My 4 (Extremely Simplified) Steps To Start Making Serious Money

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If there’s any point I want to get across in today’s post, it will be this:

Your career/business is not your identity.

You’re not married to anything.

If you’re miserable where you are now, you better do something about it.

Change is absolutely scary, but to parrot off of what Jordan Peterson says:

“Change is terrifying, but what’s more terrifying is being miserable and not change anything. Because you’ll still stay miserable but you’ll also be much older.”

(Not the exact quote, I’m a bad parrot.)

One more thing to mention though, this is also not a permission slip to fully indulge in your “shiny object syndrome”.

Be willing to take risks and change for once if you’re stuck at a miserable place.

That is NOT the same as jumping from one ship to another just because of minor inconveniences, hardships or lack of progress.

Now with the grim stuff out of the way, let’s get into something more exciting.

If you do decide to change for the better, more specifically getting a bigger better wallet, and work that makes more sense, here’s what I’d do.

I’m currently 26 years old. All I did in my life so far was going to school and learning things I would never be able to use in real life.

I am in desperate need of a change. It’s absolutely one of the hardest choices I have ever made so far. I’m quitting school, my miserable hell.

So what now?

This is the exact roadmap I have laid for me, and hopefully it’ll inspire some idea in you if you’re ever thinking about doing something similar.

Step 1, Confront reality and adapt physically.

Having no hard skills as a 26 year old means I will be making minimum wage.

That’s the reality I need to confront.

Working minimum wage means my living condition and food I eat will be subpar.

I’ll adapt.

I don’t care what work I do, as long as I can pay the bills and use the rest of the check to build the future I desire.

And I think this is a powerful step because not everyone is going to be willing to do this.

Imagine me, an MD (medical doctor) flipping burgers? Is it funny? A little bit. But I have pretty thick skin and I’m ready to take on the judgements.

And being judged constantly, especially by the people around you, is also a reality that you need to confront and adapt to.

Step 2, Pick a skill to build your business around.

Notice I said “skill” and not a product.

I’m broke, with no business experience. I will not have the capital to stock any kind of products, and no one will ever invest in me.

Heck, I wouldn’t even invest in myself.

That’s why I would rather go with a service or freelance. The start-up cost is mainly the education and initial tools needed for your craft.

For this step I chose to build websites.

I know absolutely nothing about code, but there are plenty of no-code options, and I already have a pretty decent laptop.

This skill could be anything really. Because the fun in it for me is the business aspect of it.

Be it lawn mowing, house cleaning services, internet cafes, gym, copywriting, video editing, drop-shipping, etc.

They might start differently, but the bigger your gig becomes, the more similar they also get.

I just chose the one that makes the most sense for where I’m at.

If you already have experience mowing lawns, I would start there.

Business in the end is product, service, sales, human resources, management, making the numbers make sense, marketing, customer support, yada yada.

I just rather build websites in my room with my sweet little laptop more than any physical labor out under the sun.

Important note:

Whatever service you choose, you MUST be freelancing. Do not look for someone to hire you or that just becomes another job.

(Unless you’re still in the ultra beginner learning phase and you get to learn from a company that’s hiring you.)

There are very important lessons to be learned when you freelance:

• Sales

• Prospecting

• How to reach out

• Where to get leads

• Negotiation

• Contracts and laws

• Managing customers

• Making big decisions

• Accounting

• Managing your time

The list goes on and on, and they’re all important skills you need for running a business.

You’re throwing away the whole list of precious experience if you work under a company.

You’ll just be a technician, doing repeated tasks like a robot instead of learning what it actually takes to run a functioning business.

And guess what, maybe you’ll find out you don’t actually want to be running businesses, and that’s not a bad thing at all.

This is your chance to figure things out.

Step 3, Learn As You Go

This is quite self-explanatory.

I can dive deep into this and I will, but it’ll be for another post.

It’s impossible for you to learn everything and then go.

I know my school conditioned brain is telling me to “keep learning” because I’m subconsciously treating whatever project I want to do as some sort of final exam that I have only 1 shot at.

That is so far from the truth.

Please, just start, fumble and get better.

Step 4, Go all in and scale.

I will continue to sell my website building services until what I make matches my normal 9-5 jobs.

Then I will continue to work the 9-5 AND the website business, for at least another 6 months.

Small businesses are very volatile, the 6 months is just to make sure that I am making steady checks from my business and it’s not just a fluke.

When I am 80% confident (I’ll never be at 100, 80% is good enough), I will go all in on my craft.

I will quit my job, handle as many clients as I can, and scale by hiring my own team of designers and developers.

Hopefully my personal experience and world view has some kind of positive influence over you. If you’re still not sure what’s right for you, don’t hesitate to reach out to me on any of my socials.

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