Human_Ad_7045

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[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

OP; I want to correct your statement:

"High ticket sales is what I really want to do but the barrier to entry is much greater. It’s all about who you know, networking and would take time that I don’t have"

Corrections:

  1. It is not about who you know. {I knew no one, nor did my colleagues.}

  2. It is not about networking {I had no network, nor did my colleagues.}

  3. The barrier to entry is not much greater. {It takes knowledge, and consistent, successful results to go from SMB to Midmarket to Large Enterprise. I did it. My colleagues have done it and none of us are anything special.}

My advice is the same as Warren Buffet's:

Invest in yourself! Go to college or go get a sales position or some other job where you can learn the necessary skills and get the necessary experience to move yourself up the ladder a few rungs year. If you're knowledgeable and consistently productive (aka successful), you could be in "high ticket sales" or a leadership position by the age of 25.

At the age of 20, you'll have a higher probability of failure than success because you don't have much real world, business experience. You're at a point where you don't know what you don't know, but you think you do.

Warren Buffett: “You'll have a more rewarding life not only in terms of how much money you make, but how much fun you have out of life; you'll make more friends the more interesting person you are. So go to it, invest in yourself.”

Best of luck.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Define Rich.

It is NOT money, friend!

I have the money plus, I have all I need and all I want. I'm not materialistic, no one knows my bank balance and my preferred wardrobe is shorts (sweats below 50°) and a hoodie.

In 2015, I was within a few minutes of death. That event changed everything for me.

I was given an exercise by my therapist. Yes, I needed a therapist because almost dying fucks up your head. I had define "Rich, Wealth, Family, Friend." Although rich ties closer to money, For me, wealth is probably a better fit for its tie to valuable posessions & assets.

For me, whether it's rich or wealth, I have it through Family, health, relationships, friendship, camraderie, sharing, giving, caring, understanding, living, laughing. For almost 9 years, My greatest hope is that I wake up tomorrow morning.

Don't take part in their toxicity. It exists in my family. My mantra is "I don't do drama"

Keep repeating it until you mentally separate from it and don't participate. Work on improving your communications at home. Talk less and listen more. Walk away from the drama. When/if someone finds the necessity to go off on me, I take a deep breath (it calms me), I let them finish and I have a few "go-to" replies: feel better? Is that all? F-you, F-off, How do you really feel? And Oh, thanks.

P.S. Try these for intro to finance. Investopedia if you learn better by reading or Khan Academy if you learn better by visual and audio.

  1. Investopedia.com

https://www.investopedia.com/investing-4427685

  1. Khan Academy

khanacademy.org Do a search for "investing" and you'll get dozens of free "courses".

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Sell, sell, sell !

Strike while it's hot. You know what you have today. Tomorrow's a mystery.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Take a look at Bizbuysell website for business opportunities. You can search by state or by county.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

IMO, anyone running approximately 24/7, sacrificing a social life, family, their health ( not eating right, sleeping enough, exercising) and is operating as a solo-preneur, you're most likely on a collision course with failure.

When you finally collide, it's gonna be a mess.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Congratulations.

Now you have decision to make; grow revenue, increase margins or the ultimate juggling act of both.

Whatever you do, don't let margins suffer at the expense of growing revenue. There's nothing impressive about the business owner doing $250k or $500k year, but can't pay his rent.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Enjoy your your current coasting it doesn't happen often enough.

If you've reached a coasting period it means your not burnt out and have the capacity to think logically.

As for the money part, if you have what you need, have what you want and are working on retirement savings, the compelling questions become, how much do you want, how much do you need & what the hell are you going to do with it.

The guy with the most money wins nothing and you can't take it with you. Finally, make sure find some time to enjoy life, have fun and laugh. This comes to you from a guy who had a significant heart attack at 52 and a 2nd one 9 months later. I happily retired at 58 after shutting down my own company when I declared "I'm done, Fvck everything!" 🙂

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I owned a cleaning company. The worst part was when a client decided to just not pay, as in F-U, you're just the cleaning company. I took 3 to court and got 3 judgements, one settled the day before court and 2 others were contentious dealings without suing.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

"Lone Survivor" The story of Marcus Luttrell; US Navy Seal

I challenge anyone to find a more inspirational story about desire, survival, over-coming near-impossible odds, the will to just keep going.

I had the honor of meeting Marcus Luttrell who was hired by a former employer as our motivational speaker.

Luttrell, a hulking 6'5 mythical-like character hobbled across the stage to a standing ovation (for his service and heroism.) You felt the presence of someone who appeared to be larger than life.

He stopped mid-stage about 10 feet in front of my table. He made a gesture with his hands as he said "sit-down". In unison, the 300 dropped to their seat in unison. We were riveted to this guy for the next 90 minutes which felt like 15 minutes.

There are a number versions of his speech on YouTube that run 60-90 minutes. You won't be disappointed.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

My 18 yr old self would have told me to take school seriously and finish college in 4 years, not 14!

Business: Have as few emoyees as possible go into a service related business where you can add substantial value to your customers. Provide the best service. Do whatever it takes to exceed your customers' expectations Train at it, be great at and be recognized as an expert.

Don't go into Drop-shippingz Amazon etc. It's all just the latest "get rich" hype. It's Bull.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I'm US based and paid $110/mo to a company in Canada for SEO that was incredibly effective. Hosting was $25/mo to a US based co. Site uptime was 100% over 6 years.

[–] Human_Ad_7045@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The same way you have a physical address, you must have a web address.

If a business doesn't have a website, I can't do business with them. It's a simple perception issue of not being a legitimate business.

It's also easy to make the argument that if your site is built correctly with backlinks and you create a Google Business Profile, the cost of a website will be offset by new business you bring in.

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