We Entrepreneurs have freedom flowing through our veins. There’s something about having to ask permission as a grown ass man just to take a couple of days off that doesn’t sit well with me.
@@soldado1268 Online retail. I have an ecommerce store which I marketed via SEO. Had a warehouse in CO but recently got rid of it to cut back on expenses.
Finally! Someone said this. I have worked in corporate for more than a decade and I still cannot accept seeking permission from bosses just to take a day off. Imagine being a grown man and having to ask or even persuade your employer to let you take leave. Nothing can be more asinine than that. Best option is to run your own business!
@@ryana17 During my first full time job, I was scolded by my boss for taking a 10 minute break from my cubicle. I just went to the cafe to get myself a coffee and she chided me for that. I have had enough of the toxic corporate world.
It wouldn't be so bad if we were compensated with a income relative to purchasing power that our parents had. 100k/year is not even impressive anymore, it's around the equivalent of making $15/hr in the 1960s.
This is true. Although, businesses aren't able to pay people more money at this point. We had wage raises in many industries after covid happened and now many businesses are laying people off because they can't afford to pay them. It's a huge mess right now with inflation being so bad. With all of that being said, working for yourself is most definitely the best route to go to gain control of financial freedom. It's not worth working a normal job anymore
Companies do not care about the increased cost of living. They care about how much they have to pay for raw material to make the product(s) they are trying to sell. They did not create the housing problem and many other dilemmas. They will not pay to make up for our losses. That is why I don't care about most companies. They are not here for us.
@joshstieneker4615 I have zero sympathy for most of those businesses. Most of their owners took out PPP loans to buy new vacation homes after covid too and not using it to pay employees.
Pitting global labor against each other. Max competition for labor while all the profits come from printed money. Get your lunch stealing gloves on because they can't keep up with actual work or talent at this rate.
@@witnessforchrist7778 100%. The guy that owned the company I got ax'd from during covid used the PPP money to buy more assets for his company and then ended selling it to a firm in Missouri for an easy 5 million. I had to laugh when I found out.
I have also arrived at that conclusion. I just can't stand the idea of being trapped at a job, being forced to do things that I hate. I need to figure something out.
Companies do not care about the increased cost of living. They care about how much they have to pay for raw material to make the product(s) they are trying to sell. They did not create the housing problem and many other dilemmas. They will not pay to make up for our losses. That is why I don't care about most companies. They are not here for us.
My thoughts are that there are two sides to the economy. Wants and Needs. Needs are the essential, food, shelter, energy, transportation ,health , technology, and safety. Wants are the arts, sports, music, books, decorative home goods, games, also technology. I can’t tell which makes the most money, there’s probably stats on that, but I do know that most of those services can be fulfilled on contract, freelance, and independent working arrangements, and would not require a stupid office. Among those economic areas, and more, Find what you enjoy and can be really good at and serve that area. ✌️
I would have loved to get the fast track to a bigger company but I wasn't the right color apparently. I'm suddenly getting calls every day now but Idk if I really am taking them seriously now. i dont need them to survive. So I'm developing useful skills not the skills that are convenient for the company to leverage against global labor markets. So many of these offers now are emphasizing "people skills" because they've outsourced the dev work and are trying to mitigate the downsides by turning you into a PM. FUCK THAT.
Well, it's survival of the fittest, so what are you gonna do? You can either embrace these facts of life and do something about or you can complain and suffer. At least you get to choose what you want to do, nobody is forcing you to become a Plumber or a Firefighter. You can become a Doctor or Laywer instead if you really want to. Then, there are no excuses.
@@True38 Doctors and Lawyers have worse lives than Plumbers or Firefighters LOL if you know about those jobs (for instance doctors working 14 hour days and plumbers making $125/hr and working 4 hours) you'd know which paths are better with or without money.
@@BrianGivensYtubethat just silly talk you can find 70 year doctors and lawyers because they love the job and can do it till old age not so many plumber working after 50 . And you never see plumbers living next to doctors and lawyers 😂
@@JacobsNews I don't really know who lives next to who in a neighborhood...trades people make great money and choose when they work. Doctors work all the time, double shifts sometimes. The money is there but the life to enjoy it is not. The house you buy or who you live next to is irrelevant. If I was a tradesman already, I'd probably buy land a build my own dream house rather than overpay for a cookie-cutter house in a neighborhood next to a doctor. I think reason you don't see many old plumbers is because they already retired!! If you really enjoyed your job you'd do it for free! People that are working at 70 are trapped or just cannot accept the change that comes with retirement.
The system is designed to make us broke. 1. Expensive housing to make you in debt so that you can't quit your job and you have to continue to slave for the company. The world is big enough for everyone to have a piece of land to live but THEY want to control us by selling us overpriced housing 2. Encouraging you to start a family so that you have liability to take care of, and also you need house (point no.1) so you can continue working 3. The rich doesnt want you to retire. They want YOU to continue working for them so they become richer and you stay broke.
You are so right dude. Working for someone else sucks! I've been doing it for over 30 years. Enter the supervisor at a job you like....and they don't like you....and they try to frame you for things you aren't doing, just to get rid of you to bring someone else in. This happens all too often. Most are demons.
More power to you! It isn't written in stone that we MUST work such and such number of days per week. You happy with less money and can take care of your own needs? Perfect! Go put your extra time into quality and fun living! I'm all for it!
Freedom is the true wealth! You've got to make a few sacrifices to get it. Building yourself a financial foundation first makes it less stressful. I'm in my 50s and quit at 35 to follow my passion but I first grew my savings and portfolio to about 450k. My investments continued to increase and provide me with passive income till this day. While you still work HYSA and investing is a great tool
Everyone isn't cut out for business, I've learnt the money is just a tool to create the life you want. I'm starting out on investing you can share a few tips
Yeah, She goes by " *Growwealthy* *with* *Rachel* " I suggest you look the name up. To be honest I didn't buy the idea of letting someone handle my finance turns out to be my best decision, Rachel did great
I definitely wish I knew about high yield savings accounts when I first started working at 15 years old. Between that and investing, I would be SET FOR LIFE right now had I got started then. Better late than never still. Professional that helped you are they fiduciary?
9-to-5 isn't inherently bad. It's the soul-crushing aspects like micromanagement, limited opportunity for growth, and poor work-life balance that need to be addressed. Something I have realized by talking to many folks is that the majority don't want to be in business, being in business for yourself is hard and stressful too, making payroll, clients not paying, admin boring stuff I could go on. People just want autonomy even within a job we just need to change the work culture.
@@_looner well, being a business owner/self employed involves doing tons of things you don't want to do but must be done, so really, both working for someone else and working for yourself come with their suffering. You just gotta pick how you wanna suffer. I went from office work, to physical self employed work and while I loved it the first few years, it isn't fun having to be thinking about business and where your next job/check is coming from 24/7. With a job, you can at least shut down at end of the day and leave your work problems at work and have the proper mindset of not stressing about things you can't control and aren't your problem at work.
Its being controlled,,bow down to what they think is right. You have to pick your battles for sure but i cant wait until i can break away from that sort of imprisonment.
At only a minute into the video, I can 100% relate. Work has beaten me down so much, I would rather work longer and harder working for MYSELF than working for others. I'm not lazy: I have a strong work ethic (which is why I'm still trying to make it work at my current job) and I believe in being independent. I just don't want to feel like a slave working like I am anymore. Life is far too short to be unhappy. If you're the type of person who works to keep up with the fads, new phones, expensive vehicles, take fancy trips, etc, it may be harder for you, I admit it. But for someone like myself, I feel like I can be perfectly content and happy being my own boss and sacrificing frivolous things to live modestly. I do not want to throw away my life for work, just so I can, HOPEFULLY, enjoy the last decade of my life. No job is guaranteed anymore. Job security is not realistic anymore. Take chances and be happy. 😊
I am a new subscriber and this video is great! My family are narcissists who pretend full time they are "self-made" in real estate, especially my father who retired at 45 to do real estate full time. What he doesn't tell anyone is that my grandmother who was an immigrant, was a very smart investor and bought a plot of land in an area that was later re-developed and the value jumped to over $300k overnight. So yeah, you can be ''self-made" when you inherit your first asset and leverage it from there. They also have the means to hire financial analysts who tell them which stocks to get, when to sell, when to buy etc. A lot of people you see going around with money either come from old money or had someone helping them (for example buying them an apartment) and they made smart choices afterwards. I am not saying that to discourage anyone, I share it because my father always used to give me the ''at your age I had achieved X/Y/Z and what did YOU do", until I reminded him of what nepotism is, then he had to stop. So don't feel like a loser when you are playing a rigged game, because it's not your fault.
Great Answer , i come from a family that gave me that initial capital so it was much easier for me. I have friends much smarter than me, but because they dont have capital to invest, they struggle with full time jobs for many many years
We were trained as kids for over a decade to go to school for a little less than 7 hours, plus winter, spring, and a good summer break. This 9-5 isn't something we're used to. Plus the 8 hours each of work, rest, sleep is bs too if you take into account commute to work, chores, earlier wake up time to get on time. It's more like 4 or 5 hours rest, enough to read or workout for an hour or 2 to improve oneself and then another 2 to just enjoy the day, all while already tired from getting home from work, then repeat every single day.
Ahhh......maan! ! ! ! I absolutely feel you on your comment. You basically described my "circle" of life. But the bills need to get paid somehow, or else........👀
You think the majority wants to trade their time for money? Y’all act like it’s some special woke mindset to not want to work a 9-5 like wow…doesn’t anyone??
I never understood it myself. I went to university and got a degree in Computer Science. I work for a big tech company now as a senior engineer, most days I'll work 4-5 hours and I'm getting paid $450k USD per year. But I guess I kind of understand his point, I still need to show up every day to work and write software for a business I didn't create.
@@YeetYeetYeno no ur in a different position you have more than enough money to venture off on ur own software company! So I say you definitely have a great job its nothing wrong with that !
@@YeetYeetYe That's absolutely a special case, even in tech. You're very fortunate. It's not to say you don't deserve fortune. I don't think many people can exactly say they "deserve" much of anything, not with confidence. I know many people would trade 4-5 hours per day for 450k/year salary, but surely there are challenges that come with that kind of money. Perhaps as a bare minimum challenge you might run into problems of figuring what to do with all this money and figuring out what it's truly worth. I only got to over 100k/year as part of some KERP agreement, but of course you don't consider layoffs or any unexpected events when you're talking about base compensation. Even with 450k/year you might be required to live in an expensive area or spend money in order to continue working. If not, that's exceedingly fortunate.
