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Summary
TLDRThe speaker shares a personal story of struggling with sleep deprivation, school, and starting an entrepreneurial venture as a teenager. They used meditation as a coping mechanism during a challenging phase, feeling misunderstood and accused of being elitist. The turning point came when a new friend validated their efforts, highlighting the importance of perseverance and believing in one's vision despite social and mental challenges. The speaker encourages viewers to keep pushing forward, emphasizing that success may take time but is achievable with consistent effort.
Takeaways
- 🧘♂️ The speaker used meditation as a coping mechanism during a challenging period of sleep deprivation and early entrepreneurship.
- 📚 The speaker's school days were marked by limited sleep due to balancing school and starting a business venture.
- 💡 The initial entrepreneurial ventures included flipping Instagram accounts and freelancing in video production and personal training.
- 🥰 The emotional struggle of wanting to be alone and the feeling of being misunderstood by peers are highlighted as common experiences in the journey to success.
- 👥 The social aspect of entrepreneurship is discussed, emphasizing the loneliness and the skepticism from others.
- 🎓 The speaker dropped out of high school after 7 months to focus on their business, which was already generating significant income.
- 💪 Validation and support from even one person can make a significant difference in persevering through challenging times.
- 🔄 The importance of taking small, consistent steps towards one's goals is emphasized over focusing on immediate success.
- 🌐 The speaker reflects on how the digital landscape has evolved, becoming more accommodating for young entrepreneurs.
- 💰 The concept of making one's first significant income online is portrayed as achievable, though the social and mental challenges may be the toughest aspects.
- 🚀 The message of resilience and long-term focus is reinforced, encouraging individuals to keep pushing forward despite setbacks or slow progress.
Q & A
Why did the speaker meditate during lunch breaks in school?
-The speaker meditated during lunch breaks because they were in a phase of getting only 3-4 hours of sleep every night due to managing school and their entrepreneurial ventures, which left them needing a moment of calm without falling asleep.
What entrepreneurial activities was the speaker involved in during their teenage years?
-The speaker was involved in flipping Instagram accounts, personal training for their friends' parents, and freelancing in video and photo production for companies.
How did the speaker feel about their social interactions during this period?
-The speaker felt awkward and preferred to be alone, which led to accusations of thinking they were better than others. They were not interested in the usual conversations about video games and found them mindless.
What was the turning point for the speaker in terms of social acceptance?
-The turning point was when a new student at their school recognized and validated the speaker's YouTube efforts, becoming their best friend and providing the speaker with much-needed social validation.
How did the speaker's business take off?
-The speaker's business took off after they dropped out of high school, when their social media marketing agency started making $115,000 a month.
What advice does the speaker give to those who feel alone in their journey to success?
-The speaker advises to keep pushing forward, focusing on taking one step at a time without worrying about immediate progress or the opinions of others who may not understand their vision.
How has the ease of starting an online business changed over the years according to the speaker?
-The speaker notes that it has become much easier to start an online business, with more accommodating payment processing and opportunities available to young dreamers compared to 10 years ago.
What was the speaker's first significant financial milestone?
-The speaker made their first million dollars at the age of 18, which they achieved in 2018.
How long did it take the speaker to get their second social media marketing client?
-It took the speaker 7 months and over 200 days to get their second client after signing their first social media marketing client.
What does the speaker suggest as the most difficult aspect of starting an online business?
-The speaker suggests that the most difficult aspect is not the process of making the first $1,000 or $10,000, but dealing with the social and mental challenges of pursuing a vision that has not yet manifested into reality.
What is the speaker's perspective on the pace of success?
-The speaker emphasizes that success may not come immediately, and one should focus on consistent effort over time rather than being discouraged by a lack of immediate results.
Outlines
🧘♂️ The Solitude of Adolescence
The speaker recounts their teenage years, highlighting the challenges of managing school, entrepreneurial ventures, and sleep deprivation. They used lunch periods for meditation to cope with the stress and social pressures. The speaker reflects on the emotional struggle of desiring success while feeling out of place among peers, and the eventual validation from a new friend who recognized their potential.
🚀 The Journey to Success and Validation
The speaker discusses the importance of perseverance and the social challenges faced during the early stages of pursuing a dream. They emphasize the difficulty of maintaining belief in one's vision when others, including family, may not fully understand or support it. The speaker also reflects on the changing landscape of opportunities and the ease of starting ventures today compared to the past, encouraging the audience to keep pushing forward despite the lack of immediate success.
🌟 Overcoming Doubts and Finding Support
The speaker shares their personal experience of overcoming social isolation and the pressure of fitting in during high school. They discuss the long wait between their first and second business successes and the importance of not giving up. The speaker reassures the audience that the struggle is temporary and that support can come from unexpected sources, as it did for them with a new friend who believed in their vision.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Meditation
💡Entrepreneurial Venture
💡Sleep Deprivation
💡Social Isolation
💡Success
💡Validation
💡Persistence
💡Online Business
💡Mental Torment
💡One Foot Forward
Highlights
The individual used meditation as a coping mechanism during their school years due to sleep deprivation and stress from managing school and entrepreneurial ventures.
