Hey everyone,
I’m 20 and working long 11-hour shifts at a production company. It’s stable, but I can’t help feeling stuck.
I keep seeing people my age online doing very very well with online income, and honestly it gives me this mix of jealousy and motivation. It’s not envy in a bad way but more like I know I’m capable of more, I just don’t know which direction to go.
My dad runs a small dpf cleaning comapny here in the UK, and I’ve been thinking about helping him grow it- bringing in more consistent clients through social media or partnerships with local garages. I feel like that could teach me real skills in sales, marketing, and business growth.
But another part of me wants to start something completely separate like ecom – dropshipping
It’s not fear of wasting time, I just don’t want to spend a year grinding and still feel like I’m at square one again.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? Would you focus on helping grow something that already exists and learn that way, or start something from scratch while you’re young?
I’m 20, working 11-hour shifts and feel stuck
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lots of competition in Ecom and dropshipping maybe search a better boat 😉
Sales, marketing and growth i definitely a good investment of you’re time, might get you some good connections / ideas, you are still young give it some time and never stop learning…
Goodluck!
I have 2 pieces of advice for young people in your situation.
1) The biggest hurdle between you and your dream situation is knowing yourself and then executing based on that knowledge.
2) Momentum is the goal. Momentum leads to powerful accomplishments. But what leads to momentum? It goes like this: excitement -> action -> repeated action -> momentum -> tangible results. So start wherever you’re excited, but you’ll know that you don’t know yourself well enough yet when the excitement wares off. That’s okay! It just means you haven’t found the thing that is close enough to the core of who you are yet.
I’d say start by helping your dad’s business. It’s like a built-in internship where you can learn real skills with zero risk. Once you’ve got a base in marketing and client work, branching into your own thing will be way easier. You thinking more about social media or partnerships first?