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PhxMJ · Aug 14th, 2007, 01:10 AM

PART I

I graduated from a major University with 2 business degrees. College was a trip -- It made me sick because all the teachers and professionals "groomed" you for corporate America. The common saying, "when you work for corporate America, they will want this, that, etc."

I was tired of hearing it. I knew I never wanted to work for anyone. Upon graduating, all my peers where bragging about the great "safe secure jobs" they were hired for. "I work for Motorola", "I work for Northwestern Insurance", blah blah blah. Everyone interviewed like crazy. I didn't. I left college jobless with the goal of starting a business. This was in 1992. I was 22.

The next 5 years were a mess. I lived at home in Chicago with mommy for most of it. I struggled from venture to venture with no real success. I tried all sorts of things, and while trying all of these things, I worked "odd jobs" to pay bills and to pay student loans.

Amway, Vitamin MLMs, various other MLMs, Car Audio Sales. Direct Marketing, Jewelry, etc. All business attempts and all miserable failures.

The jobs I held to pay bills while pursuing my business dream: Pizza-delivery boy, Flower-delivery boy, Dispatcher, Day Laborer in the ghetto of Chicago, Bus-Boy at Chinese Restaurant. Limo driver. Subway restaurant salesman. Sears stock clerk. Charity errand boy. All while I was a multi-degreed, educated person who graduated in the top 10% of his class.

At 26 years old I was at the end of my rope.

Desperation. Frustration. Getting up in the morning was a chore. My motivation waned.

To make matters worse, my girlfriend of 5 years gave up on me. She said I "had no resolve". She worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car and had a "safe secure job"-- we'd argue because she worked 55 hour weeks for peanuts ... $28,000/yr maybe. She'd fight back and say "you don't have a job, you make no money, and none of your businesses are working".

I told her that an Entrepreneur's income generation is different than someone that worked at a job. Income generation for a person working was LINEAR .. Entrepreneur income generation is EXPONENTIAL. Basically, very very slow to begin, then as time progresses, explosive.

Ever see a straight ascending line juxtaposed with an exponential line? The exponential line eventually catches up and ultimately, blows by the linear line.

Story is continued here: MY STORY

Aug 14th, 2007, 01:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
PhxMJ Level: Vince from Shamwow Joined: Jul 2007 Locale: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,352 Thanks: 152 Thanked 259 Times in 138 Posts	SUCCESS STORY: PhxMJ PART I I graduated from a major University with 2 business degrees. College was a trip -- It made me sick because all the teachers and professionals "groomed" you for corporate America. The common saying, "when you work for corporate America, they will want this, that, etc." I was tired of hearing it. I knew I never wanted to work for anyone. Upon graduating, all my peers where bragging about the great "safe secure jobs" they were hired for. "I work for Motorola", "I work for Northwestern Insurance", blah blah blah. Everyone interviewed like crazy. I didn't. I left college jobless with the goal of starting a business. This was in 1992. I was 22. The next 5 years were a mess. I lived at home in Chicago with mommy for most of it. I struggled from venture to venture with no real success. I tried all sorts of things, and while trying all of these things, I worked "odd jobs" to pay bills and to pay student loans. Amway, Vitamin MLMs, various other MLMs, Car Audio Sales. Direct Marketing, Jewelry, etc. All business attempts and all miserable failures. The jobs I held to pay bills while pursuing my business dream: Pizza-delivery boy, Flower-delivery boy, Dispatcher, Day Laborer in the ghetto of Chicago, Bus-Boy at Chinese Restaurant. Limo driver. Subway restaurant salesman. Sears stock clerk. Charity errand boy. All while I was a multi-degreed, educated person who graduated in the top 10% of his class. At 26 years old I was at the end of my rope. Desperation. Frustration. Getting up in the morning was a chore. My motivation waned. To make matters worse, my girlfriend of 5 years gave up on me. She said I "had no resolve". She worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car and had a "safe secure job"-- we'd argue because she worked 55 hour weeks for peanuts ... $28,000/yr maybe. She'd fight back and say "you don't have a job, you make no money, and none of your businesses are working". I told her that an Entrepreneur's income generation is different than someone that worked at a job. Income generation for a person working was LINEAR .. Entrepreneur income generation is EXPONENTIAL. Basically, very very slow to begin, then as time progresses, explosive. Ever see a straight ascending line juxtaposed with an exponential line? The exponential line eventually catches up and ultimately, blows by the linear line. Story is continued here: MY STORY