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Hi all - first post here and thought I would use it to redirect a topic I started in the comment section of this Blog Post - here
Trying to communicate in a comment section on a rolling blog is not efficient. Anyhoo... here is my original post:
Could use some input on this:
I’m a recovering “niceguy”. Discovering No More Mr Nice Guy and this very blog has changed my life. It’s been about a 7 year journey so far and my sex life its better than its ever been. Was married for almost 20 years to a woman I was barely attracted to. That ended and a very inexperienced “me” learned some pretty tough lessons on the dating front. (sound familiar, BD?) No more Captain Save a Ho for me and the difference has been astounding. That part of my life is in really great shape right now so am concentrating on other things.
Where I am struggling is the Job part. Been in IT for a long time, have about 20 years under my belt. And I hate it. Scratch that, I DESPISE it. Love technology, hate the type of people/work hours/red tape/politics and being a corporate slave. And the past few years have been terrible – I keep getting kicked out the door for “Financial” reasons. I lost my job in March right before all the fun started, found something that I thought was going to be a good fit and 4 months later – same fucking thing. Im jobless again.
So this particular crossroads is where I am at. Sure I could find another corporate whore job, and either get kicked out again or end up doing the exact opposite of what we are trying to accomplish here. No thanks. Im tired of that game, obviously I need to do something different and I took a gamble and bought the Maximum Freedom course right before the sale ended. Am about half way through it so I dont know where that is going to lead but so far looks promising.
Thing is, I dont even know where to go from here. Sure I would like to be Caleb Jr and have multiple income streams, own a home on a mountain, work less than 40 hrs a week and all that. I know nothing at all about owning a business. I dont even know what business I could possibly start.
Anyone else in this particular boat? My emotions are in good shape (other than the stress of being jobless) and I am motivated enough to know that I need to make a change. My abilities can always improve but with my track record in the IT field I am not even sure I want to keep going down that road. So…start over. Im 53. It could be done, but again – I wouldn’t even know what to start over with. Everyone I talk to has all the answers; just do something different! Which is reasonable enough I guess, but when I stop and think about what else I could do for a living – nothing comes to mind. Not a damn thing, just vague “IT type stuff” and I doubt that is enough of a mission statement to get a lemonade stand off the ground let alone a part of this multi stream income I should be shooting for.
Is there also a course on business ideas or are we on our own for that part?
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There have been some great responses and I would like to retain them here:
AlphaOmega :
Maybe I am missing something but being in IT at least to me is one of the easiest possible things to do independently. There is absolutely no reason why you need to be in an office and thus location dependent or why you have to be employed traditionally if you are doing IT especially if you are very good and experienced.
Leon :
You seem to have tons of experience in IT. Not sure what Max Free packet you’ve bought but if it doesn’t help and in case you think going consulting is an interesting idea, I would suggest Caleb’s Consulting Course (make sure you get the But I’m Not Good At Anything Bonus, it helps tremendously in finding the niche/industry for your business).
You can also listen to his #2 Coaching Call clip on Youtube for an idea on how consulting and finding your niche work in general, it’s free and also very good.
And of course BD himself:
My business course helps with that but honestly if you have literally no idea what you want to do with your life I would figure that out first. You’ve got Max Freedom so you have a blueprint to do that. And at age 53, I would hurry up with it.
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Yep. No time to waste. I have wasted enough already.
Ok first things first - I will def check out that #2 coaching clip and continue on with the Max Freedom course.
Noting rule #2 here - Don’t be a whiny little bitch - what I am about to say is just the honest truth, there is no whining here.
Even though I have been in IT a long time, I dont really have marketable skills. I made the mistake of coasting for too long with technologies that are in very low demand, if at all these days. Now those that are not familiar with Information Technology have a very simplified and often warped idea of what it entails; from my boomer-ish dad with "Oh man you can do anything if you know computers!" to my helpful but woefully ignorant friends going on and on about how "great" companies like Amazon and Google are hiring. Yea, I would rather shovel shit than become a part of that cesspit. I liken it to my own ignorance with say, the medical field. Just saying "I am in the medical profression" doesnt mean a whole lot; it could be anything from a brain surgeon to one of those stoner beach bum dudes that take blood samples. Are they the same thing? Do they draw from the same skillset? I highly doubt it although maybe that brain surgeon started out as said beach bum....
So here I am, at 53 with an aging skill set and was too stupid/distracted/lazy to keep on on certs and emerging technology. So when I look at whats available, or when recruiters contact me, I see all sorts of things I have ZERO experience with and most of them never even heard of. For a while a few years ago I tried the "Well this is hot and going to get hotter, so I better learn it" only to find out that 10 more hot things replaced them by the time I am barely started.
And something else that scares me about this field (I know, fear...meh) is the cheap labor available over seas. I'm not exaggerating when I say that in two of the last positions I lost I had spent the previous 6 months - 1 year training my replacements. The first time it happened was sort of a joke around the office - then it turned out to be true. I know this sounds like blackpilling but its just what I have observed. Firsthand.
How would doing this as an independent, even if I had a freaking clue on where to start, be any different? In the IT field anyway...
Ok that sounds like excuses but I dont know how else to frame this; maybe I am just the poster boy for the Peter Principle and Im fooked now. But thats not what AM2.0 is all about, is it?
