Although I have accomplished quite a bit in my short lifetime, I’m going through a stage where I feel like a loser.

I’ve been slacking off and honestly kind of board with my business. It’s at the point where I can get by without doing much work.

Everytime I come back to my hometown my family just doesn’t get it. They don’t understand my entrepreneurial mindset.

I’m 21 years old and I’ve built an online fitness coaching business.

I’ve generated multiple six figures over the last 2-3 years.

I decided I was finished with college after my freshman year and wanted to pursue my business all the way.

I moved to San Diego and I’ve been there for about two years.

Although most people would say you’re doing amazing and killing it.

I know I could be doing better.

I want a bigger opportunity, I want to work harder, and develop a vision so huge it scares me.

I feel like my next evolution is coming up but right now I’m in the growing pains where I feel a little lost and unsure of what’s next.

I have a few ideas and I’m testing out the market for them but it’s an uncomfortable period.

I feel like I’m just coasting and not growing. It’s not a fun place to be.

Any advice?

  • lawdog_awakenBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “I want a bigger opportunity, I want to work harder, and develop a vision so huge it scares me.”

    Off the bat, with a mindset like this, I feel that some of your subconscious disconnect stems for your decision to quit higher education.

    I know you’re gonna be like “No, no, no, that has nothing to do with it.” But, the engine in the entrepreneur’s brain housing group is one that never quits productive evolutions - especially right in the middle of one. Your negative self-talk knows that you could have started your business while completing the degree, and it shouldn’t have been a money issue, since you seem to have made more than enough to cover the costs of college (unless you were going to a private institution at which point you should have just transferred to a public university).

    I’ve never quit a good idea as a businessman/entrepreneur, and education just ratified that intent. Your ambitious self is disconnected with some decisions you made in your youth, and you have to resolve that. Luckily for you, there is a lot of time left.

    I didn’t enjoy college too much either, as I also felt it kept me back. For instance, due to ongoing college academics, I turned down a partnership when I was 19 years old that eventually became a ten figure business. I don’t regret it though. It led me to take actions to shore up my present-day foundations.

    After college, I decided I wanted to serve and was trying to put in a package as a high speed Navy spec ops officer, but I thought the Navy recruiter was jerking me around. I ended up becoming a Marine Corps Officer, but had I gone to BUDs I was prepared to leave my corpse in Coronado, if necessary. You sound like you are of a similar mindset. Correct the decision you made previously and finish your degree. You’ll feel better, grow your mindset (especially since you now have real world experience), and open up other opportunities.

    P.S., after my bachelor’s degree, I later obtained my Juris Doctorate and MBA. Believe me, that is not noteworthy in the circles you want to run in (i.e., the circles of people with visions so large they scare themselves).