I have now been a full-blown entrepreneur for the last four years. The lessons I have learned during this time have been incredible. Looking back at my first blog post to today, a lot has changed. When I first started this blog, I was all about having a solid 9-5 job, living frugally, and investing my excess money into the stock market to get me out of that 9-5. Life has totally changed.
Instead of playing the game “safe,” I decided to go right into business out of college, which was a true blessing. I don’t think I would have ever succeeded in the workforce because I simply don’t like being told what to do and have poor listening skills. Instead, I chose the route where I now have over 100 bosses, aka “customers,” throughout the entire world.
I work seven days a week at this point and have clients contacting me at all times. At 7:30 am on a Saturday, I had a client calling me about absolute nonsense, and at 6 pm on a Saturday, I have clients asking questions about our plan for the week. Most people would say that this is a terrible way to live and that I am working too much, BUT it really does not feel like work anymore this is a lifestyle.
Every day presents a new challenge and leads me to a life of fulfillment. I don’t wake up and do the same thing each day. There is always some obstacle thrown at me, and it leads to me never being bored with what I’m doing. The craziest part of this journey is that I now have a team of 10 people. Being able to financially support these people and change their lives is a true blessing.
One of my team members immigrated to the US at 12 years old and graduated high school two weeks ago. He decided not to pursue college and work with my team to help us grow a marketing agency to be one of the best in the world. This 18-year-old is the manager of all of our technology operations. Without him, our business would not have grown at such a rapid pace. Being able to change his life has makes running this business a ton more fun, and he gets great mentorship from me and my partner Andy while earning above six figures at 18. I’m truly blessed to have him work with us and to coach him throughout the journey and i am looking to work with him as long as possible he is like a little brother to us now.
The biggest problem I see with entrepreneurship and America today is that so many people look down upon it.
What I have realized is it is even more risky to have a job at this point than a business. The thing about a business is it’s tough to get off the ground, but once you get it going, your upside is uncapped.
When you lose a job or hate a job that you’re stuck going to each day, these jobs have you by the balls. If you decide to quit, you no longer have an income, and if you get laid off, YOU STILL DON’T HAVE AN INCOME. But in business if one client leaves I still have cashflow from other clients, one client goes all i have to do is sign a new client. Biggest lesson we have learnt is its cheaper to keep a client then to acquire a new one.
Being able to wake up and decide your fate each day is a way better way to live life and bet on yourself than let some boss tell you what to do.
When starting this blog, the goal was to achieve “financial freedom,” which at 25 years old I have achieved. But now my main goal in life is to be happy. I started to make more money in my life and started to achieve more daily happiness when I actually stopped chasing money each day.
I used to take on every single opportunity I could to make a small profit, hustling at all times, but I came to realize that if you focus on one thing in life and get really good at that one thing, the money and happiness will come.
The scariest part of this whole journey is I no longer relate to people I used to. At this point, I only want to be around others who are on the same journey as me because nobody else really understands this life.
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable is something I have brainwashed my mind into doing, and it has paid off.
Four years ago, when this journey began, I was thrown into a tank with sharks. Four years later, I am still in the same tank and becoming a bigger fish each day. this journey has led me to build a network where, if I ever do have to look for something to do next, I have a ton of people I can reach out to for advice and collaboration.
The game is not easy, but it is a ton of fun, and I don’t recommend it for everybody. I am fortunate enough that I had the support of my parents to start this right out of college.
Entrepreneurship has its ups and downs, but at the end of the day, it is not as risky as people think it is. You either have it, or you don’t; there is no faking this life. There are good days and bad days, but each bad day is better than going to work for some corporation where you’re just a number.
Thank you for listening to my rant 🙂
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