Meditation was a means to manage the awkward phase of getting only 3-4 hours of sleep every night.
The individual started their first entrepreneurial venture at a young age, flipping Instagram accounts and offering personal training and freelance video/photo services.
The struggle of balancing school and business led to feelings of isolation and a desire to be alone.
The individual experienced accusations of thinking they were better than others due to their solitary habits.
A turning point came when a new student acknowledged and validated the individual's YouTube efforts, leading to a strong and lasting friendship.
The individual emphasizes the importance of having someone believe in your vision, even when success is not yet apparent.
Parents may struggle to understand or see the vision of their entrepreneurial children due to generational differences.
The individual shares their personal journey of making $10,000 and then $1,000 a month from their ventures.
The social media marketing agency the individual started in 2017 took off, leading to a monthly income of $115,000 and dropping out of high school.
The individual reflects on how the world has changed, becoming more accommodating to young entrepreneurs and dreamers.
The individual made their first million dollars at 18, highlighting the opportunities available to young entrepreneurs today.
The most challenging aspect of entrepreneurship is the mental and social struggle of not seeing immediate results despite having a clear vision.
The individual advises to keep pushing forward, focusing on small steps and not worrying about immediate progress.
Success can come suddenly after a period of no visible progress, as the individual's own experience and observations of others demonstrate.
The individual shares their personal strategy of 'left right left right' to illustrate the importance of perseverance and taking things step by step.
The individual encourages others to follow their own advice and not be surprised by their eventual success if they persist in their efforts.
The individual reminisces about their school days and the social challenges they faced, which led to their decision to isolate themselves.
The video serves as a reminder that initial struggles are temporary and that belief in one's vision is crucial for long-term success.
Transcripts
I will tell you a story and I don't
really tell this story that much anymore
but when I was a 14 15 16 kind of around
that period I used to meditate in my
school bathrooms alone pretty much every
single lunch and the reason I meditated
was because I was in that awkward phase
of getting 3 4 hours of sleep every
single night
and I had
to basically manage both
school as well as starting my first
entrepreneurial venture at that time I'd
had a know a few Ventures I was flipping
Instagram accounts and then I started uh
personal training my friend's parents
and I started picking up a a video
camera and and learning how to make
videos and photos for companies and
doing that
freelance so I was getting like 3 4
hours sleep at night so school that sort
of lunch period was the best time that I
could meditate without falling asleep
and to be honest I think that was really
the excuse I gave to myself that was the
logical
explanation you know pretty much like
everything in life same reason why
people buy people buy with emotion and
then justify with logic I feel
like you know that was my logical
justification for why I did it I think
the more emotional justification was I
just didn't really want to be around
anyone and I think that's what I wanted
to talk about in today's video because
if you're watching this and you're kind
of at that weird Purgatory where you
know you want to be successful but
you're not successful yet and you're in
this weird stage where like you know
what your life is going to be it's just
reality hasn't caught up yet and that
was really my entire life my entire life
was I know that this is going to
happen life just hasn't caught up to
that intention
yet and I think a big
struggle being in that place is the
social aspect effect of it and the
reason I bring up that meditation story
is because I think for me I just want to
be alone because and I don't know if you
guys are currently experiencing any of
this I was getting a lot of the oh you
think you're better than
us sort of
accusations because I was in school and
I was trying to build my business and I
built you know I really can't call it a
business I made you know
$10,000 flipping Instagram accounts and
you know I was making few $0000 a month
maybe sometimes $1,000 a month doing
like spare Services as I said you know
shoot uh photo video for different uh uh
companies uh just doing freelance
content
creation uh personal training my friends
parents and convincing them that uh as a
15-year-old I was I was the you know
adequate personal
trainer
and for me socially it was just very
difficult and
I guess I wanted to bring up this story
first of all to say two things first
things first is that it's okay you're
going to experience that and just
understand that there may be one two
three four 5 years where you're just
kind of like lonely and then all of a
sudden it changes and it actually
changed for me one day after I finished
up
meditating I come out and I had this
water ball at the time and it had like a
YouTube sticker on it and this is just
as I had gone into high school you know
I managed to make it 7 months into high
school and then I dropped out of school
obviously at that point for some of you
guys that know the story my business
took off I was making $115,000 a month
uh at the point in which I dropped out
of high school with my uh social media
marketing
agency which at the time by the way I
didn't it wasn't like this is back in
2017 it wasn't really like smma it it
was just like oh I have these businesses
that want these services and they're
willing to commit to a fixed term and as
I'm finishing up with one of these
meditation sessions I've got like my uh
a water bottle right there and there was
a a new kid that had joined the high
school just a couple weeks prior and he
was like oh you do YouTube and that kid
is my best friend to this day and he was
the first person
to except for my mom obviously to
really make me think that wow what
you're doing is cool like even when I
had no success or I was still at that
time I was still trying to work my way
through things and I'm still trying to
you know really build something tangible
like something sizable and he was really
the first person to validate that hey
what you say you're going to do I
believe you're going to do it and I
believe it's just a matter of time I