@@YeetYeetYe you're an absolutely edge case, normal people even with a phd in my country earn around 40k and the work culture is depressing, hierarchical and they push you to work overtime constantly.
The world economy is built on the shoulders of 9-5 people. Companies are making huge profits which you will never see a cent of, because of your sweat and tears as a 9-5 worker.
From 21-27 I did only part time jobs. I didn’t have that much money but those jobs, Pizza Delivery and snack shop on a golf course, I had the most fun at. 27- 34 (currently) I’ve been working full time second shift hours. I missed out on so much and I noticed I’ve gotten depressed since I started working full time. I really need to find a way to get ahead because time is ticking.
well, you have your answer. you are suffering from depression. i worked in those types of jobs saved money like CRAZY. you dont need nike, addidas, coffee from starbucks. i save crazy good and then i ask for a week or 3 weeks off and go travel
One of the things that pissed me off while I was in college for programming was learning how much team members make. It's not something they teach, but something I had to research on my own. Project managers make the most and don't necessarily need qualifications, and the wages aren't even close. They simply tell the highly qualified team members what to do. I had 7 languages under my belt at the time, all a project manager would have to do is be friends with the right people and make 4-5x as much.
It's always been like this, in almost every field. It's not so much about the things you know, but how you conduct yourself with others, whether you have rapport with the upper management and/or your most influental team members.
@DoomhauerBTC - you need to stop worrying about everyone else and being obsessed with what’s “fair.” Get over it and get to work. If you’re diligent and strategic, you’ll gradually increase your income and increase how much you can save/invest and work toward your own exit. See yourself as the company you work for - don’t waste money on stupid crap and stash cash. Or are you just looking for a reason to quit and screw yourself?
@@dwightrenfield2241 Bad advice. I'm not working 10x as hard for 1/3 - 1/4 of the pay. I retired at 37 working from home and investing. I already set myself up as location independent, so I just travel now.
I saw this in a different field. Graduates, unspecialized, going into management type positions, earning far more than the specialized roles, and they all admitted (and we could see) that all they did was move cells around in Excel and natter on skype. The managerial system is a disgrace, and yet everyone wants to get there because it pays more. All that really happens is this allows the younger workers to be completely burned out for pennies, doing all the hard graft, and the managers real job is to solidify this parasitical way of doing things in order to keep the system sucking in all the young people on false promises so they have no time/energy to ever think, let alone act, in opposition to the mainstream culture. It's so twisted it's not even funny.
As a call ctr agent for a big box retail store… I’m cringing at the thought of returning to work tomorrow (Sunday blues). Getting yelled at for a living is driving me nuts. I needed to hear this.
i did the 100k office job grinding like a saddle donkey for 15 years then one day i just couldnt take another day of it and quit to just work something out for myself. i would rather sleep under a bridge then go back to that life.
@@dekzzx The thing with hyperbole is you still need to make some rational point. Yours is just virtue signalling that is meaningless. You just ultimately expose your privilege and lack of seriousness.
I'm not working a 9-5 either, I'm a firefighter working shifts but i still have a lot of free time to work of stuff that i enjoy. Because of our schedule it's 1(24) hour shift and then we get 2-3 days off. still glad i left my office job.
When I told my employer I wanted to scale down to 2-3 days a week they were very accommodating. Had I wanted to quit I would of been just cutting off my nose. Now I make what I was, but in just less hours. I think 24 years of loyalty was a huge part why my employer worked with me. Now I'm happier as ever and won't burn out, plus I have 4 days to do what I want to do.
Respect! Enjoy that firefighting career and take good care of yourself while you do! Another perk is we women love firefighters! There's some manly men for ya in that profession!!
Never worked in an office setting because I chose one of the trades, constantly using your tool and constantly helping people, it’s changed my life for the better
the best way to make it out of poverty these days is entertainment (influencer, streamer, athlete, actor etc) or tech (make a game, make an app, a site etc). those are the only avenues for poor people to make serious money
My grandmother was a typist and data entry office worker for over 20 years, and an assistant to a radiology lab before that. Basic office skills were able to afford her a small but still sizable home in a decent neighborhood. She lives alone. Someone working the same kind of job today is living paycheck to paycheck and can barely afford all the costs of rent, insurance, gas, bills, taxes, etc. etc. And that's assuming those jobs are still available for some people. Technology and ai are already starting to steal those jobs away. It's insane that people can barely get by today doing the same job that granted their parents or grandparents houses.
Yup. Even people with high paying jobs that require a degree (doctor, lawyer, engineer) will have to spend half of their lives paying their loans back because of the high interest rates. Something that costs you $30K for a 4 year degree will end up being $40K-$50K of debt from loans.
@@C1K450 My dad paid off his 80k law school loan in 1 year. Trust me bro the only way you aren’t making enough to pay off those loans if you have a high paying job is if you’re just a dumbass with money.
Making money is not the same as creating value. Pushing prices and creating artificial scarcity through real estate is not creating value, it's parasitic. Now if your service or product helps solve someone's problem without creating their problem first then yes that is creating value and what human society and civilization is built upon.
Preach man this is not being said enough. Escape the rat race but don’t escape it by creating a product to solve a problem artificially created, not any better than most companies atp
Great video man. I have been preaching this rhetoric as someone who works in tech. I was apart of the tech layoffs and I started freelancing once I got fired. I actually got more clients reaching out to 1,000 people through cold email outreach than when I had put in over 1,000 job applications. And a lot of my clients actually wanted to hire me based on the work I did, but I make more money now than when I was in the workforce making 6 figures. Keep pushing this message man because people say entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but it's damn near a requirement today. I thought my tech job was the most secure thing when I got out of college but I found out the hard way. There is no more job security unless you work for yourself.
Exactly. People think they're safe at their job. In reality they're higher at risk than being self employed. Comfort kills motivation and become too comfortable in combo of getting laid off and you're on welfare real quick. Talked to at least 100 people that's happened to. Sad to see.
I had a breakdown at my work because I truly realized how pointless it was to work a 9-5. I was like is this the only option? There was 0 sense of fullfillment working a 9-5 so I quit my job same day and pursued a career in art as a freelancer. I am currently trying to build it up and hopefully I can turn it into something I can live off of. My goal is to make enough money to cover basic living expenses.
My husband believes in me and I’m so grateful. I started writing (fiction) book’s last year and have built it up to four figures. I’m out earning my office PT job already and have barely scratched the surface 🙌🏼
I always wondered why schools didn't teach more important issues like taxes or managing money and options to be an entrepreneur. My Nephew who is 12 even pointed put that his classmates all agreed they just train you to be a future slave (Forever employee) without thinking you are and thinking money is just money.
what stops anyone from looking such stuff up? School is mostly about engaging your mind, ability to learn, and to fill your mind with a minimal set of knowledge that historically and socially is considered to be an established baseline. Taxes, laws, and so on change every year. If you finish school you should be able to engage in independent knowledge acquisition. It'd be a surefire sign of societal collapse if schools need to teach taxes - especially in an age where people have access to the internet.
@@vornamenachname594 You missed the point and when you are young you are heavily influenced to whatever you are exposed. Even with evolving laws there is a basic foundation that can be taught that should not deter from learning things of such nature. Even if the topics helps stimulate the mind, majority is still useless for the future. Knowledge was gathered to give to others to keep expanding for a better future not for you to just know. I don't know why im explaining this if you have to bring that up then clearly you will not get it.
This vid just inspired me to quit my 2nd job. Two remote jobs and the combined schedule is M-Saturday. I realize i need that extra Monday. Quitting, keeping my 1st job, and going all in using my Mondays and Sundays. Thanks bro. Pray for me lol
The problem with these types of videos is the reality of the lack of affordability in everyday life is causing people to attempt things out of desperation that just might be impossible for them individually. Some people can make RUclips channels that can generate 100k or more a month however, many can’t and won’t. Most will take a lifetime career to hit millionaire in a 401k accounts and that’s if they’re consistent and committed. Graham Stephen success is unusual for a reason so be happy for the grind and achieve wealth slowly like most people who want wealth WILL do.
Conflict of interest. Some people aren’t built like others. Finding what works for you now and days is rare. Quality of life is more important than riches. Most normal people just want a normal life that has a career that can provide what they need to be able to enjoy life! It’s barely possible anymore so these videos aren’t meant to be seen as enabling but revolutionary. I do understand what you’re saying though. As someone who can’t afford to make any moves to be free from my current situation. I have hope I’ll be at the right place at the right time.
Thanks for sharing your story. I’m 35 and trying to start a business now so I won’t have to be apart of the rat race. I went to the military and have a pension but now I want more ways to have passive income.
I'm also proud of you for being vulnerable and expressing how you really feel and trying to comfort others to keep going! I can sort of relate to your experience. It took me years of contemplation to finally quit Nursing. Although I still have a corporate job that is way more enjoyable, I at least started taking more actions to live a more fulfilling life. It started from getting online clients to start freelancing. Now I have more in-person clients who I work with to do tons of fun and creative stuff like music videos, photoshoots, video editing, etc. Who knows that I can actually make money using my creative skills? People around me kept saying that artistic skills are useless and that I will never monetize my skills. They even laughed at my videos but now I actually use my videos to attract more clients. If I was so logical to think that I won’t be able to monetize them and listen to naysayers, then I couldn’t have met tons of creative folks who I can truly connect with and do tons of stuff that I thought were impossible.
Really needed to hear this.. Have taken a shit ton of hits in the last year. Being an American living in Japan is not all Rising Suns for sure .. Was a long time producer in USA and many times feeling like throwing in the towel here. Much needed words to hear .. thanks brother..
After 8.5 years, I pushed my boss to let me go… and I’m SO STOKED because I just couldn’t go on with my 9-5. I’m starting my online businesses as I type. I never wanna go back to a « regular job » again!!!
I will NEVER work for someone else again. That is what I said after a year of being mistreated at a job in 2012 making $10 per hour. The multimillionaire boss, someone pissed on his toilet seat. Or sprinkled. If course they blamed me since I was the maintenance guy. I used to look at my $10 per hour job checks too. You look at it and realize the check is already gone. It was $332 per week for me after taxes. Far from what you could live on. ACTUALLY LIVE ON. It is a chronic loop of poverty working for someone else will keep you in.
