I just read Chase's article at https://www.girlschase.com/content/true-freedom-means-many-weak-ties-and-few-strong-ones. In it he talks about being stuck in a certain way of thinking or being. In his case, he worked a close-to-minimum-wage job out of high school and was surrounded by people who would work that way their whole lives, but then he writes:
How do you make that leap from "wage slave" to being self-made? I feel as if a lot of it is just mentality or mindset, too. It's easy to have a *decent* paying job that gives you some extra spending income (even though you're working 40-50 hours a week) and feel afraid to lose that, thus removing your desire to experiment with doing something greater. I know a lot of people who have "just a good enough" job that covers all of their bills and gives them a comfortable life, who might have the potential to do a lot more in their life, but don't want to compromise their comfortable position (even if they secretly wish they could do more, or have more - better car, more travel, better house/apartment).
I feel like this "transformation" of your mentality could warrant a whole article in and of itself - something like, "not settling" for guys who know they are capable of more. Do any of you, who perhaps are independently successful, have thoughts they could share on this topic?
When I was surrounded by impoverished auto mechanics from redneck areas and the ghetto 50 hours a week for a year after high school, my world gradually shrank to fit with the world as they saw it, with larger aspirations beyond the not-much-more-than-minimum-wage world seeming ridiculous and grandiose and being a store manager looked like the best I could hope to achieve any time in the next 10 years of my life or so.
I was extremely fortunate to have come from a middle class background and to have parents who essentially forced me back into education after my year of working, because I can still very easily imagine a life where I am Chase Amante, Store Manager, and all the adventures I have had over the past decade never happened.
As I’ve modified my social circle to almost entirely other business owners in the online space, and primarily self-made multimillionaires, my perspectives on business have changed dramatically. The idea of slaving away in a low-wage job seems crazier and crazier to me... but only because I see so many successful people around me, and so many different and clear paths toward success.
How do you make that leap from "wage slave" to being self-made? I feel as if a lot of it is just mentality or mindset, too. It's easy to have a *decent* paying job that gives you some extra spending income (even though you're working 40-50 hours a week) and feel afraid to lose that, thus removing your desire to experiment with doing something greater. I know a lot of people who have "just a good enough" job that covers all of their bills and gives them a comfortable life, who might have the potential to do a lot more in their life, but don't want to compromise their comfortable position (even if they secretly wish they could do more, or have more - better car, more travel, better house/apartment).
I feel like this "transformation" of your mentality could warrant a whole article in and of itself - something like, "not settling" for guys who know they are capable of more. Do any of you, who perhaps are independently successful, have thoughts they could share on this topic?