think sometimes all it takes in life is
just one person like all it takes is
just one person to be like yo I see the
vision and I'm I'm with you on
this and all that to say
that for you
it might take a few months it might take
a year two years three years for you to
find that
person number one and number two for
your reality to catch up to all the
things that you're saying because if
you're anything like I was you know
you're probably writing this [ __ ] down
every single day you're writing down
exactly what you want to do in life
maybe you're even telling your parents
and maybe as much as they love you it's
kind of hard for them to wrap their
heads around your vision and what you
want to do in life cuz also bear in mind
they come from very different time so
that doesn't mean that they don't
believe in you that doesn't mean
that they don't want to see you
win a lot of times it's just they come
from a different environment so the way
that they know success does not apply to
you and by the way it's going to be
quite funny for you to grow up and have
your own kids and realize that the way
that you knew it to be probably in
10 20 30 years time whenever you end up
having kids that probably won't be the
best way to succeed then so times are
always
changing
and it can be hard sometimes
when you know you uh tell the people
around you and and maybe they don't see
it
so I think they making your first $1,000
making your first
$10,000 I don't know if
that's the most complicated in the world
with it today's day and age you know
even for me when I started my first
entrepreneurial venture 10 years ago
it's very different there's a lot of
roadblocks even things like getting
Payment Processing you know as a 16
17year old kid getting Payment
Processing back then aka a way to
actually charge clients a way to build
clients outside of just regular wire
transfer it was a lot more complicated
back then than than it is uh these days
you know these days there's a lot more
payment processes there's a lot
more these days it's a lot more
accommodating to kids who have a dream
teenagers who have a dream basically
anyone who has a dream and wants to make
something work online it's very
accommodating even to how it was 10
years ago and I don't even want to know
what it's going to be like in 10
years and that's why it's so funny I
made my first million dolls at 18 and
that was like back in 2018 that was kind
of a big
deal [ __ ] man I see kids these days you
know 15-year-old millionaire this that
at some point one of these kids is going
to start making their first million in
the womb it's crazy it's uh the world we
live in is just there's so much
opportunity out
there so all that to say that I don't
know if it's necessarily the most
complicated thing or the
most difficult thing to wrap your head
around how to actually make your first
,000 online or even your first $10,000
online I'd say the most difficult aspect
of it is getting to that really [ __ ] and
frustrating phase where you know what
you can do but it just hasn't come into
fruition yet and the thing that makes it
quite difficult a lot of times is the
social aspect of it the thing that makes
it quite difficult a lot of times is the
fact that as I said you're writing this
down every single
day maybe you're telling your friends
maybe your friends don't see it maybe
you're telling your parents and your
parents don't quite
see where you're trying to get to or
they can't wrap their head around
it and I just want to implore you to
keep pushing like just
disregarded you know I always say just
put one foot forward in front of the
other put your head down focus on the
pavement focus on the road one foot
forward in front of the other just left
right left right and you do that for
years and then you look back and you're
like
[ __ ] I can't believe how far I've come I
get that a lot a lot of times people go
can you believe where you've ended up in
life and I go
100% how the [ __ ] can I
not believe where I ended up in life
when I took the steps I followed my own
advice I went left right left right I've
taken thousands tens of thousands
hundreds of thousands singular steps I
can remember every single [ __ ] step I
took and what you're surprised you're
surprised that I'm not surprised of
where I got to and that's you know
that's the real name of the game here
especially when you're first starting it
just putting one foot forward in front
of the other and don't worry about your
progress I see so many people they get
so worked up oh it's been a month it's
been 6 months it's been uh 9 months and
I haven't gone my first win with my
online business or you know my first
online uh
Venture don't focus on that I told you
put your head down for years because
I've seen many many many examples where
someone has no success for 18
months and then a month later they're
making $10,000 a month I I mean [ __ ] I
haven't had a similar situation I from
the point in which I signed my first
social media marketing client in summer
of 2016 it was 7
months 200 plus days something like
that until I signed my second
client but I didn't give a [ __ ] I was
just putting one foot forward in front
of another and that's what you need to
do as
well so all that to
say you know I didn't really have time
to script out anything or put my
thoughts onto paper or write some bullet
points you know today in the shower I
guess I was just uh reflecting as I do
quite often on on the journey and you
know how we've got in
here and I was thinking about those
times in school where I was like why why
why did I hide away a law and as I said
for me I think it it was just socially
it was easier just to hide away cuz I it
was one of those like damned if you do
damned if you don't I didn't want
to hang out and talk to people who just
wanted to talk about video games and
Mindless pointless [ __ ] and then if I
didn't hang out with them then
apparently I'm thought that I was better
than them or you know I was a a caulier
of myself so I was in a situation where
I was damned if I do did Dam if I didn't
and you know that reflection kind of uh
SP me on to make this video and just
remind you
that I guess uh it's going to suck for a
while and that's fine and really to
remind you that I don't think it's
really complicated to make your first
th000 online there's so many ways to do
it these
days but the social aspect and the
mental
torment of knowing where you want to get
to and even verbalizing it and having it
not manifest into reality that's the
thing that you're going to really need
to be on top of things with and with
that being said as always I'm watching
you from afar and I'm rooting for you
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