I am not nearly as horny for money and milllions as you are. But i am very inspired by your entrepreneur attitude and you not caring about loosing it all. I can't either work 9-5. Stoped long time ago. But my path has been low expenses. Thanks for the inspiration. Love from sw sweden
You see, when you have a decent 100k job in the office working 9 to 5, you don't want to work for yourself 12 hours a day everyday for 30k with no health benefits, no PTO, etc.
@potsandpanic digital maketers in my company making 120k to 150k at mid level. Im data analytics making 210k total comp. No way i could make 30k. I coast and work 4 to 6 hours a day, fully remote. Not all of corporate or 9 to 5 jobs are bad.
When I say I'd rather make $30k a year working for myself, it's because I have the ability to make $1 million a month due to the uncapped earning potential. Currently, I make $200k-300k a month, but you get the point. I don't want to make $200k a year because that's not enough to do much. After taxes, you're left with around $10k a month. If a $10k a month lifestyle is what you want, that's fine, but it's not for me. I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck in a tier 1 city or move to a tier 2 or 3 city for affordability. I want the financial freedom to live on my terms, and working for myself offers that potential.
@@CanupFiles Ahh I see what you mean. Yes I totally agree with you then. Earning 200k for the man comes with a lot of negatives. If you can pull it off, much better to work for yourself.
From $7K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
People dont understand that the prices of things are never going back down. This inflation is deeper than we think. Those buying groceries are well aware that the real inflation is much over 10%.The increments dont match our income, yet certain investors still earn over $365,000 in stocks and assets. Wish I could accomplish that.
People dont understand that the prices of things are never going back down. This inflation is deeper than we think. Those buying groceries are well aware that the real inflation is much over 10%.The increments dont match our income, yet certain investors still earn over $365,000 in stocks and assets. Wish I could accomplish that.
I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed my life forever,hoping to retire next year.. Investment should always be on any creative man's heart for success in life
Thanks for the advice! I'm new to financial planning and wasn't sure where to start. Any tips on finding a reliable financial adviser or resource to guide beginners?
As a beginner, it's essential for you to have a mentor that is verified by finra and SEC to keep you accountable. I'm guided by a widely known financial consultant Stacey Macken
ya uh just deliver till youtube takes off wont work anymore if it ever did. These gig app companies suck so bad and pay so low that you'll just be down a car at the end of it.
So relatable! working for someone else, we will never be paid what we are worth based on skill or our time. I've done it for many years but then I decided to just go full out as a self-employed business owner and see what happens. I haven't looked back and will never go back.
I put in 13 to 16 hours a day 5 days a week and sometimes 6 days a week. I've been drained so badly that I can't even think with an attention span.. so exhausted from. Doing this for 18 years now... this is crazy and I realize I can't live like this anymore.. it's really hurt my life and happiness.
Working for yourself isn't gonna change those work hours that much. You go to having to worry about work 24/7 as a self employed person, definitely for the first 5 years or even longer. Even if you get employees to "do the work for you", guess what, now you got employees AKA liabilities you gotta worry about making payroll for etc, and if you choose to remain solo at what you're doing, prepare to have to worry about putting in tons of time, or pay $$$ to automate whatever processes you can through subscriptions that will now become a steady monthly expense after self employed taxes and all the other wonderful expenses of being self employed.
You sir have given me some encouragement so i thank you. I have been unemployed for a few months putting application after application in to find a job, ecen with a few interviews, my efforts have turned fruitless. With my efforts being fruitless it has caused me to feel useless as a man and father not knowing what to do but tour video has brightened my day and your information has reignited a fire.
Most people who get rich young do risky stuff. Whether its law breaking kinda stuff or they risked everything for a chance at it. But reality is you gotta use the internet. Cause the network effect will always be better than doing business in real life.
I worked in a factory for half a year at 20. This was so tough on me that I decided to never ever work a full time job because my depression means I experience 8 hours as 16. I'm 38 now and I haven't worked a single 8-hour day since then. This was bar none the best decision I've ever made in my life. I am quite poor, but also infinitely free.
You are not free. You are now dependent upon others because you’re weak and lazy. A single expensive event will now bury you. Get strong and get to work. If you’re diligent, you can stash some capital and gradually have it work for you.
8 hours of crappy job means the 8 hours off the clock are spent being more miserable about the job. That''s the cycle these jobs keep you in when you constantly hate and need them at the same time. It's a mind set thing and only the person who's going through it alone can change it.
@@itsrelativ3967 Exactly. 8 hours doesn't end 4 p.m., cause that's when the negative thoughts really kick in; many people are almost constantly at work, either in reality, or in their own minds.
The key is passive income. If you're not making $100,000 or more per year, you're simply not going to get ahead or have much of anything in life. There aren't enough working hours in a lifetime for a single person to have a mid to high quality of life. You've got to have something else that's making money for you while you're also making money. Having said that, the corporate world is so dehumanizing. I used to call cubicles "people corrals." It's humiliating as a grown adult to have to ask permission to go to lunch, take a break, or leave work early. God bless the free-spirited and free-willed people who don't fit into that paradigm.
You did the math after the $400 check. That's what sets you apart, why why you'll make it. Most people for whatever reason aren't serious enough to do the math and realize that they need to make a change to "make it" and get where they want to be. You got this bro 👊
YES!!! That's exactly her name (Deborah Davis) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her 😊 from Brisbane Australia🇦🇺
It's amazing to think how inexpensive life could be if you lived outside a major metro and built your own house. This is definitely not for everybody or an "easy path" but would probably be very fulfilling. You would just have to live without so many of the comforts we take for granted. However, once stabilized you would have a lot more control over your time if you're ok living a simple life. There are people on RUclips who have done this. Control over your time is what most seem to be chasing anyway.
I've decided to stop letting fear hold me back and start working towards what I truly want in life. Lately, I've had the very fortunate opportunity to directly work with and be coached by a RUclipsr with well over 1 million subs (who makes over 100k per month) As a child, I always had this feeling on some sort of bugger purpose in this world, but I always kept it suppressed. Later on I fought through major trauma and depression in my life that woke me up from autopilot mode. I worked on myself as a person dramatically and want to help others as well. These 12 hour shifts I work will come to an end. I'm going to do this no matter how hard. Your words are very encouraging, thank you.
That was the issue with my last career venture. It paid really well but they eventually mandated that we all return to the office which was the deal breaker for me. Sitting in a small office and staring at the same ten people day after day pretending to look busy is not my thing.
Thx for this story man. I am too a entrepreneur that’s been working on my businesses for 3 years. It’s funny because people around you won’t think your going to be anything or get far based off of how much money you get. They never see the bigger picture until it’s all there.
I'm on the same journey. Got the degrees and got the hell out of corporate America and sitting in that damn cubicle making someone else rich. It's not always easy but I'm free now and go on vacation whenever I want, not when the company tells me it's OK to take off. I no longer worry about performance appraisals and raises because I pay me. Greatest feeling in the world and now I truly enjoy work. Keep up the good work sir, great vid.
I just left car sales. This economy isn’t good for sales. I hate sitting for 12 hours at a time and can’t get customers approved. Or they don’t have cash down or flipped in trade or interest rates too high and etc then the vehicles have sat so long when you finally do get a sale it ends up losing replace money and you make a mini deal. IRS a vicious cycle. I gave up my health and being in shape over past two years for what maybe 4 months of good pay the rest was extremely stressful: I saw sales people fall out on showroom floor I have co workers self delete themselves
I think everything happens for a reason. Your experience mixed with my experience can really help people who have car notes. Let's connect, and make a lot of money in the process by helping people.😊❤️❤️
I've not worked a 9-5 in a few years. I became chronically ill but even before that, I began to feel just drained from my jobs, so I put my creativity to use and opened up my own online business with editing and promotion services for authors and running an eBay store for craft supplies. I love doing what I enjoy and I'm not at some job and do it to get by, I take assignments as I see fit and work the hours I want. I've always been a huge morning person, so I'm up early working and have my afternoons and evenings free to read and relax. I have the flexibility to attend doctor's appointments without worrying about excuses or taking time off and risking losing my job (yes, it does happen). Plus being the extreme introvert I am, being able to work from home is so much better for my overall well-being. I don't have to make myself an extrovert that I know I'm not. I get to be myself, in the comfort of my home and do what I love.
@@vvvios It started via connections I made on social media with several authors and eventually things just grew. I do not use a website like Fiverr or such. I created my own website and laid out what my services entail and my price point plus a sign-up form. You want to invest in your own website, and email address and create business social media accounts. Best of luck!
Lmao I do that too, where you look around at all the giant houses and nice cars and go “who the hell are these people and WHAT do they do to afford this?!” 😂 I literally say that every time I go downtown and see building after building after building of high rise luxury apartments. Who the F is living in them?!?! HOW?
You should always aim to have f*ck you money. Even if you have to rough it and live in your car for a couple years to work as much as you can and sock away all your money. Never have a job that you hate but can’t quit because you can’t bare the financial impact. So if you have f*ck you money, when a job mistreats you, you can say f*ck you and leave with comfort.
Your own business or working a "9 to 5" you need to put in work for your own needs. Kind of a lame way to think of it. I'd rather make 100k at that office job to afford complete freedom down the road over the constant stress of running a business that's flopping bringing in 30k. You also fail to take into account the power of investment with compound interest, something common to overlook from people that think like this.
If he stays consistent for at least 5 years his business could take off and it could work in his favor. thats how long it usually takes to see any traction
If the real estate market tanks as it always does eventually, guys like this go away real quick and have no other choice but to work a “9-5” this is only temporary for these influencers because the market is booming but eventually they all go away
@@SavageSnake135 exactly as you say "could". Today running your own business is presented as something guaranteed when in reality only very small number of people actually make it.
Same. I decided at 18 I would never work for someone else - I need personal freedom! I'd rather work my ass off for a lower income than be a time slave.
I felt the same, I was working a salary GM position making 30k plus bonus working 100+ hours. a week it took me 5 years to quit. I hated my life. Now I work 32hrs a week, paying my bills and living life.
I retired at 50 from a 9 to 5 and the pension is quite small. I've started doing my own thing now and I wish I had taken the leap back in my 20s. Things would have been so much different.
