Many of us young bucks got started in business because we went down some sort of online money rabbit hole one day and were unable to go back to the traditional path after seeing the opportunity that was there for us.
For me, this was the trading gurus telling me I could print mega fibre optic wifi money from my phone every day (which is not true, by the way).
For you, it might have been someone telling you to learn how to sell because being able to sell is the best ability you can have in life or to learn to do AI automation because AI is the next big thing.
But what people don't tell you is the importance that the business model you choose has on the reality you experience day to day.
For Example: Learning How To Trade
If you avoid falling for the whole signal copying malarchy and actually learn how to trade yourself, it can give you quite a nice lifestyle.
Place 2-3 trades a month, make 6% - 9% on a 100k funded account and now you are making a high 5-fig / low 6-fig income for yourself - which may be what you want.
This does not appeal to me. I like offering the market a great DFY service that has a quantifiable result.
An important question to ask yourself is the following...
What kind of life do I want to live?
What do you value deeply in your day-to-day experiences?
Do you like being able to go to the gym whenever you want?
Do you like working with others, or do you prefer working alone?
Are you building a cash flow business, or are you trying to build a business that you can exit one day?
These are all very important questions because it is going to dictate how you run your business, the opportunities you attract, the people in your network who you attract and how much you enjoy the finite experience of life.
I am building my business in a way that I work with a handful of superstar clients who have offers that I genuienly I believe benefit those who pay for it, for a long period of time.
My favourite part about business is working with brilliant people, both having skin in a project, problem-solving together and winning together. This is why trading on the charts every day does not appeal to me.
I have two webinars back to back with clients this week on Wednesday & Thursday - and I have had some of my most productive and enjoyable working days in the past two weeks getting everything ready for them.
Both clients are great people. People whose company I enjoy outside of working with them.
I love the work I am doing for them because webinars are complicated systems and tricky to figure out.
They push me to my cognitive limits, give me an immense sense of purpose and force me to read wider about psychology, marketing and sales - all topics I enjoy learning about anyway.
Every element of my business I enjoy working on. It does not feel like a chore or a job.
Your business should not feel like a chore or a job, either.
I hope that for you reading this right now, you take some time to figure out what you value in life and build a business around that (for now, at least).
It sounds very cliche, but I know that a lot of the people on this newsletter are quite young, and we are sacrificing our 20s to build - but that doesn't mean it has to be boring or unenjoyable.
You can make a conscious decision to make it fun and conducive to a life you want to live.
To your success,
Charlie McCormack