I started TMF four days ago and I finished it this morning. It was kind of a surreal hour actually. I woke up at 5:30, a half hour later than usual, and jumped out of bed. "I am already behind!" I thought. "Why didn't I set my alarm?"
I began my usual routine of drinking some coffee and reading when my mind got distracted with planning my day. I began mentally walking through my morning at work when I realized, ITS SATURDAY! Saturday means I get to be lazy and veg out all day! Maybe I'll go ride my bike, but I'll probably just sit in front of the 55inch 4k and play some Playstation. That isn't what I thought at all though. I wasn't flying back into bed like I would have done last weekend had this happened. The way I look at things has changed since I started reading TMF .
If I'm not going to work for someone else, then I'm going to work for myself. That was my thought and I couldn't have been more excited. I dove back into TMF and not long after that I read the last page. Very nice ending I must say. I set the book down and exhaled a long breath. "Now What?"
A flood of emotions hit me. Fear. "What am I going to do now?" Reading a book is easy, but taking action is a whole other ball game. You have to have things called ideas that tell you what to do...
I did what any average schmuck would do and went online in search of my answer. I knew that I couldn't rely on others to tell me the idea, I had to find it within myself. None the less I began browsing this forum. I have to say, this forum is really cool. It's full of people that want more. A lot of them are as clueless as me, I think, and there's nothing wrong with that! The important thing is that we are willing to try, and that is more than most people even realize is necessary to get anywhere in this life.
I clicked a random sub-forum and ended up in self publishing. I was curious about it as that is what MJ did and obviously it worked for him. I came across alpha1987's thread, a step by step guide to getting started with amazon kindle.
Here is My Step By Step Method To Make Money On Amazon Kindle!
I know some other users were giving him a hard time about it not being his original content, but he said it was, and frankly I don't really care who made it. I like the idea so I looked into it. The idea intrigued me because I have always enjoyed writing and I've always wanted to write a book. I followed his example and did a little research on a topic I know about and discovered that there is not a whole lot of quality content on my topic of choice. There is one that is ranked like 50,000 and it is long and expensive, but the other ones are short and only have a few reviews. I did a free trial of kindle so I could get the most popular book that is similar to the one I want to write for free and read it real fast. "Hell, I can do a lot better than this!" I thought. So began the process.
I have been writing for about nine hours now. Three outlines and a rough draft later and I am about to write my fourth outline. I am in the flow man. I have lost track of time and I don't even care. My playstation is sitting over in the corner collecting dust and, honestly, I'm thinking about selling it. I don't need it anymore. I have a place I want to be and it's a long ways away, and playing video games is not getting me any closer to it.
The cool thing about the specific topic I am writing about is that it is directly related to my 9-5 job, which is yet another business opportunity for me. My side business venture is helping me on my main business venture!
My goal is to sell enough to get a check cut from amazon eventually. I think the minimum is $100. Honestly, If I get one good review, I will thrilled. What is important to me is that I am in the process. I am learning new skills. I am applying my knowledge and building upon it. I am filling a need for those greedy, selfish consumers. I am producing something.
I can't lie, its been a roller coaster ride all day. Moments of doubt. Moments of excitement. A little fear. The fear is the residual doubt left over from a life in the slow lane. "This won't work."
"You can't do this." F*ck that noise. I just keep pushing past it and brushing it off. Knowing what I know now, I have no choice but to try, so onward I go. I should be done with this project in the next day or two. We will see where it goes!
I began my usual routine of drinking some coffee and reading when my mind got distracted with planning my day. I began mentally walking through my morning at work when I realized, ITS SATURDAY! Saturday means I get to be lazy and veg out all day! Maybe I'll go ride my bike, but I'll probably just sit in front of the 55inch 4k and play some Playstation. That isn't what I thought at all though. I wasn't flying back into bed like I would have done last weekend had this happened. The way I look at things has changed since I started reading TMF .
If I'm not going to work for someone else, then I'm going to work for myself. That was my thought and I couldn't have been more excited. I dove back into TMF and not long after that I read the last page. Very nice ending I must say. I set the book down and exhaled a long breath. "Now What?"
A flood of emotions hit me. Fear. "What am I going to do now?" Reading a book is easy, but taking action is a whole other ball game. You have to have things called ideas that tell you what to do...
I did what any average schmuck would do and went online in search of my answer. I knew that I couldn't rely on others to tell me the idea, I had to find it within myself. None the less I began browsing this forum. I have to say, this forum is really cool. It's full of people that want more. A lot of them are as clueless as me, I think, and there's nothing wrong with that! The important thing is that we are willing to try, and that is more than most people even realize is necessary to get anywhere in this life.
I clicked a random sub-forum and ended up in self publishing. I was curious about it as that is what MJ did and obviously it worked for him. I came across alpha1987's thread, a step by step guide to getting started with amazon kindle.
Here is My Step By Step Method To Make Money On Amazon Kindle!
I know some other users were giving him a hard time about it not being his original content, but he said it was, and frankly I don't really care who made it. I like the idea so I looked into it. The idea intrigued me because I have always enjoyed writing and I've always wanted to write a book. I followed his example and did a little research on a topic I know about and discovered that there is not a whole lot of quality content on my topic of choice. There is one that is ranked like 50,000 and it is long and expensive, but the other ones are short and only have a few reviews. I did a free trial of kindle so I could get the most popular book that is similar to the one I want to write for free and read it real fast. "Hell, I can do a lot better than this!" I thought. So began the process.
I have been writing for about nine hours now. Three outlines and a rough draft later and I am about to write my fourth outline. I am in the flow man. I have lost track of time and I don't even care. My playstation is sitting over in the corner collecting dust and, honestly, I'm thinking about selling it. I don't need it anymore. I have a place I want to be and it's a long ways away, and playing video games is not getting me any closer to it.
The cool thing about the specific topic I am writing about is that it is directly related to my 9-5 job, which is yet another business opportunity for me. My side business venture is helping me on my main business venture!
My goal is to sell enough to get a check cut from amazon eventually. I think the minimum is $100. Honestly, If I get one good review, I will thrilled. What is important to me is that I am in the process. I am learning new skills. I am applying my knowledge and building upon it. I am filling a need for those greedy, selfish consumers. I am producing something.
I can't lie, its been a roller coaster ride all day. Moments of doubt. Moments of excitement. A little fear. The fear is the residual doubt left over from a life in the slow lane. "This won't work."
"You can't do this." F*ck that noise. I just keep pushing past it and brushing it off. Knowing what I know now, I have no choice but to try, so onward I go. I should be done with this project in the next day or two. We will see where it goes!
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