If you’re at the point where everyone is telling you to do something else with your life, you know that in that moment, everyone else would have quit while YOU are still going. Don’t give up.
Appreciate you sharing. Everyone at some point questions 9 to 5. Time works in both ways though - in 9 to 5 you are trading time for secure income which you can invest for freedom. In a business you are trading time with an uncertain income to invest for freedom. Which makes it a gamble. Thats why you have 24 year business owners with millions. Because they won that gamble. You never hear about the 50 year gov worker with 1m in 401k and benefits as that is expected. The key thing to remember with a gamble, is to ask yourself what you so special that you will win? If you have an answer to that go down the business route. However, the more times you lose the gamble the more you have to win to make up for lost ground.
I got inured on the job (from a temp hire). Had to get stitches, a boot and crutches. Three days later the temp agency calls me to inform me that the manager terminated my assignment due to lack of work. As if I chose to be home.
The realization of "I'm way too smart to be stuck here" is so real. I really am too smart to be stuck in a job where I'm being bossed around and essentially forced to keep my thoughts to myself. Employers love treating you like you're their bitch, and people stay there for what? Minimum wage? I'm determined to get the fuck out of this trap, because I'd much rather kill myself than stay in it.
Very good video! My parents have always been against it and always bashed on me for trying to start my own business. Yet, I could see my parents looking miserable for being stuck at an office job for 20+ years and always worried about money. I don't really know where to start or how but I'm learning video editing, phot shop, copywriting, etc. Hopefully this will take me to where I want to go. Funny enough you mentioned it, I'm also doing DoorDash right now to survive, it's my only source of income sadly.
I want to be a mechanic for hybrids and EVs so much. Im 16 about to graduate to a senior tommorow and I got to start thinking about my life. I want to work at audi. Im going to a community college for a year or two and then get my ASE. Then ill apply for a job. I ask myself though should I get a minimum wage job or some sort of starter job before going to that mechanic job? I feel like theres something a warehouse job or a retail job can teach you about life I don't know what. Like something that will motivate me to be a mechanic and work hard even more. I mean its definitely a 6 figure job if you work hard and if your a manager you can get 200k and up. I prefer this career than hvac or plumbing because those are gross jobs. I don't want to deal with cockroaches or mystery insects from hvac and im not dealing with sewage pipes and toilets from plumbing. I don't want to be an electrician or elevator repairer because I value my life. One wrong move and im dead. I don't want to do welding either because its not in my interests. You need to be very precise on where you weld and thats not me. College degrees is an absolute no. Don't want to deal with crippling debt. People who justify getting a degree are the same people who are paying off 100s of thousands. Although, if the government fixed the student debt problem I would be a pharmacist. I don't know but something about that just strikes to me. I mean I do canna and shrooms already. Why not go the extra step and actually prescribe people with those and other prescriptions. Plus they make some really nice money I think. Im not sure but I think.
Congratulations. You have your life set. Most people can't say that. I have no advice or experience to share because im also 16 but I will cheer you on. Maybe some other people could help you out.
You are ready young man, in grade 11 I was distracted by weed and music, women, now I’m 27 with a bad job. I hope you find your way man, maybe you can live out your dreams.
Call Audi and ask if they have an apprenticeship program for mechanics. If they do, ask what is required to become one for Audi. Demonstrate your enthusiasm for the Audi brand on the phone call (since you mentioned them by name in your comment). Just showing your initiative and interest at such a young age can go a long way with whomever you speak to and that will impress them. Who knows, maybe they can get you lined up with something in the near future when you are ready to work full-time.
"The oppressor consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination. The earth, property, production, the creations of people, people themselves, time - everything is reduced to the status of objects at its disposal. In their unrestrained eagerness to possess, the oppressors develop the conviction that is is possible for them to transform everything into objects of their purchasing power; hence their strictly materialistic concept of existence. Money is the measure of all things, and profit the primary goals. For the oppressors, what is worthwhile is to have more - always more - even at the cost of the oppressed having less or having nothing. For them to be is to have and to be the class of the 'haves'." - Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
I am 20 years old, sadly I have been laid off a lot, or toxic people just got rid of me, I feel like I have tons of personal skills, but I make no money I am struggling to be honest
I just got laid off from my Amazon warehouse job. Originally nightshift, I switched to morning shifts to spend more time with my wife. It was a BIG mistake to switch let alone work for Amazon, but it was the only job close by and the only job that bothered to contact me back to hire me. I'm trying to desperately find a job. But after watching this video, I'm not sure what to do. Yes, I need to make money, but having a job is absolute torture for the soul. Can someone please reach out and help me? I'd greatly appreciate your help 🙏
I just turned 51 this past July and I have been working for over 30 years. Most recently a job which I thought was a career ended after 3 years of doing it and getting really good at it and being known as one of the top guys for what I do. Anyway the job ends and now I'm looking for another job and I have quickly realized that I am not going to be able to get back into that industry. This means that at the age of 51 I will once again be finding a job in a totally different industry and starting over at the bottom again. This is a pattern that has gone on over and over and over and over for over 30 years. So yeah I get it I get people not wanting to mess with this nonsense anymore because I don't want to mess with this nonsense anymore. I can tell you it does not matter where I go or what I do it's going to blow up after 6 months to a year and I frankly don't have any s**** left to give.
i have an ebay store with over 1000 items a bunch of high end name brand clothing, sneakers, video games from NES to Ps5 and sales are just so damn slow. I love working for myself but im almost as stressed as I was working a full time job. I'm living slightly above paycheck to pay check but i just feel like i suck idk why people aren't buying things. Just really wish I could relax for once none of this stress feels like its paying off.
The amount of videos of men that don’t want to work = the amount of videos of men complaining about feminism / women / they can’t find a partner ….🤔 30 years later : “the system doesn’t help homeless men”
Loved how clear and patient you talk, while everyone else is screaming and enoying listeners by fast words. I also stopped applying for 9-5 (it really was in tech 10 to 15, but still sucked, I missed creativity and ingenuty). Now opening my own AI startup. Thanks for your insights. Please continue.
Thanks for watching. Subscribe if this resonated with you. Excited to keep making videos and being a part of the movement!
Love your story man, keep it up !
what did you do to get rich?
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Your videos definitely resonate with me. What's the best way to connect with you ?
Great video. The way we've been working hasn't been working for a while. Something's got to give.
" The system is designed to keep you stressed, depressed and broke" Timothy Ward
Love Tim and his message. Living life on his terms 👍🏻
Very good to know he got famous enough for people to quote him in other videos!
I love his content
yet people defend it tooth and nail. kind of like Morpheus in the matrix said
timothy ward brought me here
We Entrepreneurs have freedom flowing through our veins. There’s something about having to ask permission as a grown ass man just to take a couple of days off that doesn’t sit well with me.
What do you do?
@@soldado1268 Online retail. I have an ecommerce store which I marketed via SEO. Had a warehouse in CO but recently got rid of it to cut back on expenses.
Even worse was when my boss gave me a hard time for using the restroom. No human being should have to explain himself for using the restroom.
Finally! Someone said this. I have worked in corporate for more than a decade and I still cannot accept seeking permission from bosses just to take a day off. Imagine being a grown man and having to ask or even persuade your employer to let you take leave. Nothing can be more asinine than that. Best option is to run your own business!
@@ryana17 During my first full time job, I was scolded by my boss for taking a 10 minute break from my cubicle. I just went to the cafe to get myself a coffee and she chided me for that. I have had enough of the toxic corporate world.
Our time is more valuable than we’ve been led to believe. Time is not money, actions are money, but Time is our life.
Indeed🎉🎉🎉😮
It wouldn't be so bad if we were compensated with a income relative to purchasing power that our parents had. 100k/year is not even impressive anymore, it's around the equivalent of making $15/hr in the 1960s.
Money is just piece of paper made by government to control our life.
Time = more important than money if you got more time can get way more money but all the money wont give us anytime 💯
Exactly !!!
I'll never work a 9-5 again either, ever. Its the biggest scam and it's force fed to us since birth.
totally!
Guess you’re one of the lucky few who doesn’t need to? Maybe no kids to take care of, or rent and bills to pay
@@proggz39 BINGO! Don't go down that path!(children/'wife')
Your future: ruclips.net/video/9iIWMZHVlQ0/видео.html
@@Gotcha-xy7fv Sounds good. When you figure out the difference between 'lonely' and 'alone', you're set for life.
Their not paying people fairly. The cost of living has gone up but the average job wages have barely gone up.
This is true. Although, businesses aren't able to pay people more money at this point. We had wage raises in many industries after covid happened and now many businesses are laying people off because they can't afford to pay them. It's a huge mess right now with inflation being so bad. With all of that being said, working for yourself is most definitely the best route to go to gain control of financial freedom. It's not worth working a normal job anymore
Companies do not care about the increased cost of living. They care about how much they have to pay for raw material to make the product(s) they are trying to sell. They did not create the housing problem and many other dilemmas. They will not pay to make up for our losses. That is why I don't care about most companies. They are not here for us.
@joshstieneker4615 I have zero sympathy for most of those businesses. Most of their owners took out PPP loans to buy new vacation homes after covid too and not using it to pay employees.
Pitting global labor against each other. Max competition for labor while all the profits come from printed money. Get your lunch stealing gloves on because they can't keep up with actual work or talent at this rate.
@@witnessforchrist7778 100%. The guy that owned the company I got ax'd from during covid used the PPP money to buy more assets for his company and then ended selling it to a firm in Missouri for an easy 5 million. I had to laugh when I found out.
I have also arrived at that conclusion. I just can't stand the idea of being trapped at a job, being forced to do things that I hate. I need to figure something out.
Companies do not care about the increased cost of living. They care about how much they have to pay for raw material to make the product(s) they are trying to sell. They did not create the housing problem and many other dilemmas. They will not pay to make up for our losses. That is why I don't care about most companies. They are not here for us.
My thoughts are that there are two sides to the economy. Wants and Needs. Needs are the essential, food, shelter, energy, transportation ,health , technology, and safety. Wants are the arts, sports, music, books, decorative home goods, games, also technology. I can’t tell which makes the most money, there’s probably stats on that, but I do know that most of those services can be fulfilled on contract, freelance, and independent working arrangements, and would not require a stupid office. Among those economic areas, and more, Find what you enjoy and can be really good at and serve that area. ✌️
You’re meant for more than!
