“Ideas” are worth less than an empty can of Coke
My business ruined me at 26.
I never wanted to own a business again. All I felt was pain and that manifested into mental illness. It’s what led me to get a boring job.
Rather than admit failure or understand that a business can fail and the founder can be reborn again, I chose to blame business.
“Business is too hard”“A co-founder is a must”“You need an MBA to be good at business”“You have to be born a certain way to run a business”“Entrepreneurship requires you to work harder than an employee”
All of these things are a lie.
As rapper Jay Z said, “I’m not a businessman… I’m a business, man.” All of us are walking, talking businesses. We either get a salary from an employer or profits from a business. But we are all a business.
Since I learned this harsh lesson, while working in banking, I realized I was wasting my life as an employee. So I started a side business and attempted to rebuild slowly.
Here’s the truth they don’t teach in college:
88% of millionaires are entrepreneurs.
You likely won’t get wealthy putting money into a savings account or buying index funds. This is the lie you’re sold so you never get wealthy.
Everyone should start a business at least once in life. Here’s how I did it and you can too (while staying at your job).
Last night I was chatting to a Canadian wannabe course creator.
He tried to tell me he was set and would launch his course soon. I asked him one question: where do the customers come from?
“Ohhh…you know…a few LinkedIn groups I’m in.”
The guy’s delusional. I run a 7-figure academy and courses sales come from email lists. The big mistake this guy made is he quit his job to start this education…