so you can ultimately manage that crazy college debt. There are internships out there that pay in excess of $10K over the summer with food and housing. There were people I knew who had $30K to $50k saved up by graduation.
7. Get a job after college and start grinding out a business.
**If you can at all then move in with your parents to reduce all debt. Don't just go and get an apartment because you can. You don't want any unnecessary expenses. If you absolutely need an environment change then make it happen. Otherwise, you should focus on just starting your business. There is no glory in being on your own and broke. Relationships and everything else should be taking a backseat anyway.
Fyi - dating sites have statistically proven that you really aren't even SEEN as a catch until 34 - 45. Then you decline in total interest. Unless you're fit, wealthy, and socially well adjusted at 22, you won't be having many partners.
The caveat is if you have destroyed all your delusions. The fact does still remain that women date older men and men typically date younger women.
8. Read business books. The best business books read like a CASUAL text book. Here are some examples and also books you should read or preferably listen to. Each book in bold should be listened to around 4 or more times as they are the most valuable. You will learn something new each time. I guarantee you. If it's not in bold then listening or reading once is fine:
General Entrepreneurship -
Unscripted (it's a more advanced talk on the TMF )
Sales -
Spin Selling (big and small Sales)
Copywriting-
Cashvertising (crash course)
Marketing-
Traction (the 19 channels you'll most likely use)
80/20 Marketing (getting the most out of your marketing)
No B.S. Direct Marketing (Understanding how to construct marketing)
Scientific Advertising (Theory and Principles)
Guerrilla Marketing (Cheap marketing methods to get interest)
Organizational Development and Scaling-
Ready. Fire. Aim. (Scaling and Development)
The Pumpkin Plan (Scaling, Development, and cycles)
Profit Center Management-
Profit First (managing your money)
Rework (managing your business)
Business Models-
The Automatic Customer (subscription models and not just SAAS)
Business Model Generation (How to build innovative models)
Delusion Damage-
From Sex to Superconsciousness (made for the millenial)
The Tao of Allowing (your path to reconciliation with your true self)
Letting Go (the psychiatric method of surrender)
Standing as Awareness (Workbook in the same vein)
The Direct Path (Workbook in the same vein)
**These are the books that are most valuable imho. After 6 or 7 failures, these are the books that resonate with me. Fwiw, I personally think most businesses can be started for $0 or $100 or less if it is nearly commoditized. For products in most industries it is $1000 or less. This does not include your marketing. This is also only true if you believe that money doesn't guarantee you'll succeed. For me, money is an accelerant, not a guarantee. It helps you start faster, not better.**
9. Learn an industry. Read white papers. Go to conferences. Immerse yourself in an industry that you value and like. Vertical is cool. You don't have to have a ubiquitous opportunity business. The reason is that non-vertical based businesses have huge costs associated with growing them.
For example, if you wanted to build the next social media giant before it was considered vertical then you would have needed xyz millions or billions in funding.
Conversely, if you wanted to build xyz software business in an established vertical where people pay and the business model doesn't need a total revamp then your costs are lower. For example, certain businesses were built entirely on pre-sales while the product was in development and only showing screenshots. They just built an audience who was willing to pay for their problem to be solved in a unique way.
This is also true for physical products, but it is challenging to have any issues resolved if you're making fast moving or slow moving consumer goods.
The best way to handle those situations is to research heavily and make sure the audience seems viable through audience/community building. Then you want backup funds.
Also focus on walking the path. It isn't linear. You've received some good advice here, but you ultimately have to make your own decisions.
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