@@dark_nightwing_xl2797 we all are!
I would have loved to get the fast track to a bigger company but I wasn't the right color apparently. I'm suddenly getting calls every day now but Idk if I really am taking them seriously now. i dont need them to survive. So I'm developing useful skills not the skills that are convenient for the company to leverage against global labor markets. So many of these offers now are emphasizing "people skills" because they've outsourced the dev work and are trying to mitigate the downsides by turning you into a PM. FUCK THAT.
Im with you.... 9-5's are why alot ppl are mentally and physically sick whether its a job or career
Well, it's survival of the fittest, so what are you gonna do? You can either embrace these facts of life and do something about or you can complain and suffer. At least you get to choose what you want to do, nobody is forcing you to become a Plumber or a Firefighter. You can become a Doctor or Laywer instead if you really want to. Then, there are no excuses.
@@True38 Doctors and Lawyers have worse lives than Plumbers or Firefighters LOL if you know about those jobs (for instance doctors working 14 hour days and plumbers making $125/hr and working 4 hours) you'd know which paths are better with or without money.
@@BrianGivensYtubethat just silly talk you can find 70 year doctors and lawyers because they love the job and can do it till old age not so many plumber working after 50 . And you never see plumbers living next to doctors and lawyers 😂
@@JacobsNews I don't really know who lives next to who in a neighborhood...trades people make great money and choose when they work. Doctors work all the time, double shifts sometimes. The money is there but the life to enjoy it is not. The house you buy or who you live next to is irrelevant. If I was a tradesman already, I'd probably buy land a build my own dream house rather than overpay for a cookie-cutter house in a neighborhood next to a doctor.
I think reason you don't see many old plumbers is because they already retired!! If you really enjoyed your job you'd do it for free! People that are working at 70 are trapped or just cannot accept the change that comes with retirement.
@@BrianGivensYtube literally everything you said is wrong, but you're too young to know any better.
The system is designed to make us broke.
1. Expensive housing to make you in debt so that you can't quit your job and you have to continue to slave for the company. The world is big enough for everyone to have a piece of land to live but THEY want to control us by selling us overpriced housing
2. Encouraging you to start a family so that you have liability to take care of, and also you need house (point no.1) so you can continue working
3. The rich doesnt want you to retire. They want YOU to continue working for them so they become richer and you stay broke.
You are so right dude. Working for someone else sucks! I've been doing it for over 30 years. Enter the supervisor at a job you like....and they don't like you....and they try to frame you for things you aren't doing, just to get rid of you to bring someone else in. This happens all too often. Most are demons.
I moved down to a 3 day week.
And 4 days off.
Yes I have alittle bit less, but I need the mental break.
What job is it that you do? Does 3 days a week still give you enough income to take home?
I work 4 days 🙏🩷🙏
I did the same thing back in 2019 I had become so stressed at work.
More power to you! It isn't written in stone that we MUST work such and such number of days per week. You happy with less money and can take care of your own needs? Perfect! Go put your extra time into quality and fun living! I'm all for it!
Dont trade your time for money. The rich dont work for money, they buy assets.
Freedom is the true wealth! You've got to make a few sacrifices to get it. Building yourself a financial foundation first makes it less stressful. I'm in my 50s and quit at 35 to follow my passion but I first grew my savings and portfolio to about 450k. My investments continued to increase and provide me with passive income till this day. While you still work HYSA and investing is a great tool
Everyone isn't cut out for business, I've learnt the money is just a tool to create the life you want. I'm starting out on investing you can share a few tips
Yeah use the tool to achieve freedom; a better quality of life. I got help from a pro who taught me how to invest and helped manage it.
Yeah, She goes by " *Growwealthy* *with* *Rachel* " I suggest you look the name up. To be honest I didn't buy the idea of letting someone handle my finance turns out to be my best decision, Rachel did great
Absolutely correct, freedom improves your general quality of life. I had expert assistance, and they helped me manage it and showed me how to invest.
I definitely wish I knew about high yield savings accounts when I first started working at 15 years old. Between that and investing, I would be SET FOR LIFE right now had I got started then. Better late than never still. Professional that helped you are they fiduciary?
9-to-5 isn't inherently bad. It's the soul-crushing aspects like micromanagement, limited opportunity for growth, and poor work-life balance that need to be addressed. Something I have realized by talking to many folks is that the majority don't want to be in business, being in business for yourself is hard and stressful too, making payroll, clients not paying, admin boring stuff I could go on. People just want autonomy even within a job we just need to change the work culture.
No one should be forced to do things they don't Wana do
@@_looner Awwww, Americans are so spoiled lol!
@@_looner well, being a business owner/self employed involves doing tons of things you don't want to do but must be done, so really, both working for someone else and working for yourself come with their suffering. You just gotta pick how you wanna suffer.
I went from office work, to physical self employed work and while I loved it the first few years, it isn't fun having to be thinking about business and where your next job/check is coming from 24/7.
With a job, you can at least shut down at end of the day and leave your work problems at work and have the proper mindset of not stressing about things you can't control and aren't your problem at work.
Its being controlled,,bow down to what they think is right. You have to pick your battles for sure but i cant wait until i can break away from that sort of imprisonment.
@@theoneders2056 but if you work for yourself it's a lot more fun even if you work more hours it's still better
At only a minute into the video, I can 100% relate. Work has beaten me down so much, I would rather work longer and harder working for MYSELF than working for others. I'm not lazy: I have a strong work ethic (which is why I'm still trying to make it work at my current job) and I believe in being independent. I just don't want to feel like a slave working like I am anymore. Life is far too short to be unhappy. If you're the type of person who works to keep up with the fads, new phones, expensive vehicles, take fancy trips, etc, it may be harder for you, I admit it. But for someone like myself, I feel like I can be perfectly content and happy being my own boss and sacrificing frivolous things to live modestly. I do not want to throw away my life for work, just so I can, HOPEFULLY, enjoy the last decade of my life. No job is guaranteed anymore. Job security is not realistic anymore. Take chances and be happy. 😊
I am a new subscriber and this video is great! My family are narcissists who pretend full time they are "self-made" in real estate, especially my father who retired at 45 to do real estate full time. What he doesn't tell anyone is that my grandmother who was an immigrant, was a very smart investor and bought a plot of land in an area that was later re-developed and the value jumped to over $300k overnight. So yeah, you can be ''self-made" when you inherit your first asset and leverage it from there. They also have the means to hire financial analysts who tell them which stocks to get, when to sell, when to buy etc. A lot of people you see going around with money either come from old money or had someone helping them (for example buying them an apartment) and they made smart choices afterwards. I am not saying that to discourage anyone, I share it because my father always used to give me the ''at your age I had achieved X/Y/Z and what did YOU do", until I reminded him of what nepotism is, then he had to stop. So don't feel like a loser when you are playing a rigged game, because it's not your fault.
thanks for sharing.
Great Answer , i come from a family that gave me that initial capital so it was much easier for me. I have friends much smarter than me, but because they dont have capital to invest, they struggle with full time jobs for many many years
THANKS BRO FOR TELLING THE TRUTH
@@panagope owning homes and renting them for a profit should be banned
@tanura5830 why do you say that?
We were trained as kids for over a decade to go to school for a little less than 7 hours, plus winter, spring, and a good summer break. This 9-5 isn't something we're used to. Plus the 8 hours each of work, rest, sleep is bs too if you take into account commute to work, chores, earlier wake up time to get on time. It's more like 4 or 5 hours rest, enough to read or workout for an hour or 2 to improve oneself and then another 2 to just enjoy the day, all while already tired from getting home from work, then repeat every single day.
Ahhh......maan! ! ! !
I absolutely feel you on your comment. You basically described my "circle" of life. But the bills need to get paid somehow, or else........👀
Exactly this
“A measly $100,000 a year” man I am terribly behind the curve
dont stress it I am with you and many many others are also
Thank you bro for explaining it to the people. Not everybody wants to trade their time for petty money when life is already not guaranteed.
You think the majority wants to trade their time for money? Y’all act like it’s some special woke mindset to not want to work a 9-5 like wow…doesn’t anyone??
I never understood it myself. I went to university and got a degree in Computer Science. I work for a big tech company now as a senior engineer, most days I'll work 4-5 hours and I'm getting paid $450k USD per year. But I guess I kind of understand his point, I still need to show up every day to work and write software for a business I didn't create.
@@YeetYeetYeno no ur in a different position you have more than enough money to venture off on ur own software company! So I say you definitely have a great job its nothing wrong with that !
@@YeetYeetYe That's absolutely a special case, even in tech. You're very fortunate. It's not to say you don't deserve fortune. I don't think many people can exactly say they "deserve" much of anything, not with confidence. I know many people would trade 4-5 hours per day for 450k/year salary, but surely there are challenges that come with that kind of money. Perhaps as a bare minimum challenge you might run into problems of figuring what to do with all this money and figuring out what it's truly worth. I only got to over 100k/year as part of some KERP agreement, but of course you don't consider layoffs or any unexpected events when you're talking about base compensation. Even with 450k/year you might be required to live in an expensive area or spend money in order to continue working. If not, that's exceedingly fortunate.
@@YeetYeetYe you're an absolutely edge case, normal people even with a phd in my country earn around 40k and the work culture is depressing, hierarchical and they push you to work overtime constantly.
The world economy is built on the shoulders of 9-5 people. Companies are making huge profits which you will never see a cent of, because of your sweat and tears as a 9-5 worker.
In another words, 9-5 is the new slavery.
$30k in todays market is basically homeless
Bidenomics at its best!
@@tedcasttv6253 we did it Joe!
Yup
That's probably my grocery bill
Ive decided to start heavily investing to get out of the 9-5 trap. I cant fathom the idea of working a 9-5 forever.
From 21-27 I did only part time jobs. I didn’t have that much money but those jobs, Pizza Delivery and snack shop on a golf course, I had the most fun at. 27- 34 (currently) I’ve been working full time second shift hours. I missed out on so much and I noticed I’ve gotten depressed since I started working full time. I really need to find a way to get ahead because time is ticking.
well, you have your answer. you are suffering from depression. i worked in those types of jobs saved money like CRAZY. you dont need nike, addidas, coffee from starbucks. i save crazy good and then i ask for a week or 3 weeks off and go travel
One of the things that pissed me off while I was in college for programming was learning how much team members make. It's not something they teach, but something I had to research on my own. Project managers make the most and don't necessarily need qualifications, and the wages aren't even close. They simply tell the highly qualified team members what to do. I had 7 languages under my belt at the time, all a project manager would have to do is be friends with the right people and make 4-5x as much.