Onward!
Trying to communicate in a comment section on a rolling blog is not efficient. Anyhoo... here is my original post:
Could use some input on this:
I’m a recovering “niceguy”. Discovering No More Mr Nice Guy and this very blog has changed my life. It’s been about a 7 year journey so far and my sex life its better than its ever been. Was married for almost 20 years to a woman I was barely attracted to. That ended and a very inexperienced “me” learned some pretty tough lessons on the dating front. (sound familiar, BD?) No more Captain Save a Ho for me and the difference has been astounding. That part of my life is in really great shape right now so am concentrating on other things.
Where I am struggling is the Job part. Been in IT for a long time, have about 20 years under my belt. And I hate it. Scratch that, I DESPISE it. Love technology, hate the type of people/work hours/red tape/politics and being a corporate slave. And the past few years have been terrible – I keep getting kicked out the door for “Financial” reasons. I lost my job in March right before all the fun started, found something that I thought was going to be a good fit and 4 months later – same fucking thing. Im jobless again.
So this particular crossroads is where I am at. Sure I could find another corporate whore job, and either get kicked out again or end up doing the exact opposite of what we are trying to accomplish here. No thanks. Im tired of that game, obviously I need to do something different and I took a gamble and bought the Maximum Freedom course right before the sale ended. Am about half way through it so I dont know where that is going to lead but so far looks promising.
Thing is, I dont even know where to go from here. Sure I would like to be Caleb Jr and have multiple income streams, own a home on a mountain, work less than 40 hrs a week and all that. I know nothing at all about owning a business. I dont even know what business I could possibly start.
Anyone else in this particular boat? My emotions are in good shape (other than the stress of being jobless) and I am motivated enough to know that I need to make a change. My abilities can always improve but with my track record in the IT field I am not even sure I want to keep going down that road. So…start over. Im 53. It could be done, but again – I wouldn’t even know what to start over with. Everyone I talk to has all the answers; just do something different! Which is reasonable enough I guess, but when I stop and think about what else I could do for a living – nothing comes to mind. Not a damn thing, just vague “IT type stuff” and I doubt that is enough of a mission statement to get a lemonade stand off the ground let alone a part of this multi stream income I should be shooting for.
Is there also a course on business ideas or are we on our own for that part?
=======================================================
There have been some great responses and I would like to retain them here:
AlphaOmega :
Maybe I am missing something but being in IT at least to me is one of the easiest possible things to do independently. There is absolutely no reason why you need to be in an office and thus location dependent or why you have to be employed traditionally if you are doing IT especially if you are very good and experienced.
Leon :
You seem to have tons of experience in IT. Not sure what Max Free packet you’ve bought but if it doesn’t help and in case you think going consulting is an interesting idea, I would suggest Caleb’s Consulting Course (make sure you get the But I’m Not Good At Anything Bonus, it helps tremendously in finding the niche/industry for your business).
You can also listen to his #2 Coaching Call clip on Youtube for an idea on how consulting and finding your niche work in general, it’s free and also very good.
And of course BD himself:
My business course helps with that but honestly if you have literally no idea what you want to do with your life I would figure that out first. You’ve got Max Freedom so you have a blueprint to do that. And at age 53, I would hurry up with it.
=======================================================
Yep. No time to waste. I have wasted enough already.
Ok first things first - I will def check out that #2 coaching clip and continue on with the Max Freedom course.
Noting rule #2 here - Don’t be a whiny little bitch - what I am about to say is just the honest truth, there is no whining here.
Even though I have been in IT a long time, I dont really have marketable skills. I made the mistake of coasting for too long with technologies that are in very low demand, if at all these days. Now those that are not familiar with Information Technology have a very simplified and often warped idea of what it entails; from my boomer-ish dad with "Oh man you can do anything if you know computers!" to my helpful but woefully ignorant friends going on and on about how "great" companies like Amazon and Google are hiring. Yea, I would rather shovel shit than become a part of that cesspit. I liken it to my own ignorance with say, the medical field. Just saying "I am in the medical profression" doesnt mean a whole lot; it could be anything from a brain surgeon to one of those stoner beach bum dudes that take blood samples. Are they the same thing? Do they draw from the same skillset? I highly doubt it although maybe that brain surgeon started out as said beach bum....
So here I am, at 53 with an aging skill set and was too stupid/distracted/lazy to keep on on certs and emerging technology. So when I look at whats available, or when recruiters contact me, I see all sorts of things I have ZERO experience with and most of them never even heard of. For a while a few years ago I tried the "Well this is hot and going to get hotter, so I better learn it" only to find out that 10 more hot things replaced them by the time I am barely started.
And something else that scares me about this field (I know, fear...meh) is the cheap labor available over seas. I'm not exaggerating when I say that in two of the last positions I lost I had spent the previous 6 months - 1 year training my replacements. The first time it happened was sort of a joke around the office - then it turned out to be true. I know this sounds like blackpilling but its just what I have observed. Firsthand.
How would doing this as an independent, even if I had a freaking clue on where to start, be any different? In the IT field anyway...
Ok that sounds like excuses but I dont know how else to frame this; maybe I am just the poster boy for the Peter Principle and Im fooked now. But thats not what AM2.0 is all about, is it?
Onward!