It's always been like this, in almost every field. It's not so much about the things you know, but how you conduct yourself with others, whether you have rapport with the upper management and/or your most influental team members.
@DoomhauerBTC - you need to stop worrying about everyone else and being obsessed with what’s “fair.” Get over it and get to work.
If you’re diligent and strategic, you’ll gradually increase your income and increase how much you can save/invest and work toward your own exit.
See yourself as the company you work for - don’t waste money on stupid crap and stash cash.
Or are you just looking for a reason to quit and screw yourself?
@@dwightrenfield2241 Bad advice. I'm not working 10x as hard for 1/3 - 1/4 of the pay. I retired at 37 working from home and investing. I already set myself up as location independent, so I just travel now.
I saw this in a different field. Graduates, unspecialized, going into management type positions, earning far more than the specialized roles, and they all admitted (and we could see) that all they did was move cells around in Excel and natter on skype.
The managerial system is a disgrace, and yet everyone wants to get there because it pays more. All that really happens is this allows the younger workers to be completely burned out for pennies, doing all the hard graft, and the managers real job is to solidify this parasitical way of doing things in order to keep the system sucking in all the young people on false promises so they have no time/energy to ever think, let alone act, in opposition to the mainstream culture.
It's so twisted it's not even funny.
@@shrunkensimoncut the middle man and start own business
It's soul crushing.
It all depends on people, yet the people given leadership roles make most workplaces horrible.
And mind numbing
As a call ctr agent for a big box retail store… I’m cringing at the thought of returning to work tomorrow (Sunday blues). Getting yelled at for a living is driving me nuts. I needed to hear this.
i did the 100k office job grinding like a saddle donkey for 15 years then one day i just couldnt take another day of it and quit to just work something out for myself. i would rather sleep under a bridge then go back to that life.
Same. Rationally doesn't make sense?
Time for money is always. Even lower and more unsure
1 week being homeless would be more than enough for you to realise that those 15 years were not that bad
@@PauliusCreates well done taking obvious hyperbole literally.
Well I wouldn't trade it to live under a bridge but being a guy I can live really inexpensive and still be content.
@@dekzzx The thing with hyperbole is you still need to make some rational point. Yours is just virtue signalling that is meaningless. You just ultimately expose your privilege and lack of seriousness.
I'm not working a 9-5 either, I'm a firefighter working shifts but i still have a lot of free time to work of stuff that i enjoy. Because of our schedule it's 1(24) hour shift and then we get 2-3 days off. still glad i left my office job.
When I told my employer I wanted to scale down to 2-3 days a week they were very accommodating. Had I wanted to quit I would of been just cutting off my nose. Now I make what I was, but in just less hours. I think 24 years of loyalty was a huge part why my employer worked with me. Now I'm happier as ever and won't burn out, plus I have 4 days to do what I want to do.
Ex FF here.
Thanks, brother, for what you do. Hold the line.
Respect! Enjoy that firefighting career and take good care of yourself while you do! Another perk is we women love firefighters! There's some manly men for ya in that profession!!
Yes u will
Never worked in an office setting because I chose one of the trades, constantly using your tool and constantly helping people, it’s changed my life for the better
What do you do
amazing
I didn’t know triple H had a younger brother 😅
nice video thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.
Kurt Cobain
the best way to make it out of poverty these days is entertainment (influencer, streamer, athlete, actor etc) or tech (make a game, make an app, a site etc). those are the only avenues for poor people to make serious money
My grandmother was a typist and data entry office worker for over 20 years, and an assistant to a radiology lab before that. Basic office skills were able to afford her a small but still sizable home in a decent neighborhood. She lives alone. Someone working the same kind of job today is living paycheck to paycheck and can barely afford all the costs of rent, insurance, gas, bills, taxes, etc. etc. And that's assuming those jobs are still available for some people. Technology and ai are already starting to steal those jobs away.
It's insane that people can barely get by today doing the same job that granted their parents or grandparents houses.
@@robertstaples3256 the reality is they want us to work for free. They won't say that if course, but it's what their thinking 🤔
Yup. Even people with high paying jobs that require a degree (doctor, lawyer, engineer) will have to spend half of their lives paying their loans back because of the high interest rates. Something that costs you $30K for a 4 year degree will end up being $40K-$50K of debt from loans.
@@C1K450I don’t think I’ve ever seen a doctor not living a good life, despite the loans haha
@@C1K450 My dad paid off his 80k law school loan in 1 year. Trust me bro the only way you aren’t making enough to pay off those loans if you have a high paying job is if you’re just a dumbass with money.
Material success is a trap and that way of thinking is a symptom. Freedom from this is priceless.
Making money is not the same as creating value. Pushing prices and creating artificial scarcity through real estate is not creating value, it's parasitic. Now if your service or product helps solve someone's problem without creating their problem first then yes that is creating value and what human society and civilization is built upon.
Well said with no wasted words.
Preach man this is not being said enough. Escape the rat race but don’t escape it by creating a product to solve a problem artificially created, not any better than most companies atp
Great video man. I have been preaching this rhetoric as someone who works in tech. I was apart of the tech layoffs and I started freelancing once I got fired. I actually got more clients reaching out to 1,000 people through cold email outreach than when I had put in over 1,000 job applications. And a lot of my clients actually wanted to hire me based on the work I did, but I make more money now than when I was in the workforce making 6 figures. Keep pushing this message man because people say entrepreneurship is not for everyone, but it's damn near a requirement today. I thought my tech job was the most secure thing when I got out of college but I found out the hard way. There is no more job security unless you work for yourself.
Exactly. People think they're safe at their job. In reality they're higher at risk than being self employed. Comfort kills motivation and become too comfortable in combo of getting laid off and you're on welfare real quick. Talked to at least 100 people that's happened to. Sad to see.
I had a breakdown at my work because I truly realized how pointless it was to work a 9-5. I was like is this the only option? There was 0 sense of fullfillment working a 9-5 so I quit my job same day and pursued a career in art as a freelancer. I am currently trying to build it up and hopefully I can turn it into something I can live off of. My goal is to make enough money to cover basic living expenses.
Get on the road and start doing shows and conventions.
Get in front of people.
That’s how you’ll get there with your Art.
My husband believes in me and I’m so grateful. I started writing (fiction) book’s last year and have built it up to four figures. I’m out earning my office PT job already and have barely scratched the surface 🙌🏼
That’s awesome to hear keep it up!
I always wondered why schools didn't teach more important issues like taxes or managing money and options to be an entrepreneur. My Nephew who is 12 even pointed put that his classmates all agreed they just train you to be a future slave (Forever employee) without thinking you are and thinking money is just money.
what stops anyone from looking such stuff up? School is mostly about engaging your mind, ability to learn, and to fill your mind with a minimal set of knowledge that historically and socially is considered to be an established baseline. Taxes, laws, and so on change every year. If you finish school you should be able to engage in independent knowledge acquisition. It'd be a surefire sign of societal collapse if schools need to teach taxes - especially in an age where people have access to the internet.
@@vornamenachname594 You missed the point and when you are young you are heavily influenced to whatever you are exposed. Even with evolving laws there is a basic foundation that can be taught that should not deter from learning things of such nature. Even if the topics helps stimulate the mind, majority is still useless for the future. Knowledge was gathered to give to others to keep expanding for a better future not for you to just know. I don't know why im explaining this if you have to bring that up then clearly you will not get it.
This vid just inspired me to quit my 2nd job. Two remote jobs and the combined schedule is M-Saturday. I realize i need that extra Monday. Quitting, keeping my 1st job, and going all in using my Mondays and Sundays. Thanks bro. Pray for me lol
Hell yeah dude. I mean betting on yourself in the long run is the best bet you could ever make. Would love to hear how your journey goes!
Be careful now, the author of this video is already up in finances...
You.....not yet!😊
@@VinylSkillzmind your business and stop watching others pockets
Keep your eyes on the vision bro and parent your scared inner child. You are resourceful and should know others want to be like you in going for it
The problem with these types of videos is the reality of the lack of affordability in everyday life is causing people to attempt things out of desperation that just might be impossible for them individually. Some people can make RUclips channels that can generate 100k or more a month however, many can’t and won’t. Most will take a lifetime career to hit millionaire in a 401k accounts and that’s if they’re consistent and committed. Graham Stephen success is unusual for a reason so be happy for the grind and achieve wealth slowly like most people who want wealth WILL do.
Conflict of interest. Some people aren’t built like others. Finding what works for you now and days is rare. Quality of life is more important than riches. Most normal people just want a normal life that has a career that can provide what they need to be able to enjoy life! It’s barely possible anymore so these videos aren’t meant to be seen as enabling but revolutionary. I do understand what you’re saying though. As someone who can’t afford to make any moves to be free from my current situation. I have hope I’ll be at the right place at the right time.
Most rich people were born into a rich family or have some exceptional talent.
yip, the people hes talking about will mostly have inherited assets
That's complete inaccurate. 8 out of 10 millionaires are self made
Inherited money evaporates super quickly, studies show. It is very rare when the inheritors manage to make more money out of it.
Imagine still believing the “self made” bs
@@CyberFighter-hu7xo imagine not accepting facts that have been substantiated time and time again
Thanks for sharing your story. I’m 35 and trying to start a business now so I won’t have to be apart of the rat race. I went to the military and have a pension but now I want more ways to have passive income.
You working for yourself or are you gonna hire 9-5 wage slaves that you despise of?
I'm also proud of you for being vulnerable and expressing how you really feel and trying to comfort others to keep going! I can sort of relate to your experience. It took me years of contemplation to finally quit Nursing. Although I still have a corporate job that is way more enjoyable, I at least started taking more actions to live a more fulfilling life. It started from getting online clients to start freelancing. Now I have more in-person clients who I work with to do tons of fun and creative stuff like music videos, photoshoots, video editing, etc. Who knows that I can actually make money using my creative skills? People around me kept saying that artistic skills are useless and that I will never monetize my skills. They even laughed at my videos but now I actually use my videos to attract more clients. If I was so logical to think that I won’t be able to monetize them and listen to naysayers, then I couldn’t have met tons of creative folks who I can truly connect with and do tons of stuff that I thought were impossible.
Really needed to hear this.. Have taken a shit ton of hits in the last year. Being an American living in Japan is not all Rising Suns for sure .. Was a long time producer in USA and many times feeling like throwing in the towel here. Much needed words to hear .. thanks brother..
I’m already having heart palpitations from the 9-5.
I'm having heart palpitations from running a business. Careful what you wish for.
Been working for myself for 6 years. I'm 35. It was some of the best years of my life.
What do you do if you don't mind me asking?
Wouldn't you still be in some of the best years of your life assuming your still self-employed?
Job?
@@ivanrivera6998 He sells chaos news
any response to the gentlemen's questions above, Sir?
After 8.5 years, I pushed my boss to let me go… and I’m SO STOKED because I just couldn’t go on with my 9-5. I’m starting my online businesses as I type. I never wanna go back to a « regular job » again!!!
Me too!!!!!!!!!!
It's too late I tried and Amazon scammed me after all my investments and hard work. Try a different model at least
Pushed your boss to let you go?? What do you mean?
I will NEVER work for someone else again. That is what I said after a year of being mistreated at a job in 2012 making $10 per hour. The multimillionaire boss, someone pissed on his toilet seat. Or sprinkled. If course they blamed me since I was the maintenance guy. I used to look at my $10 per hour job checks too. You look at it and realize the check is already gone. It was $332 per week for me after taxes. Far from what you could live on. ACTUALLY LIVE ON. It is a chronic loop of poverty working for someone else will keep you in.
what do you do now?
I am not nearly as horny for money and milllions as you are. But i am very inspired by your entrepreneur attitude and you not caring about loosing it all.
I can't either work 9-5. Stoped long time ago. But my path has been low expenses.
Thanks for the inspiration. Love from sw sweden
You see, when you have a decent 100k job in the office working 9 to 5, you don't want to work for yourself 12 hours a day everyday for 30k with no health benefits, no PTO, etc.
What do you do that pays $100k? Any jobs a graphic designer and digital marketer could do that pay $100k?
@potsandpanic digital maketers in my company making 120k to 150k at mid level. Im data analytics making 210k total comp. No way i could make 30k. I coast and work 4 to 6 hours a day, fully remote. Not all of corporate or 9 to 5 jobs are bad.
@potsandpanic i have a friend who is director in graphics design making 200k. Took 10 years of exp tho
When I say I'd rather make $30k a year working for myself, it's because I have the ability to make $1 million a month due to the uncapped earning potential. Currently, I make $200k-300k a month, but you get the point.
I don't want to make $200k a year because that's not enough to do much. After taxes, you're left with around $10k a month. If a $10k a month lifestyle is what you want, that's fine, but it's not for me.
I don't want to live paycheck to paycheck in a tier 1 city or move to a tier 2 or 3 city for affordability. I want the financial freedom to live on my terms, and working for myself offers that potential.
@@CanupFiles Ahh I see what you mean. Yes I totally agree with you then. Earning 200k for the man comes with a lot of negatives. If you can pull it off, much better to work for yourself.
I saw the thumbnail on my feed and immediately thought I was looking at the 2004 version of Triple H. What the heck!
I don't really laugh out loud at comments......but this made me chuckle. Well done!
🤣🤣🤣
Dude definitely has some cool hair.
It's time to play the game!
From $7K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
Wow
But I still love my mentor Sophia
I'm surprised that you just mentioned and recommend Mrs Sophia . I met him at a conference in 2018 and we have been working together ever since
People dont understand that the prices of things are never going back down. This inflation is deeper than we think.
Those buying groceries are well aware that the real inflation is much over 10%.The increments dont match our income,
yet certain investors still earn over $365,000 in stocks and assets. Wish I could accomplish that.
People dont understand that the prices of things are never going back down. This inflation is deeper than we think.
Those buying groceries are well aware that the real inflation is much over 10%.The increments dont match our income,
yet certain investors still earn over $365,000 in stocks and assets. Wish I could accomplish that.
I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed my life forever,hoping to retire next year.. Investment should always be on any creative man's heart for success in life
Thanks for the advice! I'm new to financial planning and wasn't sure where to start. Any tips on finding a reliable financial adviser or resource to guide beginners?
As a beginner, it's essential for you to have a mentor that is verified by finra and SEC to keep you accountable. I'm guided by a widely known financial consultant Stacey Macken
Stacey demonstrates an excellent understanding of market trends, making well informed decisions that leads to consistent profit
I remember giving her my first savings $20000 and she opened a brokerage account for me it turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me.
Yes I can believed that, I got victory with her, was so sad after receiving the first pay knowing I invested so low with fear
ya uh just deliver till youtube takes off wont work anymore if it ever did. These gig app companies suck so bad and pay so low that you'll just be down a car at the end of it.
Yep! They are bad.
Gig work is exploitation of the highest order, its less than minimum wage everthing considered
Soul draining jobs. That's why I'm working hard on my online gift shop.
So relatable! working for someone else, we will never be paid what we are worth based on skill or our time. I've done it for many years but then I decided to just go full out as a self-employed business owner and see what happens. I haven't looked back and will never go back.
I put in 13 to 16 hours a day 5 days a week and sometimes 6 days a week. I've been drained so badly that I can't even think with an attention span.. so exhausted from. Doing this for 18 years now... this is crazy and I realize I can't live like this anymore.. it's really hurt my life and happiness.
Working for yourself isn't gonna change those work hours that much. You go to having to worry about work 24/7 as a self employed person, definitely for the first 5 years or even longer. Even if you get employees to "do the work for you", guess what, now you got employees AKA liabilities you gotta worry about making payroll for etc, and if you choose to remain solo at what you're doing, prepare to have to worry about putting in tons of time, or pay $$$ to automate whatever processes you can through subscriptions that will now become a steady monthly expense after self employed taxes and all the other wonderful expenses of being self employed.
@@theoneders2056 got it... I understand... all makes sense..
You sir have given me some encouragement so i thank you. I have been unemployed for a few months putting application after application in to find a job, ecen with a few interviews, my efforts have turned fruitless. With my efforts being fruitless it has caused me to feel useless as a man and father not knowing what to do but tour video has brightened my day and your information has reignited a fire.
Thank you for sharing your story, it is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you for the inspiration.
Most people who get rich young do risky stuff. Whether its law breaking kinda stuff or they risked everything for a chance at it. But reality is you gotta use the internet. Cause the network effect will always be better than doing business in real life.
Thank you for this reflection. It was extremely necessary to me bro
I worked in a factory for half a year at 20. This was so tough on me that I decided to never ever work a full time job because my depression means I experience 8 hours as 16. I'm 38 now and I haven't worked a single 8-hour day since then. This was bar none the best decision I've ever made in my life. I am quite poor, but also infinitely free.
You are not free. You are now dependent upon others because you’re weak and lazy.
A single expensive event will now bury you. Get strong and get to work. If you’re diligent, you can stash some capital and gradually have it work for you.
8 hours of crappy job means the 8 hours off the clock are spent being more miserable about the job. That''s the cycle these jobs keep you in when you constantly hate and need them at the same time. It's a mind set thing and only the person who's going through it alone can change it.
@@itsrelativ3967 Exactly. 8 hours doesn't end 4 p.m., cause that's when the negative thoughts really kick in; many people are almost constantly at work, either in reality, or in their own minds.
The key is passive income. If you're not making $100,000 or more per year, you're simply not going to get ahead or have much of anything in life. There aren't enough working hours in a lifetime for a single person to have a mid to high quality of life. You've got to have something else that's making money for you while you're also making money. Having said that, the corporate world is so dehumanizing. I used to call cubicles "people corrals." It's humiliating as a grown adult to have to ask permission to go to lunch, take a break, or leave work early. God bless the free-spirited and free-willed people who don't fit into that paradigm.
You did the math after the $400 check. That's what sets you apart, why why you'll make it. Most people for whatever reason aren't serious enough to do the math and realize that they need to make a change to "make it" and get where they want to be. You got this bro 👊
When I got my first check for $300 I thought it was a lot lol
Nobody cares
I'm favoured, $50K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my communitv and also support God's work and the church.God bless America
How
..? Am a newbie in crypto investment, please can you guide me through on how you made profit?
A lot of people still make massive profit from the crypto market, all you really need is a relevant information and some professional advice.
Thanks to Mrs Deborah Davis.
She's a licensed broker here in the states
YES!!! That's exactly her name (Deborah Davis) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her 😊 from Brisbane Australia🇦🇺
It's amazing to think how inexpensive life could be if you lived outside a major metro and built your own house. This is definitely not for everybody or an "easy path" but would probably be very fulfilling. You would just have to live without so many of the comforts we take for granted. However, once stabilized you would have a lot more control over your time if you're ok living a simple life. There are people on RUclips who have done this. Control over your time is what most seem to be chasing anyway.
I've decided to stop letting fear hold me back and start working towards what I truly want in life.
Lately, I've had the very fortunate opportunity to directly work with and be coached by a RUclipsr with well over 1 million subs (who makes over 100k per month)
As a child, I always had this feeling on some sort of bugger purpose in this world, but I always kept it suppressed.
Later on I fought through major trauma and depression in my life that woke me up from autopilot mode.
I worked on myself as a person dramatically and want to help others as well.
These 12 hour shifts I work will come to an end.
I'm going to do this no matter how hard. Your words are very encouraging, thank you.
Engage with followers on social media to enhance your channels visibility and views!｡ I agree with this. Diversity is essential.
That was the issue with my last career venture. It paid really well but they eventually mandated that we all return to the office which was the deal breaker for me. Sitting in a small office and staring at the same ten people day after day pretending to look busy is not my thing.
Thx for this story man. I am too a entrepreneur that’s been working on my businesses for 3 years. It’s funny because people around you won’t think your going to be anything or get far based off of how much money you get. They never see the bigger picture until it’s all there.
Engage on social media to build an audience and boost views!｡ I agree with this. Communication is key.
I'm on the same journey. Got the degrees and got the hell out of corporate America and sitting in that damn cubicle making someone else rich. It's not always easy but I'm free now and go on vacation whenever I want, not when the company tells me it's OK to take off. I no longer worry about performance appraisals and raises because I pay me. Greatest feeling in the world and now I truly enjoy work. Keep up the good work sir, great vid.
9-5 jobs strip your life away. Being self-employed is so much better and it's not that hard to do nowadays
sorry to say that all work strips your life away, not just 9 to 5.
Leverage social media engagement to grow your audience and views!｡ I agree with this. Renewable energy is vital.
The only reason I still have my 9 to 5 is because I am able to work from home.
I just left car sales. This economy isn’t good for sales. I hate sitting for 12 hours at a time and can’t get customers approved. Or they don’t have cash down or flipped in trade or interest rates too high and etc then the vehicles have sat so long when you finally do get a sale it ends up losing replace money and you make a mini deal. IRS a vicious cycle. I gave up my health and being in shape over past two years for what maybe 4 months of good pay the rest was extremely stressful: I saw sales people fall out on showroom floor
I have co workers self delete themselves
I think everything happens for a reason. Your experience mixed with my experience can really help people who have car notes. Let's connect, and make a lot of money in the process by helping people.😊❤️❤️
I've not worked a 9-5 in a few years. I became chronically ill but even before that, I began to feel just drained from my jobs, so I put my creativity to use and opened up my own online business with editing and promotion services for authors and running an eBay store for craft supplies. I love doing what I enjoy and I'm not at some job and do it to get by, I take assignments as I see fit and work the hours I want. I've always been a huge morning person, so I'm up early working and have my afternoons and evenings free to read and relax.
I have the flexibility to attend doctor's appointments without worrying about excuses or taking time off and risking losing my job (yes, it does happen). Plus being the extreme introvert I am, being able to work from home is so much better for my overall well-being. I don't have to make myself an extrovert that I know I'm not. I get to be myself, in the comfort of my home and do what I love.
What website do you use to freelance? Do you use social media to advertise?
@@vvvios It started via connections I made on social media with several authors and eventually things just grew. I do not use a website like Fiverr or such. I created my own website and laid out what my services entail and my price point plus a sign-up form. You want to invest in your own website, and email address and create business social media accounts. Best of luck!
Lmao I do that too, where you look around at all the giant houses and nice cars and go “who the hell are these people and WHAT do they do to afford this?!” 😂 I literally say that every time I go downtown and see building after building after building of high rise luxury apartments. Who the F is living in them?!?! HOW?
You should always aim to have f*ck you money. Even if you have to rough it and live in your car for a couple years to work as much as you can and sock away all your money. Never have a job that you hate but can’t quit because you can’t bare the financial impact. So if you have f*ck you money, when a job mistreats you, you can say f*ck you and leave with comfort.
Your own business or working a "9 to 5" you need to put in work for your own needs. Kind of a lame way to think of it. I'd rather make 100k at that office job to afford complete freedom down the road over the constant stress of running a business that's flopping bringing in 30k. You also fail to take into account the power of investment with compound interest, something common to overlook from people that think like this.
If he stays consistent for at least 5 years his business could take off and it could work in his favor. thats how long it usually takes to see any traction
Reality
If the real estate market tanks as it always does eventually, guys like this go away real quick and have no other choice but to work a “9-5” this is only temporary for these influencers because the market is booming but eventually they all go away
@@SavageSnake135 exactly as you say "could". Today running your own business is presented as something guaranteed when in reality only very small number of people actually make it.
Same. I decided at 18 I would never work for someone else - I need personal freedom! I'd rather work my ass off for a lower income than be a time slave.
I felt the same, I was working a salary GM position making 30k plus bonus working 100+ hours. a week it took me 5 years to quit. I hated my life. Now I work 32hrs a week, paying my bills and living life.
How did you do it? I’m so frustrated everyday trying to figure this out 😭
I'm on the same path. God bless you brother.
I retired at 50 from a 9 to 5 and the pension is quite small. I've started doing my own thing now and I wish I had taken the leap back in my 20s. Things would have been so much different.
If you’re at the point where everyone is telling you to do something else with your life, you know that in that moment, everyone else would have quit while YOU are still going. Don’t give up.
90s Triple H giving good advice
im not the only one
Inspiring video my friend , thank you for this , I personally really appreciate it .
Appreciate you sharing. Everyone at some point questions 9 to 5. Time works in both ways though - in 9 to 5 you are trading time for secure income which you can invest for freedom. In a business you are trading time with an uncertain income to invest for freedom. Which makes it a gamble. Thats why you have 24 year business owners with millions. Because they won that gamble. You never hear about the 50 year gov worker with 1m in 401k and benefits as that is expected. The key thing to remember with a gamble, is to ask yourself what you so special that you will win? If you have an answer to that go down the business route. However, the more times you lose the gamble the more you have to win to make up for lost ground.
I got inured on the job (from a temp hire). Had to get stitches, a boot and crutches. Three days later the temp agency calls me to inform me that the manager terminated my assignment due to lack of work. As if I chose to be home.
The realization of "I'm way too smart to be stuck here" is so real. I really am too smart to be stuck in a job where I'm being bossed around and essentially forced to keep my thoughts to myself. Employers love treating you like you're their bitch, and people stay there for what? Minimum wage? I'm determined to get the fuck out of this trap, because I'd much rather kill myself than stay in it.
Very good video! My parents have always been against it and always bashed on me for trying to start my own business. Yet, I could see my parents looking miserable for being stuck at an office job for 20+ years and always worried about money.
I don't really know where to start or how but I'm learning video editing, phot shop, copywriting, etc. Hopefully this will take me to where I want to go. Funny enough you mentioned it, I'm also doing DoorDash right now to survive, it's my only source of income sadly.
I want to be a mechanic for hybrids and EVs so much. Im 16 about to graduate to a senior tommorow and I got to start thinking about my life. I want to work at audi. Im going to a community college for a year or two and then get my ASE. Then ill apply for a job. I ask myself though should I get a minimum wage job or some sort of starter job before going to that mechanic job? I feel like theres something a warehouse job or a retail job can teach you about life I don't know what. Like something that will motivate me to be a mechanic and work hard even more. I mean its definitely a 6 figure job if you work hard and if your a manager you can get 200k and up. I prefer this career than hvac or plumbing because those are gross jobs. I don't want to deal with cockroaches or mystery insects from hvac and im not dealing with sewage pipes and toilets from plumbing. I don't want to be an electrician or elevator repairer because I value my life. One wrong move and im dead. I don't want to do welding either because its not in my interests. You need to be very precise on where you weld and thats not me. College degrees is an absolute no. Don't want to deal with crippling debt. People who justify getting a degree are the same people who are paying off 100s of thousands. Although, if the government fixed the student debt problem I would be a pharmacist. I don't know but something about that just strikes to me. I mean I do canna and shrooms already. Why not go the extra step and actually prescribe people with those and other prescriptions. Plus they make some really nice money I think. Im not sure but I think.
Congratulations. You have your life set. Most people can't say that. I have no advice or experience to share because im also 16 but I will cheer you on. Maybe some other people could help you out.
You are ready young man, in grade 11 I was distracted by weed and music, women, now I’m 27 with a bad job. I hope you find your way man, maybe you can live out your dreams.
Call Audi and ask if they have an apprenticeship program for mechanics. If they do, ask what is required to become one for Audi. Demonstrate your enthusiasm for the Audi brand on the phone call (since you mentioned them by name in your comment). Just showing your initiative and interest at such a young age can go a long way with whomever you speak to and that will impress them. Who knows, maybe they can get you lined up with something in the near future when you are ready to work full-time.
"The oppressor consciousness tends to transform everything surrounding it into an object of its domination. The earth, property, production, the creations of people, people themselves, time - everything is reduced to the status of objects at its disposal. In their unrestrained eagerness to possess, the oppressors develop the conviction that is is possible for them to transform everything into objects of their purchasing power; hence their strictly materialistic concept of existence.
Money is the measure of all things, and profit the primary goals. For the oppressors, what is worthwhile is to have more - always more - even at the cost of the oppressed having less or having nothing. For them to be is to have and to be the class of the 'haves'."
- Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Correcto
My big thing is the insurance. What do you do for insurance?
I am 20 years old, sadly I have been laid off a lot, or toxic people just got rid of me, I feel like I have tons of personal skills, but I make no money I am struggling to be honest
Capitalismo quiere trabajadores estar pobres siempre. Está una trampa social
I just got laid off from my Amazon warehouse job. Originally nightshift, I switched to morning shifts to spend more time with my wife. It was a BIG mistake to switch let alone work for Amazon, but it was the only job close by and the only job that bothered to contact me back to hire me. I'm trying to desperately find a job. But after watching this video, I'm not sure what to do. Yes, I need to make money, but having a job is absolute torture for the soul. Can someone please reach out and help me? I'd greatly appreciate your help 🙏
Hopefully i can become successful so i dont have work a 9-5 ever again 😭😭🙏
I just turned 51 this past July and I have been working for over 30 years. Most recently a job which I thought was a career ended after 3 years of doing it and getting really good at it and being known as one of the top guys for what I do. Anyway the job ends and now I'm looking for another job and I have quickly realized that I am not going to be able to get back into that industry. This means that at the age of 51 I will once again be finding a job in a totally different industry and starting over at the bottom again. This is a pattern that has gone on over and over and over and over for over 30 years. So yeah I get it I get people not wanting to mess with this nonsense anymore because I don't want to mess with this nonsense anymore. I can tell you it does not matter where I go or what I do it's going to blow up after 6 months to a year and I frankly don't have any s**** left to give.
i have an ebay store with over 1000 items a bunch of high end name brand clothing, sneakers, video games from NES to Ps5 and sales are just so damn slow. I love working for myself but im almost as stressed as I was working a full time job. I'm living slightly above paycheck to pay check but i just feel like i suck idk why people aren't buying things. Just really wish I could relax for once none of this stress feels like its paying off.
The amount of videos of men that don’t want to work = the amount of videos of men complaining about feminism / women / they can’t find a partner ….🤔 30 years later : “the system doesn’t help homeless men”
its beta male central weak men who scared to work lol
Thank you
Loved how clear and patient you talk, while everyone else is screaming and enoying listeners by fast words.
I also stopped applying for 9-5 (it really was in tech 10 to 15, but still sucked, I missed creativity and ingenuty). Now opening my own AI startup.
Thanks for your insights. Please continue.